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The Centre
for Development Studies (CDS) is a nonprofit organization and a registered
society, established within APARD. It utilizes all its earnings, movable
& immovable properties towards promotion of its
objectives that focus on responding
to the needs, priorities, opportunities and
constraints,
identified for development of the rural poor. It
envisages to be the knowledge centre for issues related to socio-economic development.
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CDS-APARD has
embarked on a mission of providing equitable and
sustainable growth opportunities to the rural poor by efficiently
managing the funds and supporting the various rural development
projects funded by the Government and external foreign
agencies. Towards this the Centre will also engage itself
in
various related activities that range from providing opportunities to develop and upgrade knowledge and experiences in development issues,
providing research, evaluation and monitoring services in development
studies, providing professional assistance and consultancy in Human Resource Management and Financial Management, to help
bring in professionalism in the area of development, administration, and
management of development projects."
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Fund
Management:
As a society registered under FCRA, CDS successfully
manages funds of projects involving financial assistance from the foreign donor
agencies, The implementation of these projects have resulted in
tangible impacts that can be assessed in quantitative and financial terms.
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Direct
Training Programs:
Covers varied areas including office administration
and accounting procedures, community mobilization, health and nutrition, stress management, HR management,
entrepreneurship development and other related areas.
- Research
& Consulting:
Ranges from undertaking studies, analyzing and
interpreting all plans and activities at the
grass-root level to offer technically feasible and economically viable propositions.
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