IGNOU to launch 1st-ever online sand art certificate course

Sand artist Sudarsan Pattnaik has collaborated with Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and the Human Resource Development Ministry to launch the world's first online certificate course on sand art in March 2018. Pattnaik, who was awarded the Padma Shri in 2014, said that detailed instructional videos have been prepared for the course.