Welcome to IGNOU Study Centre - 2842
My Dear Learners, It is my proud privilege to address you on behalf of IGNOU „s regional operations covering 13 districts of West Bengal.
I congratulate each one of you for your enlightened vision, perseverance, and grit, which made you aspire for education as a path for sustaining self-growth and empowered nation-building.
IGNOU's mandate of reaching the unreached offers a plethora of opportunities. It nurtures a vision of Education that is relevant, flexible, innovative, value-enabled, technology-centric, and universal beyond the borders of time, space, age, religion, region, and nation.
I welcome you all to this great University. IGNOU‟s vision for democratizing education has consistently attempted to contribute to enlightened nation-building through education. It has guided our collective values towards revival of our great Indian heritage to energize India‟s rich diversity. We look towards our Learners to create a future for young Indians to be the next global leaders and „margdarshak‟ in the narrative of “our common future” and the global destiny of humanity,
So raise your head high and live your „Purushartha‟ through the ideals of Swami Vivekananda, the first modern educationist of India. With scientific temperament , creativity, innovation , let us build a new citadel for humanity that is based on service , compassion and global peace
Dr Sujata Dutta Hazarika
Senior Regional Director