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IGNOU Silver Jubilee Lecture by Prof. U. R. Ananthamurthy
Aug 16th
Indira Gandhi National Open University is currently celebrating its Silver Jubilee, with a year long series of academic activities. The inauguration of the Silver Jubliee Year was done by the Honorable President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, who is also Visitor of IGNOU on 19 November 2009. One of the major activities in the Silver Jubilee Year is the organisation of IGNOU Silver Jubilee Lectures, as a monthly event commencing from December 2009. Through this lecture series, renowned experts and practitioners from different areas and academic disciplines are invited to deliver talks, the topics of which broadly fall within the areas of `inclusion of the excluded’ and/or `education for marginalised’. These lectures are attended by the members of IGNOU community, besides invited audience outside the University. It is planned that towards the end of this series, a publication in a book form will be brought out, which contains the text of the various talks. The First eight lectures in this series were delivered by Prof. G.N. Devy (literary scholar and cultural activist), Lt. General Mukesh Sabharwal (Adjutant General, Indian Army) , Dr. Kiran Bedi, IPS, Prof. Namwar Singh (author and orator in Hindi) , Ms. Nandita Das (Actress and Social Activist), Shri K. Sankaranarayanan (Governor of Maharashtra) and Shri P. Sainath (Journalist on Rural Affairs) and Dr. Mallika Sarabhai (Artist and Social Activist).
The next lecture in this series will be delivered by Prof. U.R. Ananthamurthy (Renowned Writer & Jnanpith Winner) on “Dalit Contribution to Indian Literature” on 20 August 2010 (3 PM) at the Convention Centre of IGNOU Main Campus at Maidan Garhi, New Delhi .
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Aug 13th
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IGNOU Silver Jubilee Lecture by Dr. Mallika Sarabhai
Jul 23rd
Indira Gandhi National Open University is currently celebrating its Silver Jubilee, with a year long series of academic activities. The inauguration of the Silver Jubliee Year was done by the Honorable President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, who is also Visitor of IGNOU on 19 November 2009. One of the major activities in the Silver Jubilee Year is the organisation of IGNOU Silver Jubilee Lectures, as a monthly event commencing from December 2009. Through this lecture series, renowned experts and practitioners from different areas and academic disciplines are invited to deliver talks, the topics of which broadly fall within the areas of `inclusion of the excluded’ and/or `education for marginalised’. These lectures are attended by the members of IGNOU community, besides invited audience outside the University. It is planned that towards the end of this series, a publication in a book form will be brought out, which contains the text of the various talks. The First seven lectures in this series were delivered by Prof. G.N. Devy (literary scholar and cultural activist), Lt. General Mukesh Sabharwal (Adjutant General, Indian Army) , Dr. Kiran Bedi, IPS, Prof. Namwar Singh (author and orator in Hindi) , Ms. Nandita Das (Actress and Social Activist), Shri K. Sankaranarayanan (Governor of Maharashtra) and Shri P. Sainath (Journalist on Rural Affairs).
The next lecture in this series will be delivered by Dr. Mallika Sarabhai (Artist and Social Activist) on “Bringing them into the Fold: Using the Arts to bridge the Gap” on 29 July 2010 (3 PM) at the Convention Centre of IGNOU Main Campus at Maidan Garhi, New Delhi. All are welcome to attend the lecture.
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IGNOU SMS alerts
Jul 13th
IGNOU has announced the launch of its second leg of SMS alerts services across the country. SMS alerts services were first launched by IGNOU on November 18, 2008, at its headquarters in New Delhi and a select number of Regional Centres across the country. With the launch of second leg of SMS alerts services enables all its 48 Regional Centres, 21 schools, 15 Centres, and 12 divisions to send SMS to their respective students in their jurisdiction. The service enables all departments and headquarters in New Delhi to communicate with their learners across the country and regional centres to communicate with the learners in their jurisdiction. Apart from other things, due to SMS Alerts service, IGNOU found that the time to plan activities for students has reduced tremendously as the time to communicate to students has significantly reduced. The service is used as core communication by its Regional centres in North-East, Jammu and Andaman and Nicobar islands apart from others.
21st Convocation of IGNOU
Feb 20th
The 21st Convocation of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will be held on Monday, 15th March, 2010 at 1500 hrs.
Degree / Diploma will be distributed between 11 AM & 1.30 PM and for collection, students must produce IGNOU-I Card in Person.
Third International Conference on Digital Libraries(ICDL-2010)
Feb 18th
The Energy and Resources Institute and Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) cardially invited you to the inauguration of the Third International Conference on Digital Libraries(ICDL-2010) on Tuesday 23, February 2010, at 6PM at Stein Audotorium, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi – 110003.
Sh Kapil Sibal, Hon’ble Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD), Government of India wilL deliver the Inaugural Address in the presence of Smt. D Purandeswari Devi, Hon’ble Minister for Human Resource Development (HRD), Government of India.
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IGNOU Silver Jubilee Lecture Dr. Kiran Bedi, IPS on `Welfare, Preventive Policing and Helping the Helpless?
Feb 17th
Indira Gandhi National Open University is currently celebrating its Silver Jubilee, with a year long series of academic activities. The inauguration of the Silver Jubliee Year was done by the Honorable President of India, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, who is also Visitor of IGNOU on 19 November 2009. One of the major activities proposed as part of the Silver Jubilee Year is the organisation of IGNOU Silver Jubilee Lectures, as a monthly event commencing from December 2009. Renowned experts and practitioners from different areas and academic disciplines will be invited to deliver talks, the topics of which broadly fall within the areas of `inclusion of the excluded? and/or `education for marginalised?. These lectures will be attended by the members of IGNOU community, besides invited audience outside the University. It is planned that towards the end of this series, a publication in a book form will be brought out, which contains the text of the various talks. The First two lectures in this series were delivered by Prof. G.N. Devy (renowned literary scholar and cultural activist) and Lt. General Mukesh Sabharwal (Adjutant General, Indian Army). The next talk in the series will be delivered by Dr. Kiran Bedi, IPS on `Welfare, Preventive Policing and Helping the Helpless?. The lecture is scheduled to be held on 25 February 2010 (3 PM) at the Convention Centre of IGNOU Main Campus at Maidan Garhi, New Delhi. All are welcome to attend the lecture.
