Bhopal-based AISECT University (AU) has bagged the acclaimed World Education Award (2016) for the ‘Best and Next Practices in Open and Distance Learning’ category.The World Education Summit (WES) which is organised by Elets Technomedia is the world’s premier platform on education for everyone who is passionate about education and learning. Aimed to recognize, highlight, honor and encourage leading models, projects, processes of excellence and sustainable innovation in school and higher education the summit saw entrepreneurs in the education space getting recognized and giving them the award winners on a platform to showcase their innovations and best practices.