National Institute of Rural Development
The National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (abbreviated as NIRDPR) is an Indian autonomous research organisation under the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India, located in Hyderabad, Telangana. In addition to the main campus at Hyderabad, the institute has a north-eastern regional centre at Guwahati, Assam to meet the needs of North-east India and a regional centre in New Delhi.[1]
History
[edit]The institute was first named the National Institute of Community Development (NICD). It was founded in 1964 as the Central Institute of Study and Research in Community Development at Mussoorie (now in Uttarakhand) and the Trainers Training Institute at Rajpur merged together.[2]
Controversies
[edit]Sexual harassment allegations
[edit]There have been allegations of rampant sexual harassment of women inside NIRDPR campus.[3] In 2018 Satyaranjan Mahakul, an assistant professor of NIRD was arrested by Cyberabad Police on charges of molesting an Indonesian student.[4] In 2015 NIRDPR Associate Professor Dr V Suresh Babu had been penalised for sexually abusing Assistant Professor Dr G. Valentina. However CAT deemed the penalty as unjust.[5]
Corruption allegations
[edit]There have been several allegations of corruption by NIRDPR officials, including by faculty members and class-IV staff[6]
References
[edit]- ↑ "overview NIRDPR".
- ↑ "About NIRD" (PDF). Ministry of Rural Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2014.
- ↑ "Dalit Professor Claims Rampant Sexual Harassment in NIRD". News Minutes. 6 June 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ↑ "NIRDPR Urged to Take Action against Mahakul for Sexual Harassment". United News of India. 18 September 2019. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
- ↑ V. Suresh Babu vs National Institute of Rural Development, Hyderabad (Central Administrative Tribunal 10 December 2018), Text.
- ↑ "Nepotism and Looting by NIRD". Consumer Complaints. 25 September 2017. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
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