Schools
IGNOU currently serves approximately 3.5 million students in India, the headquarters, and 40 other countries abroad. These are UAE, UK, Qatar, Kuwait, Oman, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Mauritius, Maldives, Ethiopia, Namibia, Kenya, Myanmar, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, Fiji, France, Ethiopia, Ghana, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Madagascar, Liberia, West Indies, Samoa, Lesotho, Malawi, Swaziland, Nigeria, Mongolia, Zambia.
It has 21 schools and a network of 59 regional centres, 7 sub-regional centres, 2,600 study centres, and 52 overseas centers. Approximately 20% of all students enrolled in higher education in India are enrolled with IGNOU. IGNOU offers 175 academic programs comprising 1100 courses at certificate, diploma and degree levels. It also offers a number of non-accredited extension and skill-oriented programs through the twenty-one schools:
| SCHOOL | DIRECTOR |
|---|---|
| School of Humanities | Rita Rani Paliwal |
| School of Social Sciences | Gopinath Pradhan |
| School of Sciences | Geeta Kaicker |
| School of Education | Vibha Joshi |
| School of Continuing Education | M Aslam |
| School of Engineering & Technology | Jaswant Kaur |
| School of Management Studies | Dr. Dharma |
| School of Health Sciences | Shweta subramani |
| School of Computer & Information Sciences | Prof Manohar Lal |
| School of Agriculture | Sajan Kumar |
| School of Law | Babu Subramani |
| School of Journalism and New Media Studies | Subhash Dhulia |
| School of Gender & Development Studies | Savita Singh |
| School of Tourism Hospitality Service Sectoral Management | Dr Harkirat Bains |
| School of Interdisciplinary & Trans-disciplinary Studies | Prof Velayutham Saravanan |
| School of Social Work | Gracious Thomas |
| School of Vocational Education and Training | C G Naidu |
| School of Extension & Development Studies | B.K. Pattanaik |
| School of Foreign Languages | Dr. Sushant K. Mishra |
| School of Translation Studies and Training | Dr. Deoshankar Navin |
| School of Performing & Visual Arts | Dr. Sunil Kumar |
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