Indira Gandhi National Open University, known as IGNOU, is a public distance learning university located in New Delhi, India. Named after the former Prime Minister of India Smt. Indira Gandhi, the university was established in 1985. It is the largest university of world. IGNOU was founded to serve the Indian population by means of distance and open education for providing quality higher education opportunities to all segments of society. It also aims to encourage, coordinate and set standards for distance and open education in India, and to strengthen the human resources of India through education..
IGNOU study centre began in the Govt. College Bilaspur in 1999 under the Regional Centre Shimla. In the beginning 8 programmes were started and learners were enrolled in the centre. At present this centre is headed by Coordinator Dr. P.S. Kutwal and successfully running about 80 programmes at UG and PG level including certificate, diploma and degree courses.To promote interaction between learners and academicians, the centre also organizes induction meeting twice a year in the month of February and September.
Recently, the university has implemented the CBCS method to the various bachelor's degree courses including BAG, BCOMG, BSCG, and others. As per the new CBCS system, the examination will be conducted through the semester system that was earlier conducted on an annual mode.
