20th convocation - vc's report

Vice-Chancellor's Report

Twentieth ConvocationthSaturday, 28 February, 2009

Indira Gandhi

National Open University

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IGNOU at a GlanceProgrammes on Offer 175

Students Registered in 2008 (January and July 2008) 5,55,310

Students on Rolls 2 million

Schools of Studies 21

Regional Centres 59

Learner Support Centres 2250

No. of Overseas Centres (in 33 Countries) 52

Academic Counsellors (Approx.) 36,828

Students who Appeared for Term-End Examination in 2008 (Approx.) 6,01,166

Students Awarded Degrees / Diplomas / Certificates till 2008 8,33,111

Students Awarded Degrees / Diplomas / Certificates at th20 Convocation in 2009 1,37,169

Total Volume of Course Material printed in 2008 2,26,49,708blocks

Audio/Video Programmes produced till date(*Excluding programmes produced at Gyan Vani Stations) 1502* / 3107

IGNOU Staff Strength (Sanctioned / In position)(a) Teachers and Academics 574 / 380(b) Administrative (including Group-D Staff) 2103 / 1205

State Open Universities / Dual Mode Universities and Institutes recognised by Distance Education Council. 14 / 140

February, 2009

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Vice-Chancellor’s Report

Chief Guest of the Convocation, Prof. R. Natarajan, Chief Guests of the Convocation at our Regional Centres across the country, distinguished guests and invitees in the Regional Centres, Pro-Vice-Chancellors Prof. Omprakash Mishra, Prof. Parvin Sinclair, Dr. Devendra Kumar Choudhry, Dr. Latha Pillai and Prof. K.R. Srivathsan, Members of the Board of Management, Academic Council and the Planning Board, Registrars, Directors of Schools, Heads of Divisions, recipients of the degrees, diplomas and certificates of the University in this convocation, members of the teaching and non-teaching staff of the University, invited guests, representatives from the print and electronic media, Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is my proud privilege to welcome you all to the 20th Convocation of the Indira Gandhi National Open University, at which over 1,37,000 learners will be receiving their degrees, diplomas and certificates. I thank Prof. Natarajan, former Chairperson of AICTE and former Director of IIT, Madras, for accepting the University’s invitation to be the Chief Guest, and for delivering the Convocation Address.

Ladies and Gentlemen, let me present before you an overview of the activities and the progress of Indira Gandhi National Open University during 2008. Let me begin with a summary of some of the major initiatives taken during this period.

i) Convergence Scheme: This scheme was operationalised in March, th2008. Its objective is to achieve the projected targets of the 11 Plan for

access to higher education, by making optimal use of the strengths of the conventional and ODL systems. It offers partnership in four forms to conventional institutions with a potential for excellence, under which learners of those institutions can simultaneously enrol for any IGNOU programme that they are eligible for. The huge response to this scheme (about 10,000 learners in 359 institutions till December 2008) shows the great niche it has tried to fill. In Figure 8, we have given a chart to show the statewise representation of the partner institutes under this scheme.

ii) Research and Teaching Assistantship: With the twin objectives of furthering systemic and discipline based research as well as developing potential teachers of ODL, this scheme provides a substantial stipend to carefully selected bright young people who have a strong bent towards research. During 2008, 126 RTAs joined IGNOU, and are undertaking research and teaching at different locations across the country.

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iii) New Centres: IGNOU launched the following centres, with the aim of developing the capacity of professionals and other workers in different sectors, be it the corporate sector, or teaching, or those requiring vocational training.

1) Advanced Centre for Informatics and Innovative Learning2) Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy3) IGNOU Institute for Vocational Education and Training4) North East Centre for Research and Development5) IGNOU Institute for Professional Competency Advancement of

Teachers through ODL6) IGNOU Centre for ODL in Research and Training in Agriculture.

iv) Enhanced technological access: The Gyan Darshan channels and Gyan Vani, Delhi, were made available on several DTH platforms, and are being webcast, using part of the 48mbps internet bandwidth that the University has acquired.

IGNOU ONLINE, the gateway to the IGNOU online programmes, was also launched with a few programmes, like MLIS and the PG Certificate in Cyber Law, to start with.

IGNOU was awarded ‘Manthan’ an annual award that honours the use of technology for socio-economic development, conferred by the non-profit organisation, Digital Empowerment Foundation.

In November, 2008, IGNOU also launched its SMS Alert services for the students and staff of the University, an initiative to bridge the information gap between the learners and the University.

The ‘ODLSoft’ – ERP of IGNOU’s back office processes is being undertaken. This will facilitate the availability of an integrated database to all concerned.

v) City Centre: IGNOU has launched an extended arm of its Student Services Centre in the form of a City Centre in the heart of New Delhi. This would allow easier access to several learners/ prospective learners for obtaining information about various aspects of IGNOU. A career counselling unit will also start functioning from there soon.

vi) Walk-in Admissions and Online Admissions: These schemes have been launched as initiatives to make admission procedures easier for potential learners. Under them, anybody interested in enrolling in most

programmes of the University can do it the year round by simply walking in to the nearest Regional Centre and filling up the form, or doing so through the IGNOU website and using the online payment facilities.

