EEI-NER
About the Extension Education Institute (NE Region)
A regional-level institute dedicated to capacity building and professional development of agricultural extension functionaries in the North Eastern states of India.
About the Institute
Extension Education Institute (EEI) is a regional level institute with the main mandate of providing capacity building to middle level extension functionaries of the departments and organizations of agricultural development, particularly in the discipline of Extension Education.
The Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (DAC&FW), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare (MoA&FW), Government of India, has established four EEIs for four regions of the country: EEI (Southern Region) at Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh; EEI (Northern Region) at Nilokheri, Haryana; EEI (Western Region) at Anand, Gujarat; and EEI (NE Region) at Jorhat, Assam.
EEI (NE Region) was established in 1987 at Assam Agricultural University (AAU), Jorhat, Assam, to cater to the need for capacity building of the extension functionaries of the North Eastern states.
The Institute was subsequently relocated to Guwahati in 2022 to provide better accessibility and strengthen its regional outreach. It currently functions under the administrative control of Assam Agricultural University (AAU), Jorhat, on the basis of an annual Memorandum of Understanding between the Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (DAC&FW), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare (MoA&FW), Government of India, New Delhi and AAU, Jorhat.
The Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (DAC&FW), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare (MoA&FW), Government of India provides the fund for the institute under its non-plan budget head.
Vision of the Institute
Mission of the Institute
- Developing competencies of extension personnel in providing professional extension service to farming community.
- Enhancing effectiveness of extension systems in planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programmes and projects for sustainable agricultural development.
- Developing and improving approaches, methodologies, tools and techniques relating to training and extension education.
Mandate of the Institute
- To develop competencies of middle level extension functionaries of client departments and organizations on application of advanced concepts, approaches, methodologies, tools and technologies of agricultural extension.
- To build capacity of extension personnel for efficient dissemination of frontline agricultural technologies.
- To facilitate extension systems and personnel in planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of agricultural development programmes and projects.
- To provide demand driven consultancy services to agriculture and allied departments in planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of agricultural development programmes and to address issues relating to extension management.
- To carry out action research in agricultural extension and training in order to bring improvement in approaches, methodologies, tools and techniques of training and extension education.
Operational Area
The operational area of EEI (NE Region) covers nine states:
Management
The EEI Management Committee is the apex body of the institute. The Vice Chancellor, Assam Agricultural University is the Chairperson of the committee, and the Director, EEI is the Member Secretary.
The Management Committee meeting is generally held once or twice in a year to review the performance of the institute and to make policy decisions for its effective functioning.
The Director of the Institute is responsible for managing its programmes and day-to-day management and administration. The Director works under the administrative control of the Vice Chancellor, AAU.