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Committee on Revamping NIRD
First Meeting
9.7.10
Ministry of Rural Development
Government of India
NIRD Revamping Committee Members
1.Dr. Yoginder. K. Alagh, Chairman, IRMA
2.Shri B.K. Sinha, Secretary, Department of Rural Development
3.Shri A.N. P.Sinha, Secretary, Ministry of Panchayati Raj
4.Shri Mohd. Haleem Khan, Director General, CAPART
5.Dr. Arvind Mayaram,
Additional Secretary & Financial Adviser,
Ministry of Rural Development
6. Dr. S. Parasuraman, Director,
Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
7.Shri K.N. Janardhan, RUDSETI, Ujrei, Mysore,
(representing DMET)
8.Dr. M.N. Roy, Principal Secretary,
Deptt. of Rural Development, Govt. of West Bengal.
9.Shri S. M. Vijayanand, Principal Secretary,
Local Self-Government and Rural Development,
Government of Kerala.
10.Shri Pramathesh Ambasta, Samaj Pragati Sahayog,
Bagli Tehsil, Diwas District, Madhya Pradesh.
11. Shri Niten Chandra, Joint Secretary (Trg.)
Ministry of Rural Development
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Terms of Reference
• To assess the existing capacities and limitations of RD training
institutions i.e. NIRD, SIRDs and ETCs and suggest measures for further
strengthening.
• To assess training needs of the PR and RD functionaries at State,
District, Block and GP levels.
• To examine issues relating to manpower management of NIRD
• To suggest measures to strengthen linkage of NIRD with other training
Institutions such as SIRDs, ATIs, CBOs, IITs, etc.
• To make recommendations regarding modes of training to be adopted
including pedagogical methods, introduction of SATCOM/Distance
Mode of training especially for e-PRIs
• Enlisting RSETIs for imparting training to RD and PR functionaries, e-PRIs
at sub-state and grassroots level
• To suggest training strategy for conduct of training programmes on the
convergence of MoRD flagship RD programmes at various level.
National Institute of Rural Development
Introduction
• Autonomous body under Ministry of Rural Development
• Undertakes training, research, action research and consultancy in
rural development sector
• Celebrated its golden jubilee in December, 2008 with President of
India as Chief Guest
• The President hailed NIRD as a premier institution for RD
managers.She advocated development of farmer friendly machines
and making available technologies for developing rural communities.
• Vision Promoting programmes benefitting rural poor, democratic
decentralization, operational efficiency of RD and PRI functionaries,
transfer of technology and environmental awareness.
National Institute of Rural Development
Mission
• To examine and analyze factors contributing to economic and
social well being of rural people on sustainable basis with focus on
rural poor and disadvantaged groups by improving the knowledge,
skills and attitudes of RD officials and non-officials through
training, workshops etc.
Structure and organization
• NIRD at Hyderabad with Regional Centres at Guwahati and Patna.
Establishment of NIRD Centre for Rural Employment and
Livelihood Studies at Jaipur planned.
• 47- member General Council with MRD as President and a 14member Executive Council with MRD as Chairman.
• Director General as Chief Executive Officer assisted by a DDG,
Financial Adviser, Registrar and multi-disciplinary faculty.
• Three Standing Committees - Academic Committee, Selection
Committee and Committee on Administration and Finance - also
function.
National Institute of Rural Development
Infrastructure and Faculty
• Very good infrastructure including well-equipped conference halls,
library, computer centre, furnished guest houses, health centre,
gymnasium, swimming pool and a community hall.
• About 80 multi-disciplinary faculty including specialists, trainers,
researchers and consultants.
• A Faculty Development Scheme in operation to address the
professional needs of academic staff.
Centres
• 19 faculty Centres ranging from wage employment, self-employment,
watershed and natural resource management, rural infrastructure,
gender empowerment, equity and social development and human
resource development, etc.
National Institute of Rural Development
Training Activities
• Conduct Training programmes for about 10000 Senior Officers and
Executives in RD management and PRI elected members at NIRD
Headquarters and Regional Centres, SIRDs, etc.
• Focal areas include wage and self-employment, land, water and
forestry management, drinking water and sanitation, rural
technologies, rural credit and micro-finance , IT, geo-informatics ,
communication and media applications, planning, monitoring and
evaluation
• Training methods cover experience sharing, experiential learning,
group discussions, case studies, role play, simulation games, lecturecum-discussions , panel discussions, field visits , exposure visits to
best practices sites, participatory training methods, projects, etc.