The University initiatives of walk-in/ online admissions, along with the Convergence Scheme and new academic offerings, have shown encouraging trends. In the last year (July, 08 and Jan., 09), we have enrolled around 5,55,000 students. The cumulative student strength has crossed 2 million. Thus, about 15% of the total higher education enrolment is with IGNOU. This is a matter of great pride and great responsibility. We need to continue to strive for excellence in providing student support services, which we are committed to refine along with our expansion plans. This expansion also requires faculty growth in the support divisions too. For instance, more than 7000 titles were added in the central and regional centre libraries, and 7 new e-resources were added (including a database with 185 e-books with access to all faculty and regional centres).

Academic Programmes Developed

Over the last 23 years, the University has developed a large number of programmes ranging from the purely academic to the predominantly vocational, from the high-level postgraduate degrees to the lower-end competence certificates, and from complex professional development programmes to the more general awareness-building modules. These programmes cater to the needs of a wide spectrum of society ranging from the professionally qualified to the semi-literate, from business managers to industrial workers, from the unemployed to the self-employed, male and female, rural and urban. In the period of report, the University launched about 40 new programmes of diverse levels and kinds. Many more programmes are under development by the 21 Schools of Studies, some with the collaboration of other institutions. The complete list of 175 programmes on offer is available in Table 1, appended to this report.

The University, in the last year, has also embarked on a policy of reaching out to learners who wish to study diverse Indian and foreign languages, like Maithili, Urdu, Japanese and German. A large number of diverse programmes are being designed and developed by the newly established Schools of Studies, some of them being:

MA in Mass CommunicationPG Certificate in Bangla-Hindi TranslationBachelor of Vocational Education and Training

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Research Activities

The thrust on research was prominent among the activities of the University. Apart from the scheme of research and teaching assistantships, there are 43 learners enrolled in the Ph.D programmes of the University. The faculty also undertook a number of research projects, pertaining to systemic and discipline based research. The University continued to provide support to several faculty and academic staff members to participate in international conferences and seminars, and hosted several national and international conferences, seminars and workshops.

The University is also the apex body for developing and monitoring the distance learning system in the country. The Distance Education Council (DEC), established by IGNOU, undertakes the activities of coordination, maintaining standards and funding of the Distance Education Institutes. During January-December 2008, the DEC dispersed Rs. 33 crores to State Open Universities, and Rs.14 crores to Distance Education Institutes. Distance Education Council has also funded around 8 major and 15 minor ongoing research projects.

From the Regions

The Regional Centres have, during this period, continued to put their best foot forward. Some initiatives taken by them are:

A successful pilot run of the mobile study centre scheme for providing access to the tribal population in the deep interior of the Jabalpur region.

The Regional Centre at Bhopal has initiated, with the State Government, a huge programme for training all the ‘anganwadi’ workers of the state.

The Regional Centre, Kochi, has been the node for creating the PG Diploma in Teaching and Research in Management. This Centre also took the responsibility of providing 1431 teachers of the Atomic Energy Education Society schools with basic training in ‘Proficiency in Satellite and IT-enabled education’.

The Dehradun Regional Centre has obtained financial grants from the State government for the inmates of Haridwar Prison towards their programme fee.

The Chennai Regional Centre has had the Awareness Package on Disability translated into Tamil.

To provide better access to learners, the University has further expanded its outreach. In the period of report, the University has added 9 new regional centres at Goa, Chandigarh, Mumbai, Nagpur, Thiruvananthapuram, Noida, Vijayawada, Jorhat and a third regional centre in Delhi. Besides this around 300 new learner support centres have also been activated. The number of Academic Counsellors has increased to 36828. We hope that opening of these regional and learner support centres will improve access and quality support to learners in their studies.

IGNOU has also expanded its reach overseas. The total enrolment is now around 6000, while the number of partner institutions is now 52, spread across 33 countries. What is more significant is that our programmes are not only popular among the Indian diaspora and NRIs, but are attracting people of diverse nationalities too. In this context, a few important collaborations for sharing learning materials and programme offerings have taken place (see Table 3). Some of them are with the Sudan Open University, Iran Cultural Centre, NCCD Mongolia and the PANSAARC e-network project.

Some Proposed Initiatives

1) Community Colleges: These colleges, of which there are more than 100 in India, are accredited to award upto two years tertiary education. IGNOU plans to offer conditional recognition to the certification of these colleges, as well as offer its own associate degree programmes through them.

2) Corporate Education: IGNOU plans to extend consultancy services to state governments and various Universities for training in the use of new technologies and build human resources for the corporate sector.

