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Extension Education

Constituent Department under College of Agriculture

The significance of Extension Education as a discipline remained extremely crucial to the planners and decision-makers during the initial establishment of the Assam Agricultural University (AAU), Jorhat due to the scope of the subject to take education and research at the doorstep of farmers, and hence fulfils a significant mandate of the University. It was felt that this discipline is an integral part of the agricultural education system that could foster the growth of agricultural development in the state and in NE region. Hence, a separate department for the discipline was established under the College of Agriculture, AAU. A brief report on the information regarding the department has been prepared and presented as follows:

1. History of the Extension Education Department

# The discipline was introduced in College of Agriculture in 1961.

•# Elective in Extension Education was first offered in 1964.

•# Master’s programme started in 1980.

•# Doctoral programme under course credit system started in 1993.

2. Mission and goals of the Department

Mission:

To bridge the agricultural technology gap at grass root level by linking farmers with the emerging globalised world, by means of education, training and awareness, so as to encourage them to participate in and reap the benefits of development, thus contributing towards the vision of the University.

Goals:

# To educate students at the graduate, post-graduate and PhD levels, in a student- centred environment, in order to provide adept agricultural services to the society.

# To generate employable skilled human resource for agricultural extension and communication.

# To enhance and promote excellence in teaching and learning.

# To contribute to university governance by participation at the departmental, college and university levels.

#To conduct need-based research and dissemination of knowledge.

#To develop extension strategy and methodology for extension education, extension service and extension work.

In order to achieve the above mentioned goals, the department has charted out plans for all-rounded development of the department to realise the vision of the College of Agriculture and simultaneously fulfils the mandates of the University.

The Following are some of the important activities of the Department:

Assisting in the development of students:

# Give quality education, knowledge and skill to the students

-#Prepare students for competitive exams like JRF, NET,ARS, etc.

# Promote student exchange programme - national and international.

Development of faculty:

#Human resource development through participation in trainings, workshops, seminars, symposiums.

Conducting research:# Earn research projects for development of faculty and the department.

Development of infrastructure:

# Develop departmental A-V laboratory infrastructure including equipment.
# Set-up technology equipped classrooms for post-graduate and PhD students.

Assisting farmers through strategic extension of knowledge:

# Carry out extension activities where faculty members are involved regularly.

#Developing the overall standard of living of the adopted village by improving its livelihood security, economic status, health, sanitation, etc., through dissemination of knowledge and skills to the rural people.

Undergraduate (UG) Courses 6 Courses

#	Course No.	Course Title	Credit	Syllabus
1	EE -112 (i) ^*	Communication skills	2 (1+1)
2	EE -112 (ii) ^*	Rural Sociology & Educational Psychology	2 (2+0)
3	EE 212 ^*	Fundamentals of Extension Education	2 (1+1)
4	EE-(Elect)-323	Agricultural Journalism	3 (2+1)
5	EE-122 ^*	Personality Development	2 (1+1)
6	SS(EE)-122 ^*	Fundamentals of Extension Education	2 (1+1)	—

* indicates compulsory courses.

Masters (PG) Courses 12 Courses

#	Course No.	Course Title	Credit	Syllabus
1	EXT – 510 ^*	Gender Sensitization for Development	2 (1+1)
2	EXT –508 ^*	Managing Extension Organization	3 (2+1)	—
3	EXT- 501 ^*	Extension Landscape	2 (2+0)
4	EXT- 502 ^*	Applied behavioural change	3 (2+1)	—
5	EXT- 503 ^*	Organizational Behaviour and Development	3 (2+1)
6	EXT- 504 ^*	Research Methods in Extension	3 (2+1)
7	EXT- 505 ^*	Capacity Development	3 (2+1)	—
8	EXT- 506 ^*	ICTsfor Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services	3 (2+1)
9	EXT- 507 ^*	Evaluation and Impact assessment	3 (2+1)	—
10	EXT- 591 ^*	Master Seminar I (Credit)	1 (0+1)	—
11	EXT- 593 ^*	Master Seminar II (Thesis)	1 (0+1)	—
12	PGS – 505 ^*	Agril. Research, Research Ethics & Rural Development Programme	1 (1+0)	—

* indicates compulsory courses.

