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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Govt keen to rope in IIM, IIT pupils for rural dev programmes

Govt keen to rope in IIM, IIT pupils for rural dev programmes

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published Published on Oct 20, 2010   modified Modified on Oct 20, 2010

The government is keen on forging a partnership with IIMs, IITs and other select institutes for augmenting professional resource support to its rural development programmes like NREGA.

As part of efforts to evolve such a framework, the Ministry of Rural Development has invited representatives from various professional institutes including IIMs and IITs to participate in a workshop organised by it in Udaipur district of Rajasthan tomorrow, a ministry official said.

Union Minister for Rural Development C P Joshi will chair the event.

The Ministry had recently suggested that the states appoint at least four dedicated staff in each panchayat, of whom one should be an MBA degree holder and another an engineer, promising that it will provide them funds to meet initial expenditure on salaries for eight years.

"Ministry desires that professional institutes including IIMs and IITs design a matching curriculum in their courses to encourage young professionals towards the emerging opportunity in the area of rural development. This will be discussed with them tomorrow," the official said.

The students can undertake internship to associate themselves with process. "This will be mutually benefited as the academic youth of the country will acquire exposure to issues related to rural development and grass root development process will be strengthened through professional support," he added.

There are other areas too where Ministry wants a "partnership" with these select professional institutes and they will be discussed with their representatives during the workshop.

NREGA envisages detail participatory micro level planning and handholding to ensure quality works. This is an area where professional institutions can contribute "considerably", the official said.

Action research, awareness generation and capacity building are also areas where professional institutes can contribute to improving the quality of implementation of the programmes. "These issues will be discussed with them at tomorrow's workshop," he added.

The Ministry has already involved professional institutes like IIMs, IITs and central universities in programme appraisal for independent quality assessment of the schemes and recommendations for policy reforms.

"This network needs to be further broadened and deepened," the official said adding that the outcome of the workshop will help the Ministry in evolving a framework of national collaboration with the "leading" professional institutes for making rural development schemes including NREGA more effective.


The Economic Times, 19 October, 2010, http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/jobs/Govt-keen-to-rope-in-IIM-IIT-pupils-for-rural-dev-programmes/articleshow/6776750.cms


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