3) Assessment and Accreditation of Distance Learning Institutes: This is one of the important tasks the University has decided to undertake. The process has been initiated and the institutions are being encouraged to come forward with the information through self assessment. This is to be followed by inspections undertaken by DEC committees before assigning grading.

4) Online and On-demand Examination: Moving towards a more learner-centric and flexible system of teaching-learning, the University has already introduced online admission in most of the programmes of study. At present, the University is in the process of developing and testing the system of online and on-demand examinations. We propose


to implement it within a few months. This will meet new standards in the area of learner support systems.

5) Credit Transfer Scheme: This scheme is being devised by DEC as part of its mandate for coordination of the Distance Education system. It will facilitate learner mobility across institutions. This scheme is envisaged to help learners of ODL as well as face-to-face teaching institutions.

I have only given a brief overview of our work over the last year, and some future plans. Let me end by congratulating all the candidates who are going to receive various degrees and diplomas today. My special congratulations to those who are receiving distinctions and medals. As you leave the portals of this university, I wish you all a bright future and better opportunities in your own field of occupation.

Before concluding, I once again thank our Chief Guest, Prof. Natarajan for his acceptance to be with us today. I appreciate and acknowledge the dedicated efforts of the Pro-Vice-Chancellors, members of the Board of Management, Registrars, Finance Officer, Directors of Schools, Heads of Divisions, Centres and Units, Members of the Academic and Research Councils, Planning Board and all other expert committees, and the entire teaching and non-teaching staff of the University for their continued efforts in making Indira Gandhi National Open University a success story in the democratization of education in the country.

Tables


Table 1: Academic Programmes of the University

Ph.D Programmes

Masters Degree Programmes

S.No. Name of The Programme Programme Code(1) (2) (3)

1. Doctor of Philosophy in Education, History, Tourism Studies, Political Sc., Economics, Sociology, Public Admn., Library & Information Sc., Nursing, Mathematics, Physics, Hindi, English, Commerce, Management, Social Work, Women’s Studies, Rural Development, Child Development, Gender & Development Studies, Food & Nutrition, Distance Education, Sri Aurobindo Studies and Agriculture Extension (Total of 24 programmes) Ph.D.

2 Master of Arts (Distance Education) MADE

3 Master of Arts (English) MEG

4 Master of Arts (Hindi) MHD

5 Master of Arts (Economics) MEC

6 Master of Arts (History) MAH

7 Master of Arts (Education) MA(Edu)

8 Master of Arts (Political Science) MPS

9 Master of Arts (Public Admn.) MPA

10 Master of Arts (Sociology) MSO

11 Master of Arts (Social Work) MSW

12 Master of Arts (Rural Development) MARD

13 Master of Arts (Tourism Management) MTM

14 Master of Commerce M.Com.

15 Master of Computer Applications MCA

16 Master of Library and Information Science MLIS

17 Master of Science (Dietetics and Food Services Management M.Sc.(DFSM)

18 M.Sc.(Mathematics with Applications in Computer Sciences) M.Sc. (MACS)

19 Master of Business Administration MBA

20 Master of Business Administration (Banking & Finance) MBF

21 Master of Science (Hospitality Administration) MHA

22 Master of Arts (Public Policy) MPP

23 Master of Commerce in Finance & Taxation M.Com (F&T)

24 Master of Commerce in Business Policy and Corporate Governance M.Com (BP&CG)


53 Post Graduate Diploma in Higher Education PHDHE

54 Post Graduate Diploma in Library Automation and Networking PGDLAN

55 Post Graduate Diploma in Maternal & Child Health PGDMCH

56 Post Graduate Diploma in Hospital & Health Management PGDHHM

57 Post Graduate Diploma in Geriatric Medicine PGDGM

58 Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Development PGDRD

59 Post Graduate Diploma in Radio Prasaran PGDRP

60 Post Graduate Diploma in Translation PGDT

61 Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism and Mass Communication PGJMC

62 Post Graduate Diploma in Audio Programme Production PGDAPP

63 Post Graduate Diploma in International Business Operation PGDIBO

64 Post Graduate Diploma in Disaster Management PGDDM

65 Post Graduate Diploma in Intellectual Property Rights PGDIPR

66 Post Graduate Diploma in Environment and Sustainable Development PGDESD

67 Post Graduate Diploma in Educational Technology PGDET

68 Post Graduate Diploma in School Leadership and Management PGDSLM

69 Post Graduate Diploma in Participatory Management of Displacement, Resettlement and Rehabilitation PGDMRR

70 Post Graduate Diploma in Financial Management PGDFM

71 Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management PGDHRM

72 Post Graduate Diploma in Management PGDIM

73 Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management PGDMM

74 Post Graduate Diploma in Operations Management PGDOM

75 Post Graduate Diploma in Social Work PGDSW

76 Post Graduate Diploma in Pharmaceutical Sales Management PGDPSM

77 Post Graduate Diploma in Food Safety & Quality Management PGDFSQM

78 Post Graduate Diploma in Legal Process Outsourcing (online) PGDLPO

Table 1: Academic Programmes of the University (Contd.)