Doctoral (Ph.D.) Courses 8 Courses

#	Course No.	Course Title	Credit	Syllabus
1	CC 601 ^*	Research and Publication Ethics (E course)	2 (2+0)
2	EXT - 604 ^*	Educational Technology and Instructional Design	3 (2+1)	—
3	EXT –601 ^*	Policy engagement and Extension	3 (2+1)	—
4	EXT –602 ^*	Methodologies for Social Science and Behavioral Sciences	3 (2+1)	—
5	EXT –603 ^*	Technology Commercialization and Incubation	3 (2+1)	—
6	EXT –691 ^*	Doctoral Seminar (Major)	1 (1+0)	—
7	EXT –692 ^*	Doctoral Seminar (Minor)	1 (1+0)	—
8	EXT- 693 ^*	Doctoral Seminar (Thesis)	1 (1+0)	—

* indicates compulsory courses.

Department Faculty Members

9 Faculty

Department Achievements & Accolades

3 Records

Mr Sourabhjyoti Nath , a M.Sc student has conferred this award which include cash incentive , certificate and group activity in villages under mentors.

A Short course in Agricultural Extension titled “ Agro-Eco tourism for farmers’ empowerment and entrepreneurship development" sponsored by Indian Council of Agricultural Research was organised successfully by the department and held at Faculty of Agriculture, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat from 5 – 14 December , 2023 . A total of 19 faculties from different parts of the country participated in the event.

In the year 2025 -26 as many as ten students ( Ex and On Roll ) cleared ICAR/ UGC NET which was highest across all departments of AAU.

Research & Extension Projects

20 Total Projects

Ongoing Projects (9)

Ministry of Agriculture & FW, Department of Agriculture & FW Rs. 14 Lakh Ongoing

Agro -ecosystem and attitudinal analysis in Oil palm growing area of Assam (Under the project: Oil palm Cultivation and its Future Prospects in Assam

Thrust area -Social acceptability as a source of livelihood

Thematic area - Farmer’s attitude and perception study

A. Objectives:

1. Assessment of the attitude of oil palm farmers towards oil palm crop

2. To measure the perceived dependability of farmers on oil palm for livelihood security

NICRA-AICRPAM Project Rs. 30000 Lakh Ongoing

Impact of NICRA-AICRPAM Project implemented by the Department of Agrometeorology, AAU, Jorhat

Min of Agriculture & FW , Govt of India Rs. 13.7 Lakh Ongoing

Oil Palm Cultivation and its future prospects in Assam (Module IV)

Department of Agricultureand Farmer Welfare , GoI Ongoing

Project on oil palm cultivation and its future prospects in Assam under National Mission on Edible oil-Oil palm(NMEO-OP)

AICRPM NICRA Rs. 0.3 Lakh Ongoing

National Innovations in Climate Resilient Agriculture NICRA AICRPAM

SITA, Govt. of Assam Rs. 5 Crore Ongoing

Up scaling of Livelihood : implication through smart agriculture and agro-eco tourism

NABARD Rs. 32.5 Lakh Ongoing

NABARD sponsored project on "Formation and promotion of 10000 FPOs under CSS scheme (CBBO)", project cost Rs.32.5 Lakh implemented in 2021.

The World Bank funded APART Rs. 7 Crore Ongoing

AAU-Agricultural Market Intelligence Unit

ICAR Ongoing

"Farmer FIRST Programme- Participatory technology assessment for enhancing farming system productivity and developing entrepreneurship for sustainable livelihood as Co- PI", implemented in 2016.

Completed Projects (11)

APART 2021 Completed