About CDS
Centre for Development Studies



Our Strengths
  • The extensive experience  and knowledge gathered from various development projects handled in collaboration with the Government and major international foreign agencies.
      

  • Government managed society with support from the Rural Development Department and other strategic government departments - CDS is well positioned  undertaking capacity building training, research, evaluation programs in the Human Resource management and other development issues .
     

  • Highly experienced team with strong competence in research and development.
     

  • State-of-the-art infrastructure facilities
     

  • Accessibility to in-depth information gathered from various sources that include knowledge centres of AMR-APARD, and host of Government organisations, Non-government organisations, and foreign agencies involved in the projects with CDS. 
     

  • Dynamic leadership provided by the Principal Secretary of Department of Rural Development, as the Chairman of the Centre. The Centre is controlled and guided by government from time to time for its steady growth.