| Framework of Courses for Semesters – I & II |
| Course. No |
Semester |
Name of the Course |
| SRD 501 |
SEMESTER - I |
Rural Society and Sustainable Development
Block-1: Understanding Rural Communities: Structure, Culture and Polity.
Block-2: Development Theories.
Block-3: Sustainable Development.
Block-4: Rural Development and Poverty : Concepts and Strategies.
Block-5: Decentralised Governance.
|
| SRD 502 |
Development: Methods and Techniques
Block-1: Approach, Theory and Methods.
Block-2: Quantitative Techniques.
Block-3: Quantitative and Qualitative Methods.
Block-4: Various Steps in Research.
|
| SRD 503 |
Policies and Programmes for Rural Development
Block-1: Vision for India's Rural Development.
Block-2: Planned Rural Development.
Block-3: Rural Development Programmes for Sustainable Development and
Poverty Alleviation.
Block-4: Vulnerable Groups and Rural Development.
Block-5: Rural Development and Quality of Life.
|
| SRD 504 |
Resources and Livelihoods
Block-1: Livelihoods.
Block-2: Resources.
Block-3: Environment.
Block-4: Farm based Livelihoods.
Block-5: Non-Farm Livelihoods.
Block-6: Value-addition and Marketing.
|
| SRD 505 |
SEMESTER - II |
Project Planning and Management
Block-1: Project Planning.
Block-2: Project Management.
Block-3: Management Functions and Conflict Resolution.
Block-4: Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation.
|
| SRD 506 |
Stakeholders in Rural Development
Block-1: Rural development and its Stakeholders.
Block-2: Cooperatives and other Formal and Informal Organizations.
Block-3: Credit and Micro-finance.
Block-4: Conflicts and Conflict Management.
|
| SRD 507 |
Appropriate Technologies and Practices for Sustainable Development
Block-1: Energy and Development.
Block-2: Water & Development.
Block-3: Rural Infrastructure.
Block-4: ICT & GIS for Rural Development.
Block-5: Technologies for Sustainable Agriculture.
|
| SRD 508 |
|
Project : Guidelines for Formulation & Execution of Rural Development Projects
Block-1: Research and Action Research.
Block-2: Guidelines for Preparation of Concepts Notes and Research Proposal.
Block-3: Indicators,Case Studies and Evalution of Sustainable Rural Development Schemes.
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