Extension Management in the Information Age: Initiatives and Impacts

Dr. H. Philip, Professor, educational Media Centre (EMC), Tamil Nadu Agricultural University (TNAU), has a Ph.D., in Agrl. Extension and PG Diploma in Computer Applications. He is the recipient of the Best Extension scientist Award (twice) and the Nataraj Rolling Shield and Medal for Agrl. Extension. He has guided 8 M.Sc and 2 Ph.D. students so far. He is responsible for establishing the educational Media centre in TNAU with professional & state-of –the-art video film equipment. He has produced till now nearly 150 video documentaries, 25 audio cassette lessons and more than 600 radio programmes on agriculture. He has organised one international and 9 national level training programmes, besides participating in 6 International and 22 National level seminars/workshops. He has published 62 papers and edited 22 books. Currently, he is the Chief editor of the Journal of extension Education. He is a member in the International extension Formu, Madaras Agrl. Students Union, Distance Committee of TNAU and Society of Educational Technology. He has traveled to Canada for Participating in a training conducted by the university of Guelph, Toronto.