IGNOU has entered into a collaboration with the Army, Navy and Assam Rifles (AR) for providing educational opportunities through an Education Project termed as, IGNOU Army Education Project (IAEP), IGNOU Navy Education Project (INEP) and IGNOU Assam Rifles Education Project (IAREP).Under this project, IGNOU has extended the outreach of its academic programmes to the defence personnel and their families on a single window basis. IGNOU has signed MoUs with Army, Navy and Assam Rifles on 9^th April 1999, 22^nd March 2000 and   20^th April 2002, respectively. The collaborative enterprise of IGNOU with the service personnel facilitates provision of educational opportunities without dislocating the enrolled learners from their units, except for academic counseling and Term end examinations. 11 Recognized Regional Centres (RRC) have been established in six Army HQ Commands, four Naval Commands and one in DGAR Assam Rifles (AR).
 

The 11 RRC established under Army, Navy and Assam Rifles are IGNOU – ARMY, NAVY, ASSAM RIFLES RECOGNIZED REGIONAL CENTRES

 

The RRCs at the identified Command offices of Army and Navy and under the six Units of Assam Rifles coordinate with the regular Regional Centres (RC) of IGNOU functioning in the region on all matters pertaining to student support services. The contact and coordination points are provided in the Table below: