Academic Department • Assam Agricultural University

Extension Education

Constituent Department under Sarat Chandra Sinha College of Agriculture

1 Faculty Members UG / PG Programmes 3 Projects Contact HOD
Academic Department

Extension Education

Constituent Department under Sarat Chandra Sinha College of Agriculture

The department of Extension Education, SCS College of Agriculture came into existence with commencement of the college in the year 2014 . The department offers both elective as well as the compulsory core courses (including Language) in UG degree programme.


Objectives of the department -


+ to provide education in the field of Extension Education, Human Resource Development, Entrepreneurship ,Communication etc.

* To produce skilled manpower to serve the farmers and rural people.

* to inculcate entrepreneur quality among students

.* to promote excellence in teaching learning process.

* to help in personality development of students through effective educational technology.


Mission
To produce and prepare effective extension personnel with required skill set and to engage on pragmatic research on the issues pertaining to delivery of agricultural technologies and building the capacity of stakeholders in Farming and related professions.

Vision

To enhance the socio-economic conditions and livelihood of farmers of the locality through rigorous field research and implementing appropri­ate behavioural engineering tools among them as well as among students on a sustainable basis.

Undergraduate (UG) Courses 6 Courses
# Course No. Course Title Credit Syllabus
1 EE 111 * Human Values and Ethics 1 (1+0)
2 EE 111 (i) * Comprehension and Communication skill in English 1 (0+1)
3 EE 112 Rural Sociology and Educational Psychology 2 (2+0)
4 EE 122 * Fundamentals of Agricultural Extension Education 2 (1+1)
5 EE 212 * Entrepreneurship Development and Business Communication 2 (1+1)
6 EE 323 (Elect) Agricultural Journalism 3 (2+1)
* indicates compulsory courses.

Research & Extension Projects

3 Total Projects
Ongoing Projects (1)
NICRA AICRPAM project of AAU, Jorhat Ongoing
Impact of NICRA AICRPAM project implemented by the Department of Agro-meteorology, AAU, Jorhat.
Completed Projects (2)
NIBIO-AAU Collaborative Project on Climate Resilience, RARS, AAU, Titabar Rs. 0.8 Lakh 2022 Completed
Evaluative Study on Impact of Smart Seed System in Golaghat District of Assam
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Jayanta Kumar Dutta)
NE Centre for Technology Application & Research, New Delhi 2022 Completed
Augmentation of Income of Small Tea Growers of Assam through Production, Processing and Marketing of Specialty Tea
(PI/Co-PI/Associated Scientist : Dr. Jayanta Kumar Dutta)