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Special Features of this Study Centre:

  1. First study Centre in the Chennai Region to come into
    existence (From December 1987)
  2. Dedicated Staff-always ready to help and guide the
    learners.
  3. 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:
  1. decmocratizing higher education by taking education to the doorsteps of the learners;
  2. providing access to high quality education to all those who seek it irrespective of age, religion or formal education;
  3. offering need-based academic programmes by giving professional and vocational orientation to the courses;
  4. as and apex body, setting and maintaining standards in distance education in the country.

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

Period

Co-ordinators

From 1986 to 1996

Prof. D. Swamiraj

In 1996 (for six months)

Prof. Srikanth

From 1996 to 2001

Dr. J. Ebenezer

From 2001 to 2005

Dr. D. Joseph Anbarasu

From 2005 onwards

Dr. Godwin Premsingh

 

IGNOU is the largest open university in Asia

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