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To meet the academic aspiration of the working engineers, the University has established the School of Continuing and Distance Education in 1983 and is headed by a Director. Presently Dr.M.Chandra Shekhar, Professor of Physics is holding the post of Director of SCDE.Under this umbrella, the University has launched aninno vative programme, called as B.Tech Correspondencecum Contact(CCC) programme adopting the Distance Education mode for the first time in the country, translating into reality the recommendations of the Kothari Commission for introducing correspondence education in the Science and Technology. At the National level, technical education is of two-tier pattern Diploma and Degree […]

THE UNIVERSITY Introduction The Indira Gandhi National Open University was established by an Act of Parliament in 1985 to achieve the following objectives: democratising higher education by taking it to the doorsteps of the learners providing access to high quality education to all those who seek it irrespective of age, region, religion and gender offering need-based academic programmes by giving professional and vocational orientation to the courses promoting and developing distance education in India setting and maintaining standards in distance education in the country as an apex body.   Prominent Features IGNOU has certain unique features such as: international jurisdiction […]

Many Diploma students wonder about the engineering courses offered in distance mode are approved by the Govt. Of India and about their eligibility for employment.   With respect of courses from AMIE and AMIETE that are being in place from a long while, is that they are NOT approved by either DEC or AICTE.  However, they can still be applicable for applying to Government posts as they are recognized by Union Public Service Commission who acts as the recruiter/employer for Central Govt. Jobs.   Government of India, as an employer, had clarified its position with regard to the recognition of […]