Phone Number of
Gandhi Gram Rural Institute Dindigul is
04512452371, 04512452375 .
The Gandhi Gram Rural Institute – GRI Dindigul was founded in 1956. With undying faith and deep devotion to Mahatma Gandhi’s revolutionary concept of ‘Nai Talim’ system of education, Gandhi gram Rural Institute has developed academic programmes in Rural Development, Rural Economics and Extension Education, Rural Oriented Sciences, Cooperation, Development Administration, Rural Sociology, English and Communicative Studies, and, Tamil and Indian Languages. Students who emerge from its portals tend to meet the personnel needs for rural development under various governmental and non-governmental schemes.
To teaching was added, the dimensions of research and extension in course of time. This three-dimensional approach became a pioneering model which earned appreciation from all over the country. The work of the I Gandhi Gram Rural Institute – GRI Dindigul invited national attention and the Government of India (Ministry of Education), on the recommendation of the University Grants Commission, conferred the status of a Deemed University on the Institute under Section (3) of the UGC Act of 1956, on 3rd August, 1976.
Today, Gandhi Gram Rural Institute – GRI Dindigul has become a nationally and internationally recognized Institute for its contribution to rural education, so much so that the New Education Policy of the Nation reflects the principles evolved here in developing the rural university concept.
Started in a small way, the Gandhi Gram Rural Institute – GRI Dindigul has developed into a big educational complex, comprising seven different faculties, offering in all about fifty different programmes. It awards Doctoral, Master’s and Bachelor’s Degrees, Diplomas and Certificates through its seven academic faculties: Rural Development, Rural Social Sciences, Rural Oriented Sciences, English and Foreign Languages, Tamil, Indian Languages & Rural Arts, Rural Health & Sanitation, and, Agriculture & Animal Husbandry. It has, at present, about 2300 students and 125 teaching and 250 non-teaching staff. The programmes offered here have attracted students from abroad every year.
The Gandhi Gram Rural Institute – GRI Dindigul was accredited with Five Star status by NAAC, in February 2002. The Institute has a campus of nearly 200 acres in a rural setting, nestling in one of the enclaves of the beautiful Sirumalai range. To its West are chains of mountains including the beautiful Kodaikanal Hill Station? Lying North of Madurai, Gandhi gram is easily accessible by rail and road. The climate of the place is pleasant all through the year and the panorama of nature surrounding Gandhi gram is pleasing to the eye and inspiring to the soul.
The nearest railway station to Gandhi Gram Rural Institute – GRI Dindigul is Ambathurai, the nearest railway junction is Dindigul accessible by both broad gauge and meter guage, and, the nearest major town is Dindigul. The nearest airport is Madurai.
The vision of the Gandhi Gram Rural Institute – GRI Dindigul is to mainstream the persons with disabilities in their communities by ensuring then dignity an independence, leading to their empowerment and the mission of the institute is to enable persons with disabilities overcome their struggle for basic needs, including health care and mobility and promote their welfare and dignity and to equip them with vocational skills, capacities and opportunities for an organized and self-reliant living.
The Gandhi Gram Rural Institute – GRI Dindigul llibrary was established in 1956. It moved to the present building in 1987, stocking over 1.3 lakh books. The Library is named after the Founder Vice-Chancellor Dr. G. Ramachandran. The Library has been computerised for circulation and searching of books with SOUL (Software for University Libraries), developed by INFLIBNET Centre (An IUC of the University Grants Commission), Ahmedabad. The digitization of Gandhi Gram Rural Institute – GRI Dindigul library documents is also under progress. The Library has UGC-INFONET E-journals access facility with 2 MBPS connectivity provided by UGC- INFLIBNET Centre, Ahmedabad through ERNET India, New Delhi. The total area of the Library building is about 12600 square.
A new section to highlight the publications of the GRI academicians (2002-2009) is opened in the Gandhi Gram Rural Institute – GRI Dindigul llibrary on 15.12.2009 by the Poet Sirpi Balasubramaniam. The Vice-Chancellor Dr.SM Ramasamy presided over the function. Shri M. S. Prabaharan, Registrar i/c felicitated and Dr. A. Pitchai Dean and Head, Faculty of Tamil and Indian Languages coordinated the programme. Dr. J. Abraham, Deputy Librarian proposed vote of thanks. There are about 125 publications are on display. College offers different kind of Bachelor, Master and Doctoral courses leading to different kind of Streams such as Engineering and Technology, Arts, Management and so more.
Gandhi Gram Rural Institute Dindigul Address
The address of Gandhi Gram Rural Institute Dindigul is Gandhigram, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, India.
Gandhi Gram Rural Institute Dindigul Email Address
The email address of Gandhi Gram Rural Institute Dindigul is
grucc@ruraluniv.ac.in.
Gandhi Gram Rural Institute Dindigul Website
The Website of Gandhi Gram Rural Institute Dindigul is
www.ruraluniv.ac.in.
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04512452371, 04512452375 (Click phone number to call).
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