From correspondents in Delhi, India, 08:30 PM IST

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will launch various online courses this week.

The university said in a statement Sunday that it will extend its distance learning programmes.

IGNOU would now have online courses for PhD, M. Phil, MA and post-graduate diploma. Besides, post-graduate certificate courses would also be launched with Sri Aurobindo Centre for Advanced Research (SACAR), Puducherry, this month.

Students can apply for these courses online through SACAR's website. The courses will start from the first week of September.

SACAR offers variety of online courses in the fields of integral social and political thought, integral education, philosophy, yoga-psychology, Indian culture, literature and aesthetics.

(Staff Writer, © IANS)