IGNOU The People University

IGNOU The People University The People University It also acts as a national resource centre, and serves to promote and maintain standards of distance education in India.

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (Hindi: इंदिरा गाँधी राष्ट्रीय मुक्त विश्वविद्यालय), known as IGNOU is a distance learning national university located in New Delhi, Delhi, India. Named after former Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, the university was established in 1985 with a budget of 2000 crore, when the Parliament of India passed the Indira Gandhi National Open University Act,

1985 (IGNOU Act 1985).[3]

IGNOU, the largest university in the world with 3,500,000 students;[4] was founded to impart education by means of distance and open education, provide higher education opportunities particularly to the disadvantaged segments of society, to encourage, coordinate and set standards for distance and open education in India and strengthen the human resources of India through education.[5] Apart from teaching and research, extension and training form the mainstay of its academic activities. IGNOU hosts the Secretariats of the SAARC Consortium on Open and Distance Learning (SACODiL) and the Global Mega Universities Network (GMUNET) initially supported by UNESCO.

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MAIDAN GARHI
New Delhi
110068

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Tuesday 10am - 5pm
Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm

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