The Directorate of Extension Education is the nodal agency of Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner for promoting agricultural development in the State through quick transfer of technology by providing training, advisory and farm information to professional extension personnel of line departments and farmers. It also involves in assessment, refinement & adoption of technology through on farm testing and front-line demonstration. Being a crucial institution of the University, the Directorate provides guidelines, monitor and evaluate the extension programmes of KVKs functioning under RAU. The directorate also extends its support to the State departments through farm information by publishing literature on different disciplines of agriculture and allied subjects. Thus,three principal functional areas of the Directorate. of Extension Education, RAU, at present are, training, advisory and communication. The directorate has a team of multi disciplinary scientists who work in participatory mode in close co-ordination with the Department of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Horticulture, Forestry, Co-operatives, Panchayat Samities and other agencies engaged for betterment of rural people with following broad objectives -
a) To formulate and impart in-service training to different categories of officers and functionaries from line departments of Govt. of Rajasthan and Non- Government organisations.
b) To conduct short and long duration vocat. training's for front-line farmers, farm women,youth and school dropouts of the State.
c) To assess and refine the latest agricultural technology through front-line demonstration for their wider adoption.
d) To provide farm information services through various extension activities including literature for quick dissemination of technology.
A well defined mechanism is followed involving the Directorate of Research and the line departments and extension education units while formulating technical programme for different units of the directorate of extension education.
Figure -Flow chart giving the mechanism to formulate the technical programme for extension activities.
The following flow chart provides in details the organizational set up of the directorate of extension at the university level
Figure - Organizational chart of the Directorate of Extension Education
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