Institute of Rural Management Anand
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| Motto | Without education there is no liberation |
| Established | 1979 |
| Type | Autonomous |
| Chairman | Prof Y. K. Alagh |
| Director | Neelima Khetan |
| Location | Anand, Gujarat, India |
| Campus | Rural, 60 acres |
| Website | www.irma.ac.in |
Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA) (founded 1979) is an autonomous institution located at Anand in Gujarat, India with the mandate of contributing to the professional management of rural organisations. It was founded at the initiative of the National Dairy Development Board and the support of Government of India, Government of Gujarat and Swiss Development Co-operation. IRMA works closely with co-operatives, NGOs, governments, Indian national and international agencies.
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[edit] Programs
Doctoral level Programme titled the Fellow Programme in Rural Management (FPRM) for students and professionals seeking careers in Research, Teaching and specialised knowledge-based positions in Cooperatives and Development Organisations.
Post-Graduate Programme in Rural Management (PRM) for those who wish to undertake challenging managerial responsibilities in the rural co-operative sector and development organisations. PRM is recognised as equivalent to a Master’s Degree by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) and is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).
Management Development Programmes for in-service managers/ officers working with co-operatives, NGOs, and government and semi-government organisations engaged in rural development.
Research and Consultancy for enriching the quality and content of teaching and training activities as well as helping IRMA’s clientele identify and resolve their management problems.
[edit] Campus Facilities
The campus is fully residential equipped with students’ hostels, mess, lecture halls, seminar rooms, library, faculty and administrative offices, auditorium, executive training and development centre, faculty and staff housing, dispensary, and other support facilities. The IRMA staff co-operative store caters to the residents’ daily necessities. Faculty and Staff live in the campus quarters provided, thereby providing facilities for interaction with the participants even beyond formal class rooms.
Ravi J Mathai Library supports the mission of IRMA through the provision of information resources and services. In this role, the library plays an integral part in the learning process by providing the entire academic community with access to information for fulfilling research requirements, course work assignments, professional development and intellectual growth. This is achieved through collection development, networking, electronic information retrieval, instruction in search strategy and assisted access to an array of resources and data. Using current technologies, the library seeks to identify and implement innovative means for broadening access to information beyond immediate holdings while continuing to build and maintain an exemplary body of on-site resources.
Executive Training and Development Centre (ETDC) where the executive training programs and seminars are held, has 35 single occupancy Air Conditioned rooms, four suites, a dining hall, a lounge, conference and syndicate rooms with audio-visual equipment and an exclusive computer laboratory which is networked with the Institutes's main computer center. This facility is available for executive training programmes and conferences planned by the faculty.
IRMA Auditorium which has a seating capacity of 400 is used for all major events of the Institute and for entertainment. Movies are screened regularly for both the participants of programs and the residents of the campus. It is also used for musical concerts hosted by the Society for Promotion of Indian Culture and Music amongst Youth (SPIC-MACAY) and the cultural programs hosted by the students.
Students Activities Center (SAC) has a gym-cum-sports complex, with facilities for a regular work-out, badminton and table-tennis courts.
A co-operative store on the campus is open in the evenings - 6 days a week and provides all the essential items required by the residents on the campus. It is well stocked with provisions and stationery required for the residents.
Campus dispensary is readily accessible for any basic medication necessary. The Honorary Medical Officer visits the campus for an hour every day and a staff nurse resides on the campus to attend to any medical emergencies.
[edit] Alumni network
Marketing
Shivkumar, CEO ITC IBD
Sanjeev Asthana, President- Reliance Retail-Agribusiness
R S Sodhi, CGM GCMMF
Sanjay Panigrahi, Chief Sales & Marketing, Consumer Products Pidilite
Finance
Dinshaw Irani , Head Portfolio Management Services, Sharekhan
Journalism
Narisetti Raju, Editor-The Mint (WSJ and HT JV) , ExEditor- Wall Street Journal- Europe
IT
Satish Babu Head InApp Solutions, started in SIFFS
Rajvinder Kohli Head of an IT startup, started in NDDB
Thamizhanambi, Head of Systems in Ramco Industries, started in NDDB
Entrepreneurs
Rahul Barkataky, MITRA Foundation/ CFM
Shiv and Raghu,Catalyst Management Services, Bangalore
Dr. Ajay Gupta,Founder and CEO ruralnaukri.com
Social Development
V Vivekanandan, CEO of SIFFS
Neelima Khaitan, CEO of Seva Mandir
Apurva Oza, CEO Aga Khan Rural Support Program
Rupa Mukherji Head of Intercooperation India
Narender Kande Top management in DHAN Foundation
Soumen Biswas, PRADAN
Meenu Vadera, Head of Agaz Foundation
Chittaroopa Palit (Silvy), Narmada Bachao Andolan
Gouthami Executive Director KMVS
Sachin Sachdeva, former Executive Director of ARAVALI, Jaipur
Academia
Prof. Ganesh Prabhu, Professor at IIM-B, started in NDDB
Prof M S Sriram, IRMA/ IIMA/ Visiting Fac IIMB
Nitya Rao, SEWA/ FES/ ASPBAE/ Univ of East Anglia
Others
Late Sanjay Ghosh, Founder URMUL Trust
Sandeep Dikshit, Member Parliament of East Delhi
Ashok Gopal, Head of Gallup in Singapore
Shankar Narayanan AKF, World Bank
Tejinder Bhogal OD expert
Mamta Murthy, freelance film maker (Kuch Kuch hota hai/ Company to BBC docus)
Ayushmani Tiwari, IAS
James Abraham, CMD (Future)of UTI Bank
Donor agencies
Girish Menon, Water Aid, UK (Regional Rep South Asia)
Depinder Kapur,Country Rep Water Aid
Mr. Arunesh Singh, Country head Scojo Foundation
[edit] External links
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