Department of Extension Education

With the joining of late Dr. J. C. Sharma as Associate Professor, in July 1963, the Department of Extension Education came into existence in the College of Veterinary Sciences. The Department was established under the Extension Wing Scheme of the Government of India to carry out teaching and research activities in Extension Education besides undertaking field extension work in the adopted villages around Hisar. After the establishment of College of Agriculture in 1964, the Government of India sanctioned another scheme thereby the teaching research and field activities were also strengthened in agricultural extension including the commencement of M.Sc. and Ph.D. programme and the creation of the Directorate of Extension Education in the year 1970. Thereafter the Department grew leaps and bounds under the dynamic leadership and guidance of Prof. Y.P. Singh a well-known personality in the discipline of Extension Education both within and outside the country. Presently, the Department of Extension Education besides undertaking research and extension activities is also looking after the teaching requirements of two colleges viz. College of Agriculture and College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology.