Coordinates | 16°48′″N96°09′″N |
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Name | Indira Gandhi National Open University |
Native name | इंदिरा गाँधी राष्ट्रीय मुक्त विश्वविद्यालय |
Motto | The People's University |
Established | 1985 |
Type | Public, Open |
City | Maidan Garhi |
State | Delhi |
Country | India |
Campus | Distance / Regular / Online |
Head label | Registrar |
Head | Udai Singh Tolia |
Chancellor | Pratibha Patil |
Vice chancellor | V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai Pro-Vice Chancellors # Latha Pillai # Parvin Sinclair # K Srivathsan # P R Ramanujam |
Students | 3.5 million (2010) |
Postgrad | 8,000,000 (2010) |
Staff | 1,462 (incl. Faculty) |
Faculty | 325 |
Colors | Blue and White |
Free label | Programs |
Free | 310 |
Regional centres | 61 |
Affiliations | UGC , AICTE , COL , DEC , AIU |
Website | www.ignou.ac.in }} |
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (), known as IGNOU is a national university with its headquarters in New Delhi, Delhi, India. Named after former Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, the university was established in 1985 with a budget of 2000 crore, when the Parliament of India passed the Indira Gandhi National Open University Act, 1985 (IGNOU Act 1985).
IGNOU, the largest university in the world with 3,500,000 students; was founded to impart education by means of distance and open education, provide higher education opportunities particularly to the disadvantaged segments of society, to encourage, coordinate and set standards for distance and open education in India and strengthen the human resources of India through education. Apart from teaching and research, extension and training form the mainstay of its academic activities. It also acts as a national resource centre, and serves to promote and maintain standards of distance education in India. 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 now started it decentralisation process by setting up five zones, viz, north, south, east, west and north east. The first of the regional head quarters, catering to four southern states, puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep is being set up in the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala
The working group had recommended establishing an Open University by an act of parliament as early as possible. The university should have jurisdiction over the entire country so that, when it is fully developed, any student even in the remotest corner of the country can have access to its instruction and degrees (Working Group Report, 1974).
The working group suggested several measures to be followed in instructional and management processes of the open university which include: admission procedure, age relaxation, preparation of reading materials, setting up of core group scholars in different fields, setting up of study centres, vehicle of curricular programmes, live contact with teachers, and so on. On the basis of the recommendations of the working group, the Union Government prepared a draft bill for the establishment of a National Open University, but due to some reasons the progress was delayed. In 1985 the Union Government made a policy statement for establishment of a national open university. A Committee was constituted by the Ministry of Education to chalk out the plan of action of the national Open University. On the basis of the report of the Committee, the Union Government introduced a Bill in the Parliament. In August 1985, both the Houses of the Parliament passed the Bill. Subsequently, the National Open University came into existence on September 20, 1985. It was named after late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The Indira Gandhi National Open University (established by the Act of Parliament) is responsible for introducing and promoting distance education at the university level, and for coordinating, determining and maintaining standards in such systems functioning in the country.
In 1989, the first Convocation was held and more than 1,000 students graduated and were awarded their diplomas. IGNOU audio-video courses were first broadcasted 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.
In 1999, IGNOU launched the first virtual campus in India, beginning with the delivery of Computer and Information Sciences courses via the Internet.
! DIVISION | ! HEAD |
Academic and Coordination Division | MSS Raju |
Administrative Division | kumar agrwal |
Construction and Maintenance | Sudheer Reddy |
Computer Division | srinivas agrawal |
International Division | Silima Nanda |
Finance and Accounts Division | Manju Verma |
Library and Documentation Division | Sudhir K. Arora |
Material Production and Distribution | Dr. R. R. Rausaria |
Planning and Development Division | Kalpna Mishra |
Regional Services Division | Masood Parveez |
Student Registration and Evaluation | Pushplata Tripathi (Evaluation) K. Laxman (Registration) |
! INSTITUTE | ! DIRECTOR |
Advance Centre for Informatics and Innovative Learning | K Subramanian |
Distance Education Council | |
Electronic Media Production Center | K Ravi Kanth |
National Centre for Innovations in Distance Education | M Aslam |
Inter-University Consortium For Technology-Enabled Flexible Education & Development | Madhu Parhar |
Centre for Extension Education | M Chandrasekharan Nair |
Staff Training and Research Institute of Distance Education | Basanti Pradhan |
National Council for Disability Studies | Hemlata |
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 endeavours to identify, nurture, and strengthen open learning institutions throughout the Commonwealth, particularly in the Third World ..".
