Synopsis Government of India is committed to attain status of a developed nation by 2020. The application of ICT in distance education can prove effective to achieve India the status of developed nation. This volume is comprised of twenty-six papers in distance education written by reputed scholars and leading distance education professionals currently working in India and abroad. The papers deal with the following areas: Conceptual framework of distance education. Distance education in Indian perspectives. Distance education in information age. Multimedia in distance education. Communication technologies and distance education. Virtual university. Research in distance education. The book is informative, useful and stimulating. It provides comprehensive synthesis of major developments in distance education.