The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) was established by an Act of Parliament in 1985. Today it serves the educational aspirations of about 1.5 million students in India and 35 countries abroad through 11 Schools of Studies and an elaborate network of 58 regional centres , 7 sub- regional centres , 1400 study centres, and 41 overseas centres. Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is making all efforts to take higher education to the doorsteps of the hitherto unreached. As o