Netaji Subhas Open University (NSOU) is an open university imparting distance education in eastern India. It is the 58th largest university in the world. It was established in 1997 to commemorate the birth centenary of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose. It has its headquarters at 1, Woodburn Park, Kolkata, once the residence of Netaji. Its medium of instruction are English and Bengali. Modeled on the Open University, UK and the IGNOU, it offers courses in different disciplines of taught graduate and post-graduate study and is one of the largest growing distance education universities in eastern India. The University functions from the following campuses: The University is developing a 15-acre (61,000 m) integrated campus at Kalyani. At present, the University is continuing its work with 160 Study Centres. In near future more Study Centres will be opened. The following programmes are offered by Netaji Subhas Open University. Besides NSOU offers various certificate, diploma and postgraduate diploma courses. The Central library of Netaji Subhas Open University is located at the Golpark Campus of the University (2nd Floor, 134/1, Meghnad Saha Sarani, Kolkata-29).