• Also undertake curriculum development, prepare training manuals
and guidelines for MORD Schemes.
National Institute of Rural Development
• The training programmes include General Programmes for 6 days,
TOTs for trainers and stakeholders, off-campus and regional
programmes , Workshops and Seminars and International Training
Programmes.
• NIRD Training Performance:
Year
Programmes
Organised
Participants
2004-05
215
6253
2005-06
230
6453
2006-07
271
7671
2007-08
300
7942
2008-09
300
10894
2009-10
475
34156
2010-11
(projected)
906
41000
National Institute of Rural Development
Research
• NIRD research themes include: poverty reduction and rural employment,
environment and sustainable development, decentralization and good
governance and transfer of technology.
• Research studies conducted in the past cover : tribal and dalit issues,
governance for the poor, technology transfer to the poor, access to quality credit
to the poor, public-private partnerships, contract farming, tenancy relations and
livelihoods of the poor, NREGA, SGSY, and IAY, Water and Sanitation, community
mobilization, Natural Resources Management.
NIRD Research Performance
Year
Research Projects completed
2004-05
30
2006-07
34
2007-08
30
2008-09
15
2009-10
13
2010-11(ongoing)
68
National Institute of Rural Development
Post Graduate Diploma and Distance Education Programmes
• Completed the first one year PG Diploma in Rural Development
Management in August, 2009 to develop a committed cadre of RD
Management Professionals ; Second batch in progress.
• One year PG Diploma programme in Sustainable rural development
through distant mode started in December, 2009 in association with
University of Hyderabad.
Rural Technology Park
• Established in 1999 at NIRD campus for transfer of technologies to
villages and to accelerate dissemination of appropriate and affordable
technologies to rural poor.
• Houses Solar Power Unit managed by illiterate women, National Rural
Building Centre and Sanitation Park and showcases variety of low cost
rural technologies.
National Institute of Rural Development
Networking with State RD Training Institutions
• Have intensified efforts to strengthen dynamic linkage with
SIRDs and ETCs.
• NIRD designate senior faculty members as State Link Officer
for each State/SIRD to help in State training and research
programmes.
• Organizes annual National Colloquia of SIRDs and ETCs for
developing close and intimate linkages.
• NIRD offers Trainer’s Training Programme for faculty of SIRDs
and ETCs
• Extends funding support to SIRDs for taking up short term
research.
• Centre for Media and Rural Documentation of NIRD caters to
the information needs of SIRDs.
National Institute of Rural Development
Financial Status
• MoRD provides 100% funding support towards Plan and NonPlan to NIRD.
• Details of Receipts of Grants and Expenditure
Year
(Rs. in Lakhs)
Expenditure
Receipt
Plan
Non-Plan
Plan
Non-Plan
2004-2005
899.90
742.00
757.32
998.94
2005-2006
1000.00
792.00
1105.47
792.00
2006-2007
1200.00
886.00
953.04
962.00
2007-2008
1000.00
900.00
1031.27
996.79
2008-2009
1681.00
1153.00
1576.15
1352.34
2009-2010
3000.00
1727.00
3003.44
1722.20
2010-2011
10500.00
1600.00
329.45*
296.15*
* Upto
31.05.2010.
National Institute of Rural Development
NIRD formulated a Vision Document which mainly provides for
• Creation of a Technology Bank for traditional and non-traditional
technologies.
• Propagation of Distance Mode of Education.
• Greater International Engagement.
• Technological up-gradation of C-GARD.
• Infrastructure through automatic mapping and facilitation management
using GIS technologies.
• Module mapping
• Creation of new centres
• Networking of credit institutions and alternative banking.
