MBA (Rural Management)

About the Course:

The MBA (Rural Management) is the flagship programme of KSRM successfully continued since 2007. This Programme is judiciously designed in balance with classroom and field based experiential learning. The classroom segment spreads over 64 credits and the fieldwork segments (at three different slots) of 28 credits across four semesters over two years.

KSRM has made ‘experiential learning’ as one of the core focuses of our MBA (RM) curriculum. It allows students to learn from live situations, which are more complex than what can be created in classroom. Accordingly, students could spend little more than 30 per cent of the total course credits in the field with our partner organization. The students have the flexibility to choose among the various projects being offered by our partner organization. The broad areas of fieldwork includes: agribusiness, microfinance, Rural finance, banking & marketing, climate change, disaster and natural resource management, livelihoods, health, education & Corporate Social Responsibility and rural entrepreneurship. On the other hand, the faculty members do effectively uses variety of pedagogical tools to actively engage students.

Program Outcomes (POs)

Apply knowledge of development and management theories and practices to impart rural social, political and economic development and solve rural business problems.
Foster analytical and critical thinking for evidence/data based decision making for rural issues.
Develop value based leadership capability to serve rural areas.
Ability to understand, analyze and communicate global, economic, legal, and ethical aspects of rural development and rural business.
Competent to lead themselves and others in the achievement of organizational goals, contributing effectively to a team environment in the rural context.
Adept in planning, incubating and nurturing innovative rural business and social enterprises.
Prowess to design, implement, monitor and evaluate strategic projects, programmes and policies for rural development.

Programme Design

Module & Type	Title of the Course
Compulsory (Classroom) 18 credits	Micro Economic Analysis
	Accounting for Managers-
	Rural Production and Livelihoods
	Quantitative Techniques
	Rural Society and Polity
	Development Research Methods
	Managerial Analysis and Communication
	Marketing Management-I
	Development Perspectives
Field/Internship	Village Study Segment (VSS)
Compulsory (Classroom)-14credits	Macro Economic Analysis
	Finance for Managers
	Marketing Research
	Organizational Behavior
	Management Information Systems
	Marketing Management-II
	Natural Resource Management and Climate Change
Field/Internship	Management Traineeship Segment (MTS) 1
(Classroom) 12 credits	Policy and Programme Interventions for Rural Development
	Development Theory and Practice
	Rural Finance and Commercial Banking
	Management of Co-operatives & FPOs
	Microfinance
	Project Management
Optionals (limited to 4.0 credits)**	Agri-Business Management
	Rural Marketing
	Commodity Trading and Derivatives
	E-Business for Rural Enterprises
	Operations Research
	Agri-Input Marketing
	Disaster Management
	Gender and Development
Field/Internship	Management Traineeship Segment (MTS) 2
Compulsory (Classroom) 13 credits	Human Resource Management & Development
	ICTs for Development
	Sustainable Development
	Strategic Management
	Legal Environment and Business Ethics
	Innovation in Rural Development and Enterprises
	Modern Trends in Yoga and Sports Sciences
Optionals (limited to 4.0 credits)**	CSR Management
	International Trade in Agriculture
	Strategic Interventions in Development Organizations
	Procurement and Supply Chain Management
	Managing Agricultural Value Chains