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ICECD INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP (IIME)

Recognised by Gujarat University

POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT (RDM)

Rural Development as a Career

Transversed from charity to making rural fold reliant and capable , the Rural Development and Empowerment replaced charity and welfare. Our government is continuously increasing budget for Rural Development. Even the corporate sector understands the need of passing extraordinary progress of urban India to its rural cousins.

Scope

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 the above scenario there are over 2,00,000 jobs expected in the coming three years for rural development management professionals in govt sector, public sector, corporate sector in India.

Rural market is the largest emerging global market, while India’s budget for the Rural Development is over Rs. 800 crores.

Name of course :	Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Development Management.
Duration :	One year
Terms :	Two Semesters
Eligibility criteria :	Graduate/Post Graduate from any University/College

Admission Procedure:

1.	Register yourself either in person at our campus or online with a demand draft of Rs.150/-only payable to "International Centre for Entrepreneurship and Career Development". Payable at Ahmedabad.
2.	Assessment test and personal interview.

Course Module for PG Diploma in Rural Development Management

1. Integrated Rural Development

Rural Development is linked with high dependency on agriculture and government deliveries, with their dynamics. It covers:

Rural Development Management and Planning

Rural Marketing and Management

Governance and Panchayati Raj Institutions

2. Rural Economic Development Management
In India, while we have 77% rural population and their contribution in GDP is not less than 20%. This gap is only possible to reduce by increasing earning capacity of rural population. Following inputs are covered to make students learn these issues:
1.	Economic Analysis and Rural Development
2.	Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise Development
3.	Micro Credit and Micro Finance Institutions
3. Social Development Management
Women comprise 50% of rural population and while counted with dependent children this proportion becomes major, which has several urgent issues to be addressed. Following subjects will cover these inputs:
1.	Women empowerment
2.	Gender and development
3.	Women and child health care
4.	Women’s rights
4. Human Resource Management
Managing Human Resource is the key to successful organization. All initiatives for rural development comes from organization (GOs/NGOs). It is crucial to understand organization’s own culture, attitudes, and behavior to make the human resource effective. HRM package would cover:
1.	Human Resources Development
2.	Organizational Behavior
5. Development Management
Rural Development also requires effective management style. It calls for effective managers who understand following:
1.	Information Technology for rural development
2.	Research (Monitoring & Evaluation)
3.	Transfer & Management of Technological Innovations
4.	Disaster Management & Rehabilitation
5.	Environment Management
6.	NGO Management & Fund Raising

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ICECD INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP (IIME)

Recognised by Gujarat University

POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT (RDM)

Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Development Management.