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(Planning & Development Division)

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The Planning and Development Division was established in the Year 1987-88. The Division is principal Planning unit engaged in formulating short-term and long-term plans, policies, and procedures to operationalize various programmes and activities of the University. It periodically reviews and monitors the performance of all the schemes and activities of the University. Management Information System (MIS) of the university is housed in the Division. The Division periodically publish reports/Books highlighting progress/achievements of the University.

The Division coordinates in facilitating design, development and delivery of academic programmes /activities, its procedures, administrative reforms, students support network in order to improve quality of the Open and Distance Education. The Division acts as secretariat for the Planning Board (PB), a statutory body of the University, and its Standing Committee i.e. the Academic Programme Committee (APC).

Academic Programme Committee as on date:

Clause Name of the Member Tenure
Clause (I)
Chairman 		Prof. Uma Kanjilal
Vice-Chancellor,
IGNOU 		Ex-officio VC
Clause (II)
Any two members of PB to be nominated by Chairperson for the APC meeting. 		--
Clause (III)
One Pro-Vice Chancellor nominated by VC. 		--
Clause (IV)
Two Directors of Schools nominated by the Vice-Chancellor. 		1. Prof. M.S.S. Raju
Director, SOMS, IGNOU 		29/11/2023 – 28/11/2025
2. Prof. Suhas Shetgovekar
Director, SOSS, IGNOU 		29/11/2023 – 28/11/2025
Clause (V)
Two Heads/Directors of Divisions nominated by the Vice-Chancellor. 		1. Dr. A. Murli M. Rao
Director, Computer Division, IGNOU 		29/11/2023 – 28/11/2025
2. Dr. Alok Chaube
Registrar, Admin. Division, IGNOU 		29/11/2023 – 28/11/2025
Clause (VI)
Member Secretary 		Prof. Neeti Agrawal
Director, P&DD, IGNOU 		Ex-officio
# Type Meeting No. Meeting Date/Time Venue Minutes Appendix
1 PB 1 1987-03-09 YMCA CULTURAL CENTRE, JAI SINGH ROAD, NEW DELHI PB01
2 PB 2 1987-04-24 YMCA CULTURAL CENTRE, JAI SINGH ROAD, NEW DELHI PB02
3 PB 3 1987-07-28 YMCA CULTURAL CENTRE, JAI SINGH ROAD, NEW DELHI PB03
4 PB 4 1987-07-21 YMCA CULTURAL CENTRE, JAI SINGH ROAD, NEW DELHI PB04
5 PB 5 1987-12-28 YMCA CULTURAL CENTRE, JAI SINGH ROAD, NEW DELHI PB05
6 PB 6 1988-04-04 OFFICE OF THE UNIVERSITY, K-76, HAUZ KHAS, NEW DELHI PB06
7 PB 7 1988-10-31 OFFICE OF THE UNIVERSITY, K-76, HAUZ KHAS, NEW DELHI PB07
8 PB 8 1989-08-28 YMCA CULTURAL CENTRE, JAI SINGH ROAD, NEW DELHI PB08
9 PB 9 1990-11-19 OFFICE OF THE UNIVERSITY, K-76, HAUZ KHAS, NEW DELHI PB09
10 PB 10 1991-03-26 OFFICE OF THE UNIVERSITY, K-76, HAUZ KHAS, NEW DELHI PB10
11 PB 11 1991-10-28 OFFICE OF THE UNIVERSITY, K-76, HAUZ KHAS, NEW DELHI PB11
12 PB 12 1992-05-11 OFFICE OF THE UNIVERSITY, K-76, HAUZ KHAS, NEW DELHI PB12
13 PB 13 1992-11-20 CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK NO. 8, MAIDAN GARHI NEW DELHI PB13
14 PB 14 1993-06-24 CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK NO. 8, MAIDAN GARHI NEW DELHI PB14
15 PB 15 1993-10-20 UNIVERSITY OFFICE, K-76, HAUZ KHAZ, NEW DELHI PB15
16 PB 16 1994-06-29 UNIVERSITY OFFICE, IGNOU CAMPUS (CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8), NEW DELHI PB16
17 PB 17 1995-04-07 UNIVERSITY OFFICE, IGNOU CAMPUS (CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8), NEW DELHI PB17
18 PB 18 1995-09-15 UNIVERSITY OFFICE, IGNOU CAMPUS (CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8), NEW DELHI PB18