• Up-gradation of facilities at NIRD
• Networking of Training Institutions
• Creation of Land Bank
• Deeper engagement with PESA
Reports on NIRD
• Report on Impact of NIRD Training ( Apr 92 to
Jun, 93)
• Report of Task Force for identification of main
themes of training & research & appropriate
institutional mechanisms - NIRD
• Report on NIRD’s Vision for 21st Century (1997) –
Academy of Human Resource Development,
Hyderabad
• Report on Training Programmes conducted by
NIRD – Internal Work Study Unit
Aspiration: To be
A virtual academy has to be designed to
provide the four-way information
connectivity between scientific
institutions consortiums (lab-to-lab),
between institutions and users (lab-toland), between traditional rural
knowledge base to technical experts
(land-to-lab) and for lateral learning
between rural families (land-to-land)
Inter University Center - Need
• Dualism in Indian Economy – sluggish agriculture,
widening rural-urban inequalities
• Knowledge as a source of growth : diffusion of rural
technologies to trigger growth process
• Scattering of knowledge across Institutions : need to
bring them together
• Knowledge leveraging for faster and inclusive growth
• Need for networked functioning
• AGRINDUS Dream: Coordination between agriculture,
industry and commerce – need for massive
collaboration between academic institutions and other
sectors and agencies
Objectives
• To serve as a national hub of knowledge connectivity
for Rural Development by networking a set of regional
hubs or the Regional Platforms for Knowledge
Connectivity.
• To support development of plans and policies for rural
development by research, training and demonstration
and create functioning packages of social
technologies, physical technologies and economic
policy strategies for various agro-climatic regions.
Objectives
• To facilitate development of techno-managerial
cadres needed for the rural development plans of
the country – and to this end create innovative
academic programmes. At the same time, evolve
HRD package (including training) suitable for the
development of each region.
• To help in working out S&T intervention modules,
particularly for the development leap-frogging of the
backward regions, by synergizing the resources that
are available with various stake-holders like UGC,
ICAR, CSIR, industries, ISRO, NGOs and private sector
institutions.
Objectives
• To help create special institutional structures and
schemes for nurturing leadership in regional
development/ entrepreneurship with special focus
on the most backward regions.
• To sponsor creation of new ‘regional rural
development universities’, particularly in the most
backward agro-climatic regions where networkingmix is not feasible because of non-availability of the
requisite infrastructure and skill at present.
Two-tier Structure
National Hub for the IUC
To network the regional platforms for
knowledge connectivity ((RPKC)
To be housed in a development oriented
institution
Regional Hubs
To get to the 18 agro-climatic regions
Inter-disciplinary mix of Knowledge
Centers (Agricultural Institutes, CSIR labs,
KVIC, NRM Institutes, Entrepreneurship
development centers, Regional planning
institutes)
Organizational Structure
Executive Hub
Members will be
coordinators of RPKC
(VC/Director of regional
institutes or their
nominees)
Chairperson will be an
outstanding rural
development expert
Regional Hubs
EC: representatives from
agriculture & natural
resources, scientific &
industrial sector, enterprise
like banking, service &
business, NGO farmers,
Regional Council :
representatives of wider set
of institutions like banks,
NGOs, special government
offices, citizen for a,
industries, local
governments, etc.
Illustration: Gujarat Plain & Hill Regions
Professional
Dimension`
Typical Institution
Remarks on the Institution
Regional rural
development
Gujarat Vidyapith, Ahmedabad
Institute of Rural Development,
Anand
Both the institutions together can
help plan for the development of
rural/ tribal areas
Regional Planning
CEPT university
An unique institute in land-use
planning of the rural region
Entrepreneurship
development
Entrepreneurship Development
Institute, Bhat
Nationally renowned
entrepreneurship training centre
Health
CEHAT, CHETNA
An NGO, well-known for health
initiative
Environment
N.M. Sadguru Water and
Development Foundation AKRDP,
DSC
Environment institutes with
specialization in watershed
Specific livelihood
direction
NDDB, GCMMF, emerging Producer
Companies in Saurashtra
Venkateshwara Hatcheries, SEWA
Rural, Private Corporations
These institutions are nationally
known frontlines
IUC: Staffing & Functionality
Emerging Technology
Economic Policy Analysis
HRD Networking
ICT
R&D Networking
Rural Institute Building
Improving
Programme
Planning/ policies
Agriculture Development and
Technology
Coordinator
Staffing of IUC
• Specializations:
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Agriculture development & technology
Rural Institute Building
Economic policy analysis
Emerging technology and networking group
• Experts / functionaries with following
responsibility/specialization
– Innovative programme planning / policies
– R & D networking
– HRD networking
• ICT support unit – collaboration with CEC, Edusat
Thank You