PGD Community Development at KIIT School of Rural Management, Bhubaneswar Offline Course

Post Graduate Diploma in Community Development is a one-year duration full-time postgraduate Diploma course Offered by Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology, Bhubaneswar.

The Post Graduate Diploma in Community Development (PGDCD) programme was launched in the year 2016 to address the need to rebuild and rejuvenate community initiatives, promoted both in the private and public sector. This program specifically targets young students after completion of Graduation/Post Graduation to understand the nuances of community life, the challenges of program implementation, and the wide gamut of services and finances available mainly from the government and other non-statal players and the issues of the rural poor. Presently this 15 month programme is specifically targeted at Tribal students, who would post completion of this course, be expected to either join community/rural development initiatives at the government/NGO level mainly, or to  return to their rural homes and initiate changes by incorporating their learning’s in village reconstruction.

The PGDCD programme is an opportunity for students to explore, and apply an interdisciplinary set of theories useful for understanding and acting within the field of community and regional development. The students will examine the participatory processes and plans developed by academic and rights based institutions like micro level plans and participatory processes to familiarize themselves with the intricacies and effectiveness of planning with the people. The course will also go through an examination of some of the relevant Acts and Policies that have emerged in the last few decades, which have been instrumental in carrying forward the benefits of growth and change to the most excluded communities and people.