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Hi Pramod,
Rural Management is one of the disciplines where activities like planning, organizing, directing and controlling in various agri-businesses, co-operatives and related fields are executed.
Options and Opportunities
There are lucrative and challenging career opportunities for students specialized in rural management.
They work in all functional areas of management such as marketing, finance, systems, project implementation, human resource, purchase, and general management.
Students specialized in this field can work as managers, policy makers, analysts, researchers, and consultants with public and private companies. They may get employment opportunities in both government development agencies and non-government agencies.
They can get various options in rural co-operative sector, agri-business enterprises, food and agricultural marketing and management of agro products etc. Their work required frequent travelling and interaction with clients.
Further study options:
- Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Management
- Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Development
- Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Finance
- Post Graduate Diploma in Rural Marketing
- Fellow Program in Rural Management
Employment Opportunities:
-Government Development Agencies
-Government Department
-State Resource Centres
-Voluntary organisations
-Social Development units of corporate sector
-National International Donor Agencies
-Self Employment
There are diversified Employment Opportunities in this sector:
It can also be in the form of:
-Trainer
-Researcher
-Consultant
-Project Co-ordinator
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