The School of Rural Management (SRM), located in Ratlam, Madhya Pradesh, maintains a specialized faculty team dedicated to professional development education, rural enterprise management, microfinance, and grassroots development leadership.
Interdisciplinary Backgrounds: Core faculty members hold postgraduate and doctoral degrees in Business Administration, Rural Development, Agricultural Economics, Sociology, and Social Work.
Practitioner-Driven Mentorship: In line with its promoter body—Gramin Vikas Trust (GVT), initiated by KRIBHCO—faculty members bring extensive field experience from developmental agencies, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and agricultural cooperatives.
Experiential Fieldwork Supervision: The faculty directly guides and evaluates students across two mandatory, intensive field research and organizational residency phases within rural development setups and social enterprises.
Specialized Domain Focus: Instructors deliver course modules tailored to Rural Enterprise Management & Entrepreneurship, Agribusiness Supply Chains, Microfinance Institutions (MFIs), Livelihood Promotion, and Community Mobilization.
Masterclasses & Corporate Connect: Faculty members collaborate with industry practitioners to host masterclasses and interactive sessions with experts from partner organizations such as KRIBHCO, AKRSP, NABARD, and Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs).
Applied Research & Projects: Professors engage in action research, socio-economic baseline surveys, and project consultancy sponsored by public sector undertakings, government welfare bodies, and development trusts.
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