19 PB 19 1996-10-18 CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI PB19
20 PB 20 1997-07-22 CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI PB20
21 PB 21 1998-09-17 CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI PB21
22 PB 22 1999-03-26 CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI PB22
23 PB 23 2000-03-10 CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI PB23
24 PB 24 2000-03-27 CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI PB24
25 PB 26 2002-01-09 CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI PB26
26 PB 27 2002-06-13 CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI PB27
27 PB 28 2003-06-24 CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI PB28
28 PB 29 2004-07-14 CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI PB29
29 PB 30 2005-04-04 CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI PB30
30 PB 31 2006-03-06 CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI PB31
31 PB 32 2006-12-19 BOARD ROOM, BLOCK-8,IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI PB32
32 PB 33 2007-09-17 CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI PB33
33 PB 34 2008-03-31 CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI PB34
34 PB 35 2008-11-19 CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI PB35
35 PB 36 2009-10-06 CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI PB36
36 PB 37 2010-04-13 CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI PB37
37 PB 38 2011-04-28 CONFERENCE ROOM, BLOCK-8, IGNOU CAMPUS, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI PB38
38 PB 39 2011-09-22 CONFERENCE ROOM/BOARD ROOM, VICE CHANCELLOR BLOCK (NEW) IGNOU, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI PB39
39 PB 42 2014-04-15 BOARD ROOM, VICE CHANCELLOR BLOCK IGNOU, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI PB42
40 PB 43 2015-07-13 BOARD ROOM, VICE CHANCELLOR BLOCK IGNOU, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI PB43
41 PB 44 2016-07-12 BOARD ROOM, NEW VCO BLOCK, IGNOU, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI PB44
42 PB 45 2017-08-22 BOARD ROOM, NEW VCO BLOCK, IGNOU, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI PB45
43 PB 46 2018-09-12 BOARD ROOM, NEW VCO BLOCK, IGNOU, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI PB46
44 PB 47 2019-04-26 BOARD ROOM, NEW VCO BLOCK, IGNOU, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI PB47
45 PB 48 2020-01-13 BOARD ROOM, NEW VCO BLOCK, IGNOU, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI PB48
46 PB 49 2021-08-07 ONLINE PB49
47 PB 50 2022-09-08 BOARD ROOM, VCO BLOCK, IGNOU, MAIDAN GARHI, NEW DELHI PB50
48 APCM 1 1999-08-17 Block No.8, Board Room, IGNOU APCM01
49 APCM 2 1999-10-29 Board Room, Block No. 8, IGNOU APCM02
50 APCM 3 2000-01-18 Block No.8, Board Room, IGNOU APCM03
51 APCM 4 2000-03-30 Block No. 8, Board Room, IGNOU APCM04
52 APCM 5 2000-07-14 Block No. 8, Board Room, IGNOU APCM05
53 APCM 6 2000-10-12 Block No. 8, Board Room, IGNOU APCM06
54 APCM 7 2000-11-27 Block No. 8, Board Room, IGNOU APCM07
55 APCM 8 2001-10-22 Block No. 8, Board Room, IGNOU APCM08
56 APCM 9 2001-03-07 Block No. 8, Board Room, IGNOU APCM09
57 APCM 10 2001-03-28 Block No. 8, Board Room, IGNOU APCM10
58 APCM 11 2001-06-01 Block No. 8, Board Room, IGNOU APCM11
59 APCM 12 2001-08-29 Block No. 8, Board Room, IGNOU APCM12
60 APCM 13 2002-01-01 Block No. 8, Board Room, IGNOU APCM13
61 APCM 14 2002-02-28 Block No. 8, Board Room, IGNOU APCM14
62 APCM 15 2002-05-17 Block No. 8, Board Room, IGNOU APCM15
