In the journey of reaching the un-reached Indira Gandhi National Open University has established its Sub-Regional Centre at Rajkot in 2004 to look after the activities of IGNOU in the Saurashtra and Kachchh region of Gujarat .Later, in 2008, it was upgraded to Regional Centre status. The jurisdiction of the Regional Centre Rajkot is Saurashtra and Kachchh region consisting of following districts of Gujarat :
Rajkot, Kachchh, Jamnagar, Porbandar, Junagadh, Amreli, Bhavnagar, Surendranagar, Botad, Morbi, Devbhoomi-Dwarka, Gir-Somnath, Diu (UT)
The Regional Centre Rajkot looks after all academic and administrative activities pertaining to:
33 Learner Support Centres of Saurashtra, Kachchh and DIU (UT) area in Gujarat.
As on 4th May, 2018 in Saurashtra and Kachchh region there are:
Seven (07) Regular Study Centres
Eight (08) Programme Study Centres
Eighteen (18) Special Study Centres
