Regional Centers

About Regional Centers (RC)

The IGNOU University is run through a nationwide network of 56 Regional Centers (RC), 11 Recognized Regional Centers (RRC), including 6, IGNOU-Army RRC, 4, IGNOU-Navy RRC, 1, and IGNOU-Assam Rifles RRC. The extensive network of RCs and LSCs broadens IGNOU’s reach to hitherto underserved rural, distant, socially and physically disadvantaged parts of the population, giving them flexible access to high-quality, reasonably priced higher education. 

The Regional Centre is defined as follows under Section 2(J) of the IGNOU Act: “Regional Centre” implies a Center established or maintained by the University for the purpose of coordinating and supervising the work of the Study Centers in any region and for performing such other functions as may be conferred upon such Center by the Board of Management (BoM).

Moreover, the University is permitted to “confer autonomous status on a College or a Regional Center in the manner established out by the legislation” pursuant to Section 5(1)(XXVI) of the Act.

Establishment of Regional Centre

IGNOU Regional Centers are created with the support and assistance of the corresponding State Governments and are in charge of establishing, developing, maintaining, and overseeing LSCs as well as promoting the ODL system in the State/region. The delivery of programs, the organizing of staff development programs, and the provision of student support services are all responsibilities of regional centers.

Objectives of Regional Centre

Academic, administrative, and promotional operations can be generally characterized as a Regional Center’s main activities. The IGNOU Regional Centers are in charge of organizing staff development programmes in the region for training coordinators, counselors, and other functionaries. They also construct, maintain, and monitor Study Centers and Student Support Services.

For all intents and purposes, Regional Centers are the University’s subsidiary offices. They also serve as the University’s regional resource centres.

Facilities provided at Regional Centre

• Library containing study materials for all academic programmes, Program Guides, and certain reference books.

• Direct Receiving System (DRS) and equipment to receive satellite signals for interactive videoconferencing.

• EDUSAT facilities

• TV, VCR, VCD, etc.

• Internet, and related equipment

• Audio and video cassettes or CDs

• Computer lab with PCs, servers, CD-writers, scanners, and printers

• Telephone and Fax

• Sufficient furniture

• University promotional materials.

IGNOU has regional centres in the following regions as you can see below: 

Region	No. of Centres	Region	No. of Centres
AGARTALA	26	KARNAL	10
AHMEDABAD	9	KHANNA	22
AIZAWL	19	KOHIMA	20
ALIGARH	47	KOLKATA	28
ANGUL	89	KORAPUT	44
BANGALORE	13	LUCKNOW	27
BHAGALPUR	82	MADURAI	43
BHOPAL	15	MUMBAI	49
BHUBANESWAR	21	NAGPUR	36
BIJAPUR	85	NOIDA	39
CHANDIGARH	06	PANAJI	08
CHENNAI	25	PATNA	05
COCHIN	14	PORT BLAIR	02
DARBHANGA	46	PUNE	15
DEHRADUN	31	RAGHUNATHGANJ	50
DELHI-1	07	RAIPUR	35
DELHI-2	29	RAJKOT	42
DELHI-3	38	RANCHI	32
DEOGHAR	87	SAHARSA	86
GANGTOK	24	SHILLONG	18
GUWAHATI	04	SHIMLA	11
HYDERABAD	01	SILIGURI	45
IMPHAL	17	SRINAGAR	30
ITANAGAR	03	TRIVANDRUM	40
JABALPUR	41	VARANASI	48
JAIPUR	23	VATAKARA	83
JAMMU	12	VIJAYAWADA	33
JODHPUR	88	VISAKHAPATNAM	84
JORHAT	37

To access the list of IGNOU regional centers and their Operational Areas, click on the given button and download the pdf:- 

http://ignou.ac.in//userfiles/Operational%20Areas.pdf

For more information about the Operational Centres of IGNOU in every region, click on the following link:-

Operational Areas