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Indira Gandhi National Open University

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Indira Gandhi National Open University
Logo of IGNOU
MottoThe People's University
TypePublic university
Established1985; 40 years ago (1985)
FounderGovernment of India
AccreditationNAAC
Academic affiliations
ChancellorPresident of India
Vice-ChancellorNageshwar Rao[1]
StudentsCumulative enrolment of nearly 7.14 million[2][3][4]
Location
Maidan Garhi
,
Delhi
,
India
Regional centres67
ColoursDeep Sky Blue  
Websitewww.ignou.ac.in

Indira Gandhi National Open University, known as IGNOU, is a public research university located at Maidan Garhi, New Delhi, India. Named after the former Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi, the university was established in 1985 with a budget of ₹20 million, after the Parliament of India passed the Indira Gandhi National Open University Act, 1985 (IGNOU Act 1985).[5] IGNOU is run by the central government of India, and with a total active enrollment of over 7.14 million students, it is the largest university in the world.[6][7]

IGNOU was founded to serve the Indian population by means of distance and open education, providing quality higher education opportunities to all segments of society. It also aims to encourage, coordinate and set standards for distance and open education in India, and to strengthen the human resources of India through education.[8][9] Apart from teaching and research, extension and training form the mainstay of its academic activities. It also acts as a national resource center, and serves to promote and maintain standards of distance education in India.[9] IGNOU hosts the Secretariats of the SAARC Consortium on Open and Distance Learning (SACODiL) and the Global Mega Universities Network (GMUNET), initially supported by UNESCO.

IGNOU has started a decentralisation process[10] by setting up five zones: north, south, east, west and north-east. The first of the regional headquarters, catering to four southern states, Pondicherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and Lakshadweep, is being set up on the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala.[citation needed] The Ministry of Education has entrusted the responsibility of developing a Draft Policy on Open and Distance Learning and Online Courses to IGNOU.[11] IGNOU also partners up with other organizations to launch courses. IGNOU offers a BBA in Retail distance learning course in association with Retailers Association of India (RAI).[12]

History

Vice Chancellors
The front gate of the university campus in New Delhi

In 1989, the first Convocation was held and more than 1,000 students graduated and were awarded their diplomas. IGNOU audio-video courses were the first broadcast by radio and television in 1990 and IGNOU awarded degrees received full recognition by the University Grants Commission in 1992 as being equivalent to those of other universities in the country.[13]

In 1999, IGNOU launched the first virtual campus in India,[14] beginning with the delivery of Computer and Information Sciences courses via the Internet.

As of 2011 IGNOU has served over 3 million students in India and 40 other countries abroad.[15]

Languages

The IGNOU offers education in undergraduate degree in different "Modern Indian Languages" (MILs): Malayalam, Marathi, Odiya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Assamese, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Meitei (Manipuri), and Nepali.[16]

Schools

IGNOU has 21 schools and a network of 56 [17] regional centres, 1843 study centres, and 21 overseas centres (in 15 countries). Approximately 20% of all students enrolled in higher education in India are enrolled with IGNOU.[18] IGNOU offers 226 academic programs comprising courses at certificate, diploma, and degree levels.

School Director
School of Humanities Prof. Kaushalya (Kaushal Panwar)
School of Social Sciences Dr. Suhas Shetgovekar
School of Sciences Prof. Meenal Mishra
School of Education Prof. CB Sharma
School of Continuing Education Prof. Rekha S Sen
School of Engineering & Technology Prof. Ashish Agarwal
School of Management Studies Prof. MS Senam Raju
School of Health Sciences Prof. Ruchika Kuba
School of Computer & Information Sciences Prof.P.Venkata Suresh
School of Agriculture Dr. Praveen Kumar Jain
School of Law Prof. Swati Patra
School of Journalism and New Media Studies Prof. KS Arul Selvan
School of Gender & Development Studies Prof. Himadri Roy
School of Tourism Hospitality Service Management Prof. Paramita Suklabaidya
School of Interdisciplinary & Trans-disciplinary Studies Prof. Shachi Shah
School of Social Work Prof. Rose Nembiakkim
School of Vocational Education and Training Prof (Dr) R S P Singh
School of Extension & Development Studies Prof. Nehal A Farooquee
School of Foreign Languages Prof. Malati Mathur
School of Translation Studies and Training Prof. Rajendra Prasad Pandey
School of Performing & Visual Arts Dr. Govindaraju Bharadwaja

