Frequently Asked Questions

August/September.

Cource will end in March/April

We don’t offer any placement. We provide fellowship/internship

Our students have interned with election war-rooms, MPs, MLAs, Party Office-bearers, Think-tanks and so on. To name a few BJP Gen Secy Tarun Chugh, BJP Secretary Sunil Deodhar, Vidya Bharti and Syama Prasad Mookerjee Research Foundation, BJP Karnataka Election War Room, BJP Mumbai Election War Room, BJP Assam election campaign, Chattisgarh Minister Ajay Chandrakar, Rajya Sabha MP Dr. Vinay Sahasrabuddhe, MP Jyotiraditya Scindia, MP Meenakshi Lekhi, MLA Prashant Bansilal Bamb and so on…

The course has been designed to assist students who are interested and preparing for joining public life – politics, voluntary organisations and so on. Just like one joins a fashion designing course for learning that, same approach applies here. Join the course for pure learning from a range of experts ranging from academicians to politicians and for an unequal field exposure.

The relationship between that of institution and the student is like that of a family family. And we will surely want our students to succeed because in the growth and success of our student lies our success.

No. The course intends to assist students to learn and increases one’s understanding about politics. And hopefully making you worthy of being eligible to get one.

Rs 2.50 lakhs is the tuition fee and Rs 1.5 lakhs is the hostel and mess fee.

We would really encourage you to stay within the campus with regards to the learning and experience. But if it as an exceptional case we can consider it.

No. Being a private course there are no discounts. Over that this course isn’t a profit making one.

The fees includes tuition, mess, lodging, WiFi, gym, library, uniform, all the expenses during field visits and study tours.

Yes there is an optional component of international visit. The students who opt for it will have to pay over and beyond the Rs. 3 lakhs fee

No. We have counselling sessions and on the basis of mutual understanding based on your interest, strength, and growth potential we choose the internship option.

In the fast-upgrading world of politics, there is a need for trained manpower both in terms of leaders, managers and also political assistants.

Well our primary target is to provide leadership to political workers, social workers and individuals who want to work in the sphere of development sector, civil society and voluntary organisations

We generally take 25-30 students in one batch. Their age-group ranges from 21-40 and generally has a representation from an average of 12 different states of India.

Not really. But we would love to encourage people who are under 35 to do this course. But yes there maybe exceptions.

Not really. There are some students who do have a background but over half of the batch consists of students without any background per se.

Yes. We need good educated people in both politics, government and development sector. At present there is a dearth of talent in this areas. Also there are more and more youngsters who want to do different things and also contribute to nation building. This course is an attempt to bridge this gap.

We hear of several parties and politicians opting for graduates from IITs and IIMs to work with them. We believe that this course is designed in such a way that tomorrow politicians across party lines will choose IIDL students over IITs and IIMs

No. This is a purely academic programme. RMP-IIDL believes that we need good leaders across party lines. And this is very important for strengthening democracy.

We have had students who have been associated with parties like BJP, INC, AAP, Lok Satta, AIADMK, NCP and so on…

All our faculties are subject experts. For eg Political theory is taught by academicians from various Universities, a topic on Chanakya and his leadership thoughts is taught by author Radhakrishnan Pillai, filing PIL is taught by Adv Vivekananda Gupta, filing RTI is taught by former CIC Shailesh Gandhi, surveys and polls by Psephologist Jai Mrug, booth management by elected representatives and so on

IIDL has had sessions by BJP leaders right from the likes of Nitin Gadkari to Baijayant Jay Panda, we have AAP national office-bearer Ruben Mascarenhas interacting with our students every year. We have had session on Socialism which was taken by JDU MP Harivans ji, a session on Jyoti Basu-Buddhadeb Bhatacharya by left leaning was taken by senior journalist Abhay Mokashi who learns to the left, former minister from the UPA govt has also interacted with our Jairam Ramesh interacted with our students during our national capital exposure visit.

The field visits include visits to panchayat, tribal area, rural village, not for profit organisations and so on.
(because of the COVID situation, some of the visits will have to be curtailed)

1. A three-week Election Exposure Visit wherein we take our students to an election bound state making students learn first-hand of how elections happen.
2.  A one-week National Capital Exposure Tour wherein the students visit New Delhi to learn about politics and governance through interactions with elected representatives, ministers, bureaucrats, journalists, social activists and by visiting important political offices and government buildings.

Yes, There is an option of paying the entire fees in three installment
of ruppes one lakh each in gap of two month.

You need to apply online by filling up the form on our website – https://iidl.org.in/apply-now/. Along with that you need to pay ₹1000 registration fee (non refundable) and email the slip/screenshot on iidl@rmponweb.org.

Based on your form we would be shortlisting candidates for the interview and then after the interview you would know if you have been selected or no.

Working knowledge of Hindi and English is a must. Faculties may teach in either of the two languages.

The course has been divided in to three parts – Politics and Democracy, Leadership and Management, Governance and Public Policy. Each trimester is further divided in to multiple modules. One module comprising of one week each.

Being a trimester course. There will be two 10 day vacations between the 3 terms which will be told to you during your orientation week so that you may plan your travel accordingly.

Depends on the module head and the course load for that week. On an average we will have an alternate working Saturday.

A list of holidays you will be getting shall be given to you during your orientation week so that you can plan your travel.

Yes, the family is allowed to visit and stay in the campus for a couple of days. The stay and food will be charged separately and subject to prior notice and as per availability of the rooms.

Yes. We expect everyone to attend each and every lecture but do understand there are some urgent issues and commitments which one has to fulfill. Regardless 75% attendance is compulsory.

The will be lodging in a seperate section of the hostel. The hostel and the entire campus is not only monitored by CCTV but also by physical security guards 24×7. You are welcome to visit the campus and experience it,

Yes.
(because of the COVID conditions, we might have to put some restrictions here as it will be our students to ensure your safety)

There will be tests/assignments and exams every trimester after every module.

We ensure the candidate is genuine, look at his or her desire to work in the society and for the country and if he or she is ready to put in the required efforts. The intent on paper and during the interview will be checked.

Apart from the classes and theory lectures. We do a model parliament – wherein the students are taught parliamentary rules, regulations and procedures and the students’ question, discuss and debate on issues and pass laws. We also do a model United Nations.  Apart from this we send students on the ground for surveys. We take our students out during elections.

Practical sessions will happen when needed. For example – when we teach public speaking during teaching there will practical sessions…during RTI, PIL. Then there are role plays and team activities. As and when needed we will have them.