NATIONAL
INSTITUTE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT
(Ministry of
Rural Development, Govt. of India )
Rajendranagar,
Hyderabad – 500 030
ADMISSION
NOTIFICATION
7th
POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT
(PGDRDM)
January 2014 to December 2014
National
Institute of Rural Development (NIRD) is a premier national center of
excellence in rural development. It builds capacities of the rural development
functionaries, elected representatives, academicians and young students through
inter-related activities of teaching, training, research, action research and
consultancy. The NIRD faculty comprises experienced academicians and
development practitioners.
The
NIRD announces its seventh fully residential One-year ‘Post Graduate Diploma in
Rural Development Management (PGDRDM)’ with an aim to create a committed and competent
cadre of Rural Development professionals in the country. The programme seeks to
impart management techniques that will enhance the understanding of the paradigm
and practice of rural development.
ELIGIBILITY: Graduation in
any discipline from a recognised University. Students who are in the final year
and expect to complete all the requirements of graduation before 1st
January, 2014 may also apply. Some seats are reserved for the sponsored Indian
in-service candidates. Indian in service candidates should possess at least two
years of work experience in rural development and allied sectors and are required
to apply through their employers.
SELECTION
PROCESS:
Selection of candidates including Indian in-service candidates will be made
through a process of All-India Entrance Test which will test the verbal, quantitative
and analytical competencies of the students including English Language. Group
Discussion and Personal Interviews will be conducted for the short-listed
candidates. However, a separate merit list will be prepared for the regular and
in-service students.
ENTRANCE TEST: The Entrance
Test will be conducted on November 24, 2013 at the following centres:
Bengaluru, Bhopal, Bhubaneswar Dimapur, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu,
Kolkata, Lucknow, New Delhi, Patna, Pune and Thiruvanantapuram. However, the NIRD
reserves the right to cancel any of the centres or add new centres for any administrative
reasons and assign any other centre to the applicants.
TOTAL NO. OF
SEATS:
50 (may undergo some change depending upon the availability of infrastructure.
Of these, up to 5 seats may be allotted to the Indian in service
candidates).
PROGRAMME
DURATION:
(One year) January, 2014 to December, 2014
COURSE FEE: For Open / OBC
Category `1.60 Lakhs (excluding boarding and lodging) For SC/ST/PWD category `1.50
Lakhs (excluding boarding and lodging)
Board
and Lodging: The annual board and lodging expenses will be approximately
`1,00,000. Accommodation will be given to the students in the NIRD hostel.
Caution
Deposit: A refundable Caution Deposit of `10,000 is to be paid along with the
first trimester fee.
Seat
Registration Fee: Upon selection, a non-refundable Seat Registration fee of
`30,000 should be paid by the Indian students. This amount will be adjusted
against the first trimester fee.
SCHOLARSHIPS: The North
Eastern Council, Shillong, may consider giving fellowships to economically
backward students of North Eastern states.
RESERVATION: Reservations
for the students of the SC/ST/OBC (Non-creamy layer) and Persons with
Disability (PWD) will be made as per Government of India’s policies.
PLACEMENT: NIRD will
endeavour to make placements on successful completion of the PGDRDM, but does
not guarantee. However, all the students of the previous Batches of the PGDRDM
have been placed. The same trend is expected to continue.
The
filled in application form should be submitted along with the application fee
of ` 500 (`300/- for SC/ST and PWD candidates) through an Account Payee Demand
Draft drawn in favour of NIRD - PGDRDM, payable at Hyderabad.
The
filled in application form should be sent to the Coordinator Admissions, Centre
for Post Graduate Studies (CPGS), National Institute of Rural Development,
Rajendranagar, Hyderabad-500030 (A.P), India, so as to reach on or before 11.11.2013.
Last
date for receipt of applications from the students of North Eastern States,
Jammu & Kashmir, Andaman & Nicobar Island and Lakshadweep is
16.11.2013.
Applications
received after the cut off date shall be rejected. NIRD reserves the right to
make changes to the Diploma Programme, its design/content and the process of
selection, depending upon the exigencies without assigning any reasons
whatsoever.
Programme
Director,
Phone
No.: 91-040-24008460;
For
details logon to the website link:
