The Institutes campus is located at the foothills of the Godess Chamundi on the Lalitha Mahal Road, Mysore amidst serene surroundings and is 4KM away from KSRTC Bus Stand and 5.5 KM from the Railway Station. The campus houses three Institutions - Abdul Nazeer Sab State Institute of Rural Development (ANSSIRD), Administrative Training Institute (ATI), State Institute of Urban Development (SIUD) a quantum mix of the old and the Modern.

The Abdul Nazeer Sab State Institute for Rural Development (ANSSIRD) established in 1989 has been conducting training for elected representatives of Panchayat Raj Institutions as well as officers of these Institutions. The year 2002-03 saw the operationalisation of the SATCOM centre in ANSSIRD. The satcom centre comprising an earth station and studio was set up for one way video and two way audio communication on extended C-Band transponder of INSAT 3B. With the establishment of the satcom centre, ANSSIRD began to make far reaching changes to its entire approach, system and curriculam of training. The institute is headed by a Director.

ANSSIRD offers training programmes in several thrust areas of rural development and decentralized governance for the elected representatives of Panchayat Raj Institutions(PRIs), functionaries of line departments, NGOs and Rural Credit institutions. The institute provides intensive training in face to face as well as satellite mode, using contemporary methodologies and technologies to suit different programme requirements. The form, content and delivery mechanisms of the programmes are developed with the assistance of experts, NGO activists and people's representatives.A right mixture of presentations, panel-discussions, demonstrations, lectures, case studies, role-playing,experience-sharing, brainstorming, film-viewing and field exposures is effectively used in the training process, with emphasis on participatory and interactive learning components.

Select Team of Trainers

The philosophy and the exclusive training model of ANSSIRD require that the trainers should be facilitators, counsellors and friends rather than lecturers - who can respect the knowledge, experience, native wisdom and learning capacity of the trainees, and can encourage them to think, question and even criticize. The institute has therefore carefully chosen the faculty comprising full-time trainers as well as visiting consultants and resource persons who together form one fine team. Apart from being experts in their own professions, the trainers are also required to be open-minded and non-judgemental, with commitment to secular values and respect for grassroot institutions.

Organization

ANSSIRD is governed by a Managing Committee, with the Additional Chief Secretary, GoK, as the Chairman and 14 representatives from the state and central government's and NIRD as members. The organization is headed by the Director General and is administrated full time by the Director.