Address:Indira Gandhi National Open University, ignou
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110068 ,India,INDIA .
Phones :+91-11-29532321, 29535924-32, 29535062-65 (EPABX), Extn. 2504 & 2508
FAX :+91-11-29536588
Email: sred@ignou.ac.in
Website: http://www.ignou.ac.in

A Brief Profile:The Indira Gandhi National Open University was established by an Act of Parliament in 1985. Today it serves the educational aspirations of about 1.5 million students in India and 35 countries abroad through 11 Schools of Studies and an elaborate network of 58 regional centres,7 sub- regional centres,1400 study centres, and 41 overseas centres.The University is making all efforts to take higher education to the doorsteps of the hitherto unreached. As of now, we cater to about 10% of all students enrolled in higher education in the country are enrolled with ignou. Apart from teaching and research, extension and training form the mainstay of its academic activities. It also acts as a national resource centre; and more importantly, functions as an apex body to promote and maintain standards of distance education. The University has its presence in 35 countries.  The Commonwealth of Learning has recognised it as one of its centres of excellence. It also has the unique privilege of hosting the Secretariats of SAARC Consortium of Open Distance Learning (SACODiL) approved by Heads of Govts. of SAARC Nations and Global Mega Universities  Network (GMUNET) initially promoted by UNESCO.The vision statement of the university reads as:

In order to fulfil the vision of democratising higher education and providing access to all segments of people, the University
imparts education and knowledge through various flexible means suited to the open and distance education mode, including information and communication technologies;
provides higher education and training to large sections of population, particularly the disadvantaged segments of the society;
promotes national integration and the integrated development of human personality;
encourages,co-ordinates and assists open universities and distance learning systems to improve standards in such systems