This book is intended for the college students who may not yet
encountered a course in extension education. Thus, it is really an
"Introduction" to extension education. It is not intended to develop any
new theories but introduce the students with the existing knowhow in
this area. Extension Education courses have been introduced in most of
the agricultural universities for students of agriculture, horticulture,
forestry, home science, veterinary science, dairy science, engineering
and fisheries. The Indian council of Agricultural Research has recently
revised the syllabus for the graduate students and added new dimensions
to the courses. This syllabus is made common for all the universities in
India. With the inclusion of new courses in the syllabus the old books
on this subject became obsolete. The need for new books with recent
concepts and information became the need of the hour. It is hoped that
this book will be helpful to these students in a preliminary
understanding of this subject.