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Special Features of this Study Centre:
- First study Centre in the Chennai Region to come into
existence
(From December 1987)
- Dedicated Staff-always ready to help and guide the
learners.
- Adjudged as one of the best study centres of IGNOU
Indira Gandhi National Open
University came into being on September 20, 1985, by an Act of Parliament (1985) to achieve the following objectives:
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decmocratizing higher education by taking education to the
doorsteps of the learners;
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providing access to high quality education to all those who
seek it irrespective of age, religion or formal education;
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offering need-based academic programmes by giving professional
and vocational orientation to the courses;
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as and apex body, setting and maintaining standards in distance
education in the country.
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Days and Time When Study Centre remains open:
Monday to Friday : 2.00 p.m to 5.00p.m
Saturdays
: 11.00 a.m to 1.00 p.m
Sundays : 9.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m
Professor Rajasekaran Pillai
is the Vice-chancellor of IGNOU
Important Achievements
- Emergence of IGNOU as the largest
Open University in the Commonwealth.
- Establishment of Distance Education
Council (DEC) for the co-ordination and determination of standards of distance system in the country (1992).
- Recognition of a centre of
excellence in distance education by the commonwealth of Learning (1993).
- Launching of an IGNOU-ISRO
joint channel for organising a one-way video, two-way audio teleconferencing (1993).
- Reaching IGNOU service to other
countrie.
- Award of excellence for distance
education material by the commonwealth of Learning (1999)
Co-ordinators since 1986
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Period |
Co-ordinators |
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From
1986 to 1996 |
Prof. D. Swamiraj |
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In
1996 (for six months) |
Prof. Srikanth |
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From
1996 to 2001 |
Dr. J. Ebenezer |
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From
2001 to 2005 |
Dr. D. Joseph Anbarasu |
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From
2005 onwards |
Dr. Godwin Premsingh |
IGNOU is the largest open university
in Asia
Examination Schcdule
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