25 Master of Commerce in Management Accounting & Financial Strategies M.Com (MA &FS)

26 Master of Education M.Ed.

27 Bachelor of Arts (Tourism Studies) BTS

28 Bachelor of Computer Applications BCA

29 Bachelor of Arts BA

30 Bachelor of Commerce B.Com

31 Bachelor of Science B.Sc.

32 Bachelor of Social Work BSW

33 Bachelor of Library & Information Science BLIS

34 B.Sc.Nursing (Post Basic) B.Sc.N(PB)

35 B.Sc.(Hons)in Optometry and Ophthalmic Techniques BSCHOT

36 B.Tech Civil (Construction Management) BTCM

37 B.Tech. Civil (Water Resource Engineering) BTWRE

38 B.Tech Mechanical Engineering (Computer Integrated Manufacturing) BTME

39 Bachelor Preparatory Programme BPP

40 Bachelor of Education B.Ed.

41 Bachelor of Science (Hospitality and Hotel Administration) BHM

42 Bachelor of Commerce with Major in Accountancy and Finance B.Com (A&F)

43 B.Com with Major in Corporate Affairs and Administration B.Com (CA&A)

44 B.Com with Major in Financial and Cost Accounting B.Com (F&CA)

45 Bachelor of Science (Nautical Science) B.Sc.(NS)

46 B.Tech, Aerospace Engineering BTAE

47 BA Fashion Merchandising and Production BA(FMP)

48 BA Textile Design BA(TD)

49 BA Fashion Design BA(FD)

50 BA International Hospitality Administration BA(IHA)

51 Post Graduate Diploma in Clinical Cardiology PGDCC

52 Post Graduate Diploma in Distance Education PGDDE

Bachelors Degree Programmes

Post Graduate Diploma Programmes



105 Post Graduate Certificate in Patent Practice PGCPP

106 Post Graduate Certificate in Endodontics PGCE

107 Post Graduate Certificate in Oral Implantology PGCOI

108 Post Graduate Certificate in Project Management PGCPM

109 Post Graduate Certificate in Security Operations PGCSO

110 Advanced Certificate in Power Distribution Management ACPDM

111 Certificate in Disaster Management CDM

112 Certificate in Environmental Studies CES

113 Certificate in Food & Nutrition CFN

114 Certificate in Human Rights CHR

115 Certificate in Computing CIC

116 Certificate in Guidance CIG

117 Certificate in Sericulture CIS

118 Certificate in Organic Farming COF

119 Certificate in Nutrition and Child Care CNCC

120 Certificate in Consumer Protection CCP

121 Certificate in Rural Development CRD

122 Certificate in Teaching English CTE

123 Certificate in Tourism Studies CTS

124 Certificate Programme in Laboratory Techniques CPLT

125 Certificate in HIV and Family Education CAFE

126 Certificate in Food Safety CFS

127 Certificate in Health Care Waste Management CHCWM

128 Certificate in Competency Enhancement for ANM/FHW CCEANM

129 Certificate in Newborn & Infant Care CNIC

130 Certificate in Maternal and Child Health Care CMCHC

131 Certificate in Teaching of Primary School Mathematics CTPM

132 Certificate in Business Skills CBS

133 Certificate in Functional English (Basic Level) CFE

134 Certificate in German Language CGL

Advanced Certificate Programme

Certificate Programmes




79 Post Graduate Diploma in Disability Management for Medical Practitioners PGDDM-MP

80 Post Graduate Diploma in Security Operations PGDSO

81 Advanced Diploma in Construction Management ADCM

82 Advanced Diploma in Water Resource Engineering ADWRE

83 Diploma in Civil Engineering(G) DCLE(G)

84 Diploma in HIV and Family Education DAFE

85 Diploma in Creative Writing in English DCE

86 Diploma in Youth in Development Work DCYP

87 Diploma in Early Childhood Care and Education DECE

88 Diploma in Nutrition & Health Education DNHE

89 Diploma in Tourism Studies DTS

90 Diploma in Women’s Empowerment & Development DWED

91 Diploma in Value Added Products from Fruits and Vegetables DVAPFV

92 Diploma in Production of Value Added Products from Cereals, Pulses and Oilseeds DPVCPO

93 Diploma in Meat Technology DMT

94 Diploma in Dairy Technology DDT

95 Diploma in Nursing Administration DNA

96 Diploma in Mechanical Engineering DME

