REQUIREMENTS OF VETERINARY AND ANIMAL HUSBANDRY EXTENSION
DEPT. IN VETERINARY COLLEGES FOR IMPARTING QUALITY EDUCATION
Manpower:
Staff should be allocated at least as per VCI.
Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor
Artist
AV technician
One
One
Two
One
One
Building and space:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
The Head of the Department Office: 18 ft X 12 ft
Office spaces for the Individual staff members of at least 18 ft X 12 ft
Audio-visual laboratory/ seminar hall for 60 members
Group discussion room for 40 members.
Museum / exhibition hall depicting the salient features and research outcomes
of each Department of at least 2500-3000 sq ft.
6. Livestock farmers’ advisory unit – 18 ft X 12 ft
Equipments and other aids
Item
Personal computers of 250 GB capacity and
1GB RAM with all required soft wares like
MS Office, Photoshop and Corel Draw, etc.
with internet connectivity
LCD projector
Number
Two
One
Digital Camera
Two
Handicam
Information kiosk
Refrigerator
Minibus/ Tempo Travellor of
capacity
One
One
One
40 seater
Public address system
Two
60-72
Work table to accommodate 40 students
1 set
Projection screens
One - for students
One – for office
One
Group discussion table (preferably round
tables of 4-6 capacity)
Group discussion Chairs
Drawing boards, T-scales, drawing sets etc.
Remarks
One – portable
One - Fixed
12
20 sets
2
One - fixed
One - portable
1
Overhead projector
2
Slide projector
1
Generators /Inverter
2
Television (colored) – 29 inches
1
Photocopy machine
1
One - for students
One – for office
One - 2.5 kv
One - 0.5kv (Silent)
Display boards
White boards
1
Multi-panel Display Boards
5
Panel boards
2
Printed extension materials – all types
Two-three sets
An Extension Kit*
One set
An Exhibition Kit**
One set
Digital projector
One
Interactive Board
One
Video conferencing Unit
One
All extension
departments can
exchange
Optional –
Depending upon the
need and
availability of
budget
*An Extension Kit with Flexi – posters, Flip charts, etc, preferably independent of
electric power should be prepared so that the Extension personnel can use them any
time and in any place. Such Kit is prepared by Sujala Watershed Project of
Department of Watershed, Government of Karnataka and is being used by the Trained
Key Communicators trained for creating awareness and imparting Animal Husbandry
Skills for the livestock farmers in the Watershed Areas of the Project and are found
very useful.
** An Exhibition Kit with necessary posters, models, specimens, etc, should be
prepared so that Exhibition can be set up at any time in any place
Systems and Processes:
The following need to be evolved for imparting quality extension education and
involvement of the students in the process of extension programmes
1. Clear and detailed outline and structuring of the syllabus so that the students can
quickly identify where they are sailing
2. Broad outline of the probable methodologies to be used in delivering various
extension concepts in the theory classes
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3. A practical manual outlining the probable methodologies to be used for
conducting various practicals (See annexure 1 – an example from PMRY
Entrepreneurship Development Manual )
4. Other institutional mechanisms wherein the students can undergo thorough the
process of self development, leadership development and put into practice the
extension concepts, like NSS, institutions tie ups, standing circular to involve all
the Class Representatives in the Extension programme planning of the College
University like pashumela, etc,
List of books and journals required for the Department of Veterinary and Animal
Husbandry Extension
Sl.No
Name of the book and Author
1
Textbook on Agricultural Communication-Process and Research-Oxford
and IBH
2
Rural Development-Robert Chamber –Longman group
3
Agricultural Extension-A.W. Van dan ban & H.S. Hawkins, Indian
Edition/ -Longman group (Dutch edition)
4
Scientific Social Surveys and Research –Pauline V,Young ,Prentice hall of
India Pvt. Ltd, Eastern Economy Edition
5
Management by Koontz, Weirich & Odonell
6
Human Behaviour by Keith Davis 8th edition
7
Animal production and Environmental Health- Strauch D, Elsevier
8
An Introduction to Animal Husbandry in Tropics- Payne W.J.A-Blackwell
Science.
9
Agricultural Studies in India- Bansal, P.C.,
10
Developmental communication- A.C. Hornik
11
Challenging the Professions- Robert Chamber , ITG Pubn.
12
Womens participation in Indian Agriculture- Unni, J.
13
Livestock and Poultry Dynamic in Tribal Life- Kornel
14
Principles and Practice of Dairy Farm Management – Jagdish Prasad
15
Livestock and Poultry Wealth – Fakhruddin
16
Package of Practices for Livestock & Poultry Production and Health- Pixie
Publication
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17
Guide Book for Veterinarians- Pandey,D.N. Bajpai Amita
18
Animal Genetics Resources of India, Cattle and Buffalo-Nivsarkor et al. ICAR Publication
19
Dairy year book
20
Introductory Rural Sociology –J.B. Chitambar, Wiley Eastern Ltd.