Regional Centers

Regional centers (RCs) of IGNOU are responsible for the overall management of university activities in their respective regions. IGNOU has established 57 regional centers throughout India, including one in each state capital and one in the National Capital Region. Regional Centers are responsible for the development of Study Centers, the study centers work under the development of regional centers. The Regional centers are responsible for providing comprehensive student support services, this includes organizing orientation programs, workshops, and interactive sessions to enhance student learning and engagement. They provide guidance and counseling to students helping them with course selection, and study material, and addressing any academic queries and concerns.[19]

Following is a list of Regional Centers of IGNOU

S.NO Regional Center S.NO Regional Center
1 Agartala 29 Jorhat
2 Ahmedabad 30 Karnal
3 Aizwal 31 Khanna
4 Aligarh 32 Kohima
5 Angul 33 Kolkata
6 Bangalore 34 Koraput
7 Bhagalpur 35 Lucknow
8 Bhopal 36 Madurai
9 Bhubaneswar 37 Mumbai
10 Bijapur 38 Nagpur
11 Chandigarh 39 Noida
12 Chennai 40 Panaji
13 Cochin 41 Patna
14 Darbhanga 42 Port Blair
15 Dehradun 43 Pune
16 Delhi-1 44 Raghunathganj
17 Delhi2 45 Raipur
18 Delhi-3 46 Rajkot
19 Deoghar 47 Ranchi
20 Gangtok 48 Saharsa
21 Guwahati 49 Shillong
22 Hyderabad 50 Shimla
23 Imphal 51 Siliguri
24 Itanagar 52 Srinagar
25 Jabalpur 53 Trivandrum
26 Jaipur 54 Varanasi
27 Jammu 55 Vatakara
28 Jodhpur 56 Vijayawada
57 Visakhapatnam

Accreditation & recognition

(IGNOU) has been granted the authority to confer degrees by Clause 5(1)(iii) of the IGNOU Act 1985. IGNOU is also recognised as a Central University by the University Grants Commission of India (UGC).[20] The Association of Indian Universities (AIU) recognises IGNOU conferred degrees as on par with the degrees conferred by its members[21][22] and the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) recognises the Master of Computer Applications and Master of Business Administration program of IGNOU.[23]

In 1993, IGNOU was designated by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) as its first Centre of Excellence for Distance Education empowered "to actively participate in Commonwealth co-operative endeavors to identify, nurture, and strengthen open learning institutions throughout the Commonwealth, particularly in the Third World ..".[24]

IGNOU also operates as an accreditor for open university and distance education systems in India through the Distance Education Council (DEC). Authority to do so is granted under Clause 16 and Statute 28 of the IGNOU Act 1985.[25]

IGNOU is accredited by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) with the highest grade of A++.[26]

Convocations in the past

Convocation Held On Chief Guest Designation Honoris causa Awarded Number of Degrees/ Diplomas/ Certificates/ Awarded
Ist 21 February 1989 Rajiv Gandhi Prime Minister Dr. Shridath S. Ramphal, Secretary-General, COL 1171
IInd 27 April 1991 Dr. S. D. Sharma Vice President SANGRAM 3807
IIIrd 25 April 1992 Arjun Singh Minister for Human Resource Development 4907
IVth 5 May 1993 R. Venkataraman President of India G. Ram Reddy, Former VC of IGNOU 4444
Vth 16 April 1994 James A Maraj President of COL James A Maraj, President of COL 7580
VIth 06.05.1995 Madhav Rao Scindia Ministry for Human Resource Development 9246
VIIth 11.05.1996 Justice R.N. Mishra Chairman, National Human Rights Commission 12301
VIIIth 08.03.1997 Madhu Dandavate Deputy chairman, Planning Commission 16149
IXth 07.03.1998 Krishna Kanth Vice President 25080
Xth 14 March 1999 Dr. Karan Singh Member of Parliament Mahasweta Devi, Eminent Writer & Social Worker 33119
XIth 04.03.2000 K. C. Pant Deputy chairman Planning Commission V. C. Kulandaiswamy, Former VC of IGNOU 53328
XIIth 3 March 2001 M. G. K. Menon Eminent Scientist 62369
XIIIth 21 March 2002 Murali Manohar Joshi Minister for Human Resource Development 78074
XIVth 22 February 2003 Sir John Daniel Assistant Director-General, UNESCO and Former VC of UKOU
  • Sir John Daniel
  • Dr. K. Kasturirangan, Chairman, ISRO
 81931
XVth 21 February 2004 Dr. K. Kasturirangan Former chairman, ISRO and Former Secretary Department of Space, Government of India, Member of Rajya Sabha
  • Field Marshal S. H. F. J. Manekshaw
  • Shaikh Khalifa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa
 74603
XVIth 05.03.2005 Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam President of India
  • Kamal Idris, Director General, World Intellectual Property Organisation(WIPO), Geneva
  • Dr. G. Madhavan Nair, Chairman, ISRO
 71298
XVIIth 18 February 2006 Dr. Anil Kakodkar Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India
  • N.R. Narayana Murthy, Chairman, Infosys
 75174
XVIIIth 17 March 2007 Justice K. G. Balakrishnan Chief Justice of India
  • M. S. Swaminathan, Renowned Agricultural Scientist
 111699
XIXth 16 February 2008 Dr. Hamid Ansari Vice- president, Republic of India
  • C. N. R. Rao
  • Dr. Anil Kakodkar
  • M.S. Valiathan
  • Pandit Shiv Kumar
  • Rahman Rahi
  • Indira Goswami
 101346
XXth 28 February 2009 R Natarajan Former chairman AICTE
Former Director IIT Madras
XXIst 15 March 2010 S K Joshi Former Director-General CSIR Gen. Deepak Kapoor 135,000
XXVIst 12 April 2013 Shri.Pranab Mukherjee

