On September 24, 2015, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) signed a collaboration with the Footwear Design and Development Institute (FDDI), seemingly restarting its controversial face-to-face programme, the closure of which had affected thousands of its students in 2012.

The FDDI website says that the collaboration has been signed under Section 5 (1)(i,ii,vii,xi,xiii & xxi) of the IGNOU Act, but experts say that these sub-sections under section 5 can’t be operationalised because IGNOU has not made any statute or ordinance to enjoy the authority given under these sub-sections. That’s also the reason why IGNOU’s face-to-face programme had generated a controversy earlier. Many institutes in 2012-13 had approached the Delhi High Court (HC) against IGNOU's decision to close its face-to-face programme and had argued that IGNOU could run or recognise courses in collaboration with other institutes and grant degrees on their behalf.

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