With 77% of the population living in rural India, and a vast majority of nearly 30% living below the poverty line, upliftment of the rural people and alleviation of rural poverty are necessary and logical components of rural development. Most development organizations target issues of income and poverty, social discrimination and human/gender rights.

With the Rural Development budget of India being Rs.36,000 Crores, there is a dire need for professionals in the field of Rural Development Management. Considering this need, ICECD's 1-year Post Graduate Diploma course has been sensitively designed with an exclusive coverage of theory, research and practical training that create experts with unbridled optimism. This course enables students to become well acquainted with planning, implementing and monitoring rural development initiatives in Government, NGO and Corporate sectors.

The voluntary organization handling various projects for educational, health and socio-economic empowerment and human rights run by Government, Public sector, corporate companies are known as NGOs.

Non-government organizations working in the humanitarian and development sectors won official approval in the 1980s. Today, NGOs play a vital role in societal development. Their presence is felt worldwide, more so in the developing countries.

"Social Development", today, has emerged as the prime area of concern in contemporary society. Most of the parameters of social development are being given attention, more than ever before. The success of the "World Summit in Social Development" is a proof that economic upliftment without social emancipation is no more considered to be a genuine development paradigm. Similarly, it has been realized world wide that without NGO's active involvement, the required level of social development is impossible to be attained. Today, NGO's role has become the key factor in people-centered development.

There are approx 2 million such organizations in India out of which hardly 1% are working with the required levels of results and efficiency. The rest are lagging way behind the optimum standards simply due to lack of skilled management professionals for this sector. It is understood that NGO sector is 3rd fastest growing sector in the world, and ICECD with its 3 decades of experience in the NGO sector has developed specialized course ( accepted and recognized by Gujarat University) to produce competent management professional to cater to the huge demand for such experts world over.

Entrepreneurs driven companies have increasingly gained prominence on the global map. Entrepreneurs have demonstrated their worth as leaders in fields ranging from information technology to high tech sectors, service industry, trade as well as manufacturing. Exports are led by entrepreneurs driven small companies.

The present era of liberalization has ushered in a host of new challenges where only the fittest will survive. The success of an enterprise largely depends on its owner and manager, whose skills, knowledge and competencies can take the business to great height. The new breed of managers needs to be innovative, along with being conversant with latest tools and tactics to grow their enterprise, diversify family owned businesses and to be successful managers in the corporate world.

The EME course is an integration of business management with the art of entrepreneurship, thereby developing a caliber to successfully manage enterprises. Case studies and fundaments of management taught by expert faculty develop insights on topics ranging from best practices and leadership to human resource management. The course imparts tools, tips and techniques to navigate the world of business.

Public Sector undertakings , NABARD, SBI, All Nationalized Banks, Commercial Banks have opened their units for Rural Development. Corporate sectors like Tata, Reliance, ITC, Amul, Mafatlal, DCM, etc . have opened their development units in rural areas and require competent management professionals to set up their units in rural sector.    

In India:  As manager in  NGO sector, NGO project coordinator, research fellow in NGO projects, Ministry of youth affairs, Child abuse prevention project, Woman emancipation project, Aids awareness project, FICCI, Amarjyoti, Afarm, and various other projects of National and International Organisations. 

Abroad: Plenty of opportunities  in renowned organizations UNICEF, UNESCO, UNO, OECD, NATO, WHO, Amnesty international, World Bank, Red cross, Green peace, Commonwealth human right protection, besides others.

As per norms, AICTE does not approve one year courses. ICMS Diploma courses are recognized by the Gujarat University (UGC recognized oldest university in Gujarat)

ICMS provides 100% placement assistance to students, along with follow up support. At the end of the academic course, the institute conducts campus interviews, whereby prestigious institutions/organizations have one to one interactions with students and after requisite assessments, the placements take place. A special placement committee handles the placements of ICMS students, enabling best possible start ups to them. Past students have been placed with organizations like SMEDAN- NIGERIA, EHTIOPIA, ICECD RAJASTHAN, CALORX- AHMEDABAD, SUPATH- HIMMATNAGAR, AGHA KHAN FOUNDATION, ADANI FOUNDATION, AJEEVIKA BEUREAU, ILFS, ICECD-AHMEDABAD, and NABARD, besides others.

ICMS faculty has extensive experience and expertise which is shared with the up-coming management professionals through lectures, games, classroom interactions, field assignments and project presentations. Special inputs on presentation skills develop the students to become confident in public speaking, presentations and one-to-one interaction at professional forums. Evaluation process of ICMS includes Module Test semester exams, assignments, presentations and project work.

15. RDM and NGOM - Standardized management/diploma courses fail to accommodate knowledge in relation to the changing context of the development and business world with excessive importance given to western models. These courses tend to give importance to managerial inputs only.

ICMS courses like Rural Development Management and NGO Management, on the contrary, impart education and develop skills in the individuals so that they function successfully in the ever-changing world of development. Through practical exposure and on the job learning, we develop dynamic and adaptive potential amongst students who learn to mobilize and manage resources in a fiercely competitive environment. Thus they learn to withstand global competition, foresee technological changes and thus drive the company/organization towards higher growth.

EME - A manager simply assists an entrepreneur in achieving the goals in an enterprise as s/he is employed by the entrepreneur. A trained entrepreneur is always a good manager but a trained manager need not necessarily possess the required entrepreneurial dynamism. To that extent, entrepreneurship education gives the much required entrepreneurial orientation to the general management course.

EME is a business oriented course whereas MBAs are job oriented ones. Therefore, in place of placement activities the course focuses on facilitating preparation of a bankable and viable business opportunity, project report or a strategic plan for the growth of new/existing/family businesses. The successful students may however explore job placement for experience and exposure before taking up business as career. The placement office will facilitate those students who would like to join corporate sectors after completion of the EME course.

Past students have been placed with organizations like SMEDAN- NIGERIA, EHTIOPIA, ICECD RAJASTHAN, CALORX- AHMEDABAD, SUPATH- HIMMATNAGAR, AGHA KHAN FOUNDATION, ADANI FOUNDATION, AJEEVIKA BEUREAU, ILFS, ICECD-AHMEDABAD, SANSKAR FOUNDATION, CRY, SETU, PRAYAS, NABARD, AMUL, ITC, TATA, DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT CENTRE, SUZLON etc. and NABARD, besides others, with attractive pay packages.  

In this era of globalization and the fast pace of industrialization and service sector development, tremendous opportunities for business have emerged. Government Schemes and Financial sectors looking out for potential entrepreneurs have greatly widened the scope for contemporary entrepreneurs.

As more and more young aspirants opt for an Entrepreneurial career, it provides greater challenges and opportunities to earn name and fame to the upcoming entrepreneurs. This EME course sharpens your entrepreneurial competencies, which prepares you to perform, excel and achieve any career goal or business target that you set.

It develops your capabilities to initiate your own business, and grow and diversify further with a competitive edge over others. The expertise over modern techniques prepares you to give a new dimension to your family business through professional management mantras, thus enabling you to reach new heights. The successful students may however explore job placement for experience and exposure before taking up business as career. The placement office will facilitate those students who would like to join corporate sectors after completion of the EME course.