97 Diploma in Retailing DIR

98 Diploma in BPO Finance & Accounting DBPOFA

99 Diploma in Management DIM

100 Diploma in Primary Education DPE

101 Diploma in Civil Engineering(Army only) DCLE

102 Diploma in Electrical & Mechanical Engineering (Army only) DEME

103 Post Graduate Certificate in Professional Development of Teachers PGCPDT

104 Post Graduate Certificate in Cyber Law PGCCL

Advanced Diplomas Programmes

Diploma Programmes

Post Graduate Certificate Programmes



Table 2: List of Students being awarded Gold Medals in the 20th Convocation

S.No. Programme Enrolment Student Name School Regional CentreCode Number

1 MAH 062030118 G Vijayalakshmi SOSS Ahmedabad

2 MARD 050333419 Sanjeev Kumar Dhiman SOCE Shimla

3 MARD 063120842 Ishu SOCE Delhi-2

4 MBA 051693650 Pabitra Mohan Pradhan SOMS Bhubaneshar

5 MBF 052658357 Ravisankar V SOMS Chennai

6 MCA 059139563 Naresh Yadav SOCIS International

7 MCOM 071573125 Rupa Khanna SOMS Dehradun

8 MEC 063119103 Ritu Kataria SOSS Delhi-2

9 MEG 069119321 Juveriya Hashmi SOH International

10 MHD 063158302 Asha Joshi SOH Bhubaneshar

11 MLS 076032362 Atika Kaushik SOSS Delhi-2

12 MPA 063116606 Shradhanvita Singh SOSS Delhi-2

13 MPS 060066961 Pranita Das SOSS Guwahati

14 MSO 063114634 Anjuman Gulati SOSS Delhi-2

15 MSCDFSM 054540186 Ilham Sehar Malick SOCE Bangalore

16 MSCDFSM 063638268 Farah Deeba SOCE Srinagar

17 MTM 062040631 Virendra Thakore SOSS Ahmedabad

18 BA 059125794 Anam Tariq SOSS International

19 BCOM 059130012 Jheengut Parinita SOMS International

20 BED 060007359 K Mallika Rao SOE Hyderabad

21 BED 060178829 NVK Durga Devi SOE Ahmedabad

22 BHM 054611854 Jasleen Chawla SOSS Delhi-1

23 BLS 075998594 Veena Gandhi SOSS Delhi-2

24 BSC 054882251 Akshay Kumar SOS Karnal

25 BSCN 052300011 Raj Kumari Singh SOHS Delhi-1

26 BSW 054931576 Mithun Sharma SOCE Delhi-1

27 BTS 054574953 Priya Rani Sreekumar SOSS Bangalore

28 PGDAPP 072080093 Amit Kamal SOCE Delhi-1

29 PGDCA 071835991 Sangita U SOCIS Chennai

30 PGDCC 062424148 Kapil Dev Mohindra SOHS Delhi-2

31 PGDDE 071234965 Dr.U.C.Pandey SOE Jabalpur

32 PGDDM 071964389 Neha Sharma SOSS Shimla


135 Certificate in Community Radio CCR

136 Certificate in NGO Management CNGOM

137 Certificate in Primary Education CPE

138 Certificate in Primary Teaching (Module-I of DPE) CPT

139 Certificate in Primary Curriculum & Instruction (Module-II of DPE) CPC

140 Certificate in Spanish Language (online) CSL

141 Certificate in Craft & Design (Pottery) CCDP

142 Certificate in Shoe Upper Cutting CSUC

143 Certificate in Shoe Upper Stitching CSUS

144 Certificate in Shoe Lasting and Finishing CSLY

145 Certificate in Elementary Teacher Education CETE

146 Computer Literacy Programme CLP

147 Certificate in Motorcycle Service and Repair CMSR

148 Awareness-cum-Training Packages in Disability (Mental Retardation, Visual Impairment, Hearing Impairment & Cerebral Palsy)

149 Appreciation Course on Environment ACE

150 Appreciation Programme in Sustainability Science (online) APSS

151 Programme on Dairy Farming for Rural Farmers ADPF

152 Value Added Products from Fruits & Vegetables APVPFV

Non-Credit Programmes

Appreciation Programmes




OTHER AWARDS

Award Student Name, Programme & Enrol. No.

Prof. Ram Reddy memorial Gold Medal for the Ritu Katariahighest marks in any Masters’ Degree Programme MEC-063119103in the Social Sciences

Prof. Grover award (Cash award) for the best Sreeshan Mukhandamong the Physically Handicapped Meritorious BCOM-000808815students in B.Com.

The CEMCA cash award of Rs. 10,000 for the best Namita BajajIGNOU female student in any degree programme MCA-051460650pertaining to technology

Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam cash award of Rs. 10,000 Mithun Sharmafor the Gold Medalist in BSW BSW-054931576

Table 2: List of Students being awarded Gold Medals in the 20th Convocation (Contd.)

