Government of India Ministry of Rural Development - Rural Development Fellows (PMRDFs)

The aim is to create a resource pool of high quality development professionals ready to be deployed as Prime Minister Rural Development Fellows (PMRDFs) in the IAP districts.



Number of Positions: The final number of PMRDFs to be posted in the IAP districts will be 180. The recruitment of PMRDFs will be done in two phases. In each phase, 90 candidates will be finally selected after the training programme. This will assist in ascertaining the efficacy of the placement of the batch.

Eligibility Criteria:
The eligibility criteria would be:
* Must be 21-30 years old
* Must be a postgraduate in Social Science/ Science/ Management or a graduate in Law/ Engineering/ Medicine
* Knowledge of hindi and a local language used in an IAP district is desirable.
* Work experiemce is preferred

Method of Selection
Selection will be through an open advertisement process. People wishing to apply need to submit an online application form.
(1) Candidates need not submit mark sheets and degree certificates.
(2) Candidates need not submit reference letters.
Only short listed candidates will be asked to send (1) and (2) before start of GD and PI. While short-listing if the committee needs additional information, persons listed as references will be called and talked to. Otherwise the information given in the application form and essays are good enough to short-list the candidates.

Last Date : Dec 11th, 2011

Check the below link for more Details:
http://pmrdfs.tiss.edu/application-procedure.php
http://rural.nic.in/pmrdfs/