Anand: The Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR), Government of India and the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), Gujarat will sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at Anand tomorrow with an aim to give an impetus to the strengthening and capacity building of Panchayati Raj Institutions across the country, and to establish a framework under which MoPR and IRMA will collaborate in the area of Gram Panchayat Development Planning for Localization of Sustainable Development Goals (LSDGs) thro...Read More

Anand (Gujarat): The Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA), a pioneering academic institution in rural management education and research, has made significant changes to its PG Diploma in Rural Management (PGDRM) admissions’ 2019 process. For the current year of admissions, only the CAT 2018/ XAT 2019 scores will be considered for shortlisting during the final selection round. IRMASAT, an exam on ‘Issues of Social Concern’, to be held at IRMA at the time of interview, will be ...Read More

Anand: 10 former students (alumni) of reputed rural management education institute IRMA here have been nabbed for allegedly consuming liquor in its premises late last night, police said today. Police Inspector of Town Police station N K Chauhan and PSI D N Rawal said that based on a tip off the special operation group of local crime branch raided the boys hostel at around 1145 pm in the institute's premises and nabbed 10 former students from an open space on the first floor of...Read More

Anand: The Board of Governors of Institute of Rural Management, Anand (IRMA) today asked its Director R C Natrajan to remain on leave till the receipt of the report of the local complaint committee (LCC) about the allegation of sexual harassment against him made by a female staff of the prestigious institute. The Board also appointed Dr Rakesh Saxena as the in-charge Director during this period. A senior staff member of the editorial department of IRMA had on March 28 even lo...Read More

Anand: The Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) will host the popular annual marathon "Anand Run' in this Central Gujarat city this year on the theme 'Digi Run: Run for Cashless Economy' to spread awareness regarding the benefits of a cashless economy. The 5 and 10 km distance run on January 22 will be the 11 th edition of the Anand Run, a popular annual affair with a 'social cause' hosted by the premier institute in the field of rural management. Editor IRMA Indrani Talukdar ...Read More

Anand (Gujarat):The Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) today launched its incubator for Entrepreneurship Development at a national seminar on “Seeding Social Enterprise and Innovation in Universities” here. The incubator known as “ISEED” was inaugurated by Mr. T. Nandakumar, Chairman of IRMA and Dr. Anita Gupta of the Department of Science and Technology. The incubator is to focus on creating a peer support structure for social entrepreneurs, collective and sust...Read More