ABOUT US
The Extension Education Institute (EEI), Guwahati is a regional-level institute mandated to provide capacity building for middle-level extension functionaries of departments and organizations involved in agricultural development—particularly in the discipline of Extension Education.
To strengthen extension systems across the country, the Department of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (DA&FW), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (MoA&FW), Government of India, has established four EEIs to serve different regions:
- EEI (Northern Region) – Nilokheri, Haryana
- EEI (Southern Region) – Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
- EEI (Western Region) – Anand, Gujarat
- EEI (North Eastern Region) – Jorhat (relocated to Guwahati), Assam
The EEI (North Eastern Region) was established in 1987 at Assam Agricultural University (AAU), Jorhat, and later relocated to Guwahati, Assam, to better serve the capacity-building needs of extension functionaries in the North Eastern (NE) states.
The institute functions under the administrative control of AAU, Jorhat, based on an annual Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between DA&FW, MoA&FW, Government of India, and AAU, Jorhat. The Government of India provides funding for the institute under its non-plan budget head.
The operational area of EEI (NE Region) includes nine states:
Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, and West Bengal.
Vision
To achieve excellence as a premier institute in facilitating capacity building of extension functionaries for the sustainable development of agriculture in the North Eastern states of India.
Mission
- To develop the competencies of extension personnel for delivering professional extension services to the farming community.
- To enhance the effectiveness of extension systems in planning, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of agricultural programmes and projects.
- To develop and improve approaches, methodologies, tools, and techniques relevant to training and extension education.