Post Graduate Diploma in Sustainable Rural Development (PGD-SRD)

Duration: 18 months

Who should attend: The minimum qualification for admission to the Programme is graduation in any discipline from a UGC recognised University.

• Apart from fresh graduates, the in-service development personnel working in following sectors are also eligible:
• Rural development, agriculture (and allied sectors) and education sectors.
• Non-Governmental Organisations/ cooperatives / finance and banking organisations.
• Corporate sector under corporate social responsibility.
• Faculty of various development disciplines, Rural Development, Economics, Political Science, Gender studies, Management, Agriculture and other allied discipline from universities, colleges, Training Institutions like State Institutes of Rural Development (SIRDs), Extension Training Institutes (ETIs), Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs), Agriculture Education, Research and Training Institutions can also join the course.

Course Description: The sustainable rural development is basically the development which meets the need of present generation of rural people without compromising the capacity of future generations to fulfil their own needs. This entails sustained efforts to raise the quality of life of rural people. Huge efforts are being made in India and so also other developing countries to develop their rural areas in order to reduce Urban-Rural divide by creating conducive environment for resource development and utilization through up -grading knowledge and skills of the people to make the best use of available resources. What is required is large number of capable human resources who will function as change managers, which this P.G. Diploma Programme sets out to produce. The enrolled students will have unique opportunity to access best learning resources for developing strong perspective and technical capability for developing and managing rural development projects on their own. They will be trained to be professionals with difference. The Programme received good response from the students/serving officials from different parts of India and Afghanistan.