63 APCM 16 2002-08-29 Block No. 8, Board Room, IGNOU APCM16
64 APCM 17 2003-02-21 Block No. 8, Board Room, IGNOU APCM17
65 APCM 18 2003-04-05 Block No. 8, Board Room, IGNOU APCM18
66 APCM 19 2003-07-16 Block No. 8, Board Room, IGNOU APCM19
67 APCM 20 2003-09-10 Block No. 8, Board Room, IGNOU APCM20
68 APCM 21 2003-12-05 Block No. 8, Board Room, IGNOU APCM21
69 APCM 22 2004-02-25 Block No. 8, Board Room, IGNOU APCM22
70 APCM 23 2004-05-26 Block No. 8, Board Room, IGNOU APCM23
71 APCM 24 2004-10-15 Block No. 8, Board Room, IGNOU APCM24
72 APCM 25 2005-03-15 Block No. 8, Board Room, IGNOU APCM25
73 APCM 26 2005-09-08 Block No. 8, Board Room, IGNOU APCM26
74 APCM 27 2005-10-18 Block No. 8, Board Room, IGNOU APCM27
75 APCM 28 2006-01-01 Block No. 8, Board Room, IGNOU APCM28
76 APCM 29 2006-05-16 Block No. 8, Board Room, IGNOU APCM29
77 APCM 30 2006-09-25 Block No. 8, Board Room, IGNOU APCM30
78 APCM 31 2007-04-30 Conference Room Block No. 8, IGNOU APCM31
79 APCM 32 2007-08-16 Conference Room Block No. 8, IGNOU APCM32
80 APCM 33 2007-12-12 Conference Room Block No. 8, IGNOU APCM33
81 APCM 34 2008-03-18 Conference Room Block No. 8, IGNOU APCM34
82 APCM 35 2008-07-22 Conference Room Block No. 8, IGNOU APCM35
83 APCM 36 2009-01-28 Conference Room Block No. 8, IGNOU APCM36
84 APCM 37 2009-05-26 Committee Room, Convention Centre, IGNOU APCM37
85 APCM 38 2010-11-11 Conference Room Block No. 8, IGNOU APCM38
86 APCM 39 2011-04-20 Conference Room Block No. 8, IGNOU APCM39
87 APCM 40 2011-04-20 Conference Room Block No. 8, IGNOU APCM40
88 APCM 41 2012-01-30 Conference Room,NEW VC BLOCK, IGNOU APCM41
89 APCM 44 2014-04-02 BOARD ROOM,VICE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE,IGNOU APCM44
90 APCM 45 2014-07-17 BOARD ROOM,VICE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE,IGNOU APCM45
91 APCM 46 2015-04-15 BOARD ROOM,VICE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE,IGNOU APCM46
92 APCM 47 2015-07-13 BOARD ROOM,VICE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE,IGNOU APCM47
93 APCM 48 2015-11-17 BOARD ROOM,VICE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE,IGNOU APCM48
94 APCM 49 2016-04-13 BOARD ROOM,VICE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE,IGNOU APCM49
95 APCM 50 2016-08-31 BOARD ROOM,VCO BLOCK,IGNOU APCM50
96 APCM 51 2016-11-09 BOARD ROOM,VCO BLOCK,IGNOU APCM51
97 APCM 52 2017-02-08 BOARD ROOM,VCO BLOCK,IGNOU APCM52
98 APCM 53 2017-04-26 BOARD ROOM,VCO BLOCK,IGNOU APCM53
99 APCM 54 2018-03-15 BOARD ROOM,VCO BLOCK,IGNOU APCM54
100 APCM 55 2018-06-20 BOARD ROOM,VCO BLOCK,IGNOU APCM55
101 APCM 56 2018-10-30 BOARD ROOM,VCO BLOCK,IGNOU APCM56
102 APCM 57 2019-04-16 BOARD ROOM,VCO BLOCK,IGNOU APCM57
103 APCM 58 2019-04-16 BOARD ROOM,VCO BLOCK,IGNOU APCM58
104 APCM 59 2020-07-15 ONLINE APCM59
105 APCM 60 2021-01-22 BOARD ROOM,VICE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE,IGNOU APCM60
106 APCM 61 2021-09-20 ONLINE APCM61
107 APCM 62 2021-12-16 BOARD ROOM,Conference Room,,VICE CHANCELLOR BLOCK APCM62
108 APCM 63 2022-02-22 ONLINE APCM63
109 APCM 64 2022-06-09 BOARD ROOM,VICE CHANCELLOR'S OFFICE,IGNOU APCM64
110 APCM 65 2022-12-07 Conference Room,VICE CHANCELLOR OFFICE,IGNOU APCM65
111 APCM 66 2023-03-15 Conference Room,VICE CHANCELLOR OFFICE,IGNOU APCM66
112 APCM 67 2023-06-01 Conference Room,VICE CHANCELLOR OFFICE,IGNOU APCM67
113 APCM 68 2023-09-12 Conference Room, VICE CHANCELLOR BLOCK,IGNOU APCM68
114 APCM 69 2023-11-17 Conference Room, VICE CHANCELLOR BLOCK,IGNOU APCM69
115 APCM 70 2024-01-30 Conference Room, VICE CHANCELLOR BLOCK,IGNOU APCM70