PGD in Rural Development

Full Form

Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Development (PRDRD)

Duration

1 year

Examination Type

Annual

Eligibility

For candidates, the basic minimum eligibility criteria are to hold a bachelor's degree securing at least 50% marks from a recognized board or an institution.

Admission Process

• Entrance Based
• Merit-Based

Annual Course Fee

INR 2400 – INR 1.5 Lakhs

Average Salary

INR 1 – INR 8 LPA

Top Recruiting Companies

National Dairy Development Board (NDDB), Bihar Rural Livelihoods, Promotion Society – JEEVIKA, BAIF Development Research Foundation, Vedanta CSR, ITC Limited Agri-Business Division, Godrej Agrovet Limited, Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation, Kaira District Co-operative, Milk Producer`s Union Ltd (AMUL), etc.

Job Profiles

Sales/Business Development Manager, Rural Development Officer, Purchase/Vendor Development Manager, Business Development Executive, Sales Officer, National Sales Development Manager.

Rural Planning & Development

Concepts, Principles, and Approaches of Rural Planning & Development. Development concept: Indicators of development; Conceptual framework, Strategies. Policies and programs of Indian rural development. Planning techniques: Details on how to plan on a district and block-by-block scale. Planning an area: Definition, purpose, Area development plans.

Panchayati Raj & Rural Administration

Structure of Administration: the structure of bureaucracy; Panchayati Raj Institutions and Voluntary Agencies: The role of government and non-governmental organizations for rural development; Extension Services; and Emergence and Growth of Panchayati Raj Institutions in India. In this chapter, we examine the people and Panchayati raj; the financial structure of panchayat raj institutions; devolution of finance and power (11th Schedule); generation and mobilization of rural revenues; interface in the panchayat system; relevance of interface to the sustainable development of the state; interfaces between panchayats and the state.

Natural Resources Development & Management

Natural resource: Inexhaustible natural resources - atmosphere and water in its cycle; Replaceable and maintainable natural resources - water in its place, soil, land in its spatial sense, forest, grazing and other cover plants, wild animal life, human power, body, and spirit. Minerals and land in their natural state are irreplaceable natural resources. Guidelines and practices for evaluating, assessing, utilizing, and conserving natural resources.

Rural Marketing & Management

Market functionaries: Agriculture and non-agricultural products. Types of agricultural and non-agricultural products. Problems of marketing. Role of co-operative agencies in agriculture and non-agricultural marketing.

Rural Energy Planning

Conventional and unconventional sources of energy - wind, biogas, solar; Energy audits: Energy conversion and conservation programs, aspects of energy accounting, energy accounting indices, energy budgeting. Energy supply forecasting and analysis.

Transfer and Management of Technological Innovations

Technology Transfer - Definition, Transfer of Technology and Appropriate Technology, different models, systems involved, and factors involved in Technology Transfer. How technologies are created, how technologies are transferred. Technological barriers, characteristics of barriers to innovation, stimuli for innovation. Dissemination of technological innovations - innovation, communication, social systems, and time Dissemination of cultural innovations - norms, the role of modernity, and the role of tradition. Stages of adoption – process overview.

Rural Community Facilities & Services

Services and Facilities for Community Development: Water, Sanitation, Electricity; Providers: Government, Non-Governmental Organizations, Philanthropic Organizations; Various Programs under Community Development; Various Models for offering Sanitation and Water in India and abroad. The transport system in rural areas - modes of transport - rural economy. Healthcare systems in rural areas.

Development of Tribal Communities

Social Status of Tribes: Historical perspectives, demography, tribal organization, exploitation, land alienation, marketing; problems include unemployment, linguistic differences, caste barriers, and cultural transformation for women. Legislation: statutory provisions, constitutional amendments; Role of Government Agencies: Government, voluntary and non-governmental organizations; Recommendations of various committees.

Crop, Soil & Water Management

Understanding crop ecosystems and crop classification; Crop production strategies in tropical regions, agroclimatic regions and crop cultivation; modern techniques of raising field crops; understanding cropping systems, chemical, physical, physicochemical systems and environmental factors.  Plant-soil-water relationships; Water requirement of the crop; Irrigation & drainage in crop production; Land capability evaluation & classification, management of arid, semiarid & humid subtropics & tropics; Problem of reclamation and wastelands; Physical management of the soil for maximizing agricultural production; Soil water system & water resource management; Plant-soil-water relationships; Water requirement of the crop.

Livelihood Issues and Problems

Micro and Macro transition of Rural Livelihood; different perspectives. Livelihood Security’s Risks and Opportunities; Livelihood development’s Gender Issues, Livelihood System in Transition Research and Practice.

Women and Child Development, Health, Nutrition; Gender and Society

Ideas, Social Hierarchy; Human Development and Gender Development: Human Development Indices; Status of Women in India: Historical viewpoint; Justice and Women Empowerment: (a) International Scenario - Grass-Root Women's Movements; Different International developments in orientation equity; Empowerment: Parameters, Women and Health: Health Status of Women; Nutritional Anemia; Child Development: Status, schooling, wellbeing, Governmental Programs for kids advancement.

Social Security-Problems, Policies and Program

Idea and meaning of Social Security, Economy and Social Security, Role of Govts. Reasons of Govt's. inclusion in giving Social Security, Components of Social Security, encounters and challenges of Different States.

Networking and Communication

Prologue to networks and Layered Architecture. Information Communication Concepts. Transmission Media and Topology, Noise. Encoding and mistake recognition. Coordinated and nonconcurrent Transmission, Multiplexing and exchanging. Mistake Control and Flow Control Techniques. Medium Access Control. IEEE standard for LANs. Rapid LANs. Steering Algorithms. Blockage Control Techniques. WAN, Frame Relay, ATM Interworking. IP convention. Network Management and Security.

National Institute of Rural Development, NIRD, Hyderabad 

INR 10,000 – INR 2.6 Lakhs

Centre for Distance Education University of Hyderabad, CDEUH, Hyderabad 

INR 40,000

HDF School of Management, HDFSM 

INR 1.6 Lakhs

Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya, MGAHV, Wardha 

INR 72,50

Aastha Institute of Management and Technology

INR 90,000 – INR 1.8 Lakhs

Dibrugarh University

INR 32,380

Area Executive

INR 4 – INR 5 LPA

Marketing and Sales Manager

INR 4 – INR 5 LPA

Rural Managers

INR 1 – INR 3 LPA

Senior Program Officer

INR 4 – INR 5 LPA

Research Head

INR 7 – INR 8 LPA