The projects division is a link between the various stake-holders of NCRI and its activity centres functioning in various subject-specific domains. The projects division identifies the areas of intervention of NCRI, besides preparing annual plans and budgets.
Vision and Mission:
Provide resource support to projects / initiatives that are compatible with the NCRI mandate.
Functions:
- Analysing project proposals though presentations made by stake-holders, and by engaging experts.
- Undertaking project evaluation to assess the outcome and impact of the projects by engaging external / independent evaluating agencies.
- Preparing the technical and operational guidelines for project preparation as well as resource / fund utilisation.
- In addition, serves as a hub for forging partnerships with various institutions to promote the objectives of the Council.
The projects division is comprised of professionals with varied expertise and rich experience in rural development, agriculture, financial issues and environment education and other domains. Project proposals are meticulously screened and appraised by experts and finally approved by the Standing Committee on Basic Education. Projects from various states of the country, including the North-Eastern region, have been supported to ensure even outreach of NCRI across India. Projects worth a total of Rs. 24.33 crore have been sanctioned since the inception of NCRI till date.
The outreach of NCRI and the growth graphs are depicted as under:
Projects conforming to NCRI’s objectives are sanctioned under the following categories:
- Rural Institutes
- Rural Higher Education
- Gandhian Institutions
- Nai Talim
- Courses on Emerging Rural Occupations
- Research projects
- Extension services
- Programmes relating to peace and conflict resolution
- Micro Planning
- Rural Resource Informatics Centre
- Publication
- Documentation
- Rural reconstruction
- Promotion of traditional knowledge systems
- Rural entrepreneurship development
- Tagore Siksha Sanskriti and Sadhana Kendra (TSSSK)
- Yuvodaya Programmes
- Nai Talim Schools of Performing Arts
- Programme of Bare-foot planners
- Programme support / inputs
- NCRI Labs (Innovations and Prototypes)
- Disabled focus
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