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Indira Gandhi National Open University

Sunday, October 11th, 2009

Indira Gandhi National Open University

Indira Gandhi National Open University

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is an old University that was established in 1985 with the aim of democratizing higher education. As an institution its main objectives is to provide cost-effective high quality education to the entire population. IGNOU is a pioneer in Distance Education system. It is recipient of the Centre of Excellence award conferred by the Commonwealth of Learning.

The Indira Gandhi National Open University at present offers 125 programmes of study to cumulative student strength of over 14 lakh making it the largest single University in the world. The university is also in more than other 35 countries among them the great China. Indira Gandhi National Open University has established about 64 Regional Centers (RCs) and Sub-Regional Centers (SRCs) and in excess of 1400 Study Centers (SCs) that are all around India so as to increase the accessibility to the learners.

All the courses offered by Indira Gandhi National Open University have their basic information and admission details on official website.