The main aim of this programme is to create a group of professional Rural Managers having appropriate values and ethics and thus helping the corporate sector, rural organizations / institutions/ industry in professionalizing their management and empowering organizations through self sustaining process. Moreover, the programme aims to meet the growing demand for well trained professionals both in international and national settings
Objectives of the Programme
- To develop a strong conceptual and analytical framework on rural development issues in the students;
- To create a group of professional rural managers having appropriate skills and know-how for professionalizing management processes of rural areas;
- To develop appropriate attitudes and values required of a professional rural manager;
- To meet the increasing demand of effective rural managers for the national and international developmental organizations
MBA (Rural Management) is a full time two-year programme with three distinct interrelated segments:
(a) Classroom Teaching
(b) Organizational Internship
(c) Fieldwork and Dissertation Writing
The classroom segment exposes students to theory and concepts. The innovative tools such as power point presentation, debates and case studies are main parts of the classroom teaching. The organizational internship exposes the students to the organizations and their work and gives hands-on experience of working in rural set up.
The fieldwork and dissertation writing gives an opportunity to the students to further their intellectual development in rural developmental issues by undertaking practical unit of activity. The programme structure permits regular switching between classroom and field-based internship to provide linkages between theoretical concepts and practical experience.
