Education Minister launches IGNOU MBA study materials in Odia

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has released MBA study materials in Odia language. The Union Minister of Education, Darmendra Pradhan launched the study materials in regional language in an event on January 21.

Odisha government’s Suryabanshi Suraj, Minister of Higher Education, Odia Language, Literature and Culture, Sports snd Youth Services, and Sampad Chandra Swain, minister of State for Skill Development, Technical Education and Industries, were also present during the launch event. The release



ceremony took place in the presence of professor T G Sitharam, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) chairman, and Professor Uma Kanjilal, VC of IGNOU and Mrutyunjay Behera, Economic Advisor and Joint Secretary, Ministry of Education.

Pradhan lauded the contribution of IGNOU in spreading quality higher education in the nooks and corners of the country and emphasized the importance of higher education in mother tongue and underlined the evolution of thought process in mother tongue as a scientific phenomenon.