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Integrated Rural Management through holistic approach is a national commitment.The goal is to enrich the quality of life of the poor by meeting the basic need and generating employment opportunities on a wider scale through decentralized planning.The missio n of the State Institute of Rural Development is to facilitate rural development  vigorou sly through governmental and non-governmental intiatatives.
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With the merger of the Composite Training Institute, then functioning as an apex Training Institute of Agriculture Department, the foundation stone of the State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD) was laid on the November 14, 1987and inaugurated on the same day in 1991. It attained autonomy in 1993 under  the Department of Rural Development,

The institute is being run by the Director as per the constitution adopted by the Board of Governors with the fund available from the Central and State Government.  

Governing Body 

State Institute of Rural Development Board or the Board of Governors was constituted granting autonomy to the SIRD in February 1992, registered under Item No. 525 Vol. I of Societal Act. The Board comprises of the following:

Secretary, Rural Management & Development Department   as Chairperson
Secretary, Food Security, Agriculture Development Department as Member
Secretary, Horticulture & Cash Crop Development Department as Member
Secretary cum Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Environment &  Wildlife Management Department as Member
Secretary, Department of Animal Husbandry, Livestock, Fisheries &   Veterinary Services as Member
Secretary, Department of Human Resource Development Dept. as Member
Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare as Member
Director, State Institute of Rural Development as Member Secretary

With its official registration under item 525 Vol. No. I, Societal Act, the Institute was granted full autonomic status w.e.f. 9.7.1992. The Institute is headed by the Director as the Member Secretary and the Secretary, Rural Development Department as the Chairperson

Objectives
To undertake research for socio-economic development of the rural people.
To impart training for skilled human resource development in the rural sector with the application of both indigenous and modern technologies

Mission and Thrust Areas
Research and documentation of indigenous knowledge and technologies of the state 
Training in appropriate rural technologies for production and processing of agricultural, horticultural, livestock and agro-forestry produce and utilization of natural resource for the sustainable development of the rural sector. 
Training and Capacity Building of Representatives of Panchayati Raj Institution for effective implementation of Democratic Decentralization and Devolution of power at the grassroots 
Empowerment of Women 
Employment Generation among local youth