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Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA)
IRMA is a unique institution of rural management. IRMA stands out as an institute with a mission. IRMA’s mission is to promote sustainable, eco-friendly and equitable socio-economic development of rural people through professional management of their institutions. The core of IRMA’s operating philosophy is to build and sustain a partnership between rural people and committed professional managers. Through this, IRMA strives to contribute to the process of promoting sustainable development and social justice in India’s rural society. IRMA strives to achieve this mission by
• Educating a new breed of professional rural managers having appropriate values and ethos to help rural organisations and institutions in professionalizing their management and empower rural people through self-sustaining processes;
• Training policy makers, directors, general managers, and those in charge of specific managerial functions in such enterprises and projects;
• Building new rural management knowledge and theories through action-oriented and problem-solving research and consultancy; and
• Influencing public policies through policy oriented research and consultancy. In all the spheres of its activities IRMA attempts to uphold and foster the values of creativity, integrity and excellence.
Programs Offered:
1) Programme in Rural Management
2) Fellow Programme in Rural Management (FPRM)
3) CRM
4) Management Development Programmes (MDPs)
Programme in Rural Management:
This Programme prepares young talented managers to undertake challenging responsibilities in the rural Co-operatives and the development organizations. It is a two-year residential programme leading to a Post-Graduate Diploma in Rural Management (PGDRM) which is recognized as equivalent to Master’s Degree by the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) and is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The participants of this programme are highly valued in local, national and international co-operatives, NGOs, development organizations, and funding agencies. All participants are suitably placed in different organizations through Campus Placement programme.
http://www.irma.ac.in/programmes/prm_programme_structure.php
Fellow Programme in Rural Management (FPRM):
The FPRM is a doctoral programme of minimum three years and maximum six years duration. It is meant for students and professionals seeking careers in Research, Teaching and specialised knowledge-based positions in Rural Management Institutions. The overall goals of the programme are to:
a. Promote scholarship and build knowledge in the field of Rural Management;
b. Develop scholars and teachers in rural management; and
c. Stimulate academic and research work in IRMA.
A strong coursework and doctoral thesis are the two major components of the programme. As a corollary, the Programme has a requirement of at least 3 years’ residency in the Campus. After completion of coursework every participant has to pass the comprehensive qualifying examination prior to embarking on thesis research. Additionally, every participant has to associate herself/ himself as a Teaching, or Research, or Editorial Assistant for a minimum duration.
http://www.irma.ac.in/programmes/fprm_programme_structure.php
CRM:
http://www.irma.ac.in/programmes/crm.php
Management Development Programmes (MDPs):
MDPs constitute one of the major activities of IRMA, which addresses the in-service training needs of the executives and managers working in the co-operatives, not-for-profit organisations, and government and semi-government organisations engaged in rural development. They believe that in the rapidly changing task environment, managers and executives of all types of organisations are being asked to change their approach to running their operations and managing people. IRMA plays a vital role in fulfilling this need of the rural sector through its tailor-made MDPs since 1981. So far, IRMA has conducted over 482 programmes with an enrolment exceeding approximately 10730 personnel.
http://www.irma.ac.in/programmes/mdp_overview_prog_framework.php
Fees and Expenses:
Programme in Rural Management:
The total programme cost over the period of two years (inclusive of board and lodging) is estimated to be around Rs. 2,81,200/-. This includes deposits, tuition and computer fee, room rent and electricity cost, entertainment and estimated expenditure of boarding. The institute has a co-operative mess governed and managed by the students. The students also develop the rules and regulations of the mess. The students share the cost of boarding equally. The fee structure for the PRM 2008-2010 is given in Annexure-3.
Fellow Programme in Rural Management (FPRM):
Item Term-1 Term-2 Term-3 Term-4 Term-5 Term-6 Term-7 Term-8 Term-9 Term -10 Total
A. DEPOSITS
1. Caution 2,000 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2,000
2. Mess 2,000 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2,000
3. Books 5,000 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5,000
Total (A) 9,000 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 9,000
B. FEE -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
4. Registration & Course Fee 10,000 -- 10,000 10,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 5,000 60,000
5. Computer Fee* 2,500 -- 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 22,500
6. Room Rent &
Electricity 2,500 -- 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 2,500 22,500
7. Student Activities Fund 500 -- -- -- 500 -- -- 500 -- - 1500
8. Associate
Membership Fee of IRMA Club 250 -- -- -- 250 -- -- 250 -- 750
9. SPIC-MCAY 100 -- -- -- 100 -- -- 100 -- 300
10. Medical** 500 -- -- -- 500 -- -- 500 -- 1500
Total (B) 16,350 15,000 15,000 11,350 10,000 10,000 11,350 10,000 10,000 1,09,050
C. OTHERS
11. Board at Hostel*** 4, 000 - 4, 000 4, 000 4, 000 4, 000 4, 000 4, 000 4, 000 4,000 36,000
GRAND TOTAL
( A+B+C ) 29,350 - 19,000 19,000 15,350 14,000 14,000 15,350 14,000 14,000 1,54,050
Note: *If the FPRM participants have their own computers, then the computer and internet fee will be charged as applicable to PRM participants.