21
Extension Programme Planning –A.S. Sandhu, Oxford & IBH.
22
Livestock Development in India –S.N. Mishra & Rishi K. Sharma, Vikas
Publishing House Ltd.,
23
Scientific Method and Social Research-. B.R. Ghosh, Sterling Publishing
Pvt. Ltd
24
Accounting and financing for in tropical agriculture-O. V. Coy
25
Extension Communication and Management –G.L. Roy –Naya Prokash
publications
26
Education and Communication for Development-O.P. Dahama & O.P.
Bhatnagar, Oxford and IBH Publishing Co Pvt. Ltd.
27
Human Resource Management-V.V. Khanzode- Ashish Publishing House,
New Delhi
28
Fundamentals of Farm Business Management-S.S. Johl, T.R. KapurKalyani Publishers
29
Agricultural Marketing in India-S.S. Acharya & N.L. Agarwal- Oxford
and IBH Publishing Co. Pvt. Ltd.
30
Production and Marketing of Milk and Milk Products in IndiaS.S. Acharya & R.K. Yadav- Mittel Publications.
31
Animal Husbandry Extension Education-Peru Mathiyalagan –Veterinary
College & Research Institue, Namakkal, Tamilnadu- 637001
32
Techniques of Attitude Scale Construction-Allen L. Edwards
33
Foundations of Behavioural Research-N. Kerlinger
34
Report of the National Commission on Agriculture – Part VII
35
Dairy Development in India-K.M. Narayanan, J.L. Bhanumathy & A.M.
Natarajan
36
Privatising Agricultural Extension in India-Rasheed Sulaiman .V. & V.
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Sadamate
37
Diffusion of Innovation- Roger. Free press
38
Communication of Innovations- Roger, and Shoemaker, Free press
39
The Information Age: Economy Society and Culture- Castells, M. 2002.
Vol. I -The Rise of the Network Society. (2nd edition) Oxford: Blackwell.
40
Everybody loves drought-Sainath, Oxford and IBH
41
Extension Education-Adivi Reddy, Sree lakshmi press,Bapatla
42.
Communication Models-Mc Quail .D and Windahl, S.-Longman
43
Audio visual aids in Teaching, Training and Extension. Yella Reddy. M.
EEI, APAU, Hyderabad.
44
Rural Sociology and Psychology as applied to Extension Education –
Annamalai, et al.1993. Palaniappa Printers, Tirunelveli Jn.
45
Rural Development and Programme Planning –Annamalai.R et al
,Palaniappa Printers, Tirunelveli Jn
46
Rural Sociology –An introduction, Deh.P.C. , Kalyani Publishers
47
Draft of Five year plans “Planning Commission of India”.NewDelhi
48
A Guide to Community Development –Ensminger, D. ,Govt. of India,
New Delhi.
49
The art of making people –Listen to you, Gelenn.J.Cook. Vikas Pub.house
Pvt. Ltd. New Delhi
50
An Introduction to Agricultural Extension, Mosher, A.T. Agricultural
Development Council Inc., New York
51
A Brief Introduction to Psychology. Morghan C.T. Tata Mc Graw. Hill
Publishing Company Ltd. New Delhi.
52
Women in Agriculture Perspective, Issues and Experienes –Samanta R.K.
MD Publications pvt. Ltd. New delhi.
53
Training by Lynton and Pareekh
54
Elementary economic Theory by Dewett & Varma
55
Livestock and livelihoods by Nitya S.Ghotge
56
Economic Theory Higher Secondary - Second year , Tamilnadu Text book
corporation
5
FAO Publications
1
Improved Animal health for poverty reduction and Sustainable livelihood
2
Livestock keeping in urban Areas –A review
3
World livestock production Systems- current status, issues and trends
4
Fifth joint FAO/WHO expert consultations on veterinary extension-on
request
5
Strategies for sustainable animal agriculture in developing countries
6
Guidelines for dairy accounting
7
Improving Agricultural Extension – FAO A Reference Manual
8
Small scale dairy farming manual,vol-1-vol 6.
9
Sustainable animal Production from small farm systems in South East Asia,
1993, 155pp
10
Veterinary Education 1995,141 pp
11
Guideline for Strengthening animal health services in developing countries,
1999,149pp
Sage publications
1
IT Experiences in India. Edited by Kenneth Keniston and Deepak Kumar
2
In Search of Sustainable livelihood systems, Edited by Ruedi Baugarlner
and Ruedi Hogger
3
Writing your thesis - Paul Oliver
4
Doing Educational Research - Clive Opie.
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Journals :
1. Indian Journal of Extension Education
2. Journal of Extension Education
3. Economic & Political weekly
4. Indian Journal of Agricultural economics
5. Rural development
6. Indian Veterinary Journal
7. Indian Journal of Dairy Science
8. Indian Dairyman
9. Kurukshetra
10. Yojana
11. Indian farming
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