Business Bureau :
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has opened admissions to the January 2020 session for various programmes. Dr P Sivaswaroop, Regional Director of IGNOU Nagpur Regional Centre, while addressing the press meet along with Dr Anjali Ramteke, IGNOU, New Delhi and Dr Nishikant Kotwal, Adolescent Health Expert, announced this. The admissions are online and the interested can apply on IGNOU Portal https://ignouadmission.samarth.edu.in/ .
The last date for admissions is December 31, 2019. The programmes on offer include courses like CBCS based BA, BCOM, BSC, MA Degree in several subjects like Psychology, Translation, Tourism etc., several IT related courses like MCA, BCA, CIT, PGDIS, Certificate in Communication and IT Skills (CCITSK) etc., Languages courses like Urdu, Functional English, French, Spanish, Japanese, German etc. In order to encourage interested learners amongst SC/ST community Dr Sivaswaroop said that IGNOU is giving fee exemption to SC/ST students who wish to join in Certificate, Diploma, PG Diploma, Bachelor Degree Programmes of IGNOU for January 2020 session.
Willing students also have to submit online admission form for fresh admission and re-registration students have to submit offline form at the Regional Centre. MA in Journalism and Mass Communication MA (JMC) is a two years programme open for any graduate. Besides theory papers there will be practicals in Print and Online Media and Audio Visual Media. In the 2nd year student has to submit project work also. It is offered in English medium and fee is Rs 12,500 per year. Any bachelor degree holder can be trained to be a software professional through PGDCA programme.