As a part of the PGDRDM curriculum requirement, the students are sent on short and long field visits for field work and organisational attachment of eight weeks at the end of the second trimester in small groups. This component carries a weightage of 2.0 credits. The short field visits of 2-3 days duration numbering 25-30 visits (about 12 weeks) are arranged  across the courses throughout the Programme. The short and long field visits of two-three days spread over all the three trimesters provide the students with core development and management insights while imparting analytical skills for planning and managing rural development programmes. The Eight- week FA, Rural Organisational Internship component seeks to sensitise the students to the hard core problems of the rural society, its dynamics, its realities and institutions. The FA – Rural Organisational Internship component focuses on Institutions, organisational structures, organisational culture, management systems, HRD, finance, production processes, marketing, value addition, etc.
The students, under the guidance of the CPGS Faculty, designated faculty members of other Centres of NIRD, the PGDRDM guest faculty and Heads / Supervisors of the host organisations, are expected to focus on the stated objectives, understand the processes, analyse the outcomes and reflect and report on the overall learning drawn from the FA-Rural Organisational Internship. The FA is scheduled during the period after the end of the second trimester and commencement of the third trimester. Specific learning and application oriented tasks / projects will be generated both by the CPGS and the host organisations for individual or group work. Annexure - shows a list of illustrative projects which were chosen by the students / organisations last year. Though the students are given a chance to choose an organisation short-listed by the CPGS for FA, the CPGS reserves the right to attach a student to any organisation considered important from the viewpoint of the objectives of the PGDRDM.
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