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About National Council for Co-operative Training (NCCT)

National Council for Cooperative Training is registered autonomous society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 promoted by Ministry of Cooperation, Government of India. The Council is responsible for organizing, directing, monitoring and evaluating the arrangements for cooperative training for the personnel working in the cooperative sector in the country. The main objective of the Council is to organize need based training programmes and facilitate the process of human resource development for cooperatives for the country. It also envisages conducting research in critical areas of cooperative movement.

The Council has established its own training structure comprising of the VAMNICOM, Pune at National Level, Five Regional Institutes of Cooperative Management at Chandigarh, Bangalore, Kalyani, Gandhinagar, Patna and 14 Institutes of Cooperative Management located at Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jaipur, Kannur, Lucknow, Madurai, Nagpur, Pune and Thiruvananthapuram.

NCCT At a Glance

National Council for Cooperative Training is registered autonomous society under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 promoted by Ministry of Cooperation, Government of India. The Council is responsible for organizing, directing, monitoring and evaluating the arrangements for cooperative training for the personnel working in the cooperative sector in the country. The main objective of the Council is to organize need based training programmes and facilitate the process of human resource development for cooperatives for the country. It also envisages conducting research in critical areas of cooperative movement.

The Council has established its own training structure comprising of the VAMNICOM, Pune at National Level, Five Regional Institutes of Cooperative Management at Chandigarh, Bangalore, Kalyani, Gandhinagar, Patna and 14 Institutes of Cooperative Management located at Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jaipur, Kannur, Lucknow, Madurai, Nagpur, Pune and Thiruvananthapuram.

AIMS AND OBJECTS

The following are the aims and objects of the Society-

  • to formulate overall policies and plans relating to cooperative training
  • to organize and direct arrangements in regard to the training of personnel employed in the cooperative departments and cooperative institutions in the country.
  • to assess periodically the needs of training for cooperative personnel to facilitate planning and designing of training arrangements ( such assessment may preferably be made for the Five Year Plan period).
  • to keep effective liaison with and coordinate the activities of Government of India, Financing Institutions, Universities including Agricultural Universities, University Grants Commission, International Agencies like International Cooperative Alliance etc. in matters relating to cooperative training;
  • to establish and manage cooperative training institutions;
  • to identify problem areas of cooperatives requiring research and organize research studies to establish and manage cooperative research institutions;
  • to arrange for training of teaching staff of cooperative training institutions;
  • to maintain high academic standards in cooperative education and training in various institutions in the country and suggest syllabi and standard text books on cooperation;
  • to promote education in cooperation in schools and colleges and for this purpose to suggest syllabi and standards of examination and arrange publication of standard text books on cooperation;
  • to examine the possibility of obtaining recognition for Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Cooperative Management as an institution of national importance or explore the possibility of its recognition as deemed to be University;
  • to evaluate various courses in cooperative training and suggest measures for improvements;
  • to arrange for provision on consultancy services to cooperatives, particularly on problems of management;
  • to educate farmers and arrange training to attain modern skill of farming in cooperation of each other;
  • to arrange training for small scale entrepreneurs, particularly in rural areas to encourage cooperation amongst them and adopt cooperative methods to enhance their business;
  • to arrange for training and other activities relating to encouragement of cooperation amongst other stake holders of cooperative sectors in the country;
  • to strive for making institutions of cooperative management as centre of excellence;
  • to do continuous research on cooperative so that it could be developed in tandem with the changing technology, environment and requirements in the sector;
  • to arrange various paid programmes by the training units to enhance the budgetary support of the Society; and
  • to raise funds by way of grants, fees, subscriptions and contributions from Central Government, cooperatives and other institutions.

INFRASTRUCTURE

The Council has established its own training infrastructure comprising Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of Cooperative Management, Pune at National level, 5 Regional Institutes of Cooperative Management at Bangalore, Chandigarh, Gandhinagar, Kalyani, Patna and 14 Institutes of Cooperative Management at Bhopal, Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Dehradun, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Jaipur, Kannur, Lucknow, Madurai, Nagpur, Pune and Thiruvananthapuram. The Council provides academic support to Junior Cooperative Training Centres numbering around 109 being run by State Cooperative Unions in the country.

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