Draft report of

13.36 IGNOU Infrastructure
The focus shall be on the construction of buildings for three new centres set-up under the Xth Plan, setting up two new schools (School of Media Studies & School of Design), initiating new disciplines (Insurance, Acturial Sciences, Bio-informatic, Entrepreneurship Studies and Teacher Education). Systemic Research with both national and international organisations would receive significant emphasis during this period.
The expansion of IGNOU’s Student Support Service Network in smaller states, areas with low literacy, and therefore requiring special developmental attention, will be carried forward. Additional Regional Centres may be planed in Western Rajasthan, Nagpur, Uttaranchal, etc. The Study Centre Network needs to be extended to achieve block level penetration.

In smaller, dispersed locations where a physical Study Centre may not be viable, a network of mentors would need to be created.

A total of 1500 credits worth of developmental work in respect of the existing and the newly proposed discipline is envisaged during the 11^th Plan necessitating an additional employment of 45 academic faculty at various levels.
Building for the three newly established centres under X Plan and the two centres proposed to be set up under the XI Plan are also proposed under the XI Plan.