Extension Education Institute (EEI), Guwahati is a Regional level institute with the main mandate of providing capacity building to Middle level extension functionaries of the Departments and Organizations of agricultural development, particularly in the discipline of Extension Education. The Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (DA&FW), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare (MoA & FW), Govt. of India has established four EEIs for four regions of the country: EEI (Southern Region) at Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, EEI (Northern Region) at Nilokheri, Haryana, EEI (Western Region) at Anand, Gujarat, and EEI (NE Region) at Jorhat, Assam. EEI (NE Region) was established in 1987 at Assam Agricultural University (AAU), Jorhat to cater to the need of capacity building of the extension functionaries of the NE states. It has been relocated to Guwahati since July 2022. It functions under the administrative control of Assam Agricultural University (AAU), Jorhat on the basis of annual Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (DA&FW), Ministry of Agriculture& Farmers’ Welfare (MoA & FW), Govt. of India, New Delhi and AAU, Jorhat. The Department of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare (DA&FW), Ministry of Agriculture& Farmers’ Welfare (MoA & FW), Govt. of India provides the fund for the institute under its Non-Plan Budget Head. The Operational area of EEI (NE Region) covers nine states which include, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura and West Bengal.