Section 4 in The Karnataka State Rural Development and Panchayat Raj University Act, 2016
4. The Vision, Mission and Objectives of the University.
(1)The Vision of the university is to act as a centre of excellence to transform rural society by the creation of a dedicated, committed human resource which participates in the rural development process to ensure sustainable rural development and broad based improvement in the quality of life of rural population.(2)The mission of the university is to impart education and training to various stake holders for rapid economic growth and sustainable development that reduces poverty and creates employment opportunities, access to essential services in health, education and skill development, leading to inclusive growth through the democratic mechanism of Panchayat Raj institutions, where people decide their own welfare and economic and socio-political development.(3)The Objectives of the university are as follows, namely,-(i)Continuous pursuit of excellence in teaching, learning and Research.(ii)To evolve, promote and impart higher education for development of techno-managerial cadres to take up emerging challenges for the transformation of rural areas, through inclusive growth and integrated rural development.(iii)To start courses leading to award of Doctorates, Post Doctorates, Post graduates, graduates, Diploma and certificate holders with an interdisciplinary and integrated base to design solutions for the complex and diverse issues of rural development.(iv)To establish regional centers of rural development at each region with more emphasis on skill development leading to increased employment opportunities.(v)To establish centers of learning using outreach sources-such as progressive farmers and industry houses etc, establishing pilot demonstration units on selected activities of rural development at track record rural persons, village Panchayats, Taluk Panchayats, and Zilla Panchayats, etc, and also establish technology parks and Bio-village resource centers of learning.(vi)To create chairs and institute studies on special aspects of rural development such as social customs, drinking water, Bio-fuel and energy, foods and nutrition, value chain, skilling and goods manufacturing units, packaging, branding -and marketing, networking of required urban services and facilitating them through rural broadband online links, etc,.(vii)To invite guest lecturers from national and international proven track record institutions which can facilitate rural development and also people with rural wisdom and experience.(viii)To organize Orientation Programmes for the new recruits of Government departments, provide training in collaboration with the State Government to personnel engaged in rural development; organize Refresher Courses to the officers and other staff of the Government departments; organize training programmes for the elected representatives of various democratic institutions.(ix)Organizing conferences, workshops and seminars etc., on annual basis to update what is happening in rural development for future planning and improvement in the rural development studies and programmes.(x)To undertake basic, applied and strategic intensive research on all and Regional-organizations, Universities and facets of rural development per se by involving university faculties, students and rural communities through a networking approach involving International, National Institutions.(xi)Identify problems of the rural sector requiring science and technology inputs and solve these within the paradigm of sustainable development involving the faculty and students of this university and rural community(xii)To do in depth research on probable disasters of various magnitude which can affect rural society, evolve measures and means for their mitigation to avoid all types of losses and distress.(xiii)To function as a centre of excellence for extension, skilling and entrepreneurship through use of modern information and communication technologies to work towards integrated rural development.(xiv)To design and provide virtual academy consisting of four way information between scientific institution consortiums (Laboratory-to-Laboratory), between institutions and users (Laboratory to land) between traditional rural knowledge base to technical experts (Land-to-Laboratory) and for Lateral learning between rural families (Land-to-land)(xv)To help create special institutional structures and schemes for nurturing leadership and managerial skills among the youth in regional, village and community level leading to entrepreneurship with special focus on the most backward regions/villages/communities.(xvi)To provide all-round opportunities for trainings, skilling and providing incubation facilities for entrepreneurship development in such of the essential branches of learning leading towards service providing, employment and wealth creation through promotion of a classless, casteless and creedless society achieving the goal on integrated and sustainable rural development on Gandhian Ideolgy (Gram Swaraj)(xvii)To promote access to rural services for underprivileged segment, children, women, elderly and disabled people through a common village resource and service centers and enable social Justice and equitable status in the society.(xviii)To promote women empowerment by equipping them to greater access to knowledge and resources, and autonomy in decision making leading to social, economic and political prosperity.(xix)To Preserve and enrich the cultural wealth and practical wisdom of rural society by generating a sustainable technology base by blending appropriate modern science and technology with traditional knowledge.(xx)Improve agriculture economy through judicial use of natural resources by adopting integrated farming approach (Agri-Livestock-Horti-Silivi-Seri, etc), processing and value addition (Secondary agriculture) and linking farmers produce and products to multilevel markets.(xxi)To promote establishment of Bio-resource centers to aim at Judicious natural resource management, Bio-diversity conservation, soil fertility and renewable energy management, seed banks, custom hire services, organic farming, agroforestry, fodder banks, traditional herbal medicines, health and nutritional aspects, rural enterprises and markets through community participation and management.(xxii)To promote urban centric rural services, and ecotourism etc., to establish better harmony to avoid rural - urban divide to leading towards rural economic prosperity and better quality of life.(xxiii)To design and develop projects and plans for individual rural family, community, village and panchayat levels on pilot basis for increasing employment opportunities and income of rural masses (both on farm and off farm and non-farm enterprises) to reduce the gap with that of urban population.(xxiv)To educate rural masses on economic development and poverty alleviation through microfinance and microenterprises creation with effective technological interventions.(xxv)To promote creation of self help groups, farmer producer groups, Agribusiness centers, community credit societies and ensure access to Government projects, programmes and subsidies through formal financial institutions for adopting newer technologies towards achieving inclusive growth.(xxvi)To improve social, psychological and physical health through promotion of community entertainment programmes, festivals, Jatras, and other cultural outfits and institutions, rural sports-games Yoga-meditation, rural health clinics, better food and nutrition management.(xxvii)Providing continuous inputs to primary, secondary and vocational education system to enrich the contents of courses and studies aimed at rural need orientation aimed at inclusive growth and integrated rural development.(xxviii)To provide consultancy on all aspects of rural development.(xxix)To undertake monitoring and evaluation of national, state, district, taluk and panchayat level rural development programmes share ideas and experiences for their effective implementation.(xxx)To Assist the Government in formulation of policies, Governance, management and execution of rural development programmes through Panchayat Raj Institutions.(xxxi)To take up any other activity assigned by the Government.(xxxii)Prepare students for leadership, develop their managerial potential through enlightened learning, field work and by participating with community.(xxxiii)Promote and preserve academic freedom, ensure diverse ways of Learning, develop mastery over professions and channelize faculty and students talent towards dedicated rural development work and community services.(xxxiv)Promote feeling among students that "we should learn together, grow together and work together with people. Make efforts to bridge the "Trust Deficit gap "between people and change agents.(xxxv)University shall have open door policy for field practitioners, NGO's, innovators, renowned social workers, to be invited to supplement the teaching efforts of its Faculty.(xxxvi)As Part of "Advocacy" Faculty members to engage themselves in research projects on cutting edge issues of rural development process and come out with solutions and advice Government in formulating development policy framework.
