National Council for Vocational Education and Training (NCVET) and National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, an autonomous body of the Ministry of Rural Development, Government of India signed agreement on 21 July 2026 for NCVET Recognition as Awarding Body (AB - Dual). Through this recognition NIRD&PR will be eligible to award, assess and certify the learners where training is directly being imparted by the Awarding Body in campuses or training centers owned or fully managed by it for its approved or adopted qualifications.

The agreement signing ceremony was chaired by Shri Niranjan Kumar Sudhansu, Additional Secretary, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Executive Member, NCVET. The ceremony was also attended by Lt. Col. Vikram Singh Bhati, Director, Recognition, NCVET Lt Col Saurabh S Bisht, Director, Monitoring, NCVET; Dr Jyothis Satyapalan, Professor and Head, Centre for Post Graduate Studies, NIRD&PR and Dr Sandhya Gopakumaran,Director, Training and Development, DDU-GKY, Resource Cell, NIRD&PR.

As part of the initial rollout, the ‘Industrial General Pest Management Technician’ Qualification and a Micro credential on the Generation and Mobilisation of Own Source Revenue by Panchayats, submitted by NIRD&PR have already been approved by NCVET. NIRD&PR has planned to roll out NCVET approved courses in the categories of industry relevant courses for rural youth, entrepreneurship-oriented courses suitable for Self Help Groups (SHGs) and professional skill courses for the functionaries in Rural Development and Panchayati Raj.

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