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Rural Development Academy
The Rural Development Academy (RDA), Bogra was established on 19 June,
1974 as a specialized Rural Development Institution for training, research
and action research.
It is located at 16 kilometer away from Bogra town by the highway towards
Dhaka. The Academy campus covers an area of 48.50 hectares
of which 19.00 hectares has been apportioned for office, residence, school
& college, play ground, children’s park and other establishments.
The remaining 29.50 hectares has been earmarked for demonstration farm for
undertaking research in farming, horticulture, floriculture, tissue
culture, pisciculture, livestock, Poultry etc. The campus has almost all
the modern amenities of urban life.
The Academy is an autonomous body officiated with the Rural Development
and Co-operatives Division of the Ministry of Local Government, Rural
Development & Co-operatives (LGRDC). It is governed by a Board of
Governors headed by the Honorable Minister for Local Government, Rural
Development and Co-operatives. The Director General of the Academy is the
Member-Secretary of the Board. In total 12 former
Director General served as the Member-Secretary of the Board of Government
since its inception. Rural development is multi-disciplinary in
nature and the faculty of the Academy constitutes of different academic
disciplines. The Academy has a strength of 304 personnel
including 61
Faculty Members.
Administrative and Academic
Setup
RDA Act 10,1990 and Charter of RDA
Recent Event:
Annual
Planning Conference 5 - 6, August, 2010
Bongobondhu
Agricultural Award 1415 ( Bangla ) : For Developing Environment
friendly
Technology.- Mr. MA Matin
ITTADY -
The Mega TV Magazine will telecast RDA innovated
Plant
Doctor Model on 30 July, 2010 in BTV
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