Memorial lecture and inauguration of administration building: IGNOU

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Memorial lecture and inauguration of administration building: IGNOU

A new administration building and VIP guest house of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) shall be inaugurated by Prof(Dr.) C. P. Joshi, Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways who shall also deliver 16th Prof. G. Ram Reddy Memorial Lecture on 2nd July 2011.

The Minister shall deliver his address on ‘Rural Empowerment and Panchayati Raj Institutions' at the convention center of the university's headquarters along with the launch of the Remote Access to e-resources (RATE).

The lecture will be telecast live on Gyan Darshan and www.ignou.ac.in with a film on Prof. G. Ram Reddy, the founder Vice Chancellor of the university (1985- 1989). Prof. V. N. Rajasekharan Pillai, VC, IGNOU will deliver his presidential address on the occasion.

The annual memorial lectures had been instituted by IGNOU since 1996. Some of the earlier lectures in this series were delivered by: Prof. Gajaraj Dhanarajan, President COL; Prof. Wichit Srisa-An, Founding Rector, Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Thailand; Prof. N.R. Arthenayake, Former VC, University of Sri Lanka; Prof. Ian Mugridge, Former Director Programmes, COL; Prof. R.V.R Chandrasekhara Rao, Former VC, Andhra Pradesh Open University; Dr. K. Kasturirangan, Chairman, ISRO; Dr. R.A Mashelkar, Director General, CSIR; Dr. G. Madhvan Nair, Chairman,ISRO; Prof. N. R. Madhava Menon, Founder of National Law School of India University; Prof. Yashpal, Former Chairman, UGC; Mr. Kiran Karnik, Former President, NASSCOM and Prof. M. V. S. Valiathan, reputed cardiac surgeon and National Research Professor, Government of India.

 

Date: 27th June 2011