NDLI: Rural Development Centre

Content Provider	IIT Kharagpur
Description	Center for Rural Development and Innovative Sustainable Technology was established in 1975 with the aim of becoming an outreach centre of IIT Kharagpur to address challenges confronted by rural communities and to improve their quality of life. The centre has made significant achievements in Intensive Crop Farming, Forestry, Horticulture, NTFP-based crafts, Women and Child Welfare programmes etc. The Centre has 06 eminent faculty members, who are highly committed towards holistic rural development. The infrastructure includes Chemical & Bio-chemical Laboratory, Repair & Fabrication Shop, Experimental Farm & Medicinal Plant Nursery, Field Station & Crafts Training Centres at Kharikamathani and Khariduara Mushroom Shed & Apiary Unit. The sponsored projects undertaken by the centre include Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, Participatory Forest Management Project, Tribal Development Project, Integrated Rural Energy Planning, Agro-Climatic Regional Planning, Lignocellulosics based liquid and gaseous biofuels (bioethanol, biobutanol, biomethane, biodiesel) and by-product utilization leading to zero-wastes process/product development.
Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Textile Industries Discriminant Analysis Psychological Dimensions Poverty Dimensions Valuation of Livestock Cropping Intensities Lorenz Curve Socio-Economical National Extension Service
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Thesis Collection

Sl.	Authority	Responsibilities	Communication Details
1	Ministry of Education (GoI), Department of Higher Education	Sanctioning Authority	https://www.education.gov.in/ict-initiatives
2	Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	Host Institute of the Project: The host institute of the project is responsible for providing infrastructure support and hosting the project	https://www.iitkgp.ac.in
3	National Digital Library of India Office, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur	The administrative and infrastructural headquarters of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in
4	Project PI / Joint PI	Principal Investigator and Joint Principal Investigators of the project	Dr. B. Sutradhar bsutra@ndl.gov.in Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti will be added soon
5	Website/Portal (Helpdesk)	Queries regarding NDLI and its services	support@ndl.gov.in
6	Contents and Copyright Issues	Queries related to content curation and copyright issues	content@ndl.gov.in
7	National Digital Library of India Club (NDLI Club)	Queries related to NDLI Club formation, support, user awareness program, seminar/symposium, collaboration, social media, promotion, and outreach	clubsupport@ndl.gov.in
8	Digital Preservation Centre (DPC)	Assistance with digitizing and archiving copyright-free printed books	dpc@ndl.gov.in
9	IDR Setup or Support	Queries related to establishment and support of Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) and IDR workshops	idr@ndl.gov.in

Rural Development Centre