TATA-DHAN ACADEMY

About TDA

A ‘Development’ School First of its kind in the country Serves only for the development sector

Vision

“Centre of Excellence in Development Management Education and Research for

Facilitating Grassroots Development Innovation and

Action at a large-scale”

Purpose

Prepare professionals for development action particularly for grassroots action

Become a resource centre - an international repute

Enable world of practice by advancing and professionalizing development action

Guiding Principles and Values Practitioners to teach Experiential learning Theory – practice (NGOs – extensive field lab for the

students and participants of short duration education programmes)

Knowledge building through a structured action – reflection – action process

Core values - enabling, equity, excellence, creativity and discipline to guide our action

Programme in Development Management

Nurturing and Grooming Young Professionals Flagship of the Academy It is a two-year post graduate diploma in development

management

Development Management Programmes

Professionalizing NGO Sector: Build conceptual understanding about

development and management among the practitioners

For Middle Managers Two-week Development Management

Appreciation Programme Social Development Research Capacity

Building Programme

Development Management Programmes (Cont’d.)

For CEOs and Leaders Three-day Programme on Leadership

Education for Advancing Development (LEAD): Future Search for Institution Building

Human Resource Development

Other Short Duration Programmes Advanced Reflective education and Training

course on microfinance, micro insurance and Business development

web designing and team building Participatory Rural Appraisal Methods Participatory Evaluation Methods Customised programmes

Development Management Programmes (Cont’d.)

Enable the practitioner in improving their knowledge and skill to advance development especially of poor through dissemination of context and issue specific research findings, and providing research related development management programmes.

Facilitate programme focused development research. Facilitate in consistent improvement of the PDM

courses and the content of the DMPs. ‘Faculty Development’ by widening the perspectives,

skills and knowledge of the individual faculty so as to enhance their teaching.

Research and Consultancy

Research and Consultancy (Cont’d.)

Tamil Nadu State Planning Commission – DHDR and Impact studies

Union Planning Commission - PSES NGOs – Impact studies Banks – Impact studies

Development Exposure to students’ communities

Development Immersion Programme – TSM Courses in other colleges – Micro Insurance and

Microfinance Internships – National and International students Customised programmes for international

students (Japan)

Centres - ASKMI Advanced centre for Skill and Knowledge on Mutual Insurance (ASKMI)

Mission Promote and advance insurance for the poor in Asia

Goals Facilitate building, sharing, and disseminating of

knowledge on micro insurance among practitioners & other stakeholders

Shape and guide promotion of insurance for the poor through research, capacity building, networking & policy advocacy

Collaborate with different stakeholders to advance the knowledge and field practices

Mainstreaming the disaster risk reduction into the development planning

Develop and disseminate tools and techniques of effective community based disaster risk reduction among the development stakeholder

Knowledge and learning centre on Disaster Risk Reduction

Centres - ACEDRR Advanced Centre for Enabling Disaster Risk Reduction

Water Knowledge Centre (WKC)

Training and Capacity Building Community Health Promotion Safe Drinking Water Sanitation Rain water harvesting Bio sand filter Small scale water bodies and agriculture

development Research

PROGRAMME IN DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT

(PDM)

Purpose

Prepare young graduates to facilitate development action

Shape the attitude (social concern) and build knowledge and skills with process orientation

Clarify the self and the purpose of life (to become a development missionary)

Guiding principles

Experiential learning Learning by experiencing (case in

classroom and practice in field) Conceptualising and field practice

(action – reflection – action) Theory : practice (50:50) Case learning

Practitioners to teach Course design and materials development

PDM Framework

• Fact finding• Building Relevance• 14 credits

• Building Knowledge and Perspectives• Consolidation of learning• 33.5 credits• 32 courses • Action –

Reflection – Action• Building Operational Skills• 20 credits

Classroom Course Segment

Fieldwork Segment Development Practice Segment

50%

50%

Preparatory Segment

Terms (Segments)

Term I

Term II

Term III

Term IV

Term V

Basics and Self

Development

Intervention models

Management &

Community

Management & Policies

Institution Building

and Leadership

FWS I

FWS II

DPS I

DPS II

Exposure to

NGOs

Disciplines

Basics of Development

(BASICS)Technology of Development

(TECH)

Management for Development

(MADE)

Leadership and Institution Building (LAB)

Communication for Development

(CODE)

Classroom Segment

Evolution of PDM

PDM 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 to 9 10 to 16

Duration One year

One year

One year

15 month

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18 month

s

18 month

sTwo

years Two years

Credits 54 48.5 47.5 47 63 67 70.5 67.5Terms 3 3 3 3 5 5 5 5Disciplines 5 5 5 5

Courses 16 15 20 19 26 27 32 32

PDM – Features

Duration – Two years Disciplines – Five Terms – Five Credits – 67.5 Courses – 32 More emphasis on attitude shaping and leadership

development – academic and non-academic activities, interaction with development leaders, institutionalising mechanisms to build culture

Students committees to unleash hidden talents Stabilising courses and offering elective courses (specialisation) Active, intensive learning Building professional attitude Development missionaries

Students from different states

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Placement of PDM graduates

Some Highlights about PDM

PDM 1 – Quality writing and process documentation

PDM 2 – Started new locations with integrated development projects

PDM 3 – Demonstrated community organising PDM 4 – Initiated ‘Sports Week’ PDM 5 – Tsunami studies for initiating field projects PDM 6 – Development Dialogue

Creativity in presentation and involvement in organising symposiumCommunity organisation on a larger scale

PDM 7 – Started ‘Spectrum’ newsletter; Pilot on “Village Adoption” “Towards” a short film

PDM 8 – Ethnic dinners, First online classes, PDM blog, Film club, “The Beginning” a short film

Some Highlights about PDM (Cont’d.)

PDM 9 – Research seminar in Madurai Symposium 2009

Policy paper presented in IIMB PDM 10 – Booklet on Gandhi PDM 11 – Presented and organised ‘Union

Budget Watch’ Produced three short filmsOrnament fish pond in the

Academy Partcipated in “YUKTI”

Some Highlights about PDM (Cont’d.)

Initiated process of designing HERITAGE event, Republic event with communities, Paper published on “Microfinance for integrated poverty reduction”

PDM 12 to 16 – ‘Independence Day’ with communities Organizers of HERITAGE

Some Highlights about PDM (Cont’d.)

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