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Lesson 23:Community Development and National Extension Era

Agricultural Universities

The first university established in 1960 was the Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agricultural Science and Technology at Pantnagar (Uttar Pradesh).

In each state one (in some states more than one) agricultural university was established and at present there are twenty-two such Universities in India. In these Universities, teaching, research and extension education are integrated.

For extension education programmes and activities, each of these Universities has a directorate of extension education, headed by a director who is supported by a team of subject matter specialists from all the major disciplines, such as genetics, agronomy, animal husbandry, soil science, entomology, plant pathology, horticulture, agricultural economics, agricultural engineering and extension education.