Govt introduces Tribhuvan Sahkari University Bill in Lok Sabha

Aiming to generate a qualified manpower for cooperative societies, the Centre on Monday introduced the Tribhuvan Sahkari University Bill in the Lok Sabha, which will also look at capacity-building of the existing employees in such bodies.

The proposed legislation aims to establish the Institute of Rural Management Anand (IRMA) as a university to be known as “Tribhuvan” Sahkari University and to declare it as an institution of national importance for imparting technical and management education and training in the cooperative sector.

According to the Bill, introduced by Minister of State of Cooperation Krishan Pal Gurjar, the present education and training infrastructure in the cooperative sector is “fragmented and grossly inadequate” to meet the present and future demand for qualified manpower.

The Bill said it is essential that a comprehensive, integrated and standardised structure is created for education, training and research by establishing a national university to ensure a stable, adequate and quality supply of professionally qualified manpower for different categories of jobs in cooperatives such as managerial, supervisory, administrative, technical and operational.

The proposed university will also address the long-pending issue of capacity-building of employees and board members in the cooperative sector in a pan-India and focused manner.