IRMA was established in 1979 at Anand, Gujarat with the support of the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation (SDC), the Government of India, the Government of Gujarat, erstwhile Indian Dairy Corporation and the National Dairy Development Board to provide management education, training, research and consultancy support to co-operatives and rural development organisations in India.IRMA is a unique institution of rural management. IRMA stands out as an institute with a mission. IRMAβs mission is to promote sustainable, ecologically-friendly and the equitable socio-economic development of rural people through professional management.Born out of a maverickβs dream, IRMA has become a frontrunner in professionalising the development of Indiaβs rural sector. Over the years it has provided management training, support and research facilities to students committed to rural development and in this process it has brought within its ambit several co-operatives, non-government organisations, government development agencies, international development organisations and funding agencies.
Course Curriculum
Course Name | Total Fees | Eligibility | Placement |
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Post Graduate Programme in Rural Management | 6 | A graduate from any discipline, with a minimum of 15 years (10+2+3) of education, having 50 per cent (45 per cent for SC/ST/PwD) aggregate marks at the graduation level can apply for admission. The percentage of aggregate marks is to be calculated as per the practice followed by the concerned university or institution. Those who are in the final year and who expect to complete all the requirements of graduation before June 06, 2011 can also apply. Only Indian nationals are eligible to apply for PRM. There is no management quota for admission to PRM at IRMA. |
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Fellow Programme in Rural Management | 0 | The candidate should have passed Post Graduation in any discipline from a recognized University or Institution with 55% marks at PG and 50% marks at graduation (college) level or Five year professional degree (Medicine, Veterinary Science, Architecture, etc.) with 60% marks at graduation or Four year professional degree (Engineering, Agricultural Sciences, etc.) with 60% marks at graduation and one year work experience. The eligibility requirements for candidates from SC/ST/OBC/PwD1 would be 5% less than those specified above. Selection will be based on written test, group discussion and personal interview. | - |
Certificate Programme in Diary Management | 3 | The candidate should have Graduate/Post Graduate Degree in any discipline from a recognized university with 55% marks. The selection will be based on Written Test, Group Discussion and Personal Interview. | - |
Placement
The Campus Placement Programme for each graduating batch ensures that all the students secure meaningful and challenging career opportunities in tune with IRMAβs mission. The one-week long campus recruitment programme organised by the Placement Office is held in January-February of the second year of PRM. The nature of jobs offered to IRMA graduates varies widely. The job offers are in areas such as planning and information systems, production management, marketing, finance, accounts, human resource development, rural development, and natural resources management.
Infrastructures
The institutes campus is spread over a landscaped sixty-acre site adjacent to the Anand Agricultural University. 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.
Classroom
The lecture theatres are specially designed for interactive learning and are equipped with state of the art audio visual systems. Well appointed seminar halls for hosting talks by visiting industry heads, inter and intra college events, seminars, debates, workshops, etc.
Laboratory
The Institute through its campus wide network provides connectivity to its resources such as Library information, printing and file access, Internet and Mail Services. Each hostel room in the campus is equipped with network access points that enable the student to have access to all these resources. However, a student is expected to possess a network enabled PC to gain such access.
Library
The Library is housed in a spacious three-storied building. It supports the teaching and research programmes of the Institute. The present collection includes 42628 books, 417 videocassettes, 40 CD-ROMS, 919 microforms, 1742 MTS reports, 108 OTS reports and 309 Fieldwork reports. The Library has subscribed to 453 periodicals including professional journals, newspapers and popular magazines. In addition to this, the library has also subscribed to three electronic databases, namely, Prowess
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