From
the very inception of CWRDM, education, extension
and training activities were given importance,
and these assignments were carried out by the
Education and ExtensionDivision, which was later renamed as Training,
Education and Extension Division. CWRDM
was given the additional responsibility to serve
as one of the Water and Land Management Institutes
of India, specially for Kerala, in the late 1980s.Thus, the training of the officials of
the Irrigation and other user departments/agencies
on water resources management became the additional
mandate of CWRDM.The proposal of CWRDM was approved by the
CWC and the Ministry of Water Resources, Government
of India and financial assistance was provided
by USAID till 1995.Later, this programme was renamed as Water
Resources Management Training Programme (WRMTP).Presently, the State Government provides
financial assistance to run the training programmes.National Courses on relevant topics are also sponsored by the
CWC every year.
The
staff of CWRDM, belonging to different disciplines,
serve as the core faculty for the training programmes,
and resource persons are also invited from other
reputed organisations. Both induction courses
and in-service courses are conducted for the officials
in addition to specialised courses on specific
topics. Around 4000 officials and 10000 farmers,
Representatives of People, NGOs, SHGs, etc have
been trained as a part of this programme. Action
Research, Adaptive trials, Seminars, Workshops,
etc are also conducted as part of the WRMTP.
The
training facilities in the campus include: lecture
halls, auditorium, trainees hostel, guest house,
library, etc.
In
addition to the WRMTP, training programmes were
also conducted for EC, Swiss Intercorporation,
World Bank assisted projects, CWC, NABARD, KSEB,
Department of Water Resources, Agriculture and
Forestry of Kerala Government .
CWRDM
has been identified by various IITs and Universities
as an Institute for research leading to graduate
and doctoral programmes.
