BHUBANESWAR: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (Ignou) will offer 18 new courses from the July session this year. These include three postgraduate (PG), one undergraduate, nine PG diplomas and five certificate courses.
Three PG courses were MSc in food safety and quality management, Master of Arts in Hindi Vyavsayik Lekhan and Master of Arts in Vedic studies. One undergraduate course was BA (vocational studies) micro, small and medium enterprises.
The university will offer PG diploma courses in American literature, British literature, industrial safety, electronic media, new literature in English, the Novel, Vastushastra, writings from India and writings from the margins. Similarly, students can take admission in new certificate courses in gender in law, smart city development and management, Vedic Ganit, apparel merchandising and gender science.
According to Ignou’s regional office here, students can take admission for the July session by July 31. Admission and readmission fee will not be taken from students belonging to SC and ST categories. “Students can visit our website and get updates on our admission process. They can directly call us to know further details,” said a senior official of Ignou Bhubaneswar Centre.
