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Diploma in Watershed Management (DWM)

Minimum Duration: 1 Year Maximum Duration: 4 Years Course Fee: Rs. 9,000 Minimum Age: No bar Maximum Age: No bar Eligibility:

10+2 Senior secondary pass outs BPP (under IGNOU/OLS mode) 10th pass may enroll simultaneously for the BPP and Diploma Programme Programme overview | Courses | Study Centre | Related Information | Forms | Apply Now

This Programme is developed with the financial support of Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development, Govt of India. Objectives: The main objective of the Diploma in Watershed Management Programme is capacity building and human resource development in order to realise the desired objectives of watershed development projects by their effective and efficient planning and implementation. However, the specific objectives of the programme are as under:

Introduce the principles of the watershed management approach and the value of working at a watershed; Generate awareness about the importance of sustainable development and maintenance of natural resources; Delineate different techniques for accessing and predicting physical, chemical and socioeconomic conditions with in a watershed including water quality; Mobilisation and capacity building of rural youth, women and landless; Develop skills for development of small scale irrigation and water supply structures for human being and livestock through water and soil conservation strategies; and

Develop human resource in watershed development and management.