About US
Commissionerate of RD&PR (Training) 

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 Raj

State 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.

Regional Institutes of Rural Development & Panchayat Raj

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