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RAMAKRISHNA MISSION VIVEKANANDA EDUCATIONAL AND
RESEARCH INSTITUTE (RKMVERI)

(Declared by Government of India as Deemed University under Section 3 of UGC Act., 1956)
School of Agriculture and Rural Development
Faculty Centre for Agriculture, Rural and Tribal Development (ARTD)
Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Morabadi, Ranchi-834008, Jharkhand

About The University:
amakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute (formerly known as Ramakrishna
Mission Vivekananda University) is the first step in actualization of Swami Vivekananda’s vision that
RBelur Math would develop into an all-round University. It was declared by the Government of India
through its Ministry of Human Resource Development on the advice of University Grants Commission as
an institution deemed-to-be-university under Section 3 of UGC Act, 1956 by a Gazette Notification No. F.9-
54/2004-U.3 dated 5 January 2005. The University was formally inaugurated by the Revered President
of Ramarishna Math and Mission on 4 July 2005, the sacred day of mahasamadhi (passing way) of Swami
Vivekananda. Considering the assets of vast experiences of the Ramakrishna Mission Ashrama, Morabadi
for more than eight decades and Divyayan Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK) for more than three decades,
Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute, Belur Math decided to establish a
faculty centre for ‘Integrated Rural & Tribal Development and Management (IRTDM)’ at Morabadi, Ranchi,
Jharkhand. The decision was accepted and approval was given for this centre to function as an ‘Off-
campus Faculty Centre’ by the University Grant Commission (UGC) after an inspection of six members
team from 29 to 30 June 2006, vide notification No. F.6-96/2004(CPP-I) dated 3 July 2006. In 2019,
faculty of ARTD has been restructured into two independent divisions for academic and administrative
clarity.
Programmes Offered by the Faculty Centre:

a. Five-year ‘Integrated M. Sc.’ in “Agriculture, Rural and Tribal Development (ARTD)”
b. Ph.D. in Agriculture, Rural and Tribal Development (ARTD).
c. One-year Diploma in Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD).

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