Saturday, May 30, 2009

Ignou - Indira Gandhi National Open University - Distance Learning

Ignou or Indira Gandhi National Open University is modeled on the central university model and it is member of the Association of Indian Universities.

Establishment
Ignou or the Indira Gandhi University was established in the year 1985 by an Act of Parliament and the degrees which they offer are recognized by the UGC as the same as the degrees/diplomas/Certificates offered by other Universities.

Ignou mba

The Ignou Mba and the ignou mca are tow main courses whuich a lot of people take as distance learning degrees for their Masters after their undergraduate courses are done

The ignou mba and the Mca courses have been recognized by AICTE in 2005.

Courses offered by Ignou
Ignou offers a lot of courses which are available as distance learning courses or the correspondence courses and these are
Certificate courses

Diploma Courses

Advanced Diploma Courses

Undergraduate courses

Postgraduate Diploma Courses

Postgraduate Degree Courses

Research / Doctoral-level Courses

Admissions and sessions Schedule
The admissions to the various courses are held each year on January and July sschedules
Ignou registrar office will give out the dates and the January and July schedules each year.
The admissions for the distance education management programs will be held twice a year in March/April time frame as well as September/October timeframe.

The entrance exam called the IGNOU OPENMAT is held for entrance to the mba and mca courses.
Other courses admission
BA (Bachelor of Arts)
B.Com (Bachelor of Commerce)
B.Sc (Bachelor of Science)
BCA (Bachelor of Computer Applications)
BTS (Bachelor of Tourism Studies),
MA (English),
MA (Hindi)

For all the above in general the admission will happen in May or June and the session will start in July.

Phd programs

The doctoral programs offered online as distance learning phd degrees have two start dates for the session and these are January session and the July Session.

Other Ignou Openmat entrance exam courses
Bachelor of Education (B.Ed),
Bachelor of Information Technology (BIT)
Advanced Diploma in Information Technology (ADIT)

Walk-in Admissions
Ignou has a novel scheme under which it offers a walk-in admission to students who walk into the registered offices

Here are the cut off dates or the same
July Session
Upto 30th April
January Session
Upto 31st October

The main schools which are there in the University that offer distance learning courses are
School of Computer & Information Sciences

School of Continuing Education

School of Education

School of Engineering & Technology

School of Health Sciences

School of Humanities

School of Management Studies

School of Sciences

School of Social Sciences

School of Agriculture

School of Law

School of Foreign Languages

School of Vocational Studies and Training

School of Translation Studies and Training

School of Gender and Development Studies

I thought that I will give you some more facts about the IGNOU to help make your decision easier

Ignou study centers are the ones which cater to the regional students and these are
Ignou Ahmedabad
Coverage Area: State of Gujarat, UnionTerritory of Daman, Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli

Ignou Aizwal
Coverage Area: State of Mizoram

Ignou Bangalore
Coverage Area: State of Karnataka, Goa

Ignou Bhopal
Coverage Area: State of Madhya Pradesh

Ignou Bhubaneshwar
Coverage Area: State of Orissa

Ignou Chennai
Coverage Area: State of Tamil Nadu, UnionTerritory of Pondicherry

Ignou Cochin
Coverage Area: State of Kerala and UnionTerritory of Lakshadweep

Ignou Dehradun
Coverage Area: State of Uttranchal & State of Uttar Pradesh (Districts of Bijnor, Moradabad, Rampur, Saharanpur & Muzaffarnagar)

Ignou Delhi 1
Coverage Area: Union Territory of Delhi (South & West Region), State of Haryana (Districts of Gurgaon, Faridabad), State of Uttar Pradesh (District of Mathura)

Ignou Delhi 2
Coverage Area: North & East Region of Delhi, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Gautam Budh Nagar, Bagpat, Bulandshahr Districts of Uttar Pradesh

Ignou Hyderabad
Coverage Area: State of Andhra Pradesh

Ignou Imphal
Coverage Area: State of Manipur

Ignou Jabalpur
Coverage Area Jabalpur, Narsimhapur, Chhindwara, Seoni, Balaghat, Mandra, Dindori, Shahdol, Umaria, Katri, Sidhi (Part of Madhya Pradesh)

Ignou Jaipur
Coverage Area: State of Rajasthan

Ignou Jammu
Coverage Area: State of Jammu & Kashmir (Jammu Region)

Ignou Karnal
Coverage Area: State of Haryana (Except the Districts of Gurgaon, Faridabad)

Ignou Khanna
Coverage Area: State of Punjab & Union Tarritory of Chandigarh

Ignou Kohima
Coverage Area: State of Nagaland

Ignou Kolkata
Operational Region: State of West Bengal

Ignou Koraput
Coverage Area: Koraput, Nabarangpur, Rayagada, malkanagiri, Balangir, Sonepur, Kalahandi, Nuapada Boudh, Phulbani (Part of ORS), Gujapati, Srikakulam (Part of AP), Dantewada, Bastar(Part of Chhatisgarh)

Ignou Lucknow
Coverage Area: State of Uttar Pradesh (Except the Districts of Mathura, Meerut, Ghaziabad, Gautam Budh Nagar, Bagpat, Bulandshahr, Bijnor, Moradabad, Rampur, Saharanpur & Muzaffarnagar)

Ignou Patna
Coverage Area: State of Bihar

IgnouPort Blair
Coverage Area: Andaman & Nicobar Islands

Ignou Pune
Coverage Area: State of Maharashtra

Ignou Raipur
Coverage Area: State of Chhattisgarh

Ignou Ranchi
Coverage Area: State of Jharkhand

Ignou Shimla
Coverage Area: State of Himachal Pradesh

Ignou Srinagar
Coverage Area: State of Jammu & Kashmir (Srinagar Region)

Ignou Shillong
Coverage Area: State of Meghalaya


Statistic about Ignou
Largest open university in the world
Fifth Largest University in the world


Ignou has been the flag bearer of the distance education in India or the so called distance learning programs or as some people call it the correspondence courses in India.
13 lakh students enrolled in the University.
Address
Here is the main address of the Delhi headquarters
Maidan Garhi
Delhi
India
Pin Code: 110 068
Telephone: +91-11-2953 5924-32
Fax: +91-11-2953 2312

Official Website / Institution home page: ignou.ac.in
Email: Student Registration & Evaluation Division: sred@ignou.ac.in
Material Production and Distribution Division: mpdd@ignou.ac.in
Regional Services Division: rsd@ignou.ac.in
Student Service Centre: ssc@ignou.ac.in

1 comment:

  1. Amazing Post!!!
    Indra Gandhi national open University (IGNOU) is greatest university providing education in every field. Mostly the distance Arts ignou is preferred by the students. As by doing this they can also do their job and this way they get there graduation. Thanks.

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