IGNOU, Regional Centre Agartala was established in the year 2001 under North-East Educational Development Project to cater to the ever burgeoning need of quality higher education through distance mode in the State of Tripura. The Regional Centre is located in MBB College Compound, New Science Block, College Tilla, Agartala. The Regional Centre is 2 KM away from Agartala Railway Station and 15 KM away from Maharaja BirBikram Airport.
Lack of adequate skilled manpower has been a stumbling block in the composite development of the North-Eastern region of the country and Tripura is no exception in this regard. The Govt. of India has introduced various projects and programmes in the North- East region of the country. “Educational Development of North-East and Sikkim” is one such project sponsored by the Ministry of Education from a Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) of the Planning Commission. The objectives of the project inter-alia entail: Creating educational accessibility by establishing the learning centres / tele-learning centres covering the remote and far off places of the States of NER. Planning and implementing the need-based entrepreneurship and training programmes in collaboration with other State/Central agencies to increase the employment opportunities of the North-East.
The jurisdiction of the Regional Centre is entire state of Tripura. At present there are 09 (nine) Regular Study Centres and 04 (four) Programme Study Centre under IGNOU Regional Centre, Agartala. There are more than 800 approved Academic Counsellors of different specialty attached to the Learner Support Centres (LSCs) who provide academic support to our learners like counselling (both theory and practical), evaluation of assignments, project and dissertation.
The University Gold Medal for Best Services has been awarded to Regional Centre Agartala twice in 2008 and 2015.
