The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) is planning to set up six BPO training facilities in Chennai, Madurai, Coimbatore, Tiruchi and Puducherry in collaboration with IT consulting and services major Accenture.

The university is in the final stages of discussion and a meeting on 5th January in New Delhi will decide on the modalities of setting up the BPO training centres says a report published in The Hindu. The university’s regional centres in Tamil Nadu — at Madurai and Chennai — have been asked to take steps for setting up the training centres.

The paper quoted M Shanmugham, IGNOU Regional Director, Madurai Regional Centre, stating that the training centres would function under the auspices of School of Vocational Education and Training, IGNOU. The school is also planning to launch a diploma course in BPO from February 2009.