NIRDPR Faculty inducted into Telangana State Level Committee for engaging Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and NGOs under Mid- day Meals Scheme
HYDERABAD, 9th May 2019: Government of Telangana, School Education Department has constituted a State level committee to engage Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) under the chairmanship of Secretary Department of Education with eight members and issued a G.O. No. 63 dated 8th May 2019. The committee comprising of Officers and Experts from the field of Food and Nutrition, Law, Women and Child Welfare Department, Health etc.The committee includes the following Dr.B.Janardhan Reddy IAS, Secretary Department of Education – Chairman, Sri. T.Vijaya Kumar, IAS, Commissioner, Commissioner & Director of School Education – Convener, the members Commissioner & Ex Officio Secretary, Civil Supplies Department, Secretary, Law department, Director Women & Child Welfare Department, Commissioner, Health and Family Welfare Department, Dr.T.Vijaya Kumar, Associate Professor, National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR),Rajendranagar Hyderabad and representative from Manna Trust ( NGO) or Akshyaya Patra (NGO)
Speaking about the significance of Such a Committee Dr.T.Vijaya Kumar, Associate Professor and Head, Centre for Equity and Social Development, NIRDPR Who is also a member of this committee, said. This is a Good step to constitute a committee with experts from various fields for improving the quality supply of Mid-day meals to needy school children. NIRDPR is involved with the scheme since long period and played constructive and active role in monitoring and evaluation of Mid-day meal scheme at the National level and contributed a lot for improving the quality delivery of the cooked mid-day meals in Government schools and the policy of MDM particularly in rural areas under the stewardship of Dr. W.R.Reddy, IAS, Director General, NIRDPR and NIRDPR will definitely contribute for the betterment of the scheme with this role.
About NIRDPR
The National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (NIRDPR), 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 inter-related activities of training, research and consultancy. The Institute is located in the historic city of Hyderabad in Telangana state. The NIRD&PR celebrated its Golden Jubilee Year of establishment in 2008. In addition to the main campus at Hyderabad, this Institute has North-Eastern Regional Centre at Guwahati, Assam to meet the NE-regional needs.