Sri Vijaya Puram, Dec. 16: Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has announced the admission for academic courses in Open and Distance Learning (ODL) and Online mode for January 2025 academic session. It is important for prospective applicants to understand the difference between ODL and Online mode. While in ODL all the courses are conducted in face-to-face (physical mode), such as submitting assignments or projects, taking exams, attending induction meetings and counselling classes, etc. On the other hand, in Online mode all these programs are completely online, which requires a stable network and computer system/laptop. Therefore, applicants must keep this in mind while filling the application.