paramedical-pros - IGNOU

Message from the Vice-Chancellor
Dear Learner,
Silver Jubilee Greetings to all of you.
I have great pleasure in presenting you the Prospectus 2009-10 of Indira Gandhi National
Open University (IGNOU) for the various certificate, diploma, degree, post-graduate and
doctoral research programmes. This National University, established by an Act of Parliament
in 1985, has provided opportunities for over 2.5 millions of learners to acquire a university
certification, gainful employment, workplace education and career progression. The university
is a success story in democratization of education IGNOU recognizes the importance of
sustainable and affordable high quality programmes and courses across disciplines, and at
a variety of levels to meet the life-long education, training, capacity building and public
service needs of anyone, anytime and anywhere. The university values the appropriate use
of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and the satellite media to enhance
the quality of teaching-learning process. The self-learning and self-instructional materials
developed by IGNOU have earned world-wide recognition.
On November 19th, the Foundation Day, Her Excellency President of India, Smt Pratibha
Devisingh Patil, inaugurated the Silver Jubilee initiatives of IGNOU. All its Schools, Divisions,
Centres, Units and Regional Centres have taken up a slew of activities to promote education
and domain knowledge, thereby, development. A number of landmark initiatives have been
launched by Her Excellency. These include : The Gyan Deep — which is an IGNOU-Indian
Army move to ensure second employment of the army personnel after their superannuation –
a project which the President dedicated to the nation, Flexi-Learning portal and Higher
Education Management modules, institution of Raman Chair in Science Education, ISRO
Chair in Satellite Education and Rajiv Gandhi International Prize for Educational Technology
& Development.
These apart, IGNOU has also started some trend-setting initiatives, such as Community
College Scheme which will further facilitate the Skill Development Initiative (SDI) of the
Government of India and Dual Mode of Education through Convergence of Conventional
Collegiate education and Open and Distance Learning (ODL).
Student Handbook & Prospectus
3 Paramedical/Allied Health Sciences Programmes