Bhubaneswar, January 10: The fresh admission for the January, 2026 session of the Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) for different certificate, under graduate, Post-graduate, diploma and Post-graduate diploma progammes offered in ODL and Online modes has commenced from December 16, 2025 on the Samarth Portal.
The last date of Fresh Admissions for the January, 2026 Session is January 31, 2026.
IGNOU’s Rairangpur Centre Senior Regional Director Dr. Manoj Kumar Dash in a press communique on Friday said that desirous students can visit IGNOU website www.ignou.ac.in or the admission portal link http://ignouadmission.samarth.edu.in.
There is an exemption of 50% of the admission fees in fresh admission and re-registration of certain under-graduate programmes for applicants of SC/ST categories. Students who are availing scholarship/fee-waivers from some other scheme won’t be eligible for this exemption.
They can also send email to IGNOU Regional Centre, Rairangpur, Mayurbhanj - [email protected] - for more information and may also contact to the Regional Centre over the telephone numbers 06794-222097 as informed by Dr. Manoj Kumar Dash, Senior Regional Director, IGNOU Regional Centre, Rairangpur, Mayurbhanj.
