The students of 2^nd year (BPA 2018), Department of Public Administration will take part in a three-day long field visit at Bangladesh Academy of Rural Development (BARD), Cumilla to fulfill their academic requirement of the course titled Rural Development and Administration. The major objective of the field visit is to orient and familiarize the participants with the functioning of rural development institutions, role of BARD in the implementation of rural development policies on ground and key research methods used in rural development. It is expected that the field trip will allow the students to learn practically how to conduct a research in the field of rural development. Apart from that the students will receive a formal training on participatory rural development organized by BARD. The field work will be coordinated by Lecturer Fairooz Binte Hafiz.