The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is going to mark its 35th Foundation Day on November 19. The university has decided to hold this year’s ceremony online, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
V. Muraleedharan, the Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Parliamentary Affairs will be the chief guest of IGNOU’s 35th foundation day. Foundation Day address will be delivered by Mr Muraleedharan.
IGNOU Vice-Chancellor Professor Nageshwar Rao will direct the virtual function.
The function will start at 11.30 am. It will be available on IGNOU's Facebook page and also through http://webcast.ignouonline.ac.in and http://ignouonline.ac.in/gyandarshan.
The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), was founded in 1985 by an Act of Parliament. Initially, the university offered only two academic programmes in 1987 Diploma in Management and Diploma in Distance Education, with a strength of 4,528 students.
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IGNOU now has a strength of over 3 million students in India and other countries through 21 Schools of Studies and a network of 67 regional centres, around 2,667 learner support centres and 29 overseas partner institutions.
The university offers 228 certificate, diploma, degree and doctoral programmes. It has a force of nearly 810 faculty members and 574 academic staff at the headquarters and regional centres.