Profile 2010 - IGNOU

Statistical data pertaining to SC/ST employees
is obtained from various quarters of the University
and furnished to the MHRD, UGC, National Commission
for SC/ST and Parliamentary Committee.
through the IGNOU website. The main
activities of this Division are given below.
Legal Cell
The cell deals with all legal matters related to the
University.
Coordination Section
This section deals with the personal claims of the
University employees such as medical, LTC, TA/DA,
loans and advances, house building advance, GPF
advance, etc.
Hindi Cell
This cell looks after the implementation of the Official
Language Policy of the Government of India and makes
available necessary inputs/help to increase the use of
Hindi in the day-to-day work of the University. It also
arranges Hindi Pragya and Prabodh classes for non-
Hindi speaking staff, translates office orders/memoranda/
circulars/press releases/forms and organises awareness
campaigns for the use of Hindi in the office.
Recruitment Cell
The cell looks after advertisement, screening and other
activities pertaining to the recruitment of various posts
for Group `A`, `B` and `C` services.
Right to Information Act Cell
The Administration Division implements the Right to
Information Act, 2005. For the purpose of implementation
of RTI Act, 2005, the Deputy Registrar (Administration)
has been designated as the Public Information Officer
(Administration). At present, 14 officers of headquarters
have been designated as Public Information Officers. In
addition, all Regional Directors have also been designated
as the Public Information Officers. The Registrar
(Administration) has been designated as the Appellate
Authority for the Administrative Division.
Computer Division
Phone : 011-29533723
Fax : 011-29533076
E-mail : vijaysrivastav@ignou.ac.in, cd@ignou.ac.in
This Division, based at the headquarters, caters to the IT
service requirements of the whole University. All the
three-tiers of the University, i.e., the Headquarters at the
main campus in Maidan Garhi (New Delhi), the
countrywide regional centres, and the learner support
centres all over the country and abroad are provided
services through this Division, even in virtual mode
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Computer Division 90 Mbps Link
Internet Broadband
Web Application/Wiki/IGNOU Open Course Guide/Proxy
servers are available in Open Source for providing
internet and various in-house built applications at the
Headquarters. All regional centres use these services
with local ISPs. The main website of IGNOU –
www.ignou.ac.in is being maintained (hosting, creating
and updating) by the Computer Division. The campus
LAN consists of about 35 LANs covering the various
buildings of the campus. This network is also supported
with Wi Fi wireless connectivity at select places, which
is maintained by the Computer Division.
SWISS (Single Window Information and Student
Support), available through the link, ‘Student Zone’ on
the IGNOU website, and through about 150 web-enabled
KIOSKS installed at the IGNOU regional centres and
select learner support centres, is supported by the
Computer Division. The Division has also developed the
two web-enabled facilities of online admission and online
recruitment applications, as well as a unified admission/
re-registration software for all the regional centres to
use.
e-PRAANGAN, a centre in the main campus linked to
the 90Mbps internet broadband, is being used by
IGNOU`s staff and families for internet usage.
ERP - Back Office Automation and IMS
IGNOU has taken the initiative to get the ERP
implemented through Tata Consultancy Services, starting
with back office automation of certain divisions. This
activity is being coordinated by Computer Division.
Profile 2010