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Rural Technology Park (RTP)

The Rural Technology Park of National Institute of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Hyderabad has been established with a view to uplifting the rural people in all aspects of life such as capacity building, rural employment generation and livelihood etc. It is established in an area of 65 acres of land with a scope to envisage for transfer of technology through live demonstrations. The development of RTP has been dived into various categories to cater to the needs of the rural people.

Our Objective

  • Live demonstration/dissemination of cost-effective, local resource based and environment friendly technologies of different sectors of Rural Development
  • Provide functional exposure to replicable models to meet location-specific, season-specific and social contextual needs
  • Promote participative-cum-partnership collaboration between frontline / forward demonstration teams, other official and NGO institutions of NIRDPR
  • Facilitate transfer of technologies to users and help improve the operational skills to produce high quality products
  • Link users and institutions (PRIs, NGOs, CBOs) with technology developer / suppliers

RTP-NIRDPR- is a place, where a variety of models of rural technologies are showcased with practical demonstration, in other words Training cum Production Centre. RTP spread across 65 acres in NIRDPR. RTP is an instrument in disseminating appropriate and affordable rural technologies to villages through dynamic approach. RTP is run on Partnership basis with the active participation of individual entrepreneurs, NGOs and government agencies. The guiding principles of RTP include use of local resources, cost-effectiveness, eco-friendly and blending tradition with modern technologies. Rural Housing, Renewable energy and natural resource management and Skill development & Promotion of entrepreneurship.

Our Outputs

  • Adoption of technologies
  • Employment Generation
  • Women Empowerment
  • Enhancement of Economic Status
  • Poverty Reduction
  • Sustainable development