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ABOUT THE BOOK

The book on Extension Management covers latest concepts, approaches and techniques. There are four section viz. Management in Extension, Extension Project Management, Communication and Community Participation, and Management of Organizational Aspects Section-I covers concepts,  sustainable development, extension system of ICAR, management of front line demonstration, commercializing small farmers’ agriculture, extension management and risk society, approaches for technological diffusion and adoption, managerial role of extension managers, gender issues in agriculture, strategic planning, problems in extension management, achievement planning and trsining Section-II focuses on project management with articles on project cycle, Project formulation, management information system, community information system, NATP, Project appraisal, Monitoring and evaluation and SWOT. Section-III deals with video as instructional aid, conducting and facing interview, reporting skills, development reporting, communication skills and fidelity, TOT and community participation, Section-IV deals with group dynamics, conflict management, leadership, stress management, inter-personal behavior, reading and listening skills, motivational techniques, personality development and national agricultural policy.

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ABOUT THE EDITORS

Dr. Indu Grover is retired Dean, Collage of Home Science at the CCS-HAU, Hisar During the past twenty eight years of her career she has worked in various teaching and extension positions, taught UG and PG courses in Home Science Extension Education, conducted and guided research and provided leadership in Extension education. She has a large number of publications to her credit in the form of research articles, manuals, popular articles and three books. Dr. Grover is a widely travelled person and has visited U.K., Germany, Israel, Australia, Japan and Ethiopia in various capacities.

Dr. L.L. Somani is retired Director Resident Instructions MPUAT, Udaipur. He has published over 400 papers and 200 books on various aspects of agriculture.

Dr. Lali Yadav has an excellent academic record throughout her career. She is retired  Professor & Head, Home Science Extension Education at College of Home Science, CCSHAU, Hisar, she joined her service in January 1979. She has carried a number of projects pertaining to Women in Agriculture, Media Preparation, Rural Energy and SATCOM experiment sponsored by agencies like ICAR, Ministry of Rural Development. Her major areas of interest are multimedia application, natural resource management and PRA applications, women in agriculture and other development issues pertaining to women and children.

Dr. Deepak Grover is retired Scientist at the CCS HAU, Hisar. He has taught PC courses in Statistics and Economics for past three decades. During 1996-98 he taught at the Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia and was a consultant for staff of ESPD (United Nations Economic Commission for Africa). He has co-authored two research bulletins and a large number of research papers on applied statistics in social sciences. He has visited a number of U.K. Universities under CUSAC Programme and Israel on Israeli government fellowship.