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.

MBA in Rural Management

Program Outcomes (POs)

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

Programme Design

Module & TypeTitle 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/InternshipVillage 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/InternshipManagement Traineeship Segment (MTS) 1
(Classroom) 12 creditsPolicy 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/InternshipManagement 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

Field Segment

Placements opportunities

The course will have direct relevance to the following sectors and sub sectors:

Development Sector

  • Non Government Voluntary Organization
  • Government Societies
  • International Development Organization
  • Indian and International Funding Agency
  • CSR Wings of Public and Private Organizations
  • Cooperatives and FPOs

Food Processing Industry

  • Dairy
  • Fruit and Vegetable processing
  • Chicken & Meat Processing

Retail Industry
Agri. Input Industry
Cooperatives and FPOs
E-Commerce

Financial Services

  •  Private Sector Banks
  • Public Sector Banks
  • Small Finance Banks
  • NBFCs working in Agri. and Rural Sector
  • Micro Finance Institutions

Agri. Commodity Trading Sector
Agri. Warehousing Sector
Agri. Export Houses

Placements opportunities at KSRM