The Graduate Diploma in Rural Development (PGDRD) provides a broad understanding of socio-economic factors affecting the transformation of rural society. The contents are designed to impart an integrated understanding to students about the crucial dimensions of rural development.
Its objective is to train students to acquire skills related to the planning, formulation, monitoring and evaluation of rural development projects and programs. The program also introduces the student to the basics of research and project work. Its aim is to provide an integrated perception of rural development that encompasses various aspects of rural life. Introduces students to the basics of rural development. It facilitates students to acquire skills related to the planning, formulation, monitoring and evaluation of rural development projects and programs.
The Indira Gandhi Open National University (IGNOU), established by a law of Parliament in 1985, has continually strived to build an inclusive knowledge society through inclusive education. It has tried to increase the Gross Enrollment Rate (GER) by offering high quality teaching through Open and Distance Learning (ODL).
The University began offering two academic programs in 1987, that is to say, Diploma in Management and Diploma in Distance Education, with a strength of 4,528 students. Today, it serves the educational aspirations of more than 3 million students in India and other countries through 21 Schools of Studies and a network of 67 regional centers, around 2,667 student support centers and 29 institutions. Overseas The University offers about 228 certification, diploma, degree and doctoral programs, with a strength of about 810 professors and 574 professors at headquarters and regional centers and about 33,212 academic advisers from conventional institutions of higher education, professional organizations and industry among others.