The varsity will provide specialised education, training and research opportunities in areas such as cooperative management, finance, law and rural development, it said.It is tasked with empowering cooperative institutions at the grassroots level by promoting innovation, capacity building, improving governance, and accelerating inclusive and sustainable rural economic development, the statement read.The varsity will also offer a range of flexible and multi-disciplinary programmes, including PhD, managerial degrees, diplomas at the supervisory level, and certificates at the operational level, it said.Subject-specific schools have been designed to be set up on the varsity campus and in other states, and there is a plan to create a national network to “standardise” the quality of cooperative education and training.The statement said that to create a national network, the TSU will try to connect more than 200 existing cooperative institutions in the next four years.”There is currently no institutional mechanism in India to support research and development focused on innovation and affordable technologies in cooperatives, especially for rural areas.”Keeping this in mind, a dedicated research and development council will be set up in the university which will undertake research and development in the cooperative sector and also promote it in affiliated institutions,” it said.
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