Rural Institute has been established in the year 1961, under the aspiration of “National Council for Rural and Higher Education, New Delhi.” Under the banner of Rural Institute, following three courses were started-
1)B A Rural Services
2)Diploma in Civil and Rural Engineering
3)Certificate in Agriculture
In the year 1976 “Certificate in Agriculture” was handed over to Dr Punjabrao Deshmukh Agriculture University, Akola. In 1979 the course was reshuffled with the addition of four new subjects – Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English of 12 std level. Besides this the medium of instruction of Agriculture was changed to English. Because of these changes this course has been awarded the equivalence of 12th Standard
