DIRECT ENTR Y T O SPECIALISA TION POST GRADUA TE …

1 STUDENT HANDBOOK & PROSPECTUS. OF. DIRECT ENTRY TO SPECIALISATION. POST GRADUATE diploma . PROGRAMMES. 2019. Programmes on Offer Post Graduate diploma in Human Resource Management Post Graduate diploma in Financial Management Post Graduate diploma in Operations Management Post Graduate diploma in Marketing Management Post Graduate diploma in Financial Markets Practice School of Management Studies Indira Gandhi National Open University Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110 068. Website: Print Production Mr. Sasi Kumar Assistant Registrar (Publication). SOMS, IGNOU, New Delhi January, 2018.

2 Indira Gandhi National Open University, 2018. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be reproduced in any form, by mimeograph or any other means, without permission in writing from the Indira Gandhi National Open University. Further information on the Indira Gandhi National Open University courses may be obtained from the University's office at Maidan Garhi, New Delhi-110 068. Printed and published on behalf of the Indira Gandhi National Open University, New Delhi, by the Director, School of Management Studies. Laser typeset by Tessa Media & Computers, C-206, , Jamia Nagar, New Delhi-110025.

3 Printed at: 2. CONTENTS. Page Nos. The University .. 5. The Schools of Studies .. 5. Academic Programmes .. 6. Course 6. Credit System .. 6. Student Support Services .. 6. Delivery Systems .. 6. Eligibility for Admission to Specialisation Post Graduate diploma Programmes ( DIRECT Entry) .. 10. For Foreign Students .. 10. Admission .. 11. Incomplete and Late Applications .. 11. Re-Registration/Re-Admission .. 11. List of Management Faculty Members .. 12. University Rules .. 12. Specialisation PG diploma Programme .. 15. Courses on Offer .. 15. Reservation .. 16. Fee Structure.

4 16. Scholarships and Reimbursement of Fees .. 16. Change of Region by Students .. 16. Change/Correction of Address and Study Centre .. 16. Evaluation .. 17. Migration Certificate .. 18. Schedule of Operations .. 19. 3. Apppendix - 1 Name and Code of Programmes, Eligibility and Fees .. 20. Apppendix - 2 Addresses and Code of IGNOU Regional Centres (RCs) .. 21. Apppendix - 3 Region-wise List of Study Centres .. 39. Apppendix - 4 List of State Codes .. 90. Apppendix - 5 Codes for Educational Qualification, Sex, Category, Territory, Marital Status, Social Status and Employment Status.

5 91. Apppendix - 6 Modalities of Submission of Assignments and Term-End Examination .. 92. Instructions for Filling the Application Form for Admission to Specialisation PG diploma Programme ( DIRECT Entry FORM-4) .. 98. Application Form for Admission to Specialisation PG diploma Programme (for DIRECT Entry Student without OPENMAT) .. 99. Form of Caste Certificate to be Sent by the Candidate Belonging to OBC .. 103. Apppendix - 7 Internal Credit Transfer Scheme for PG Specialisation DIRECT Entry Students who could not complete the PG diploma in Maximum Prescribed time period of 3 years.

6 105. Application Form for Internal Credit Transfer (ICT) in Management Programmes for those who have sought Fresh Admission through Form-4 (Appendix 7A ) .. 107. Application for Internal Credit Transfer (ICT) in Management Programmes from Specialisation PG diploma DIRECT Entry to MBA .. 109. Apppendix - 8 : Course Components of Management Programme .. 111. Requisition for Fresh set of Assignments .. 153. Application Form for Re-evaluation of Answer Script .. 155. Application Form for Obtaining Photocopy of the Answer Script .. 157. Application Form for Early Declaration of Result of Term-End Examination.

7 159. Application Form for Obtaining Duplicate Grade Card/Mark-sheet .. 161. Application Form for Non-Receipt of Study Material/Assignment .. 162. Application Form for Issue of Migration Certificate .. 163. Application Form for Issue of Official Transcript .. 165. Application Form for Change/Correction of Address/Study Centre .. 167. Annexures I-VI .. 169. IGNOU Policy for Prevention, Prohibition and Punishment of Sexual Harassment of .. 177. Women at Workplace IDENTITY CARD. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT CARD. 4. THE UNIVERSITY. The Indira Gandhi National Open University was established by an Act of Parliament in 1985 to achieve the following objectives.

8 * democratising higher education by taking education to the doorsteps of the students, * providing access to high quality education to all those who seek it, irrespective of age, region, or formal qualifications, * offering need-based academic programmes by giving professional and vocational orientation to the courses * promoting and developing distance education in India, * setting and maintaining standards in distance education in the country as an apex body for the purpose. Some of the special features of the Open and Distance Education System currently practised by IGNOU are.

9 * Relaxed entry requirements * Provision of equal opportunity of admission to people from all over the country, * Provision of learning at one's own pace, place and time, * Cost-effective and cost-efficient educational operations, * Multi-media approach in the preparation of course packages, * Self-instructional Printed and Audio/Video course materials, * Network of student support services throughout the country, * Face-to-face Counselling and Tele-counselling, * Continuous evaluation through assignments, * Provision of terminal examination two times a year, * Telecast of Video Programmes on the National Network of Doordarshan (DD).

10 * Interactive Satellite Aided Communication Network (Teleconferencing), * Interactive Radio Counselling. THE SCHOOLS OF STUDIES. With a view to developing interdisciplinary studies, the University operates through Schools of Studies. Each School is headed by a Director who arranges to plan, supervise, develop and organise its academic programmes and courses in co-ordination with the School staff and the different academic, administrative and service wings of the University. The emphasis is on providing a wide choice of courses at different levels through various programmes. Currently IGNOU has following schools of studies.