Main Activities

Human Resource Development (HRD) serves communities and people’s needs by developing resources that provide opportunities and essential services and community development. Centre for Human Resource Development has following thrust areas:

Thrust areas

·         Training

·         Research

·         Consultancy

·         Documentation

Training

Organize national and international courses, workshops and seminars, ToT courses, on various aspects of Organisational Development and Human Resource development for functionaries of rural development, elected representatives and NGOs. The area of training would be as follows:-

• Research Methodology   
• TOT Course  - on  Management of Training , Design of Training ,Training Need Analysis, Direct Trainers skills , Systematic Approach to training
• Training for development of behavioral competencies:  Emotional Intelligence, Conflict Resolution,  Creativity at Work, Positive thinking, Team Building  & Group dynamics ,Managing Attitude and Behavioral Change,  Motivation, Communication, Managerial Leadership, Stress Management, Gender related issues , Participatory training methods, participatory development, management of NGOs, CBOs etc.

Research  

·         Psychological processes - in depth study of psychological processes focusing  mainly on learning, attitude formation, motivation, personality development, rural education and its implications for rural development

·         Group Dynamics, Gender relations,  Health Care (Psycho-social care)   , Management of Rural Organisations, CBOs like farmers organization, SHGs , NGOs, Youth empowerment etc.

·         Evaluation /impact study of training and development programmes

·         Module development

·         Quality of life, literacy, primary education, health aspects, life skills development among youth etc.

The center has been conducting Research activities in the past and continuing in the present on the area of Primary education, Impact evaluation of training programmes, Organisational development and Women Entrepreneur Development, HRD Climate, and Stress Audit Competency Mapping, Performance Management etc.

Consultancy 

This is in the area of   ­organizational development and behavioral related issues , Gender Empowerment , Change Management , Impact assessment of training programmes, participatory development in rural organizations like SHGs, farmers organizations etc.