13th President of India (2012–2017)

158,387
XXVIIst 16 April 2014 Shri.Ashok Thakur

Higher Education, Ministry of Human Resource Development

XXXIIIth 17 February 2020 Mr. Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' Union HRD Minister[27] more than 200,000

See also

References

  1. ^ "IGNOU appoints Nageshwar Rao as new VC". The Indian Express. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  2. ^ "In 9 yrs, number of SC students at Ignou rose by 248%, STs by 172% - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  3. ^ "Profile of IGNOU - Preamble". Indira Gandhi National Open University. Archived from the original on 27 June 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2015.
  4. ^ Gohain, Manash Pratim (14 October 2019). "In 9 yrs, number of SC students at Ignou rose by 248%, STs by 172%". The Times of India. Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Indira Gandhi National Open University, 1985" (PDF). Government of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 April 2012. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  6. ^ Creating Accessible Online Instruction Using Universal Design Principles: A LITA Guide, p. 103, Brady Lund, Rowman & Littlefield.
  7. ^ "Constant learning through distance education". Deccan Herald. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  8. ^ IGNOU Website: Objectives Archived 23 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine (URL last accessed on 29 April 2007)
  9. ^ a b "About IGNOU". Retrieved 29 July 2013.
  10. ^ CORRESPONDENT, A. SPECIAL. "Success story". Frontline. Retrieved 8 September 2020. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  11. ^ "IGNOU - Announcements - Latest - New Education Policy: Survey on Open and Distance Learning and Online Courses". ignou.ac.in. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  12. ^ "Retail through distance mode". The Times of India.
  13. ^ IGNOU Website: Milestones Archived 23 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine (URL last accessed on 29 April 2007)
  14. ^ Newsbytes: IGNOU Launches First Virtual University in India, 6 July 1999 (URL last accessed on 29 April 2007)
  15. ^ "Profile of IGNOU – Preamble". Ignou.ac.in. Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 3 May 2011.
  16. ^ ANI (16 February 2023). "Kashmiri language introduced by IGNOU at under graduate level". ThePrint. Retrieved 19 March 2023. In addition to these disciplines, the School has an elective basket of Modern Indian Languages on offer to undergraduates: Malayalam, Marathi, Odiya, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Assamese, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Kannada, Kashmiri, Manipuri and, Nepali.
  17. ^ RC:
  18. ^ IGNOU Website: – IGNOU At A Glance
  19. ^ https://www.egna.co.in/2023/05/a-beginners-guide-to-ignou.html
  20. ^ UGC Website: Universities Directory – Indira Gandhi National Open University (URL last accessed on 29 April 2007)
  21. ^ UGC: UGC Circular No. F1-52/2000 (CPP-II), 5 May 2004
  22. ^ AIU: AIU Circular No. EV/B(449)/94/176915-177115, January 14, 1994
  23. ^ AICTE: AICTE/Academic/MOU-DEC/2005, May 13, 2005 Archived 27 May 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  24. ^ COL Website: IGNOU named "Centre of Excellence" Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine, COMLEARN, October 1993 (URL last accessed on 29 April 2007)
  25. ^ DEC Website: Statutory Authority Archived 3 February 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  26. ^ NAAC Website: http://www.naac.gov.in/images/docs/AccreditationResults/54SC/54-SC--Cycle-1.pdf
  27. ^ "IGNOU's 33rd Convocation Today". NDTV.com. Retrieved 27 October 2022.

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