The Centre for Distance and Online Education (CDOE) at Maharshi Dayanand University (MDU), Rohtak, has received approval from the University Grants Commission's Distance Education Bureau (UGC-DEB) for offering Open and Distance Learning (ODL) and online programmes for the next five years, beginning with the 2026-27 academic session, said Sunit Mukherjee, Director (Public Relations), MDU.