The Bihar Agricultural College, Sabour, now a constituent unit of Rajendra Agricultural University, Bihar has been the premier institution of agricultural education and research in the country. The college has got the distinction to start Postgraduate Teaching and Research in Extension Education for the first time in India. From very beginning, the thesis based on systematic research on various facets of Agricultural and Rural Development was made an essential requirement for the award of Postgraduate Degree. therefore, it is natural that over a span of five decades a number of thesis have been awarded by this institution The present book is compilation of all the thesis research work related with the discipline of Extension Education in a systematic and organized manner. In view of historical importance of the discipline the book provides a "bird’s eye view" pertaining to the details of pioneer researches, which has been carried out in the state of Bihar since its inception.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Ashok K. Singh
Dr. Ashok K. Singh, Born in a village of Pratapgarh district (U.P.) in the year of 1958, he is presently working as Professor in the Department of Extension Education, Rajendra Agricultural University, Bihar, Pusa (Samastipur). He received his post graduate degree and advanced training from the Department of Psychology, Allahabad University, Allahabad. He is teaching various specialized courses of social sciences and extension education at the undergraduate and post-graduate level and associated with several research programmes in the area of agricultural and rural development of National and International importance. He supervised twelve M.Sc. and three Ph.D. thesis of Extension Education and published more than fifty research papers/articles in Indian and Foreign journals, apart from several research reports/monographs and a book on "Technology Assessment and Refinement through Institution Village Linkage Programme". Dr. Singh also visited many countries like Australia, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Bangladesh and Nepal for his professional activities.
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