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Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will hold its Convocation twice a year from now on. The Academic Council and university authorities have finalized the procedure for the same, announced Vice Chancellor Prof V.N. Rajasekharan Pillai.
Addressing the 23rd Convocation of IGNOU at Sirifort Auditorium in New Delhi on May 26, Prof Pillai declared that IGNOU shall hold its Convocation after each semester exam results - one in April and the other in October. This is a path breaking initiative implemented for the first time in any university in India.
The 23rd Convocation was for candidates who have completed their respective programmes and appeared for examination in December 2010. The University declared the results within record 45 days through decentralized evaluation. IGNOU holds its Term End Examination twice a year in June and December.
Prof. U.R. Ananthamurthy, former President of National Book Trust and Sahitya Akademi, and Chair Professor of the Tagore Chair for Indian Literature at IGNOU, delivered the convocation address.
Dr. Sanjeev Pandey, Regional Director, Regional Centre Delhi-1, organised the Convocation on behalf of all the Regional Centres of Delhi & NCR.
