New Delhi. : IGNOU's Discipline of Rural Development, School of Continuing Education has launched three Online Programmes at Certificate, PG Diploma and Master's levels. The Programmes were launched by Hon'ble Minister of State Agriculture and Farmers, GoI Shri Kailash Choudhary and Prof. Nageshwar Rao, VC IGNOU through a virtual ceremony.

Certificate of Rural Development(CRDOL)
This Programme in Rural Development provides a comprehensive knowledge of socio-economic factors affecting the transformation of rural society. The contents are designed to impart the integrated understanding about the crucial dimensions of rural development. It is primarily meant for those learners who, because of the limitations of time and resources, are unable to take up Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Development but are still interested to have a comprehensive orientation in rural development within a short period of time.

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Master of Arts Rural Development(MARDOL)
The discipline of Rural Development is of vital significance for understanding the development issues related to rural society. The syllabus of M.A. Programme in Rural Development is designed to include such diverse academic contents as are essential in the making of this discipline in the Indian context. An essential component of this programme is the dissertation based on empirical research on various issues related to  rural areas. The programme will be useful to personnel working in various Government Departments/agencies, NGO’s, cooperative sectors and other institutes engaged in rural transformation. It will also be beneficial for fresh graduates interested in pursuing a career in the discipline of rural development.

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Post Graduate Diploma Rural Development(PGDRDOL)
The Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Development provides comprehensive knowledge of socio-economic factors affecting the transformation of rural society. The contents are designed to impart an integrated understanding to learners about the crucial dimensions of rural development. It aims at enabling the learners to acquire skills related to planning, formulation, monitoring and evaluation of rural development projects and programmes. The Programme also introduces the learner to the basic aspects of research and project-work. The Project Work provides its learners an opportunity to study rural development problems, which enables them to develop necessary skills to undertake research work in rural development.  

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The Interested applicants can apply through the link: https://ignouiop.samarth.edu.in/

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