BAOU (Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Open University) is an Ahmedabad-based Open University founded in 1994. It was founded to provide advanced education freedom to a greater segment of the population and to support the Open University and distant training framework as a model for the rest of the country. https://www.umeacademy.com/dr-babasaheb-ambedkar-open-university-distance-education/