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ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY
1.1 Introduction
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) was established by an Act of
Parliament in 1985 to achieve the following objectives:democratizing higher education by taking it to the doorsteps of the learners;providing access to high quality education to all those who

seek it irrespective of age, region, religion and gender;offering need-based academic programmes by giving professional and vocational orientation to the courses;promoting and developing distance education in India; setting and maintaining standards in distance education in the
country as an apex body.

1.2 Prominent Features
IGNOU has certain unique features such as:
International jurisdiction
Flexible admission rules
Individualised study: flexibility in terms of age, place, pace

and duration of study
Use of latest information and communication technologies
Nationwide student support services network
Cost-effective programmers
Modular approach to programmes
Resource sharing, collaboration and networking with

conventional universities, open
universities and other institutions/organisations
Socially and academically relevant programmes based on

students need analysis
Convergence of open and conventional education systems
1.3 Important Achievements
IGNOU is the First University in India to Launch Convergence

as well as Community
College Scheme.
Emergence of IGNOU as the largest Open University in the

World.
Recognition as Centre of Excellence in Distance Education by

the Commonwealth of
Learning (1993).
Award of Excellence for Distance Education Materials by

Commonwealth of
Learning (1999).
Launch of a series of 24 hour Educational Channel „Gyan

Darshan‟. IGNOU is the
nodal agency for these channels and regular transmissions are

done from the studio at
EMPC, IGNOU.
Student enrolment has doubled in four years from 1.5 million

to over 3 million.
UNESCO declared IGNOU as the largest Institution of higher

learning in the world in
2010.6
On Spot delivery of study material to students.
Largest network of learning support system.
Declaration of Term-end result within 45 days.
Increase in academic programme from 338 to 520 within a year.
1.4 The Schools of Studies
With a view to develop interdisciplinary studies, the

University operates through its
Schools of Studies. Each School is headed by a Director who

arranges to plan, supervise,
develop and organize its academic programmes and courses in

coordination with the
School staff and different academic, administrative and

service wings of the University.
The emphasis is on providing a wide choice of courses at

different levels. The following
Schools of Studies currently are in operation:
School of Humanities (SOH)
School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
School of Sciences (SOS)
School of Education (SOE)
School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
School of Management Studies (SOMS)
School of Health Sciences (SOHS)
School of Computer & Information Sciences (SOCIS)
School of Agriculture (SOA)
School of Law (SOL)
School of Journalism and New Media Studies (SOJNMS)
School of Gender and Development Studies (SGDS)
School of Tourism Hospitality Service Sectoral Management

(SOTHSSM)
School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies

(SITS)
School of Social Work (SOSW)
School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
School of Performing & Visual Arts (SOPVA)
Some of the other Centres and Units which in coordination with

the academic,
administrative and service wings have developed very useful

and educative courses/
programmes, are as follows.
National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
Centre for Corporate Education, Training and Consultancy

(CCETC)
Centre for Extension Education (CEE)
Advanced Centre for Informatics and Innovative Learning

(ACIIL)
Chair for Sustainable Development (CSD)