33 PGDESD 071964095 Kapil Mohan SOS Shimla

34 PGDFM 071999707 Ishu Chadda SOMS Khanna

35 PGDGM 070431151 Betsy Mathew SOHS Bangalore

36 PGDHHM 072278690 Sangita Sagar SOHS Lucknow

37 PGDHRM 072924055 Devendra Kumar Tiwari SOMS Delhi-1

38 PGDIBO 071802202 Simran Manku SOMS Lucknow

39 PGDIM 070442749 Meenatchi P A SOMS Bangalore

40 PGDIPR 070073773 Mohan N H SOS Guwahati

41 PGDLAN 072077150 Geeta Luthra SOSS Delhi-1

42 PGDMCH 070964576 Dr Sujata Mandal SOHS Kolkata

43 PGDMM 072924600 Mona Mehta SOMS Delhi-1

44 PGDOM 071862104 Mahesh Kukreja SOMS Karnal

45 PGDRD 072078040 Amar Krishna Seth SOCE Delhi-1

46 PGDRP 070135596 Shweta Kumari SOH Patna

47 PGDSLM 070463473 Jyothi Renjini R. SOE Cochin

48 PGDT 071807390 Swarna Kumari SOH Lucknow

49 PGJMC 072128969 Bhuvnesh Kumar SOCE Delhi-2

50 ADCIM 061544278 Banamali Mohanta SOET Bhubaneshar

51 DAFE 071547588 Amit Kumar SOCE Lucknow

52 DCE 071985257 Ritika Mathur SOH Pune

53 DCIM 071777470 Debojyoti Sen SOET Hyderabad

54 DCLE 064032661 Santosh Kumar Singh SOET Dehradun

55 DDT 072509430 Dhananjay Singh SOA Delhi-2

56 DECE 071842830 Banoumady S SOCE Chennai

57 DEME 064032013 L Leenus SOET Bangalore

58 DIM 072742568 Abhishek Maheshwari SOMS Delhi-2

59 DNA 071996274 Kavita Kumari SOHS Khanna

60 DNHE 070437160 Baseerath Afreen SOCE Bangalore

61 DPE 062316120 Abhilasha Kumari SOE Ranchi

62 DTS 071561722 Tarannum SOSS Dehradun

63 DVAPFV 070479364 Nimmi Ramachandran SOA Cochin

Total Students being awarded Gold Medals in the 20th Convocation: 63

S.No. Programme Enrolment Student Name School Regional CentreCode Number

Table 2: List of Students being awarded Gold Medals in the 20th Convocation (Contd.)

18. MOU with Deptt. of Women & Child Development, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh to implement the pilot training programme referred to as the PROJECT.

19. MOU with the Institute of Industrial Management for Safety, Health & Environment, Bhopal to enhance knowledge, skills, attitude and awareness among the students in the field of Industrial Safety, Health and Environment.

20. Agreement with Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd.(TCIL), Govt. of India Enterprise for imparting quality education to 10000 African students in the educational courses.

21. Agreement with Tamil University, Thanajvur for reproduction rights of translated study material by third Party.

22. MOU with North Eastern Hill University, Shillong regarding area of land allotted to IGNOU by NEHU, Shillong.

23. MOU with Axis Bank Ltd. To entrust the Bank for acceptance of the work with effect from the date of collection.

24. Agreement with Hero Honda Motors Ltd. for cooperation in the design & development of IGNOU-HHML Motorcycle Technicians Competency Development Project.

25. MOU with the Pearl Academy of Fashion (PAF), New Delhi to offer the programmes in the area of Fashion Design, Textile Design and Fashion Merchandising etc.

26. MOU with the Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad to collaborate and identify and areas of collaboration for the exchange of educational video programmes.

27. MOU with Ahmedbad Management Association (AMA), Ahmedabad to broaden and deepen their mutual academic, scientific and pedagogical relations and co-operation.

28. Agreement with Indian Academy, Manama in the spheres of education and their interests in teaching and research in the field of distance and open learning.

29. MOU with Ahmedabad Management Association, Ahmedabad to make joint efforts in the planning, designing, development and implementation of a two full time MBA Programme in International Business Management.

30. MOU with the Institute for Socialist Education (ISE), New Delhi for developing programmes to promote professional architectural education in the country and abroad.

31. MOU with Accenture Services Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai to enhance the suitability and requirement of BPOs, Accenture.

32. MOU with AIDS Healthcare Education – India Cares for the purpose of cooperating in bringing the HIV Medics programme.

33. MOU with the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India, New Delhi for democratizing education for large segments of population, vacations and professions with emphasis on innovation, flexibility and cost effectiveness.

34. MOU with State Open Universities located in the different States of India regarding IUC-TEFED.

35. MOU with Medical Association of India to launch programmes of study on Health and related areas under the Open University Mode at IGNOU.


Table 3: Memoranda of Understanding and Collaborations (Contd.)Table 3: Memoranda of Understanding and Collaborations

With Organisations in India

1. MOU with Central Council for Research in Ayurveda and Siddha for common goals of higher Health Distance Learning

2. MOU with Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE) for recognizing the capacity, capabilities expertise and experience in respective fields.