IGNOU Students can now avail On-Demand Exams
Dec 5th
IGNOU has brought a more flexible and learner- friendly scheme of ?On ? Demand Examination?. In this scheme of examination, students who have completed the period of minimum study hours and submitted all their assignments can now choose the date of examination as per their convenience and preparation, and do not need to wait for six months for term end examinations. On student?s demand, IGNOU has also kept the fees for this examination at par with the term end examination.
The Scheme is a boon for those who have failed or could not appear in any paper for some reason. It will also benefit those students who could not find time to appear in all the courses of a programme in the term end examination, in one go.
Another important feature of the scheme is that the result of On-Demand Examination will be announced within two weeks of appearing in the examination. This will help the students whose maximum period of study is about to expire or those who need immediate results for the progress of their career. Students, however, have to ensure that they fulfill the eligibility criteria as set for the term end examination for that course or programme.for availing this facility.
On-Demand Examination scheme is expected to improve results and stop malpractices, as the entire process of registration, paper generation and result preparation is computer based and examination is carried under camera surveillance.
In addition to the six monthly term -end examination, IGNOU also provides the facility of On-Demand Examination in all courses of Bachelor Preparatory Programme (BPP), Certificate in Guidance (CIG), Certificate in Teaching of English (CTE) and Certificate in Organic Farming (COF). Many more programmes will be added under this scheme very soon.
The registration for the On-Demand Examination can be done only on-line through IGNOU website. If exam fees is paid by credit card, the Hall Ticket is generated instantaneously and the student can take its printout. Registration fee can also be paid through bank challan and bank draft in favour of IGNOU. In that case an acknowledgement receipt is generated immediately and the student is required to submit the original bank challan or bank draft along with a copy of the acknowledgement receipt at the concerned Regional Centre.
As soon as the bank challan or bank draft is received at the Regional Centre, the registration will be confirmed and its information will automatically be sent to the student?s account, which can be accessed by him/her using his/her registration number, allotted at the time of on-line registration.
To begin with, the On-Demand examination was being conducted only at the two Regional Centres of Delhi, but now it is being extended to the Jaipur Regional Centre as well. For appearing in the examination, the student will have to come to the exam centre on the date and time selected by him/her. He/She must have their Hall Ticket issued at the time of registration and original identity card issued by the university.
Students desirous of going for On-Demand Examination can visit the IGNOU website www.ignou.ac.in, contact any of the regional centres of IGNOU,
e-mail: walkinexam@ignou.ac.in?, ?or
Contact the Director, NCIDE & Coordinator, On-Demand Exam on
Phone: 011-29536413.
New Address of IGNOU Regional Centre Delhi-I (RC-I)
Dec 2nd
IGNOU Regional Centre-I, Delhi has shifted from Tughlakabad Instt. Area Near Batra Hospital to Mathura Road,New Delhi.
?New Address of IGNOU Regional Centre-I, ?Delhi is given below:
New Address of RC Delhi1
IGNOU Regional Centre
Plot No.J-2/1,Block-B 1
Mohan Cooperative Industrial Estate
Mathura Road,New Delhi-110044
Email:rcdelhi1@ignou.ac.in
Website :www.ignourcdelhi1.ac.in
Cooperatives should work for Financial Inclusion of poor: Experts
Nov 30th
Experts at a workshop on growth of cooperatives here Friday agreed on a real action plan to promote cooperatives for deeper and sustainable financial engagement of the poor.
Experts from cooperatives, law, UN organizations, Training and Research institutions, government and microfinance promoting institutions were participating in a two-day workshop on ‘Enabling provisions in the Cooperative Acts for fast-tracking the financial inclusion in India’.
The workshop was expected at developing a plan and roadmap for growth the cooperatives by suggesting provisions to address the issue of Financial Inclusion and microfinance Organized by Microfinance Community of Practice, Solution Exchange and United Nations with the technical support of School of Law, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU). The programme was supported by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), India.
The deliberations centreed around policy, regulatory, and legal issues that enable or delay greater involvement of cooperatives in the Financial Inclusion of the poor, governance and operational issues that need to be addressed if cooperatives are to emerge as serious actors for Financial Inclusion. The talks were also on the current status of various government initiatives to revive and revitalize cooperatives in India.
Linkages between SHGs and cooperatives for accelerating Financial Inclusion and Microfinance were also discussed.
Representatives from different parts of the country and from various key organizations including NABARD, MicroSave, IFFCO Foundation, APMAS, VAMNICOM (Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Cooperative Management), leading microfinance and livelihood institutions attended the workshop.
Sanjeev Chopra, secretary, agriculture, West Bengal, gave the example of AMUL, Gujarat, as a successful model in terms of providing benefit to the members as well as employees on each transaction.
Anand Kumar, Coordinator Solution Exchange, United Nations, informed the participants that the issue of cooperatives undertaking bigger role in financial inclusion has become more important as the year 2012 has been declared as International Year of Cooperatives.
Prof. K. Elumalai, Convener, Action Group, Cooperative Acts and Microfinance and Professor School of Law, IGNOU, gave a holistic view of the legal framework of cooperatives.