New Delhi: The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) will conduct OPENMAT 2009, for admission to various management programmes, on February 1, 2009.

The entrance test will be held between 10.00 am to 1.00 pm at 133 centres accommodating 22,637 candidates.

An official from the varsity said, "The hall tickets have already been dispatched to the candidates by the University. The particulars of hall tickets are also available on the IGNOU Website www.ignou.ac.in".

"In case of non-receipt of Hall-ticket by any candidate, the Hall-ticket can be downloaded from the University Website by entering name and date of birth of the candidate and report to the Examination Centre".

In case candidates are unable to download the Hall-ticket, they can contact the Regional Centre and obtain the information of Examination Centre allocated and report to the Examination Centre with a proof of submission of Entrance Test application form along with recent passport size photograph.

In such a case, students will have to submit an undertaking at the Examination Centre stating that in the event of information furnished by them found to be incorrect, their candidature will be cancelled. Candidates must report at the Examination Centre 45 minutes before commencement of the Entrance Test.

IGNOU has deputed Central Observers at all the 133 examination centres to ensure smooth conduct of the entrance test.