Indira Gandhi National Open University Wiki

When was the IGNOU established? Is it a well recognized university and also tell me the various institutes of IGNOU according to the wikipedia information ?

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Indira Gandhi national open university is a famous university known as the distance learning national university. IGNOU was established in 1985.
IGNOU, the largest university in the world with 3,500,000 students was founded to impart education by means of distance and open education learning.

All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) recognises the Master of Computer Applications and Master of Business Administration program of IGNOU.
In 1993, IGNOU was designated by the Commonwealth of Learning (COL) as its first Centre of Excellence for Distance Education. IGNOU is granted the authority to confer degrees by Clause 5(1)(iii) of the IGNOU Act 1985. IGNOU is also recognized as a Central University by the University Grants Commission of India (UGC).The Association of Indian Universities (AIU) .

IGNOU has various institutes such as :

Advance Centre for Informatics and Innovative Learning
Distance Education Council
Electronic Media Production Center
National Centre for Innovations in Distance Education
Inter-University Consortium For Technology-Enabled Flexible Education & Development
Centre for Extension Education
Staff Training and Research Institute of Distance Education
National Council for Disability Studies