Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Tinsukia is a front-line agricultural extension organization working under the administrative control of Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat and financial support of Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi. It is situated at Gellapukhuri village of Guijan Development Block which is three kilometres away from district headquarter towards North. It was established on 1st April, 2004. The operational area of KVK Tinsukia is whole Tinsukia district of Assam.
KVK Tinsukia is functioning as knowledge and resource centre of agricultural technologies of the district and aims at assessment of location specific technology developed in agriculture and allied sectors through technology assessment, refinement and demonstrations. The mandates of the KVK are to impart training to extension personal, rural youths, progressive farmers and farm women, vocational training, skill training for development of the agricultural sector of the district. Moreover, it acts on to reduce the time lag between the technology transfer from research institutions to the farmers field through On Farm Trial (OFT) and Front-Line Demonstration (FLD) for increasing production, productivity and income from the agriculture and allied sectors on a sustainable basis.
The centre is spreading in an area of 10 ha where scientific farming has been demonstrated for the farming community. The existing farm components of KVK Tinsukia are, Vermicompost and Azolla Production Unit, Mushroom Cultivation Unit, Mushroom Spawn Production Unit, Poultry Unit, Horticultural Fruit & Mother Blocks including 3 net houses, Bamboo nursery under Assam Bamboo Mission and Tea demonstration plots.