New Delhi: Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has recently lunched a new programme - Post Graduate Diploma in Folklore and Culture Studies (PGDFCS). It is the brainchild of SOH's Associate Professor of English, Dr. Nandini Sahu, who belongs to the IGNOU School of Humanities.
IGNOU’s has given students an entirely novel offer in culture studies, complete and detailed, with anecdotal references to the ethos of cultures of the world. From the current session, IGNOU’s School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-disciplinary Studies (SOITS) will offer students the newly launched PGDFSC programme. Candidates enrolling for the programme are required to pay a fee of Rs 2000. They would be given one to four years, to complete the Diploma in flexi-mode, through the Open and Distance Learning (ODL) method. As per sources, the programme is made interesting with units based on folk art, oral and written traditions of folk literature, folk music, dance, drama, puppetry, archiving, tribes & forest and the preservation of culture.
