IGNOU Regional Centre Jammu campus gets its won state of the art campus

Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Education Minister inaugurates the campus virtually.

After a long wait of 26 years ever since IGNOU operations started in J&K in the year 1998 on government invitation, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) Regional Centre Jammu now has its own campus in Jammu at Rajinder Vihar Housing Colony, Phase-I, Bantalab, Jammu. The state of the art campus has a built-up area of around 6800 sq.ft. built on a parcel of land measuring 14.5 kanals. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister of Education, Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, inaugurated the campus building on 7th of February, 2024 virtually. The Jammu campus was dedicated in the presence of Prof. Nageshwar Rao, Vice Chancellor, IGNOU, Dr. Srikant Mohapatra, Pro Vice Chancellor, IGNOU, Dr. U.C. Pandey, Director Regional Services Division, IGNOU and Dr. Alok Chaube, Registrar (Administration), IGNOU.

A number of dignitaries attended the inauguration ceremony at the venue of new Jammu campus of IGNOU. Finance Officer, Shri J.D. Gangwar, Dr. M Shanmugam, Regional Director, IGNOU RC Madurai, Dr. Joginder Kumar Yadav, Regional Director, IGNOU, RC Shimla, Er. Rajan Sharma, AEE (E), IGNOU, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi, Prof. Bechan Lal, Hon'ble Vice Chancellor, Cluster University of Jammu, Prof. Ashok Aima, Former Vice Chancellor, Central University of Jammu, Dr. Rajeev Rattan, Professor & Dean, Faculty of Education, University of Jammu, Dr. Jasbir Singh, Head, Deptt of Economics, University of Jammu, Dr. Sangita Gupta, Head, Deptt. of Library & Information & Information Sciences, University of Jammu graced the occasion at Jammu by their presence.