IGNOU institutes six awards from CBCI Chair for Social Work students

Sept. 06, 2011: India’s Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has instituted six awards from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India (CBCI) Chair at IGNOU to make more contribution to the academic advancement of IGNOU by recognizing outstanding students and research scholars who are pursuing various courses under the CBCI Chair.

CBCI and IGNOU signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on February 29, 2000 and established the CBCI Chair to promote studies in the areas of Family Education, Social Work, HIV/AIDS, etc. The CBCI Chair is currently catering to over 30000 students and it is ever growing.
In addition, the CBCI Chair has also been able to expand its scope by launching courses in Philosophy, which has already attracted over 2000 students from across the country
The awards are named after those eminent personalities who have been instrumental in bringing Social Work to the mainstream academic discipline as well as practical realm. They include Bharat Ratna Acharya Vinoba Bhave, Padma Vibhushan Baba Amte, Dr. Clifford Manshardt, Sr. Maria Faustina Pereira, Cardinal Varkey, and Bharat Ratna Mother Teresa.