Handbook and Prospectus - IGNOU

are to be sent to the Regional Director concerned. Forms received by any other Office other than
the Regional Centre concerned would be summarily rejected.
1.12 About the School
The School aims at meeting the requirements related to the study and training, in the area of
interdisciplinary and trans-disciplinary and intersectorial issues. It was established in 2007, with the
following objectives:
To offer various interdisciplinary programmes
To undertake research and development in the areas of study those are interdisciplinary in
(nature).
2. ABOUT MODULAR PROGRAMME IN GANDHI
AND PEACE STUDIES
The Modular Programme in Gandhi and Peace Studies will be offered through, Open and Distance
Learning (ODL) mode which comprise the MA, PG Diploma and PG Certificate Programmes. The
course preparation was done by IGNOU faculty and eminent Experts from different institutions who
are especially involved in this programme. The Programme is developed jointly under the auspices
of Indira Gandhi National Open University and Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti (GS&DS), New
Delhi.
About International Centre for Gandhian Studies and Peace Research (ICGSPR) (GS&DS):
Set up in 1984, Gandhi Smriti & Darshan Samiti has two campuses, 1) Gandhi Smriti at Tees
January Marg was established as a National Memorial in 1973, and 2) Gandhi Darshan at Rajghat
opened in 1984. During the 125th birth anniversary it was assigned with the responsibility of
propagating Gandhian Thought both nationally and internationally through education, research and
extension programmes.
To make the concept underlying the opening of ICGSPR a reality, Gandhi Smriti & Darshan Samiti
and Indira Gandhi National Open University joined hands through a Memorandum of Understanding
on August 09, 2003. Since then the ICGSPR has marched first in the direction of its mandate.
As on 9 August, 2009 (within a period of 5 years) it has launched Certificate, Diploma and M.A.
Courses both in distance and face-to-face modes and its preparations for M.Phil/Ph.D. programmes
are at an advanced stage. Further, the ICGSPR has taken steps to set up a number of Peace Missions
all over the country especially in the North-East and Jammu & Kashmir. The Centre offers research
and guidance facilities to scholars from India and abroad, documentation of various peace initiatives
and provides various inputs on Gandhian Philosophy and allied subjects at one place
2.1 Programme Objectives
IGNOU is committed to providing quality education at low costs to those who have for some reason
or the other missed or have not had the opportunity for further studies. Keeping the heterogeneous
nature and varied needs of its clientele, the university offers a range of programmes catering to human
resource development as well as self-enrichment. The main objective of the Programme is to promote
both theoretical and applied research in Gandhian Studies, Peace, Conflict Management and Social
Regeneration. In the age of globalisation, there is a need for alternative models of development.
Gandhian studies are being looked upon as an important contribution in that all over the world.
It is proposed that the Programme would be in modular approach leading to the Post Graduate
Certificate, PostGraduate Diploma and Masters Programme in Gandhi and Peace Studies as a
specialized area for those who are interested in understanding the evaluation and implementation of
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