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.
! Convocation | ! Held On | ! Chief Guest | ! Designation | ! Honoris causa Awarded | ! Number of Degrees/ Diplomas/ Certificates/ Awarded | ||||||
Ist | 21.02.1989 | Rajiv Gandhi | Prime Minister | Dr. Shridath S. Ramphal, Secretary General, COL | 1171 | ||||||
IInd | 27.04.1991 | Dr. S. D. Sharma | Vice President | 3807 | |||||||
IIIrd | 25.04.1992 | Arjun Singh | Minister for Human Resource Development | 4907 | |||||||
IVth | 05.05.1993 | R. Venkataraman | Former President of India | G. Ram Reddy, Former VC of IGNOU | 4444 | ||||||
Vth | 16.04.1994 | 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 | 14.03.1999 | 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 | 03.03.2001 | M. G. K. Menon | Eminent Scientist | 62369 | |||||||
XIIIth | 21.03.2002 | Murali Manohar Joshi | Minister for Human Resource Development | 78074 | |||||||
XIVth | 22.02.2003 | Sir John Daniel | Assistant Director General, UNESCO and Former VC of UKOU | * Sir John Daniel | * Dr. K. Kasturirangan, Chairman, ISRO | 81931 | |||||
XVth | 21.02.2004 | 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 | 18.02.2006 | Dr. Anil Kakodkar | Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India | * N.R. Narayana Murthy, Chairman, Infosys | 75174 | ||||||
XVIIIth | 17.03.2007 | Justice K. G. Balakrishnan | Chief Justice of India | * M. S. Swaminathan, Renowned Agricultural Scientist | 111699 | ||||||
XIXth | 16.02.2008 | 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 | 28.02.2009 | R Natarajan | Former Chairman AICTE Former Director IIT Madras | ||||||||
XXIst | 15.03.2010 | S K Joshi | Gen. Deepak Kapoor | 135,000 |
One of the major activities proposed as part of the Silver Jubilee Year is the organisation of IGNOU Silver Jubilee Lectures, as a monthly event commencing from December 2009. Renowned experts and practitioners from different areas and academic disciplines will be invited to deliver talks, the topics of which broadly fall within the areas of 'inclusion of the excluded' and/or 'education for marginalised'.
PCF6 as an international forum explores the contribution of open and distance learning to international development goals, by opening up access to learning at every level. The Forum brings together practitioners, researchers, planners and policy makers in the fields of open and distance learning and development from over 70 countries. It provides opportunities to share experience and expertise, and to contribute to future policy and provision. Participants will represent the main Commonwealth, Asia and international institutions and agencies active in the field, including funding bodies and technology providers.
The Commonwealth of Learning's biennial Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning has grown to become a leading international forum on learning and development. PCF6 brought the forum to India for the first time, jointly organized by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) and Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), coinciding with the completion of 25 years of IGNOU.
Chair !! Official | |
Honorary Chair | M.S. Swaminathan |
Co-Chair | Sir John Daniel, President & CEO of The Commonwealth of Learning, Vancouver, Canada |
Co-Chair | V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai, Vice Chancellor IGNOU, New Delhi, India |
Programme Chair | P.R. Ramanujam, Director, Academic Programmes Committee, PCF 6 |
Conference Manager | Himar Arjun Singh, PCF6 Secretariat |
Category:Open universities in India Category:Educational institutions established in 1985 Category:Central universities in India Category:Distance education in India Category:Association of Commonwealth Universities Category:Universities and colleges in Delhi Category:1985 establishments in India
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