IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National open university) Study Centre

Indira Gandhi National Open University was established in 1985 to democratise higher education.

The aim was to provide cost-effective, quality education to large sections of our population including those living in remote and farflung areas.

The University has an efficient and effective networking of 48 Regional Centres (22 are IGNOU Regional Centres, 8 are IGNOU North-East Regional Centres, 5 are Army Command Centres, 8 are IAF Command Centres, 4 are Navy Command Centres and 1 is for Assam Rifles Command Centre), 5 Sub-Regional Centres and over 1133 Study Centres, all over India.

Among them, one of the study center is situated in Thiagarajar Polytechnic College, Salem -5.

These programmes are offered in widely diverse areas and at different levels covering Doctorate degree, Master’s and Bachelor’s degree, Postgraduate and Undergraduate diplomas and certificates. The education is disseminated in conventional as well as emerging inter-disciplinary areas such as Consumer Protection, Environment, Human Rights, Tourism, Women Empowerment and Child Development, Participatory Forest Management, Participatory Planning, Resettlement and Rehabilitation, Teacher Education, Food and Nutrition, Continuing Medical and Health Education, HIV/AIDs, Laboratory Techniques, and On-line Learning.

These include Physical and Natural Sciences, Nursing, Health, Engineering and Technology, Computers, Bachelor of Education (B.Ed) and Library and Information Sciences.

Various literacy programmes focusing on community awareness, education and training in need-based and relevant areas have been successfully undertaken by the University as a part of its strategy of social intervention and community capacity building.