HRD is an important topic of present time. It is considered by management professionals, as sub
discipline of HRM, but many researchers have, broadened the scope and integrated the concept of
HRD by looking it from socioeconomic angle and giving it other dimension such as physical,
intellectual, psychological, social, political, moral and spiritual development. However HRM
professionals view it, in organizational context. And from HRM scholars’ viewpoint HRD in narrow
concept consists of activities of training, education and skill building though all these terms
themselves have meanings broader and deeper than their usual perceptions and in broader concept
besides these activities also comprise activities like empowerment, awareness raising, team
building, community mobilization and development, organization development, entrepreneurship
development, sensitization and conscientisation, human resources planning and policies.