** Medical expenses are only to meet the cost of services provided by the campus doctor.
*** Only indicative. Actual bill may vary from month to month.
The above fee structure may be revised.
Management Development Programmes (MDPs):
In general, duration of MDPs ranges from three to five days and the fee for open programmes is Rs.2000/- per day per Indian participant. The programme fee covers full cost of boarding and lodging, teaching material and field visits including non-refundable registration fee of Rs.1000/-. The fee structure for the other programmes is separately worked out and is intimated with the final announcement of the programme. Lately, three to five days MDPs have become popular amongst the international organisations also. The fee for international participants is US$ 100 per day per person.
Faculty:
http://www.irma.ac.in/people/people_faculty.php
Campus:
Anand is situated about 36 kms north of Vadodara and 65 kms south of Ahmedabad on the Mumbai-Ahmedabad main rail line and National Highway No. 8 connecting Ahmedabad and Mumbai. Adjacent to Anand is Vallabh Vidyanagar, the educational township and seat of Sardar Patel University. It is conveniently placed in terms of accessibility to a largenumber of academic and development institutions; the more importantof these are the NDDB, the GCMMF, the Kaira District Co-operative Milk Producers’ Union Limited (Amul), the Tribhuvandas Foundation, the Anand Agricultural University and the Sardar Patel University. The Institute’s campus is spread over a landscaped sixty-acre site adjacent to the Anand Agricultural University. The campus is fully residential equipped with participants’ 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.
Accommodation:
The FPRM is a fully residential programme. Every participant is provided with a furnished single hostel room with computer and Internet connectivity. There is a furnished common reading room, which is also used for receiving guests of participants. The hostel has a boarding facility managed by an elected participants’ body. Limited housing facility is available for married participants; it is normally made available only from the beginning of the second year in the programme.
Ravi J Matthai 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 (CMIE, Mumbai), Indiastat.com (Datanet India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi), and ABI/Inform (Proquest; Informatics, Bangalore).
Network Facilities:
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 participant to have access to all these resources. The FPRM participants are also provided with personal computers in their rooms.
Recreations and Cultural Life:
A wide range of facilities for pursuing recreational and extra-curricular activities is provided through the Participant Activity Centre. Besides, the Institute has infrastructure facilities for sports such as football, cricket, badminton and table tennis. The air-conditioned 400-seat auditorium has excellent audiovisual projection system that is regularly used by the participant community and the Institute for holding a variety of programmes. While the Institute extends support for extra-curricular activities, the initiative for their organization normally comes from the participants.
Ranking:
Business World Ranking 2003: #17
Business World Ranking 2004: #8
Business Standard Ranking 2004: #9
Placements and Recruiters:
IRMA - OVERALL PLACEMENT 2007 INFORMATION
No. of Organisations offering jobs through Campus Placement-57
No. of Jobs Announced -239
No. of Organizations (Finally Placed)- 20
No. of Offers Made -159
No. of Offers accepted -70
Average Salary (Rs lakh p.a) - 6.09
Maximum Salary (Rs lakh p.a) -9.25
Minimum Salary (Rs lakh p.a) -1.66
http://www.irma.ac.in/placements/placements.php
Alumni:
The graduates of the two year programme have an Alumni Association, which maintains close contact with the Institute. The Alumni Association maintains its own homepage on the net and has various chapters all around the country and in some other parts of the world. The Alumni bring out a bi-monthly newsletter CONTACT. Mail to the Alumni Association can be sent to the President, IAA . The latest endeavor by the students for enhancing the information sharing between the Alumni, Students and the Institute is IRMAnsUnited , a portal for all IRMA batches (PRM & FPRM) of the past and present having links to individual Batch sites and additional services like Discussion forums and photo albums.
IRMA has a strong alumni group of over 1400 members and continues to grow as batches graduate every year.
http://www.irmans.org/
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