BARD (Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development)

The Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development (BARD) is an autonomous government institution. It works for the local public to develop rural areas through training and research activities. In 1959, it was established in Comilla. At that time, it knew as the Pakistan Academy of Rural Development (PARD). Dr. Akhtar Hameed Khan was a founder Director and pioneer of BARD. It has actively and largely contributed to the achievement of its goals.

Board of Governors (BOG) of BARD:

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Its board of governors consists of 21 individuals. There is one President, one Vice-President as well as 19 members. There is included a table of the board of governors for better understanding. Such as:-

SL.	Sector	Position
01	Minister; Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Co-operatives	President
02	Secretary; Rural Development and Co-operative Division	Vice-President
03	Secretary; Ministry of Public Administration	Member
04	Secretary; Agricultural Ministry	Member
05	Secretary; Ministry of Finance	Member
06	Secretary; Local Government Division (LGD)	Member
07	Member; Agriculture and Rural Institute, Planning Commission	Member
08	Rector; Bangladesh Public Administration Training Centre (BPATC)	Member
09	Executive President; Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council (BARC)	Member
10	Director-General; Bangladesh Rural Development Board (BRDB)	Member
11	President; Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)	Member
12	Register and Director-General; Department Of Cooperatives	Member
13	Director-General; Rural Development Academy (RDA)	Member
14	Director-General; National Institute of Local Government (NILG)	Member
15	Chairman; National Rural Development Co-operative Federation	Member
16	Chairman; National Co-operative Union	Member
17	Nominated by Govt. – 1st person	Member
18	Nominated by Govt. – 2nd person	Member
19	Nominated by Govt. – 3rd person	Member
20	Nominated by Govt. – 4th person	Member
21	Director-General; Bangladesh Academy For Rural Development (BARD)	Member-Secretary

Organogram or Personnel of BARD:

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BARD has individual organogram facilities. This personnel exists to add fuel to the fire, for instance, 1^st Class, 2^nd Class, 3^rd Class, and 4^th Class. They are together with 365 employees. For example:-

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Projects or Programs of BARD:

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BARD offers training for official and non-official members of public and private organizations, which is the main objective. It works for rural development. Through the particular three projects, it reaches this objective. Such as:-

1. Firstly, Thana Central Co-operative Association (TCCA)
2. Secondly, Thana Training and Development Centre (TTDC); or Works Programme (RWP)
3. Thirdly, Thana Irrigation Programme (TIP).

Features of Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development:

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Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development consists of three elements. Especially, these characteristics work to implement their programs or projects. For instance:-

1. Elitism
2. Centralism
3. Lastly, paternalism

Divisions of Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development:

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Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development is divided into two divisions, such as the service division and the academic division. Additionally, it has nine sub-divisions also. For instance:-

• Academic Division
  1. Rural Administration & Local Government (LG) Division
  2. Agricultural & Environmental Division
  3. Rural Education & Development Division
  4. Demography & Rural Social Division
  5. Rural Economic & Management Division

Models of Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development:

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Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development walks with five models. For example:-

• Firstly, a model has four rural development programs, such as TTDC, RWP, TIP, and Two-tier Cooperatives.
• Secondly, the model has three characteristics, for instance, elitism, centralism, and paternalism.
• Thirdly, the model works with the critical and chronic problems of rural Bangladesh.
• Fourthly, the model walks to innovate the different models.
• Fifthly, the fifth model has evolved with a combination of communication and knowledge training systems.

Training or Courses of BARD:

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Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development installs different training; for the most part, these courses help with skills and hikes. Such as:-

• Job Training Courses
• Areas & Broad Issues of Job
• Training Courses
• Rural Development Courses
• Regional & International Training
• Finally, seminars Conferences & Workshops.

Lastly, in Bangladesh Academy for Rural Development is available a cleared Citizen Charter & function. It makes sense of BARD, for example, their Acceptation, objectives, pledges, Research, Formed programs & visitors, Cafeteria, Hostel, Liberty and Garden, or Nursery.