Academic Programmes:

The University offers programmes leading to Certificate, Diploma or Degree, covering conventional as well as innovative programmes. Most of these programmes have been developed after an initial survey of the demand for such studies.

They are launched with a view to fulfill the student's needs for:

• Certification
• Improvement of skills requirement
• Practicals at designated institutions
• Project Work in some programmes
• Work-related field project/Functional assignments as per programme requirements
• Telecast of video programmes on the National Network of Doordarshan (DD-I)
• Broadcast of audio programmes by All India Radio (selected stations)
• Interactive Satellite Aided Comm unication Network (Teleconferencing)
• Interactive Radio Counseling

Course Material:

Learning materials are prepared for the courses by teams of experts drawn from conventional universities; management institutions and professionals from all over the country and in-house faculty. The content experts and language experts at IGNOU edit these materials before they are finally sent to the press. Similarly audio and video programmes are produced in consultation with the course writers, in-house faculty and producers. These materials are previewed and reviewed by the faculty as well as outside experts and edited or modified wherever necessary before they are dispatched to the Study Centers and Doordarshan. Printed material is supplied directly to the students at the addresses supplied by them and their cost is covered in the programme fee. Audio/Video programmes are made available at the Study Centers where Audio/Video playing equipment is also available. Audio/Video programmes of theuniversity are also broadcast as per a pre -arranged schedule. Print materials and audio/video tapes are available for a price. Interested persons/institutions may request for a catalogue from The Registrar (MPDD), IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi - 110 068.

Credit System:

The University follows the 'Credit System' for most of its programmes. Each credit amounts to 30 hours of study comprising all learning activities. Thus, a sixcredit course involves 180 hours. All management courses are six credit courses except the project course. This helps the student to understand the academic effort one has to put in, in order to successfully complete a course. Completion of an academic programme (Degree, Diploma or Certificate) requires successful clearing of both, the assignments and the term-end examination of each course in a programme.

Student Support Services:

The University follows multi-media approach in imparting instruction to its learners. It comprises of:

• Self-instructional printed course material packages
• Assignments for assessment and feedback
• Supporting audio-video programmes
• Face-to-face interaction with academic counselors

Delivery Systems:

The methodology of instruction in this University is different from that of the conventional Universities. The Open University System is more learner-oriented and the student is an active participant in the teachinglearning process. Most of the instruction is imparted through distance rather than face-to-face communication. The University follows a multimedia approach for instruction. It comprises:

a) Print Material: The printed material of the programme is supplied to the students in batches of blocks for every course (on an average of 5 blocks per course). A block, which comes in the form of a booklet generally, comprises 3 to 5 units.

b) Audio-Visual Material Aids: The learning package contains audio and videocassettes, which have been produced by the University for better clarification and enhancement of understanding of the course material given to the student. A video programme is normally of 25-30 minutes' duration. The audiotapes are run and videocassettes are screened at Dayananda Sagar Global Education (DSGE) during the hours of the counselling session. The video programmes of Management Studies are telecast on DD-I (Doordarshan) every Friday at 6.30 a.m. Some of the selected stations of All India Radio also broadcast the audio programmes. Students can confirm the broadcast schedule for the programmes from DSGE. The information is also provided through the National Newspapers and IGNOU Newsletters sent to the students regularly.

c) Counseling Sessions/ Teaching: Normally, counseling/teaching sessions are held as per a schedule drawn before hand by DSGE Coordinator. Th ey are held on weekends, that is, Saturday and Sunday or at any convenient timing. Each subject for 25 hours of face-to-face teaching is provided to the students, apart from tele-counseling sessions at Gyan Darshan-II, as per pre-announced schedule.

d) Interactive Radio Counseling: The University conducts live phone-in-programmes through various
stations of All India Radio. Schedule of these phone-in-programmes would be available at DSGE.