LEGEND Cooperative Education has been considered as a basic aspect and ingredient for sound and sustainable cooperative development. Right from the time of Rochdale Pioneers (1844) down to ICA Manchester Congress in 1955, Cooperative Education has been emphasized as a principle the implementation of which will engage the minds of members and the employees to comprehend fully the complexity and richness of cooperative thought and action, contributing effectively to the development of their respective cooperatives. All the five year plans and the various expert committees on cooperation, constituted from time to time, have been stressing the need and the importance of cooperative education and training. Systematic efforts were initiated in this direction during 1958-59 when a nation wide programme of cooperative member education was launched under the supervision and guidance of the National Cooperative Union of India

The success of Cooperative enterprise depends on efficiency and the loyalty of their members and personnel. To meet the challenges in the present competitive environment, the cooperative have to be strong, efficient and vibrant organizations, which can be possible by constant uprgrading their knowledge and skills

RICM has been and will continue to work hard in cooperation with its user organizations to realize the dream of making the cooperative organizations function as commercial entities within the frame work of cooperative principles.

Chandigarh : Le Corbusiers creation fulfilled the dream of Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru. Today, Chandigarh is fully grown town of most modern architectural splendor. Named after the local deity “Chandi” the goddess of power, the city was planned on gentle rolling plains at the foots of Shivalik Hills as the capital of new Punjab after partition of India in 1947. The first plan of the city was prepared by an American Architect, Mathew Novicki, but after his death in air crash in the year 1950, the task was entrusted to the famous French Architect, Le Corbusier, Modern Chandigarh is thus Corbusier’s creation.

Chandigarh became a Union Territory in 1966 when the erstwhile State of Punjab faced a three fold division. Haryana was carved out on one side. The hilly areas went to Himachal Pradesh and the remaining area continued as the State of Punjab. Chandigarh was also declared the Capital of Punjab and Haryana, besides being the seat of Chandigarh Administration. Stretching over an area of 114 Sq.kms, the Union Territory of Chandigarh has 18 villages around the city. It is administered by Union Government through an Administrator who is assisted by an Advisor, five administrative Secretaries and a team of officers. People from all walks of life, different faiths and religious hues live here in complete harmony and unity, making the city an abode of peace of serenity