Silver Jubilee Celebrations
On the 92nd birth anniversary of Indira Gandhi, IGNOU completed twenty five years of its existence. This event was marked by the inauguration of the year long celebrations by Pratibha Patil at the headquarters of the University. Also present were Kapil Sibal, Minister of Human Resource Development and D Purandareswari, Minister of State, HRD. The inauguration was followed by the 25th Foundation Day Lecture, delivered by Dr. Narendra Jadhav, Member Planning Commission, Government of India.
One of the major activities proposed as part of the Silver Jubilee Year is the organisation of IGNOU Silver Jubilee Lectures, as a monthly event commencing from December 2009. Renowned experts and practitioners from different areas and academic disciplines will be invited to deliver talks, the topics of which broadly fall within the areas of 'inclusion of the excluded' and/or 'education for marginalised'.
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