Objects of the University

The object of the University shall be the following, namely:-

1. (1) Making provisions for imparting education from pre-primary to post doctoral level in different branches of study connected with rural development with particular emphasis on the integral development of personality.
2. (2) Integrating all aspects of education and training with productive and creative activities horizontally across disciplines of science, thechnology, humanities and social sciences and vertically across all stages of education, primary to higher education.
3. (3) Designing a variety of courses at different levels with a rural bias, particularly at tertiary level around emerging rural occupations and giving due recognition and encouragement to field work oriented courses.
4. (4) Facilitating prosecution of research particularly community based and diagnostic research.
5. (5) Undertaking extension work with a view to ensure flow of knowledge about new technologies to the villages and the needs of villages made known to science and technology institutions.
6. (6) To exchange ideas and experience regarding new techniques and to act as medium between various agencies, organisations or individuals interested in rural development work.
7. (7) Establishing, maintaining, consolidating and reorganising institutes/colleges in rural areas and giving them composite character with rural bias that is combining programmes of rural development from the Primary and Secondary levels to Diploma and Degrees levels.
8. (8) Developing selected colleges/Institutions as autonomous colleges/Institutions for strengthening Programmes of education related to the needs of rural development.
9. (9) Creating, developing and strengthening training facilities for the teachers engaged in the task of education having rural bias.
10. (10) Providing Consultancy for the preparation, monitoring and evaluation of micro-level plans.
11. (11) Performing such other tasks as the university may from time to time determine, keeping in view the objects of the University.