IGNOU Multi Post Recruitment 2026 — 43 Vacancies

IGNOU Multi Post Recruitment 2026: Overview

Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is running a direct recruitment drive for Professor, Associate Professor and Assistant Professor posts in its Schools of Studies at Maidan Garhi, New Delhi. The university was established through an Act of Parliament, and this notice brings together appointments across humanities, sciences and professional subjects. Previously advertised unfilled positions are part of the drive, alongside the other entries in the notice.

Posts and Disciplines

• Humanities and Social Sciences: English and Urdu appear in Humanities, while Anthropology and Sociology belong to Social Sciences. The available faculty grades differ across these subjects.
• Sciences: The PDF lists Professor roles in Biochemistry, Chemistry, Physics and Statistics, an Associate Professor role in Biochemistry, and an Assistant Professor role in Geology.
• Continuing Education: The subjects are Child Development, Home Science and Nutritional Science. The Home Science Associate Professor entry specifies resource management, extension, development communication, design applications, family resource management, fabric and apparel science, and textiles and clothing specialisations.
• Management Studies and Law: Commerce and Law are listed at Professor grade in their respective schools.
• Health Sciences: Health Science and Nursing are separate subject entries. Health Science appears across the faculty grades, while Nursing appears at Professor and Associate Professor grades.
• Journalism and New Media Studies: This school has Professor and Assistant Professor entries in its named subject.
• Tourism and Hospitality: Tourism and Hospitality Service appears at Professor and Associate Professor grades.
• Interdisciplinary Studies: Environment Studies appears at Professor and Assistant Professor grades. The Associate Professor entry in InterDisciplinary and TransDisciplinary Studies specifies Philosophy.
• Social Work and Foreign Languages: Both have Professor and Associate Professor entries. The language specialisations are Arabic, French, Russian and Spanish.
• Translation and Visual Arts: Translation Studies and Training has a Professor entry. Visual Arts has an Assistant Professor entry specifically for Painting.

Service Conditions and Caveats

• Backlog recruitment: The advertised positions include SC, ST and OBC openings carried forward from earlier years. The notice does not separately identify every backlog entry, so you should use the reservation attached to the exact subject and grade.
• Reservation claims: Government of India lists, rules and norms govern category benefits. A category reference for one discipline does not automatically apply to another discipline or faculty grade.
• Earlier applicants: If you applied for an unfilled post under the earlier advertisements named in this notice, you must apply afresh with updated information. Your earlier application does not replace the current form.
• Updates: IGNOU will publish any addendum or corrigendum on its website. Keep checking the official notice for changes affecting your chosen discipline.

Application Submission Notes

The application has an online submission and a postal follow-up. Apply as directed in the official notification, then send the printed application by registered or speed post to the Director, Academic Coordination Division, Indira Gandhi National Open University, Maidan Garhi, New Delhi 110068.