Thurust areas

The Institute shall strive to function and contribute in the following thrust areas.

• Capacity building in the context of 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act. 
• Rural Development & Panchayati Raj with a focus on elected representatives particularly women functionaries and NGOs.
• Socio-economic upliftment and empowerment of rural women through capacity building initiatives.
• Participatory management of development initiatives
• Capacity building in the field of water and sanitation sector.
• Watershed development through monitoring and evaluation & Training.
• Training of Trainers (ToT)
• Training Need Identification (TNA) and Impact Assessment studies.
• Rural tourism development and capacity building.
• Rural housing Earthquake resistant housing, low cost rural   housing.
• Rural credit and financing, rural marketing.
• Integrated horticulture and organic farming.
• Rural energy programme.
• Rural information technology and e-governance.