Resource Management & Design Application

The Department of Resource Management is one of the most, creative and resourceful departments. It imparts to the students new ideas, knowledge and vision of latest developments in the field of management. They acquire relevant skills for managing different types of resources – human, economic and environmental. The academic program intends to impart various skills and necessary theoretical background for subjects in diverse fields. Students are provided with competence and skills in planning spaces (both interior and exterior) with ergonomic consideration. It aims to develop entrepreneurial management skills in terms of self employment and micro-enterprise management which further enables the students to develop project proposals. Students are exposed to event design so that they can use their managerial skills to become ‘Event Management Experts’. Consumerism is another major area of interest for students.
The department has well equipped laboratories. An overhead projector and computers are also available for the use of both faculty and students. The department boasts of a design lab, where many creative and meaningful experiments are performed.
The department has come a long way since 1961. Along with regular courses, short term courses were also started in the year 2006. Event Management was the first short term course and it was conducted successfully for three years from 2006-2009. The course in AUTO-CAD and Interior Design was started in the year 2008. The course in Human Resource Management was started in the year 2009. Both the courses are still running successfully in the current year. Many students both from within the college and outside have benefited from the course.
This course offers numerous job opportunities. Students can pursue Master’s Degree in Resource Management and Design Application, Human Resource Management, Business Management, social work and seek jobs in government, non-government and international organizations. Students can also pursue diploma courses in Interior Decoration, Entrepreneurship Development and seek employment or become entrepreneurs. Event Management is another option available to the students. Those desirous of teaching can pursue B.Ed. Over a period of many years the department has collaborated with the Department of design NID (Delhi Chapter), NIFT, practicing architects and interior designers, hospitality and event industry, consumer forum, National Research Development Corporation (NRDC), Consortium of Women Entrepreneurs of India (CWEI), ISHRAE, GreenPeace India, Society for Indoor Environment, Indian Pollution Control Association.