IGNOU Admission 2022: IGNOU launches PG diploma in migration and diaspora

NEW DELHI: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has launched a new programme, Postgraduate diploma in migration and diaspora (PGDMIDI). The programme launched by IGNOU’s school of interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary studies will begin from the January 2022 academic session.

The IGNOU PG diploma will be offered in an open distance learning mode with one-year duration. The course will be available only in English, and it includes theoretical and project assignments.

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“The objectives of the programme are to impart the skills by using social science knowledge and tools to understand the current issues and concerns relating to the global movement of people, products and ideas and hence helping various stakeholders including those who are in policy to engage more meaningfully with the world unfolding before them,” says the IGNOU website. IGNOU claims that the programme will help professionals working in “government organisations, foreign trade, UN organisations, embassies and external ministries, migrant and diaspora organizations etc”.

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Candidates should possess a bachelor's degree from a recognised university to be able to join the course. Candidates are also required to pay a fee amount of Rs 6,100 to enrol for the course. The registration fee will be Rs 200.

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IGNOU Registration

Those who are interested to join the IGNOU can register for the programme at the IGNOU registration portal at ignouadmission.samarth.edu.in. Candidates can visit ignou.ac.in for more details about IGNOU courses.