Regarding Distance Education in BSc Chemistry

You have completed your 10+2 in PCM. So you will be eligible for doing B.Sc Chemistry. You can do B.Sc by distance mode. There are many universities in India that are offering this course online or offline distance education mode. The duration of the course is 3 years. The following are some of the universities offering this course in distance mode.
1. Annamalai University, Anna Nagar, Tamilnadu
2. Alagappa University, Karai Kudi, Tamilnadu
3. Bharathidasan University, Trichy, Tamilnadu,
4. Jaya College of Arts and Science, Tiruvallur, Tamilnadu,
5. IGNOU
6. DR.B R Ambedkar Open University,
7. The University of Madras.
8. Kuvempu University,

You have already done 10+2 in PCM group. So, you can do BSc in chemistry in distance mode. BSC course is available in distance mode. There is no age limit for doing this course. If you think from career point of view then you should complete your degree by the age of 22. As age limit is there in many job areas. If your aim is to just get graduation degree then there is no restriction age wise.There are many university in India which offer Bsc course in distance mode. Some of them are as follows:-
1.IGNOU
2. DR.B R Ambedkar Open University,
3.Symbiosis Centre for Distance Learning
4.Sikkim Manipal University
5.MT Distance and Open Learning Institute
6.Madhya Pradesh Bhoj (Open) University

As you have mentioned that you have got interest in Chemistry discipline and aspire to go for doing doctorate in it. Chemistry is a very interesting branch of science and in many industries chemistry qualified people are recruited. There is ample scope for research work in it. When we go in advanced level of a subject then we encounter overlap between the main core subject as we as other some subjects and specialisations start to come in picture. So people who have learned Chemistry might be interested to do research in biochemistry or Biomedical Chemistry or Environmental Chemistry or Industrial Chemistry or Polymer Chemistry or Nuclear Chemistry or Geochemistry in addition to the more common branches that we generally study during our UG and PG courses.
So, from that perspective you can think of first completing your graduation in it through the correspondence mode and then go for the PG course after which you can plan for your research work under some good guide who can guide you for it.
There are many good universities and colleges which offer UG course with specialisation in Chemistry but as you prefer and are willing to do it from some institute available in Tamil Nadu then you can contact some of the following institutes for the purpose of taking admission in the distant course.
1. School of Distance Education, Bharathiar University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
2. Annamalai University, Anna Nagar, Tamilnadu.
3. Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu.
4. Alagappa University, Karai Kudi, Tamilnadu.
5. Mahatma Gandhi University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
6. The University of Madras, Tamilnadu.
7. Jaya College of Arts and Science, Tiruvallur, Tamilnadu.

If you are thinking of pursuing your career in the line of Chemistry, you may take up Chemistry in your B.Sc stage even through the distance education mode. Later you may continue M.Sc in Chemistry for your better absorption in the teaching lines or in some fields where application of Chemistry could fascinate you most apart from getting substantial package in such lines. Pharmaceuticals always look up bright candidates having excellent scores in Chemistry for undertaking research work in the pharmaceutical lines. Environmental Chemist is the respectable post and you can have the same if selected with your good grasping in the subject.
You may even absorbed in the Paint Industries, Leather Industries, Fertiliser Industries and so on. What is required from your end is to see how best this subject can widen your scope in future and hence your goal should be to understand the basics of this subject clearly helping you to achieve excellent marks in the different stages of academic career.
There are different universities providing you education through the distance mode and from where you can pass out B.Sc in Chemistry. You may choose anyone of such universities-
1) Indira Gandhi National Open University
2) Mahatma Gandhi University, Chennai
3) Sikkim Manipal University
4) Alagappa University, Tamilnadu
5) University of Madras
6) Annamalai University, Annanagar, Tamilnadu.etc

Chemistry is an important branch of science in which both career and job prospects are good. Although at present, the facility of distance learning is available for almost all subjects or streams, but in some subjects, practical knowledge matters more. If there is a question of chemistry, then through theory and practice, the applications of chemicals are understood and studied in this subject. And in this study various experiences matter through practical. As you want to choose distance learning depending on the situation then it is also possible but still, you should take some experience in the respective lab for some experience. Colleges provide all these facilities to the students according to the subject, that is why you can choose any other learning education by being sure.

Whether you live in Tamilnadu but in a distance learning education system you will not face any issue regarding distance from the college or university. The major distance learning education colleges of the country are as follows -


Indira Gandhi National Open University, Delhi
School of Open Learning, University of Delhi
Nalanda Open University, Patna
Netaji Subhash Open University, Kolkata
Patna University
Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata
Annamalai University
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Open University, Hyderabad
Karnataka State Open University
Madurai Kamaraj University, Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Madhya Pradesh Bhoj (Open) University