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  • Approved By: UGC NAAC

Masters in Rural Studies (MRS)


Duration:

2 Years

Eligibility:

Graduation

Course Syllabus

First Year

Semester – I

  • Rural Development
  • Rural Extension Education
  • Rural Economic Environment
  • Rural Social Sector & Development
  • Communication  Skills for Rural Studies
  • Natural Resource Management-I
  • Advanced Agricultural Production System

Semester – II

  • Appropriate Rural Technology
  • Animal Husbandary & Dairy Development
  • Natural Resource Management-II
  • Farm Management
  • Rural Development Administration
  • Rural Finance & Co-Operation
  • Rural Industrilization & Marketng

Second Year

Semester – III

  • Participatory Rural Research Techniques
  • Computer Application in Rural Studies
  • Specialization Related papers

Semester – IV

  • Placement
  • Research work and Seminar/Workshop/Project Study Report

Specializations

Social Science Stream

  • Rural Development Planning& Management
    • Rural development Practices
    • Rural development planning including micro-planning
    • Rural Organizations and  their Management
    • Tribal development
  • Rural Marketing & Enterpreneurship
    • Theory of Rural marketing
    • Rural Marketing in India
    • Theory of Rural entrepreneurship
    • Rural entrepreneurship in India
  • Rural Finance & Co-operation
    • Financial development
    • Micro finance and Management
    • Theory of co-operative development
    • Co-operative development in India

Non-Social Science Stream

  • Agribusiness Enterprises
    • Theory of Rural marketing & Entrepreneurship Present Status,
    • Approsches, initiatives/polcies for  Agribusiness Enterprises
    • Economics and Management of Agribusiness Enterprises
    • Extension Strategies  for Agri Business Enterprises
  • Natural  Resource Management
    • Common property Resource Management
    • Natural Resource for Sustainable Livelihood
    • Water Harvesing Technologies
    • Extension for Natural Resource  Management
  • Development Extension
    • Government Extension
    • Private Extension
    • Extension strategies for Agribusiness Enterprises
    • Extension for Natural Resource Management