Established on 21st June 2004 as the  ‘Department of Rural Management’.

Earlier a ‘Creative Cell’ in Shantikunj (Mother Organisation) from 1995 to 2004 to give concrete shape to Yugrishi’s Gram Teerth Yojana through various trainings.

After the restructuring of the university in 2018, the name of this department has been changed to the  Department of Rural Studies and Sustainability.

Vision

Develop villages as a cultured, addiction free, clean, healthy, educated and self reliant with full of cooperation and become model of Rural India’s development.

 Mission

• Understand the problems of the Indian rural sector
• Preparing resource persons for rural development works.
• Develop appropriate skill-based training programmes for rural development.
• Develop an institutional framework across the country for training and development.

Develop a network of efficient ‘Gaushalas‘ across the country for the overall development of villages.