Andhra Bank

Rural Self Employment Training Institutes

Application for Recruitment of Post of Faculty and Office Assistant in RSETIs

Establishment:

Andhra Bank is pioneer in introducing many innovative Rural Development measures since its inception. Andhra Bank Rural Development Trust (ABRDT) was established by the Bank in the year 1989, as a tribute to the first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on the eve of his birth Centenary. This Trust has been established to extend rural service beyond basic banking. The Trust was established with a rationale of –Complementing the financial assistance provided by the Bank to rural people with technical assistance and livelihood enhancement.

Take up various rural development measures which will eventually help in reducing the migration of rural people to urban areas.
Carrying out various rural development activities designed for the purpose through the vast net work of Bank branches.

Objectives :

The objectives envisaged for the Trust are—

To extend credit plus services to rural population.
To educate and assist the farming community in agricultural improvement.
To generate self employment opportunities in rural areas.
To develop entrepreneurial abilities in rural unemployed youth.
To organize human health and cattle health camps in rural areas.
To organize Farmers Clubs, Youth Clubs and Children Clubs in rural areas.
To promote education in rural areas by providing teaching aids to schools and to assist in adult education programs.
To assist establishment of non-conventional sources of energy.
To achieve sustainable rural development in its operational area.

Strategy adopted:

ABRDT adopts multi pronged approach to achieve comprehensive rural development with focus on farmers, SHG women, unemployed youth, artisans etc., through the following activities -

Disseminating the cost-effective and latest area based agricultural techniques to farmers which enable them to get the best results from their farming, by utilizing the bank credit.
Identifying unemployed youth and motivating them to take up self employment; by offering them opportunities to acquire technical skills and to develop entrepreneurial abilities through training.
Providing them with business counseling and market guidance.
Post-training settlement assistance by coordinating with banks for credit linking.
Improving the skills of SHG women and orienting them towards income generating activities, thus transforming the micro Finance into Livelihood Finance.

Andhra Bank Rural Development Trust has established the following Thirteen (13) Institutes of Rural Development at various centers in the country :

I. Institutes established and managed exclusively by ABRDT :

Name of the Institute	Location	District & State	Established on
1) Andhra Bank Institute of Rural Development	Rajahmundry,	East Godavari Andhra Pradesh	14.11.1989
2) Dr. Pattabhi Memorial Institute of Rural Development	Machilipatnam,	Krishna Andhra Pradesh	09.12.2001
3) Andhra Bank Institute of Rural Development	Amadalavalasa,	Srikakulam Andhra Pradesh	27.11.2002
4) Andhra Bank Institute of Rural Development	Guntur,	Guntur Andhra Pradesh	31.07.2005
5) Andhra Bank Institute of Rural Development	Eluru,	West Godavari Andhra Pradesh	08.10.2005
6) Andhra Bank Institute of Rural Development	Berhampur,	Ganjam Orissa	08.03.2006
7) Andhra Bank Institute of Rural Development	Tirupati,	Chittoor Andhra Pradesh	13.05.2008
8) Andhra Bank RSETI	Parlakhemundi	Gajapathi District, Orissa	22.01.2011
9) Andhra Bank Rural Self Employment Training Institute ( ABRSETI)	Siddipet	Siddipet District Telangana State	27.11.2015

II. Institutes established under joint sponsorship with other voluntary organizations like GMR Varalakshmi Foundation (GMRVF) and Swarna Bharat Trust (SBT)

Name of the Institute	Location	Established on	Sponsored by
1) Nagavali Institute of Rural Entrepreneurship Development (NIRED)	Rajam Srikakulam district, Andhra Pradesh	28-02-2003	ABRDT GMRVF
2) Bellikoth Institute of Rural Entrepreneurship Development (BIRED)	Anandasram, Kasaragod district, KERALA	18-05-2003	ABRDT GMRVF
3) Swarna Bharati Institute of Rural Entrepreneurship Development (SIRED)	Venkatachalam Nellore district Andhra Pradesh	22-09-2003	ABRDT GMRVF & SBT
4) Andhra Bank SBT GMRVF Rural Institute of Livelihoods (AB SBT GMRVF RIL)	Atkur, Unguturu Mandal Krishna District Andhra Pradesh	10.01.2016	Andhra Bank GMRVF & SBT

INFRASTRUCTURE:

All the Rural Institutes are equipped with adequate infrastructure to offer qualitative training and other related services. The following machinery and equipment enable them to impart various skills to the trainees effectively.

Training Equipment like Sewing machines, Embroidery machines, Leaf Plate making machines, Coir Products making unit, Candle making dyes, Papad making machine etc.
Audio Visual Aidslike Laptop, LCD Projector, VCD Player, Slide Projector, Overhead Projector, Television, Public Address System etc.
Agri Museum with educative charts and specimens etc. to disseminate knowledge on improved techniques in agriculture and allied activities.
Handicrafts Museum which displays various products made by the trainees.
Vermiculture Projectwhich is an important component of Organic Farming to improve soil health; and this unit is aimed at motivating farmers towards sustainable and nature friendly agriculture.
Micro Irrigation Equipment like Drip Irrigation and Sprinkler Irrigation to educate and motivate farmers towards use of water saving irrigation techniques.
Solar Equipment like solar lighting, solar cookers etc. to demonstrate power saving methods and encourage the use of renewable sources of energy.
Vehicle - Jeep for enhancing mobility.