NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PANCHAYATI RAJ
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PANCHAYATI RAJ The National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRD&PR), an autonomous organisation under the Union Ministry of Rural Development, is a premier national centre of excellence in rural development and Panchayati Raj. Recognized internationally as one of the UN-ESCAP Centres of Excellence, it builds capacities of rural development functionaries, elected representatives of PRIs, bankers, NGOs and other stakeholders through interrelated activities of training, research and consultancy. Its emblem is a monogram of its acronym in Hindi and English placed inside a hut-like outline.