Department of Extension Education B A College of Agriculture, AAU, Anand
Department of extension education was established in 1963. The main goal of department is to accelerate the transfer of agriculture technology through its innovative academic programme to produce skilled communication/Extension professionals. The academic curriculum for undergraduate and postgraduate have been developed to reflect the current trends in agriculture communication and extension. Department has published three books, namely 'A Textbook on Agricultural Extension', 'Dimensions of Agricultural Extension Education' and 'Information Technology for Agricultural Production, Education and Management'.
Main goals:-
1. To produce employable skilled human resource for agricultural extension and communication
2. To develop extension strategy and methodology for extension education, extension service and extension work.
Staff of the department:- S.
No
Name Designation E-mail Mobile No.
1. Dr. N.B. Chauhan Professor & Head drchauhannb@yahoo. com 9925842689 2. Dr. J.B. Patel Associate Professor [email protected] 9427385081 3. Dr. Hemlata Saini Assistant Professor [email protected],
7201908243 4. Dr. Vinaya Kumar,
H. M
Assistant Professor [email protected]
8867576011 7405970158 5. Shri. A .M
Baraiya
Agri. Assistant [email protected] 7874052899
6. Padhiyar C.D Peon Nil Nil
Activities of the Department:
1. Teaching:
A. Undergraduate Teaching: The courses taught at Undergraduate level are as under.
No Course No Course title Credits Semester
1 Ag. Extn 3.1 Dimensions of Agricultural Extension (1+1) 3rd 2 Ag. Extn 4.2 Fundamentals of Rural Sociology &
Educational psychology
(2+0) 4th 3 Ag.Extn.5.3 Extension Methodologies for Transfer of
Agricultural technology
(1+1) 5th 4 Ag.Extn.6.4 Entrepreneurship development (1+1) 6th 5 Ag.Extn.7.9 Rural Agricultural Work Experience (RAWE) (0+2) 7th 6 Ag. Extn. 8.5 Agricultural Journalism (2+1) 8th 7 Ag. Extn. 8.6 Visual and Graphic communication (2+1) 8th
8 Ag. Extn. 8.7 Behavioural Skills (2+1) 8th
B. Postgraduate teaching: The Department has guided 311 M. Sc. (Agri.) and 42 Ph.D.
students in the subject of Extension Education till today. At present 17 M. Sc. students and 7 Ph.D. students are studying in the department.
1) Postgraduate teaching (Agriculture Students): Total 24 courses are being offered and taught at postgraduate Level in Agriculture College
2) Postgraduate teaching (Veterinary Students): Total 5 courses are being offered and taught at postgraduate Level Teaching for the students of veterinary College
C. Rural Agricultural Work Experience Programme: Planning, organization and execution of Rural Agricultural Work Experience of Seventh Semester B.Sc. (Agri.) students during each academic year. The Department of Extension Education taking helps of all the departments of college is completely involved to develop students of 7th semester for generating employability skills viz. Art of listening, Art of negotiation, Confidence building, Conflict management, Develop skill of joint effort, Developing art of creative thinking, Effective decision-making, How to get feedback, Life like experiences, Managing relationship, Money management, Observe problem, Personality development, Practicing method, Self-management, Time management, Understand the real life problems, understanding of prevailing situation, understanding situation of recommended technology, working pattern of local institution and Working pattern with local organizations/leaders through following activities for the whole semester.
2. Research
Research Methodology Developed for Scientist and P. G. Research
(Note:- For more detail please contact to Department of Extension Education, BACA, AAU, Anand)
Sl.
No.
Title
1 Scale to measure attitude of the farmers towards soil health card.
2 Scale to measure attitude of the farmers towards graded Murrah buffalo 3 Scale to measure attitude of the farmers towards Holstein Friesian 4 Scale to measure attitude of the farmers towards Gir cow
5 Scale to measure attitude of the farmers towards Kankrej cow
6 Scale to measure attitude of the extension functionaries towards ATMA 7 Scale to measure attitude of the farmers towards Green house technology.
