Oct 22, 2015 07:11 PM
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The Indira Gandhi National Open University.known as IGNOU, is a distance learning national university located in IGNOU road, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi, India.IGNOU, the largest university in the world.was founded to impart education by means of distance and open education, provide higher education opportunities particularly to the disadvantaged segments of society, encourage, coordinate and set standards for distance and open education in India and strengthen the human resources of India through education.IGNOU has started a decentralisation process by setting up five zones, viz, north, south, east, west and north east.
The first of the regional headquarters, catering to four southern states, Pondicherry, Andaman and Nicobar and Lakshadweep, is being set up in the outskirts of Thiruvananthapuram in Kerala. It also acts as a national resource centre, and serves to promote and maintain standards of distance education in India. 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.Indira Gandhi National Open University Act, 1985(IGNOU Act 1985). IGNOU is run by the central government of India.
