Bankers Institute of Rural Development (BIRD), Lucknow is a premier institute for providing training, research and consultancy services in the field of agriculture and rural development banking in India. The Institute was established in 1983 by National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), the apex development bank supporting agriculture and rural development in India. In 1992, BIRD was reconstituted as a Society (under the Indian Societies Registration Act, 1860), promoted and funded by NABARD.