Indira Gandhi National Open University/ABOUT US

Academic Council - The Academic Council is the principal academic body of the University which has the control and general regulation of, and be responsible for, the maintenance of standards of learning, education, instruction, evaluation and examination within the University and shall exercise such other powers and perform such other functions as may be conferred or imposed upon it by the Statutes. The Academic Council and its Standing Committee is being managed by the division with Director, Academic Co-ordination Division as the Member Secretary

Project Control Unit – The Project Control Unit, which is under the Academic Coordination Division maintains a students’ data base and related information which is disseminated to various government departments and other agencies, as and when required. The Unit also processes proposals for signing of agreements relating to sharing of learning material developed by the University with State Open Universities and other Correspondence Courses / Distance Learning Institutions in the country

Indira Gandhi National Open University,'s Academic Co-ordination Division

The Academic Co-ordination Division of IGNOU was established as a Division of the University under clause (2) of Statute 4 of the Statutes of the University which laid down that every Director shall be a whole time salaried officer of the University, provided that one of the Directors shall be in-charge of the administrative affairs of the teachers'. In October 1986, the division was conceived as a separate Unit under the Planning Division with the responsibility of looking after the personnel and establishment matters in respect of Teachers' and Academic Staff in accordance with the provisions in the Statutes of the University. Subsequently, the unit was carved out from the Planning Division and the first Director of the Teachers' Affairs Division was appointed from 3rd January 1989 who was asked to hold the charge of the Planning Division, in addition to his duties as Director, Teachers' Affairs. The Teachers' Affairs Division was then re-christened in December 1995 as 'Academic Co-ordination Division'.

FUNCTIONS OF THE DIVISION - The broad functions that the division performs are :-
I Faculty Administration, which includes all functions relating to –
a. Office Management.
b. Establishment matters comprising creation of posts, appointments, transfers and postings of academics’, recruitment by Transfer /
Deputation, implementation of Government directives governing concessions in appointments.
c. Personnel matters viz., service matters comprising probation and confirmation, leave, seniority, extensions and re-employment,
employment after retirement, regulation of pay, forwarding of applications for other employment, resignations, deputation etc.
d. Conduct, Discipline and Vigilance matters.
e. Retirement benefits
f. Formulation of rules, regulations etc.
g. Preparation of Agenda papers / notes for various statutory committees like Establishment Committee, Board of Management etc and
organization of committee work.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT :

Director
Academic Coordination Division
Block 1, Room No. 16
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Maidan Garhi
New Delhi 110 068
India
Phones
       Office : 91-11-29534231
Residence : 91-11-26493305
         Fax : 91-11-19533417

For Management Programmes admission announcements are issued twice a year March/April and September/October. Entrance Tests are held twice a year on the first Sunday of February and on the first Sunday of August.
For BA (Bachelor of Arts), B.Com(Bachelor of Commerce), B.Sc(Bachelor of Science), BCA (Bachelor of Computer Applications), BTS(Bachelor of Tourism Studies), MA(English), MA(Hindi) admission announcements are issued in May/June session for July session
Admission to Bachelor of Education(B.Ed) Bachelor of Information Technology(BIT) Advanced Diploma in Information Technology(ADIT) programmes are available through a national entrance test, which is conducted on the first Sunday of August. Advertisement inviting applications for the entrance test is usually issued in April/May
For Commonwealth Executive Master of Business Adminstration(CEMBA) and Commonwealth Executive Master of Public Administration(CEMPA) the advertisements are issued in April and October every year for the entrance tests to be held in May and November for July and January Session respectively.
For Bachelor's Preparatory Programme and all Certificate Programmes (Except Certificate in Rural Surgery(CRS) and Certificate in Teaching of Primary School Mathematics(CTPM) there is walk-in-admissions throughout the year. Application forms submitted between 01 June and 30 November will be considered for January session while applications received between 01 December and 31 May will be considered for July session.
For Doctoral programmes, application forms submitted between 01 April and 30 September are considered for January session while applications received between 01 October and 31 March are considered for July session
For all other programmes admission announcements are issued in May/June and the last date for submission of filled-in application forms is 15 September. The academic session starts from 01 January.

ROLE AND ACTIVITIES OF THE DIVISION

The Academic Co-ordination Division is entrusted with the responsibility of establishment and administration related service matters pertaining to the entire Teachers’ and Academics’ of the University.

The IGNOU Act, 1985 defines the term ‘Teacher’ under section 2(p) as “Professors, Readers, Lecturers and such other persons as may be designated as such by the ordinances for imparting instruction in the University or for giving guidance or rendering assistance to students for pursuing any course of study of the University”.

Thus, the term Teachers’ comprises of the following positions.

TEACHERS’ - Professors, Readers and Lecturers working in various Schools of Studies and Directors of Schools

ACADEMICS’ - Directors, Joint Directors, Deputy Directors and Assistant Directors in various Divisions viz., Regional Services Division, Student Registration and Evaluation Division, Centre for Extension Education, Distance Education Council, Academic Co-ordination Division, Planning and Development Division, Electronic Media Production Centre, International Division; Regional Directors and Assistant Regional Directors in the Regional Centres of the University.
Library & Information Officer, Dy. Librarian, Assistant Librarian, Documentation Officer in the Library & Documentation Division; Analysts, Research Officers and Assistant Directors in the various Divisions viz., Staff Training & Research In Distance Education, Planning & Development Division, National Centre for Innovation in Distance Education, National Centre for the Differently Abled.
Apart from the above permanent posts, the division is also entrusted with the responsibility of coordinating appointment of Adjunct Professors and engagement of Consultants, On-line Experts, Web Developers and Project Associates, etc on full time as well as part time basis on contract or tenure or project basis for various academic activities to support the permanent faculty appointed for performance of certain core functions and all other developmental needs. Senior level superannuated Teachers’ who have retired from service are also appointed on re-employment basis to utilize their experience and expertise in the development of various programmes and courses of the University

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