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Institution Profile

pool for development management be able to resume our on-campus
education. Within four years since ADMISSION & FEES teaching-learning and field studies.
it admitted its first batch, ISDM has Meanwhile, our academic team and
acquired a reputation for document- ISDM offers a one-year Post Gradu- development managers have started
ing case studies, publishing reports ate Programme in Development publication of an essays series
on NGO leadership and application Leadership (PGP-DL). Admission is providing insights into the effect of
of business management nostrums in open to graduates of any discipline. the Covid-19 pandemic on Indian
the social impact sector. Moreover, There are five application cycles society,” says Shah.
apart from the one-year PGP-DL through the year. Admission is With challenges in the voluntary
programme, ISDM offers several sector constantly evolving and trans-
short-term, strategically curated based on a written test and inter- forming, Shah is committed to con-
education programmes for voluntary view. The new academic session tinuous improvement of the PGP-DL
sector practitioners, leaders and begins in July of every year. course structure to address new and
social entrepreneurs. Fees: Rs.5 lakh. Need-blind scholar- old societal problems and new chal-
Following the national trend since ships are awarded to meritorious lenges. “After our first three batches
the closure of education institutions students. of 197 students graduated, we have
countrywide in March to check the For further information, contact used their feedback to revisit and
spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, improve the curriculum and peda-
ISDM has moved all study pro- ISDM, C 20/5-6, Sector-62, Noida; gogy. We are confident of producing
grammes online. “The 2020-21 Ph: +91 9999788216; email: con- well-trained and dedicated young
batch of 37 learners started its online tact@isdm.org.in; leaders to head and manage social
programme on schedule in July. We website: www.isdm.org.in impact and voluntary organisations
hope that by early next year, we will in India,” says Shah.

University of Virginia, USA

Founded by Thomas Jefferson, author of the
Declaration of American Independence (1766)
and president of the United States (1801-1809),
UVA is routinely ranked among the Top 5 public
universities of America

VER THE PAST TWO CENTURIES, the Univer-
sity of Virginia (UVA, estb.1819) has acquired an
excellent reputation for teaching and research
Owith the institution routinely ranked among the
Top 5 publicly-funded universities in the US. In the 2020
edition of America’s Best Colleges of the US News & World
Report, UVA is ranked #4 among public universities while
the Times Higher Education World University Rankings
2021 ranks it among the Top 200 worldwide (#117). UVA campus: UN World Heritage Site
The university was founded by Thomas Jefferson (1743-
1826), one of America’s founding fathers, author of the graduate and 7,800 postgrad students. A second campus
Declaration of American Independence (1776) and the (estb.1954) in Wise, Southwest Virginia hosts a public lib-
country’s third president (1801-09). Departing from estab- eral arts college with 2,065 students. After remaining shut
lished tradition of the time, Jefferson promoted UVA as a for over six months to check the spread of the Covid-19
religiously secular institution of higher learning. The uni- pandemic, the UVA campus began in-person instruction
versity’s campus layout designed by Jefferson himself, is an for undergraduates on September 8.
architectural landmark and the first varsity campus world- Charlottesville. Named in honour of Princess Charlotte,
wide to be awarded World Heritage Site status by Unesco. the wife of King George III of England (ousted by George
UVA’s 12 academic schools, located in Charlottesville, Washington), Charlottesville is sited on a hill overlooking
offer a wide range of study programmes to 16,000 under- the River Rivanna in Albermale County, Virginia. A pictur-

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