NAARM – An Overview

Indian NARS is one of the largest systems in agricultural research in the world employing over 25,000 scientists, who work in institutes distributed throughout the entire length and breadth of the country. Judicious and proper management of this vast manpower poses a formidable challenge to the system. Keeping in view this objective, the Government of India has established the National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM), Hyderabad. Since its inception in 1976, the Academy has expanded its horizon of activities over the years. Through its innovative training and research programmes in the specialized areas of Agricultural Research and Education Management, it has helped the systems in evolving appropriate policies to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of research and education in particular and agriculture at large.

Its scope has been further widened to encompass tailor-made training, especially for the international participants from the developing countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Research on management problems has formed another major activity of the Academy. This has provided an input for improvising training and the policy support. The Academy extends a facilitative role to the ICAR in developing policy guidelines on the various issues related to personnel, Organization and Management reforms, human resource development, assessment system, and others, all of which are aimed at improving the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the NARS. NAARM has been developing itself into a resource centre for management needs. On the strength of the experienced and expert faculty, the Academy has started offering specialized consultancy services in the areas of its mandated activities.

The Academy strives to generate a sense of fraternity and inculcate a scientific work culture amongst the agricultural scientists and teachers in the country. Being a unique institution of its kind, the Academy is well poised to augment its usefulness and aims to emerge as an institution par excellence to facilitate and support a culture of dynamic management in agricultural research and education.

• To impart agricultural management education;
• To enhance the teaching-learning effectiveness through proper management of agricultural education;
• To plan and organize need-based, multi-tier, stakeholder-driven and customized on-campus and off-campus training programmes;
• To facilitate knowledge and technology dissemination management through innovative use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs);
• To undertake research on agricultural and technology management, and address emerging concerns in agriculture;
• To offer consultancy and manage dialogues to backstop training and to provide policy support to NAS;
• To develop suitable management tools, practices and processes for facilitating organizational effectiveness;
• To assemble quality resource material and function as a resource center of information and knowledge;
• To promote facilitative work culture for fostering creativity and innovativeness;
• To enhance administrative and financial management in the system;
• To forge and strengthen partnerships, linkages and networking at regional, national and global levels; and
• To take up other related activities for fulfilling the mandate.

Mission

Committed to promote professionalism in the management of agricultural education, research and extension programmes and agri-business, and enhance the efficiency, responsiveness, and performance of the National Agricultural System (NAS)

Vision

 By the year 2025, the Academy will emerge as India’s premier Institute of Excellence in the field of Agricultural Management, known and sought nationally and globally for its expertise in management of agricultural education, research, training, consultancy, public policy programmes and agri-business, and will contribute significantly to promote the sustainable growth and development of agriculture

Mandate

• Developing learning resources and systems;
• Research in agricultural innovation systems, policies and management;
• Facilitating organizational renewal and management of change;
• Providing techniques, technology and information to facilitate policy support to apex agencies; and
• Enabling development of need-based regional management capabilities in forging effective partnerships and networking at national and global level.