SCHOOL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES 
(SDES)

Development studies explore the possibility of optimum use of the resources and earning avenues for the people. Accordingly, the School aims at the Welfare of the Nation through suggestive modules of Economic growth, based upon empirical studies in the areas of agriculture, land reforms, agrarian structure, Self employment, and wage employment, etc. and provide feed backs to development planning.

AREA OF STUDY

The plan framework - a top down, perspective and - a bottom up perspective
Consistency between top-down and bottom-up approaches
Linkages and the structure of production in the rural sector
Poverty and welfare issues
Public Distribution System (PDS) and its impact an meeting food needs
Nutrition and health and Education Strategies
Project planning and implementation:
Project formulation and appraisal
Monitoring and evaluation of plans and projects
Project analysis
Social aspects of development
Indicators of development
Development goals and objectives
Growth, poverty and income distribution

FACULTY
 

Prof.G.RamaChandraiah Director

Prof.O.N.Srivastava  Hon.Professor

Prof.V.Annamalai Hon.Professor

The Role of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and the programme as the harbinger of Rural Development - A Study in Andhra Pradesh State is being taken up by School of Development Studies. The main objectives of the study are to examine the number of days of employment created and income generated in helping the poor people in alleviating in rural Andhra Pradesh.