More than 7,000 students would be receiving their degrees and diploma at
the 21st convocation Indira Gandhi National Open Univeristy to be here
held on March 15.
"As many as 7,475 graduates of this regional centre will be receiving their
degrees and diploma certificates", IGNOU Regional Director K
Pannnerselvam told PTI today.
He said 1,564 students would be receiving their certificates in person at
the venue.
Stating that IGNOU Regional Centre, Chennai has been very consistent in
terms of the number of graduands for the past three years, he said "four
students of our centre have bagged gold medals this year".
"We have also launched a new programme Certificate in Entrepreneurship
in the year 2009", he said adding that this programme was a value added
one for the college-going students.