MRS Sustainable Development Integrated at VNSGU Surat Offline Course

Objective Of Program

The core objective of the MRS (SD)(SD) programme is to inculcate the need for sustainable development for rural areas. The students will become more concerned about the developmental process and participate in sustainable development programs. The student can become an agent of change with extension and research activities.

Program Outcome

PO1 : Fundamental Knowledge Enrichment
Program trains students with the basics components of rural society and the problems faced by them due to present developmental process. It includes socio-economic environment of rural areas and technological gaps in various fields of rural livelihood.

PO2 : Critical Thinking Development
The program develops the skills of critical thinking, identifying root causes of the problem and their solutions, evaluative learning of various techniques, and understanding the essence of the problem.

PO3 : Evaluation of the problems
The program trains students with the latest methodologies that are being used in evaluation of the problems faced by the rural society due to present developmental process. The continuous syllabi review adds value to the program for the outgoing students and make them ready to face challenging demands of the real world.

PO4 : Resource mapping
The program teaches the students to apply the advanced tools to evaluate the human and natural resources to solve real world problems faced by the rural society and adoption of sustainable development process.

PO5 : Nurturing Project Planning and Management Capabilities The program trains students for designing and conceptualizing the sustainable village development plans through techniques of PRA and augmenting the resources and Government interventions for sustainable rural development.

PO6 : Real World Problem
Real world problems related to climate change, sustainable development and gender sensitization provides the candidates exposure to work in the challenging and demanding environment of the rural areas.

PO7 : Team Work and Leadership Development
The program rains students to work in a team and also to take leadership of the of the project development team.