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IGNOU, NCRI to skill rural youth

IGNOU has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the National Council of Rural Institutes (NCRI), Ministry of Human Resource and Development (MHRD), to launch an Internship/Skill Development Certificate Programme, involving ‘hands-on experience’ for the students.

Jobs for over 121 Varanasi learners

As many as 121 IGNOU learners have secured jobs at the “Campus Placement Fair”, organised by the University’s Varanasi Regional Centre.

Excel in interviews via IGNOU-VMock

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), along with VMock, has launched a Virtual Platform for enhancing employability of its job aspiring population, spread across national and international borders.

NCIDE to launch online database of experts

The National Centre for Innovation in Distance Education (NCIDE) is preparing a comprehensive database of experts who may be interested in being associated with various academic activities of the University such as course writing, editing, translating, question-paper setting, moderation or evaluation.

Rejuvenating translation

There will be a major shift in the understanding of translation in a few decades, stressed eminent scholar-activist Prof Ganesh Devy, while delivering the keynote address at the ‘Seminar on Translating Cultures,’ organised by the School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST) on February 17-18.

Gender budgeting to empower women

The national budget impacts the lives of women in many ways. It can directly promote women’s development when funds are allocated for programmes that address their economic, social and other needs. This was the crux of a workshop on ‘Gender Responsive Budgeting,’ hosted by School of Gender and Development Studies, on February 21.

Caste and the Census

A caste-less society has not become a reality in our country because of an unrealistic fear and self-interested argument that “talking about caste” increases casteism. This was the main theme of a two-day seminar on ‘Caste and the Census’, organised by the Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Chair (BRAC) on Social Change and Development, IGNOU, at the Convention Centre.

Digital Drishti for the blind

The Advanced Centre for Informatics and Innovative Learning (ACIIL), IGNOU, in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B), conducted a ‘Digital Drishti Workshop on Basic Computing and Internet Surfing for the Visually-Impaired through FOSS’ at the IGNOU Headquarters on February 2.

Class X dropout now a lawyer, courtesy IGNOU

Sushanta Kumar Sahoo's prolonged battle to be formally recognised as a lawyer wouldn't have seen the light of day had it not been for IGNOU's Bachelor's Preparatory Programme (BPP).

Book on Food Security

Dr D.Y. Patil, Governor of Tripura, recently released a book on “Sustainable Food Security,” edited by Dr P.K. Jain and Prof B.S. Hansra of School of Agriculture, Dr. K.S. Chakraborty, Regional Director, Agartala, and Dr Jayashree M. Kurup, Director, Student Service Centre.

Help Desk: Support system for ODLSoft

The ODLSoft project has reached the Managed Services Provisioning (MSP) phase, wherein the TCS support team is resolving all the issues related to bugs of the delivered system. The ERP (ODLSoft) Help Desk, formed under the Computer Division, is supporting 1,200 IGNOU users in extending support on all the modules of ODLSoft .

RC Madurai gets Rs. 7 lakh govt grant for Community Colleges

The Ministry of Labour and Employment, Government of India, has approved a proposal submitted by IGNOU Regional Centre Madurai for establishing Community Colleges in the region. An amount of Rs. 7 lakh has been sanctioned by the Ministry for the commencement of the project.

From The Vice Chancellor

The Student Evaluation Division (SED) of IGNOU has created history in completing the evaluation and result declaration of over three lakh students, who appeared for the December 2010 examination, in less than 45 days.

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