Visva-Bharati
Sriniketan, Bolpur
W.B. , 731236
The Department of Agricultural Extension offers eight courses in B.Sc. (Hons.) Agriculture programme and Coordinates Rural Awareness and Work Experience (RAWE) programme for final semester students. It conducts two-years M.Sc. (Ag.) in Agricultural Extension programme that started in the year 1990 with approved seats of five students. Three students were admitted in 1990. Presently 10 students are enrolled in each year out of which three students get admission through all India competitive examination conducted by ICAR. During 1990 to 2019 more than 100 students received the M.Sc. (Ag.) in Agricultural Extension degree. More than 50 per cent students enrol from outside states. The Department also offer Ph.D. in Agricultural Extension programme. Presently 19 students are in roll for Ph.D. On an average, about 60 per cent students represent outside states. About 10 to 20 percent students qualify in ICAR's SRF (PGS) and get admission in Ph.D. programme of reputed institutions every year. About 25 percent of PG/Ph.D. students used to get success in NET examinations conducted by ICAR and/or UGC.
The Department has made significant accomplishments in teaching, research and extension fronts, which are evident from the students’ success in ICAR-JRF, ICAR-SRF, ICAR-NET and UGC-NET examinations, implementation of externally funded research projects and coordination of rural awareness work experience programme as well as field demonstrations on vegetables, pulses and oilseeds crops, respectively. This department house audio-visual laboratory having audio-visual equipments to train students, farmers and other stakeholders in the field of information and communication technologies (ICTs). The Department has a demonstration unit and conducts field level demonstration programmes and train the students and farmers every year.
Associate Professor and Head
Email(HoD):
hod.agext@visva-bharati.ac.in
| Research Projects undertaken during Last Five Years | |||||
| S.No. | Title of the Project | Name of the faculty / PI | Sponsoring Agency | Duration | Amount (Rs.) |
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Intensive Sugarcane Development Programme (ISDP) | Prof. S. D. Mukhopadhyay | Govt. of West Bengal | 1989- 2020 | ₹ 12. 50 lakh/yr |
| 2. | Developing Simulation model of Technology Diffusion (Tech Sim), Adoption and Impact for forcasting using techno- socio-psycho-economic-ecological factors | Prof. Souvik Ghosh | ICAR-NASF, New Delhi | 2024-27 | ₹ 12.50 lakhs |
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Prof. Siddhartha Dev Mukhopadhyay Professor and Head Mo. 9434249699 Email:siddharthadev.mukhopadhyay@visva-bharati.ac.in View complete profile |
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Prof. Souvik Ghosh Professor Mo. 9547504582 Email:souvik.ghosh@visva-bharati.ac.in View complete profile |
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Dr.(Ms.) Anindita Saha Associate Professor Mo. 9831164141 Email:anindita.saha@visva-bharati.ac.in View complete profile |
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Dr DARSHAN N. P. Assistant Professor Mo. 8618633937 Email: darshan.np@visva-bharati.ac.in npdarshan24@gmail.com View complete profile |
Undergraduate Courses
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UG Courses as per ICAR Fifth Deans’ Committee Recommendations for New Batches of Students (Academic Session 2017-18 onwards) |
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Course Code |
Name of the Course |
Theory |
Practical |
Total |
AEX 111 |
Comprehension & Communication Skills in English |
1 |
1 |
2 |
AEX 112 |
Rural Sociology & Educational Psychology |
2 |
0 |
2 |
AEX 121 |
Fundamentals of Agricultural Extension Education |
2 |
1 |
3 |
AEX 122 |
Communication Skills and Personality Development |
1 |
1 |
2 |
AEX 311 |
Entrepreneurship Development and Business Communication |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Elective Courses |
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AEX 221 |
Communication and information management |
2 |
1 |
3 |
AEX 312 |
Agricultural Journalism |
2 |
1 |
3 |
AEX 321 |
Emerging Trends in Agricultural Extension |
2 |
1 |
3 |
Rural Agricultural Work Experience and Agro-industrial Attachment (RAWE & AIA) |
0 |
20 |
20 |
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General orientation & On-campus training by different faculties |
0 |
01 |
01 |
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Village attachment/ Unit attachment in Univ./ College. KVK/ Res. Stn. |
0 |
12 |
12 |
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Agro-Industrial Attachment |
0 |
06 |
06 |
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Project Report Preparation, Presentation and Evaluation |
0 |
01 |
01 |
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Total |
0 |
20 |
20 |
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Courses under Master’s Degree
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PG courses as per ICAR BSMA Committee Recommendations for New Batches of Students (Academic Session 2022-23 onwards) |
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Course Code |
Name of the Course |
Theory |
Practical |
Total |
EXT-501* |
Extension Landscape |
2 |
0 |
2 |
EXT-502* |
Applied Behaviour Change |
2 |
1 |
3 |
EXT-503* |
Organisational Behaviour and Development |
2 |
1 |
3 |
EXT-504* |
Research Methodology in Extension |
2 |
1 |
3 |
EXT-505* |
Capacity Development |
2 |
1 |
3 |
EXT-506* |
ICTs for Agricultural Extension and Advisory Services |
2 |
1 |
3 |
EXT-507* |
Evaluation and Impact Assessment |
2 |
1 |
3 |
EXT-508 |
Managing Extension Organisations |
2 |
1 |
3 |
EXT-509 |
Enabling Innovation |
1 |
1 |
2 |
EXT-510 |
Gender Mainstreaming |
2 |
1 |
3 |
EXT-591 |
Seminar |
0 |
1 |
1 |
EXT-599 |
Thesis |
0 |
30 |
30 |
*Compulsory Core courses for Master’s Programme |
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Courses under Ph.D.
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Ph.D. courses as per UGC & ICAR BSMA Recommendations for New Batches of Students (Academic Session 2023-24 onwards) |
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Course Code |
Name of the Course |
Theory |
Practical |
Total |
Course 1 (AEX-601) |
Research Methodologies and Techniques for Social and Behavioural Research |
4 |
0 |
4 |
Course 2 (AEX-602) |
Elective course (Advances in Extension Education) |
4 |
0 |
4 |
Course 3 (AEX-603) |
Reviewing of Published Research Work and Presentation of Synopsis |
0 |
4 |
4 |
RPE |
Research and Publication Ethics |
2 |
1 |
3 |
AEX-605 |
Policy Engagement and Extension |
2 |
1 |
3 |
AEX-606 |
Technology Commercialisation and Incubation |
2 |
1 |
3 |
AEX-607 |
Educational Technology and Instructional Design |
2 |
1 |
3 |
AEX-608 |
Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation |
2 |
1 |
3 |
AEX-609 |
Livelihood Development |
1 |
1 |
2 |
AEX-610 |
Facilitation for People Centric Development |
2 |
1 |
3 |
AEX-691 |
Doctoral Seminar-1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
AEX-692 |
Doctoral Seminar-2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
