About IGNOU

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), established by an Act of Parliament in 1985, 2024 continuously striven to build an inclusive knowledge society through inclusive education. It 2024 tried to increase the Gross Enrollment Ratio (GER) by offering high-quality teaching through the Open and Distance Learning (ODL) mode. The University began by offering two academic programs in 1987, i.e., Diploma in Management and Diploma in Distance Education, with a strength of 4,528 students.

The mandate of the University is to:

• Provide access to higher education to all segments of the society.
• Offer high-quality, innovative and need-based programs at different levels, to all those who require them.
• Reach out to the disadvantaged by offering programs in all parts of the country at affordable costs.
• Promote, coordinate and regulate the standards of education offered through open and distance learning in the country.
• To achieve the twin objectives of widening access for all sections of society and providing continual professional development and training to all sectors of the economy, the University uses a variety of media and latest technology in imparting education.

About IGNOU Admission

IGNOU Admissions is a platform to provide all the information related to admissions in India’s largest distance university-IGNOU. Every year there are thousands of students who come forward to take admission in the distance programs of IGNOU but most of them face problems in getting the right information about their courses and admissions in them. IGNOU Admissions, as a portal provides a one-stop destination for all your queries regarding admission in any program of IGNOU.

Here, you get to know about the selection criteria of every course, admission procedure (both online and offline), documents required while applying in any course, fee structure, important dates of IGNOU admissions and entrance exams, and even the curriculum of every course offered by IGNOU. Furthermore, you will be able to know deeply about the courses and how these courses can benefit you. Hence, this portal will help you in taking a pragmatic career decision by providing authentic and non-exaggerated facts about IGNOU admissions.

Which are the IGNOU Regional Centers?

The University operates through a network of 56 Regional Centres(RC), 11 Recognized Regional Centres (RRC) (i.e., 6, IGNOU-Army RRC, 4, IGNOU-Navy RRC 1, IGNOU-Assam Rifles RRC), and nearly 2000 Learner Support Centres across the country. The vast network of RCs and LSCs extends the outreach of IGNOU to the hitherto deprived rural, remote, socially, and physically disadvantaged segments of the population, providing them access to quality and cost-effective higher education in a flexible manner.

The Regional Centre 2024 been defined under Section 2(J) of the IGNOU Act as under: "Regional Centre" means a Centre established or maintained by the University for the purpose of coordinating and supervising the work of the Study Centres in any region and for performing such other functions as may be conferred on such Centre by the Board of Management (BoM).

Further, under Section 5(1) (XXVI) of the Act, the University is empowered “To confer autonomous status on a College or a Regional Centre in the manner laid down by the statutes”

Establishment of Regional Centre

Regional Centres are established with the support and cooperation of the respective State Governments and are responsible for the promotion of the ODL system in the State/ region, establishment, development, maintenance, and monitoring of LSCs. Regional Centres are also responsible for the delivery of programs and student support services and the organization of staff development programs.

Facilities of Regional Centre

The following facilities have been provided at Regional Centres:

• Library with study materials of all the academic programs, Programme Guides, and some reference books
• Direct Receiving System (DRS) and equipment to receive satellite signals for interactive teleconference
• EDUSAT facilities
• Video cassettes / CDs
• Audio cassettes / CDs
• Computer Laboratory equipped with computers, servers, CD-writers, Scanners, and printers
• Telephone and Fax
• TV / VCR / VCD
• Internet and related items
• Adequate furniture
• Promotional literature of the University

List of IGNOU Regional Centers in India