3. MOU with Anna University Chennai, Sarkar Patel Raod, Guindy, Chennai for optimizing the use of available resources by using the existing audio/video infrastructure.

4. MOU with Federation of Indian Publishers, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi for enhancing the knowledge, skill and capabilities of the students in area of book publishing.

5. MOU with Global India Foundation (GIF), Gariahat Main Road (South), Kolkata to support research in the field of international relations, social and public polity, issues related to north eastern India.

6. MOU with Goldstone Technologies Ltd., Amarchand Sharma Complex, S.D. Road, Secunderabad for carrying the two channels of Gyan Darshan viz. GD-1 and GD-2 on IPTV.

7. Agreement with Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. (MTNL), New Delhi.

8. MOU with Public Health Resource Network, an initiative of State Health Resource Centre, Shahpur Jat, New Delhi for joint action to support the development and implementation of a Post Graduate Diploma in Health Management.

9. Agreement with M/s National Projects Construction Corporation Ltd., a company registered under the Companies Act, 1956, Nehru Place New Delhi.

10. MOU with Institute of Acupuncture & Natural Medicines (IANM), Greater Kailash, New Delhi for recognizing the common goals of Acupuncture Education and continuous training.

11. MOU with Indian Institute of Banking & Finance, the Arcade, World Trade Centre, Cuffe Parade, Mumbai for offering a programme of studies at the post-graduate level.

12. MOU with National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Pusa Raod, New Delhi for developing programmes in the area of hospitality services and hotel management.

13. MOU with National Council for Hotel Management and Catering Technology, Pusa Raod, New Delhi for extension of term of offering B.Sc. and M.Sc. programmes in Hospitality Administration.

14. MOU with Power Finance Corporation Ltd., Urjanidhi, Barakhamba Lane, New Delhi for developing and conducting training and education programmes in the Power Sector.

15. MOU with Aeronautical Engineering and Research Organisation (AERO) for developing programmes in the area of Aeronautical Engineering to promote professional education.

16. MOU with the Institute of Company Secretaries of India for democratizing education for large segments of population, vocations and professions.

17. MOC with the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore to launch a Post-BSc Integrated Ph.D(1-PhD) Programme entitled Joint Integrated PhD Programme in Physics.

53. 46 MOU signed with the following institutions for launching a three years programme titled BA International Hospitality Administration:

S.No. Name of the Institute

1. Anand Institute of Management Science (AIIMS), Gujarat

2. Sree Balaji College of Hotel Management & Catering Technology, Trichy

3. Suryadatta college of Hospitality Management, Puna.

4. Mashal School of Hotel Management, IPS Academy INDORE

5. Gujarat Institute of Hospitality Management

6. Good Shephered Institute of Hospitality Management, Darjeeling.

7. Institute of Hotel & Restaurant Management, Kolkata

8. Sri Venkateswara Institute of Hotel Management & Catering, Tirupati.

9. Asia Pacific Institute of Management, Ahmedabad

10. Naipunnya of Institute Management & Information Technology, Thrissur.

11. Vivekanand Institute of Hotel & Tourism Management, Rajkot

12. Benson College of Hotel Management & Culinary Arts, Chennai

13. AMRO College of Hotel Management, Mumbai.

14. The International college, Mumbai

15. SAMS Institute of Hospitality Administration, Varanasi

16. Institute of Hospitality & Toursim Management, Pune

17. Nageshkar Memorial Hospitality Academy Pvt. Ltd., Kolhapur

18. DINA Institute of Hotel & Business Management, Pune

19. Oriental Institute of Hotel Management, Calicut

20. Jindal School of Hotel Management, Badodra

21. Rizvi Academy of Hospitality Management & Catering Operations, Mumbai

22. Arun Muchhala Institute of Hotel Management & Catering Technology, Thane.

23. Kohinoor College of Hotel & Tourism Management Studies, Mumbai

24. Baba Farid Institute of Hotel Management BFIHM, Dehradun

25. Northern Institute of Hotel Management, Dehradun.

26. IILM Institute for Higher Education, Gurgaon

27. Cambay Institute of Hospitality Management, Jaipur.

28. Institute of Hotel Management & Catering Technology, Patna

29. Atharva College of Hotel Management & Catering Technology, Mumbai


Table 3: Memoranda of Understanding and Collaborations (Contd.)

36. MOU with International Centre for Eyecare Education (ICEE) to jointly collaborate in the development of the optometry training programmes

37. MOU with M/s Security Skills Council of India, New Delhi to design, develop and deliver employment oriented courses in security and allied areas.

38. MOC with Government of National Capital Territory, Delhi to support the development of health/medical education and training.

