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tata-dhan academy

tata-dhan academy. About TDA. A ‘Development’ School First of its kind in the country Serves only for the development sector. Vision. “Centre of Excellence in Development Management Education and Research for Facilitating Grassroots Development Innovation and Action at a large-scale”.

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  1. tata-dhan academy

  2. About TDA • A ‘Development’ School • First of its kind in the country • Serves only for the development sector

  3. Vision “Centre of Excellence in Development Management Education and Research for Facilitating Grassroots Development Innovation and Action at a large-scale”

  4. Purpose • Prepare professionals for development action particularly for grassroots action • Become a resource centre - an international repute • Enable world of practice by advancing and professionalizing development action

  5. Guiding Principles and Values • Practitioners to teach • Experiential learning • Theory – practice (NGOs – extensive field lab for the students and participants of short duration education programmes) • Knowledge building through a structured action – reflection – action process • Core values - enabling, equity, excellence, creativity and discipline to guide our action

  6. Programme in Development Management Nurturing and Grooming Young Professionals • Flagship of the Academy • It is a two-year post graduate diploma in development management

  7. Development Management Programmes Professionalizing NGO Sector: • Build conceptual understanding about development and management among the practitioners For Middle Managers • Two-week Development Management Appreciation Programme • Social Development Research Capacity Building Programme

  8. Development Management Programmes(Cont’d.) For CEOs and Leaders • Three-day Programme on Leadership Education for Advancing Development (LEAD): Future Search for Institution Building • Human Resource Development

  9. Development Management Programmes(Cont’d.) Other Short Duration Programmes • Advanced Reflective education and Training course on microfinance, micro insurance and Business development • web designing and team building • Participatory Rural Appraisal Methods • Participatory Evaluation Methods • Customised programmes

  10. Research and Consultancy • Enable the practitioner in improving their knowledge and skill to advance development especially of poor through dissemination of context and issue specific research findings, and providing research related development management programmes. • Facilitate programme focused development research. • Facilitate in consistent improvement of the PDM courses and the content of the DMPs. • ‘Faculty Development’ by widening the perspectives, skills and knowledge of the individual faculty so as to enhance their teaching.

  11. Research and Consultancy (Cont’d.) • Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission – DHDR and Impact studies • Union Planning Commission - PSES • NGOs – Impact studies • Banks – Impact studies

  12. Development Exposure to students’ communities • Development Immersion Programme – TSM • Courses in other colleges – Micro Insurance and Microfinance • Internships – National and International students • Customised programmes for international students (Japan)

  13. Centres - ASKMI Advanced centre for Skill and Knowledge on Mutual Insurance (ASKMI) Mission • Promote and advance insurance for the poor in Asia Goals • Facilitate building, sharing, and disseminating of knowledge on micro insurance among practitioners & other stakeholders • Shape and guide promotion of insurance for the poor through research, capacity building, networking & policy advocacy • Collaborate with different stakeholders to advance the knowledge and field practices

  14. Centres - ACEDRR Advanced Centre for Enabling Disaster Risk Reduction • Mainstreaming the disaster risk reduction into the development planning • Develop and disseminate tools and techniques of effective community based disaster risk reduction among the development stakeholder • Knowledge and learning centre on Disaster Risk Reduction

  15. Water Knowledge Centre (WKC) • Training and Capacity Building • Community Health Promotion • Safe Drinking Water • Sanitation • Rain water harvesting • Bio sand filter • Small scale water bodies and agriculture development • Research

  16. programme in development management (PDM)

  17. Purpose • Prepare young graduates to facilitate development action • Shape the attitude (social concern) and build knowledge and skills with process orientation • Clarify the self and the purpose of life (to become a development missionary)

  18. Guiding principles • Experiential learning • Learning by experiencing (case in classroom and practice in field) • Conceptualising and field practice (action – reflection – action) • Theory : practice (50:50) • Case learning • Practitioners to teach • Course design and materials development

  19. PDM Framework • Building • Knowledge and • Perspectives • Consolidation of • learning • 33.5 credits • 32 courses Preparatory Segment 50% Classroom Course Segment • Action – Reflection – Action • Building Operational Skills • 20 credits • Fact finding • Building Relevance • 14 credits 50% Fieldwork Segment Development Practice Segment

  20. Terms (Segments) Institution Building and Leadership Management & Policies Term V Management & Community Term IV Development Intervention models Exposure to NGOs Basics and Self Term III DPS II Term II DPS I Term I FWS II FWS I

  21. Disciplines Technology of Development (TECH) Basics of Development (BASICS) Classroom Segment Communication for Development (CODE) Management for Development (MADE) Leadership and Institution Building (LAB)

  22. Evolution of PDM

  23. PDM – Features • Duration – Two years • Disciplines – Five • Terms – Five • Credits – 67.5 • Courses – 32 • More emphasis on attitude shaping and leadership development – academic and non-academic activities, interaction with development leaders, institutionalising mechanisms to build culture • Students committees to unleash hidden talents • Stabilising courses and offering elective courses (specialisation) • Active, intensive learning • Building professional attitude • Development missionaries

  24. Students from different states ` ` ` ` `

  25. Placement of PDM graduates

  26. Some Highlights about PDM • PDM 1 – Quality writing and process documentation • PDM 2 – Started new locations with integrated development projects • PDM 3 – Demonstrated community organising • PDM 4 – Initiated ‘Sports Week’ • PDM 5 – Tsunami studies for initiating field projects • PDM 6 – Development Dialogue Creativity in presentation and involvement in organising symposium Community organisation on a larger scale

  27. Some Highlights about PDM (Cont’d.) • PDM 7 – Started ‘Spectrum’ newsletter; Pilot on “Village Adoption” “Towards” a short film • PDM 8 – Ethnic dinners, First online classes, PDM blog, Film club, “The Beginning” a short film

  28. Some Highlights about PDM (Cont’d.) • PDM 9 – Research seminar in Madurai Symposium 2009 Policy paper presented in IIMB • PDM 10 – Booklet on Gandhi • PDM 11 – Presented and organised ‘Union Budget Watch’ Produced three short films Ornament fish pond in the Academy Partcipated in “YUKTI”

  29. Some Highlights about PDM (Cont’d.) Initiated process of designing HERITAGE event, Republic event with communities, Paper published on “Microfinance for integrated poverty reduction” • PDM 12 to 16 – ‘Independence Day’ with communities Organizers of HERITAGE

  30. Thank You

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