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This Centre located at Rajam came into being in January 2003. The institute is established under the joint sponsorship of GMRVF and Andhra Bank Rural Development Trust (ABRDT). NIRED is a residential facility with capacity for running four channels at a time and candidates are provided both technical and soft skill training in-house. They are helped with bank loans wherever required for starting their own enterprises. Also hand holding support is provided for 2 years to the trainees. Till now the institute has trained about 2000 young entrepreneurs.
The primary objective of NIRED is to identify, orient, motivate, train and assist youth to take up self employment ventures and to promote rural entrepreneurship. The institute offers various courses for youth, starting from product Entrepreneurship Development Programmes (EDP) to Process and Agricultural EDPs.
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Category of Programmes
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Name of the Programmes
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Product EDP
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Hand and Machine embroidery, Fashion Technology, Fabric painting, Soft toys making, Leaf plate making, Agarbatthi making, Jute handicrafts etc.
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Process EDP
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T.V assembling and repair, House wiring, Domestic appliances repair, Motor rewinding, Two wheeler repair, Computer DTP & Screen printing etc.
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Agriculture EDP
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Improved Crop cultivation practices, Animal husbandry, Fisheries, Organic farming, Integrated pest management, Micro irrigation practices, Training to VVV members etc.
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General EDP
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Training to PMRY candidates etc.
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Other EDP
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Orientation training to SHG members, Bookkeeping to SHGs, Training to Rural Development workers, NGOs etc.
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Information about the courses offered is disseminated through awareness camps held regularly in the target villages. These camps not only provide course related information but also provide counseling to young boys and girls, so that they are able to choose the course best suited for them. Where required, NIRED counsels the parents or family of the youth as well.
The candidates at the institute are mostly educated (Upto Std. VII) unemployed rural youth aged between 18 -35 years coming mainly from Srikakulam, Vizianagaram and Visakhapatnam districts. The selection process consists of written/skill test and a personal interview. Particular emphasis is placed on reaching out to the socially and economically disadvantaged.
Once a candidate is given admission to a course, he is provided free training, boarding and lodging as well as to and fro travelling expense. The institute has expert in-house as well as external resource persons who provide these trainings. Apart from the technical training, students are provided soft skills training, meditation and yoga classes etc. for their holistic development. After the candidates complete their course, the institute facilitates bank loans for them at low interest rates to help them set up their own enterprise. The institute also provides skill upgradation courses as and when required.
Post training support to trainees is the most distinguished feature of NIRED functioning. This follow up helps to sustain motivation level and to help overcome problems of new entrepreneurs. NIRED co-ordinates with other agencies influencing the setting up of self-employment ventures viz. Banks, government department, etc. Follow-ups are made through regular correspondence, individual contacts, meetings at village, taluk and district levels. Alumni of the institutes, officials from the bank and Government departments are also invited to such meetings. Such interactions help the trainees to cross procedural hurdles and ground their project, besides sustaining their motivation level.
Year wise settlement of NIRED trainees: 89%
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Financial Year
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Total no. of Programmes Completed
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No. of Candidates Trained
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Placement/Self-Employment
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2003-2004
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10
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398
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79%
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2004-2005
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14
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514
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91%
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2005-2006
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16
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664 >89%
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2006-2007
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20
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534
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72%
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Some of the courses being offered in the coming year at NIRED are:
- T.V., Radio, Tape recorder, VCD repairing and assembling
- Mobile phone and telecom repairs
- Cycle repair and assembling
- Tailoring
- Hand and machine embroidery
- Home nursing
- House wiring and plumbing
- Computer hardware
- Computer and DTP
- Tractor repairing
- Gents tailoring
- General EDP
- Four wheeler driving and repairing
- HMV repairing
- Form work carpentry
- Barbending
- Masonary
- Photography and Videography
- Skill upgradation programme
- Agri and technology transfer programmes
- Rural Dev & HRD programmes
- Awareness camps in villages
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