Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini - Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini

Registered as a Charitable Trust in 1982, Rambhau Mhalgi Prabodhini (RMP) – www.rmponweb.org – was initiated as a unique leadership development academy with an aim to nurture, impart training and build capacities of elected representatives, social workers as well as people running institutions, organizations, and start-ups. RMP has also been active in conceiving and executing research projects concerning socially pertinent issues including those of the backward classes and rural communities. Additionally, RMP also focuses on undertaking public awakening activities. RMP is one of the unique institutions in the entire South Asia and South East Asia having a special consultative status provided by the United Nations Economic and Social Council.

Since its inception, RMP has trained more than 60,000 people comprising MPs, MLAs, their associated staff, Panchayat office bearers, NGOs, corporates, entrepreneurs and youth.

The objectives of RMP are:

Enhancing the capabilities of voluntary activists and elected representatives of the people
Conducting seminars, workshops, consultations, discussions on various socio-political issues and issues of national interest
Conducting ideation to enterprise workshops at colleges, universities as well as other training centres to promote entrepreneurship and innovation across the country, with a specific focus on Maharashtra
Organizing regular training and capacity building workshops for start-ups’ teams to help them understand and resolve the business and ecosystem challenges

With abundant local exposure, understanding and networks, RMP operates nationally through its offices in Delhi, Pune and Mumbai, with its headquarters in Thane District.

RMP has also established Indian Institute of Democratic Leadership (IIDL) – www.iidl.org.in – as a unique institution promoting democratic leadership in India and developing and shaping youth of today to take up the responsibility of political leadership. Post Graduate Diploma (PGD) in Leadership, Politics, and Governance (LPG) is a unique inter-disciplinary course designed to bridge the gap between young talent and India’s democratic political entity and governance.

RMP-Knowledge Excellence Centre (RMP-KEC) – www.rmpkec.com – is state-of-the-art training and capacity building centre catering to corporates, government departments, NGOs, etc. with residential facility. The picturesque 15-acre RMP-KEC campus is equipped with best of the facilities for conducting conferences, meetings, brainstorming sessions, orientation programmes, training, etc. The RMP-KEC facilities can hold up to 1,000 attendees along with accommodation and food for up to 250 on campus.

RMP’s awards and achievements:

Accorded ‘NGO in Special Consultative Status’ by the United Nations in 2006
Research centre affiliated to University of Mumbai
MoUs with Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration (YASHADA), and Haryana Institute of Public Administration (HIPA), the official administrative training institutes of the governments of Maharashtra and Haryana respectively, enabling RMP to execute training and capacity building activities for government officers and employees, and conduct studies and third-party evaluation related to government schemes and programmes
MoU with Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti, Ministry of Culture, Government of India, to leverage knowledge, expertise and institutional strengths of both the organisations to promote and propagate Gandhian philosophy through training, capacity building and conducting public awakening programmes
An approved training partner of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC), Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India

RMP is an autonomous Charitable Trust registered under the Society and Registration Act (Registration No. 618 Bom./82) and the Trust Act (Registration No. F – 7863 Bom./82).

It also holds an 80 G Certificate (Registration No.: DIT (E)/ITO (Tech)80G/1450/2009-2010 (valid from 01.04.2010) as well as the Foreign Currency Regulation Act (FCRA) No. 083780667.