ahmedabad there is no age for learning this is evident from the experience of indira gandhi national open university ignou officials who during their roadshows in the city found that more than 100 people over 60 years in age had registered for various courses sk ghosh director of ignous regional center in ahmedabad said that most of the senior citizens who had registered had enrolled for diplomas and shortterm courses gujarat has had many illustrious persons who kept the fire of knowledge burning during our recent roadshow at gujarat vidyapeeth we got to know that former vicechancellor ramlal parikh had enrolled in a diploma in management dim course in 1989 when he was already the vc of a university our oldest student in the city so far is of 84 years he said ghosh added that likes of prof mandaben parikh 70 who is director of rural development management institute rudmi ahmedabad have taken spot admission in certificate course in information technology cit programme gujarat is one state where the dropout ratio in distance learning is low this is an achievement in itself with all age groups taking to education we are encouraged to reach out to smaller centres he said