Indira Gandhi National Open University (Ignou) will offer 14 new postgraduate programmes from the session starting this July. The university has also opted to offer these programmes along the lines of conventional (regular) programmes for a select number of candidates. “These are specialised courses and require face-to-face interaction. So, we decided to offer these programmes on a full-time basis on Ignou’s campus at Maidan Garhi (near Sainik Farms),” said V N Rajasekharan Pillai, vice-chancellor, Ignou. However, Pillai pointed out that Ignou will not shed its identity of an institution for distance learning.

The university plans to webcast and broadcast the classroom lectures for those who would opt for the distance mode. Pillai added that there will be a rigorous selection procedure for candidates opting for on-campus training. “We would conduct an entrance test for each of these programmes. Approximately 20 candidates would be selected for every programme with reservation for SC/ST and OBC candidates.”

The programmes that would be offered on a full-time basis include Master’s in electronic media production and management, labour and development, translation studies; MSc in actuarial science and chemistry; MTech in airport infrastructure engineering; integrated MSc and PhD in physics and astrophysics.

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