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Milestones

The first conference of the SAARC Consortium of Open and Distance Learning (SACODiL), with VC, IGNOU as the first Chairperson, is held from January 19 to 21 2005.
The 16th Convocation held. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. President of India, delivers the Convocation address.
IGNOU and Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC) join hands to launch various programmes at different levels in the areas of Craft, Design and Art. The first programme in this series is Certificate in Craft & Design (Pottery).
A joint Teacher -Training Programme through distance mode launched at the international level, with the signing of an MoU between IGNOU and Mauritius Institute of Education (MIE) on February 21, 2005.
The 10th Prof. G Ram Reddy Memorial Lecture delivered on July 2, 2005, at EMPC by Padma Shri Prof. (Dr.) NR Madhava Menon, Director, National Judicial Academy, Bhopal.
‘Cross-Border Delivery Experiences of Mega Universities’, 2nd World Summit of Mega Universities (GMUNET) held on September 23 to September 25, 2005. Sh Arjun Singh, Union HRD Minister, Govt, of India inaugurates the summit.
Release of book ‘Open and Flexible Learning: Issues and Challenges’ dedicated to the memory of Prof. G. Ram Reddy, founder VC of IGNOU.
International Conference on Open Learning and Distance Education Organised by IGNOU from November 19 to November 23, 2005. The theme of the conference was ‘Open & Distance Education in Global Environments: Opportunities for Collaboration’.


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