THREE MONTHS CERTIFICATE PROGRAMME IN
NIRD promotes professional management capabilities of the rural development functionaries through three inter-related activities of training, research and consultancy. Its faculty comprises experienced academicians and practitioners. NIRD uses state-of-the-art pedagogy. The Institute has excellent infrastructure with air-conditioned conference halls, video conferencing facilities, over 150 air conditioned rooms for comfortable stay of participants, health center, parks, and an indoor sports complex with gymnasium & swimming pool.
Thrust of the programme
The Three Months Certificate Programme in “Participatory Rural Development’ has been designed to build capacity of the rural development professionals for promoting people’s participation in rural development through community mobilization, and application of participatory development methods in participatory planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, and social audit of the rural development projects.
Who should attend
The Certificate course in Participatory Rural Development is intended primarily for those involved in policy-making, planning or managing activities in rural areas. This will include participants from:
 Government agencies like DRDA, Zila Panchayat/Parishads, and officers dealing with the
participatory watersehd and rural drinking water project management, joint forest management, self-
help groups (SHGs) formation and management, young professionals from CAPART.
 Non-government organisations, civil society organisations, commercial banks,
NABARD, regional rural banks, micro-finance institutions (MFIs)
 Corporate and public sectors involved in discharging their social resposnibilities in rural areas,
 Universities who are Graduates/Post-graduates in social sciences and related disciplines,
 SAARC and other developing countries who are working in the government and NGO sector , and
Fellows/Scholars/Graduates/Post Graduates from the Univerisites.
Guest Faculty
 Prof. K Prathap Reddy, Former Director, Institute of Rural Management (IRMA), Ahmedabad. Prof.
Reddy is presently associated with the Byrraju Foundation, Hyderabad, as Lead partner.
 Dr. Shankariah Chamala, Visiting Professor, School of Natural and Rural Systems Management,
The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Course Fee
The course fee for the full time three months residential programme is Rs. 30,000.00 for residents of the host country i.e. India, and $ 1,500 for non-residents. The course fee includes board and lodging expenses, training expenses, local visits and field work. The course fee does not include travel expenses of the participants for joining the training programme. Ten Fellowships will be given to the nominees of the NGOs and civil society organizations from India by the S.M. SEHGAL FOUNDATION,
Gurgaon. The course fee can be paid through Demand Draft drawn in favour of the NIRD, payable at Hyderabad.
How to Apply: For application form and course brochure, write to: Dr. R.R. Prasad, Programme
Coordinator, National Institute of Rural Development, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad - 500 030. The application form and course brochure can also be printed from NIRD's website: www.nird.org.in