The Commissionerate of RD&PR (Training) is undertaking all the planning, implementation and monitoring the capacity building and training activities in the state through SRID&PR and five RIRD&PR. The Commissionerate is headed by a senior officer in the rank of Additional Chief Secretary who is also the Vice-Chairman of SIRD&PR society. An officer in the cadre of Additional Director is in-charge for the training related activities in the State at Directorate of Rural Development.
State Institute of Rural Development& Panchayat RajState Institute of Rural Development & Panchayat raj is the apex institution for organizing training programmes to the Elected Representatives of PRIs; Officials of Rural Development & Panchayat Raj Department. It was established in the year 1961 and registered as a Society, under the Tamil Nadu Registration of Societies Act, 1975. It started functioning in its own campus at Maraimalai Nagar since 1991.
The Regional Institutes of Rural Development & Panchayat Raj at SathiyaVijayaNagaram in Tiruvannamalai district, Krishnagiri in Krishnagiri district, Pattukottai, in Thanjavur district, Bhavanisagar in Erode district and T.Kallupatty in Madurai district are entrusted with the task of imparting training. RIRD & PRs are headed by Principals in the cadre of Additional Director/Joint Director of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department.
Sl.No |
Name of the Institution |
Name of the District |
Name of the Districts Covered |
Year of Establishment |
Area of the Institution (in acres) |
1. |
S.V. Nagaram |
Tiruvannamalai |
Kancheepuram Villupuram Tiruvallur Cuddalore Tiruvannamalai |
1956 |
34.59 |
2. |
Krishnagiri Dam |
Krishnagiri |
Krishnagiri Namakkal Salem Dharmapuri Vellore |
1958 |
55.05 |
3. |
Pattukottai |
Thanjavur |
Thanjavur Tiruvarur Nagapattinam Tiruchurapalli Pudukottai Sivagangai |
1954 |
20.94 |
4. |
BhavaniSagar |
Erode |
Erode Coimbatore Dindigul The Nilgiris Karur Perambalur Ariyalur Tiruppur |
1972 |
71.89 |
5. |
T.Kallupatti |
Madurai |
Madurai, Theni, Virudhunagar, Ramnad, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Kanniyakumari |
1948 |
49.00 |