Department of Agricultural Extension
Department of Agricultural Extension
The Department of Agricultural Extension, University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore was started in 1965 to impart teaching to under graduate students in agriculture. Dr.K.A.Jalihal was the first Head of the Department. The discipline grow vertically and horizontally then onwards and this growth necessitated the starting of Masters and Doctoral programmes during the year 1966-67 and 1974-75 respectively. As on now the department has trained 383 Masters and 77 Ph.D Degree holders in Agricultural Extension. Realizing the importance of extension education discipline in rural development, the Indian Farmers Fertilizers Cooperative (IFFCO) instituted a professional chair in the department during 1981.
Department of Agricultural Extension
University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore
Bangalore, Karnataka
India
Other Departments at University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore
- Agricultural Statistics, Applied Mathematics and Computer Science
- Department of Agricultural Economics
- Department of Agricultural Engineering
- Department of Agricultural Extension
- Department of Agricultural Marketing Co-Operation
- Department of Agronomy
- Department of Apiculture
- Department of Crop Physiology
- Department of Distance Education
- Department of Entomology
- Department of Food Science and Nutrition
- Department of Forestry and Environmental Science
- Department of Genetics and Plant Breeding
- Department of Horticulture
- Department of Microbiology
- Department of Plant Biotechnology
- Department of Plant Pathology
- Department of Seed Science and Technology
- Department of Sericulture
- Department of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry
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