39. MOU with All India Management Association, New Delhi to collaborate for e-learning courses at national level.

40. MOU with the Project Management Associates and Centre for Excellence in Project Management Pvt. Ltd, Noida for developing program in the area of Project Management in order to promote professional education in the country and abroad through various educational methodologies.

41. MOU with Vidya Vardhan Trust (VVT), Goa for developing programmes to promote professional architectural education in the country and abroad through various educational methodologies.

42. MOU with Sri Aurobindo Centre for Advanced Research (SACAR) Trust, Pondicherry to recognize the relevance of the integral philosophy and vision of Sri Aurobindo for younger generations and the need for introducing this thought in the mainstream higher education.

43. MOU with Confederation of Indian Industry, New Delhi to design develop and deliver employment oriented programmes and courses.

44. MOU with Bharat Sevak Samaj, New Delhi for cooperation and joint action to support and develop the various Educational and Training Programme.

45. Agreement with Access Atlantech Edutainment (India) Ltd. Chennai to develop, facilitate and propagate practices and process and Diploma Programme in Creative Media Arts.

46. Agreement with Reliance Communications Infrastructure Ltd., Navi Mumbai for providing 48 MBPS (1:1) internet bandwidth services in Delhi.

47. Agreement with Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. New Delhi for supply Free EPABX under the MTNL’s “Free EPABX” scheme.

48. MOU with PRIA, New Delhi to develop and deliver the academic programme titled Advance Diploma in Managing Participatory Development Project through ODL mode.

49. Amended Agreement with Retailers Associations of India, Mumbai to remove some ambiguity

50. MOU with the Centre for Women’s Development Studies, New Delhi for recognizing the capacity and competency and expertise of each other desire to launch the programme of M.Phil/Ph.D in Women’s Studies

51. MOC with Apollo Hospitals Educational and Research Foundation (AHERF), Chennai in launching a number of educational curses in Para-medical Sciences, Allied Health Sciences, Medical Speciality and Super-Speciality sciences and Medical Assistantship programmes.

52. MOU with Time Broadband Services Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi to carry the two channels of Gyan Darshan namely GD-1 and GD-2 on TBSPL cable TV networks.



With Organisations Abroad

1. MOU with Mauritius Institute of Education, Reduit, Mauritius to offer Diploma in Teacher Education.

2. Agreement with Centre for Open and Distance Education, Nairobi, Kenya for joint Distance Education Project.

3. MOU with DEUTSCHE WELLE (DW), Bonn, Germany to become partner and commit to working together in distributing selected and suitable programmes of DW-TV and DW-RADIO via the network of Gyan Darshan and Gyan Vani.

4. Agreement with Regent International Institute of Higher Studies, Colambo, Sri Lanka in the spheres of education and their interests in teaching and research in the filed of distance and open learning.

5. MOU with the Foundation for educational partners (“TFEP”), South Cave, HU15 2BX UK to develop new certificated programmes that will provide training in a blended learning environment to enable students to undertake a range of internationally recognized qualifications.

6. Three Agreements with ATEICO Communications, Jeddah / Dammam / Riyadh Saudi Arabia.

7. MOU with Queensland University of Technology (QUT)


30. Munnar Catering College, Munnar

31. IEC Institute of Hospitality Management, Noida

32. Indo American School of Tourism , Batlapudi

33. Pailan School of International Studies, Kolkata

34. Shevaroys College of Catering & Hotel Administration, Salem

35. Hotel & Catering Management Institute, Chandigarh

36. Canan School of Catering & Hotel Management, Chennai

37. Sarva Institute of Hotel Management, Panchkula

38. RIG Institute of Hospitality & Management , Noida

39. R.M. Institute of Hotel Management, New Delhi

40. Kapol Vidyanidhi Institute of Technology, Mumbai

41. Sheetal Academy for Technical & Hospitality Education, Mathura

42. Institute of Science & Management, Ranchi

43. Institute of Hotel Management & Catering Technology, Udaipur

44. PES Institute of Hotel Management, Bangalore

45. Presidency College of Hotel Management, Bangalore

46. Fairfield Institute of Management & Technology, Delhi

54. MOU with IBM India Pvt. Ltd.

55. MOU with M.P. State Institute of Hospitality Training (MPIHT)

56. Agreement with Iran Cultural House

57. MOU with Rainmaker Training & Recruitment Pvt. Ltd.

58. Agreement with M/s Idea Cellular Ltd.

59. Agreement with IILM Institute for Higher Education, Gurgaon

60. MOA with Telecommunications Consultants India Limited for SAARC Tele-Education e/Network.

61. Renewed Agreement with Construction Industry Development Council (CIDC) (Construction Education & Training Project) IC-CETP.

62. MOU with FHRAI Education Trust

63. MOU with Punjab National Bank (PNB).

64. MOU with Construction Industry Development Council (CIDC) and Engineer in Chiefs Branch Integrated HQ of MOD (Indian Army).

65. Agreement with Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd.



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