8 Scale to measure attitude of farmers towards application of internet in agricultural extension.
9 Scale to measure the attitude of farmers towards National Horticulture Mission 10 Scale to measure the attitude of farmers towards Mixed farming
11 Scale to measure the attitude of farmers towards Drip Irrigated Banana Cultivation.
12 Scale to measure the attitude of women research scholars towards climate change.
13 Scale to measure the attitude of extension personnel's towards agriculture FM radio.
14 Scale to measure attitude of the farmers towards training programme organized by SAUs 15 Scale to measure attitude of the farmers towards agro processing.
16 Scale to measure attitude of the rural youth towards agriculture as an occupation 17 Scale to measure attitude of the farmers towards green-manuring
18 Scale to measure attitude of the agricultural college students towards agricultural education 19 Scale to measure attitude towards e-extension
20 Scale to measure attitude towards application of distance education in agriculture and allied field
21 Scale to measure attitude towards business anxiety of youth 22 Scale to measure attitude towards agro based enterprise 23 Scale to measure attitude towards teaching
24 Scale to measure attitude of the students towards agro-tourism as an enterprise
25 Scale to measure attitude of post graduate students towards information technology (IT) for self-empowerment
26 Scale to measure attitude of woman research scholars towards the use of computer for their empowerment
27 Scale to measure attitude of the agricultural extension educationist towards computer application
28 Scale to measure attitude of the farmers towards cumin cultivation 29 Scale to measure attitude of the teachers towards internet exposure 30 Scale to measure attitude of the poultry farmers towards poultry farming 31 Scale to measure attitude of teachers towards internet
32 Scale to measure attitude of cotton growers towards modern practices of the cotton cultivation 33 Scale to measure attitude of the farmers towards integrated pest management (IPM) technology
in pigeon pea crop
34 Scale to measure attitude of the farmers towards bio-control measures of plant protection 35 Scale to measure attitude of farmers towards improves Aonla cultivation
3. Extension
A. Training to Students
i. Rural Agricultural Work Experience Programme –RAWE (7th Semester Programme)
a. Orientation: 10 Days
b. Exposure of High Tech Cell: 9 Days
c. Exposure of Agricultural Research Stations: 20 Days d. Exposure of Agro Industries & Cooperatives: 15 Days e. Exposure of Non government Organization: 04 Days f. Exposure with farm families and Village: 20 Days g. Exposure of Input dealers : 6 Days
h. Educational Tour: 21 Days (In Gujarat and other States of India) i. Evaluation of the students
Planning, execution, correspondence and management of RAWE programme during whole semester
Departmental Faculty
Name: Dr. N.B. Chauhan Designation: Professor and Head Qualification: Ph.D.
Experience: 33 Years
Specialized Subject: Extension Education
Topic of experience/ Expertise Agricultural Communication, Extension Management Phone No: 02692-225710 (o), 9925842689, 9925203712
Email Id [email protected]
No. of Paper 158
No. of abstract 102
No. of Awards 04
Topic of experience/ Expertise Agricultural Communication
Phone No: 02692-225710 (o),9427385081
Email Id [email protected]
No. of Paper 40
No. of abstract 35
No. of Awards 02
Appreciation 02
Name: Dr. J. B. Patel Qualification: Ph.D.
Designation: Associate Professor Experience: 19 Years
Specialized Subject: Agricultural Extension
Topic of experience/ Expertise Agricultural Extension
Phone No: 02692-225710 (o),9427385081
Email Id [email protected], [email protected]
No. of Paper 4
No. of abstract 5
No. of Awards 2
Topic of experience/ Expertise
Agricultural Communication, Impact Studies, Climate Change and Gender Issues
Phone No: 02692-225710 (o)
+91-8867576011 (Mo)
Email Id [email protected] , [email protected]
No. of Paper 12
No. of abstract 23
No. of Awards 08
Appreciation 02
Name: Dr. Hemlata Saini Qualification: Ph.D.
Designation: Assistant Professor Experience: 7 Years
Specialized Subject: Agricultural Extension
Name: Dr. Vinaya Kumar, H. M.
Qualification: Ph.D.
Designation: Assistant Professor Experience: 1 Years
Specialized Subject: Agricultural Extension
