Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension, Jabalpur

Brief History

Department of Veterinary and Animal Husbandry Extension Education came into existence in 1994 at College of Veterinary Science and A.H., Jabalpur. However the department started masters degree programme (M.V.Sc.) from the session 2010 only.

Objectives of the Department

  • Conduct extension research tailored to meet the needs of our farmers
  • Foster adoption of innovations in animal husbandry among end-users.
  • Evaluate and refine innovations developed by NDVSU through technology assessment.
  • Implement human resource development (HRD) programs in veterinary extension.
  • Promote convergence and collaboration to support sustainable farming practices.

Thrust area of research

  • Promote convergence and collaboration to support sustainable farming practices.
  • Identification of climate resilient production system in all 11 agro-climatic zone of Madhya Pradesh
  • Developed package of practices according to 11 agro-climatic zone of Madhya Pradesh

Education

Undergraduate- (list of courses offered as per VCI, i.e. Code, Name, Cr. hrs. etc.)
S.No. Course Code Course Title Credit Hrs.
1. EXT Veterinary & A.H. Extension Education 3+1

Postgraduate
S.No. Course Code Course Title Credit Hrs. Semester
1. EXT 601 Development Perspectives of EXtension Education 2+1 I
2. EXT 602 Communication for Livestock Development 1+1 I
3. EXT 603 Diffusion and Adoption of Innovations 2+1 I
4. EXT 604 Programme Planning and Evaluation 1+1 I
5. EXT 605 Research Methodology 2+1 II
6. EXT 606 Social Psychology and Group Dynamics 1+1 I
7. EXT 607 Livestock Entrepreneurship 1+2 II
8. EXT 608 Human Resource Management in Animal Husbandry Sector 1+1 II
9. EXT 609 Gender Empowerment and Livestock Development 1+0 II
10. EXT 610 Farm Journalism 1+1 II
11. EXT 600 Statistics for Social Sciences 2+1 I
12. EXT 611 Masters Seminar 1+0 I/II
13. EXT 612 Master’s Research 0+30 I & II

Ph.D.
S.No. Course Code Course Title Credit Hrs. Semester
1. RPE 700 Research and Publication Ethics# 1+1 I
2. EXT 701 Organizational Leadership and Management 2+0 I
3. EXT 702 Recent Trends in Research Techniques in Social Sciences 2+1 I
4. EXT 703 Training for Development 1+1 I
5. EXT 704 Policies and Regulations in Livestock Sector 1+0 II
6. EXT 705 Educational Technology 2+1 II
7. EXT 706 Dynamics of Social Change 2+0 II
8. EXT 707 Monitoring and Evaluation of Livestock Development Programmes 2+1 I
9. EXT 707 Developments in the Concept of Extension 1+0 I
10. EXT 708 Theory Constructions in Social Sciences 1+0 I
11. EXT 709 Facilitation for Development 2+1 II
12. EXT 710 Managing EXtension Organizations 2+1 I
13. EXT 711 Doctoral Seminar-I 1+0 I/II
13. EXT 712 Doctoral seminar-II 1+0 I/II
13. EXT 713 Doctoral Research 0+75 I & II
# Mandatory Major Course for all Ph.D. students.

Research

Salient achievements

  • Documentation of success story of 100 beneficiary’s farmers under FFP project.
  • Upliftment tribal livelihood under TSP project

Completed Research Projects:

  • Improving livelihood of tribal people of Madhya Pradesh through scientific goat farming Practices, funded by MPCST, Bhopal

Ongoing Research Projects:

  • Farmers Empowerment through Improved Integrated Farming Practices funded by ICAR, New Delhi
  • Socio economic upliftment of tribal population of Jabalpur/Indore/Rewa Division of Madhya Pradesh, funded by ICAR, New Delhi

Extension Education/Extension Activities

Publications

Books

  • Ruchi Singh and Malay Kumar Mandal (2015-16).Extension Education Management In Veterinary Sciences And Animal Husbandry. ISBN No. 978938551605.New India Publishing Agency, New Delhi. India.
  • Malay Kumar Mandal and Ruchi Singh (2015-16).Prasar Shiksha – Ek Parichay. ISBN No. 9788176223645. Biotech Books. New Delhi. India.
  • Ruchi Singh, Hari R,RashmiVishwakarma and ManjuSahu (2023) Practical Aspects in Veterinary Extension and Animal Husbandry, Nipa Genx Electronic Resources and Solutions Private Limited, New Delhi (ISBN978-93-91383-35-0)

Research Papers

      • Ruchi Singh, Sanjit Maiti, Sanchita Garai, S.K. Jha, Mukesh Bhakat, A K Dixit & Anjali Aggarwal, Exploring the relationship between socioeconomic attributes and resilience capacity of Murrah buffalo-based livestock production system in changing climatic scenario.Indian Journal of Animal Research, Volume 57 Issue 7: 943-950 (July 2023), (NAAS Rating 6.44)
      • Ruchi Singh, Sanjit Maiti, Sanchita Garai, Rachna. 2023. Sustainable intensification - reaching towards climate resilience livestock production system. Annals od animal science., Vol. 23, No. 4 (2023) 1037–1047. 2023, NAAS rating 7.79
      • Pratiksha Thakur, Ruchi Singh,Rashmi Vishwakarma, Saurabh Sharma. 2023. Impact assessment in rural development project: best you can get from a project –A Review, Cattle Practice 31 (9), 1-18, NAAS rating 6.21
      • Ruchi Singh, Sanjit Maiti, Sanchita Garai, S.K. Jha, Mukesh Bhakat, A K Dixit & Anjali Aggarwal. 2023. Performance analysis of Murrah buffalo-based livestock production system in changing climate. Ruminant Science. Vol 12 No 1, p 69-74. 2023. NAAS rating 4.45
      • Ruchi Singh, S.P.Singh, S.S. Sangwan & Gautam (2016). Role of Newspapers in disseminating poultry farming news in Hisar district of Haryana. North Asian International Journal of Social Science and Humanities. ISSN:2454-9827, 2(5): 64-71.
      • Harikant Bilwar, M.K.Mandal, Ruchi Singh & Jitendra Singh Yadav (2016). Socio economic empowerment of tribal farmers Self Help Groups through goat farming practices. Veterinary Practitioner. Vol. 17 (1) pp 154-156. NAAS Rating: 3.78
      • Shruti Gour, M.K.Mandal, Ruchi Singh (2016). Training Need assessment of tribal people of Madhya Pradesh in animal husbandry practices. Veterinary Practitioner. Vol. 17 (1) pp 157-159. NAAS Rating: 3.78
      • Shruti Gour, M.K.Mandal, Ruchi Singh (2015). Assessing Knowledge of tribal farmers regarding scientific A.H. practices. Indian Research Journal of Extension Education. 15 (2): 95-99.
      • Jitendra Yadav, M.K.Mandal, Ruchi Singh & R.P.S.Baghel (2015). An analysis of Backyard Poultry Farming Practices among tribal people of Mandla District. Journal of Environment, Empowerment and Economics. ISSN: 23206780. 2(1): 20-26.
      • Harikant Bilwar, MK Mandal, Ruchi Singh and Jitendra Yadav (2015).Capacity building of tribal people on scientific goat farming practices. Ruminant Science 4(2): 29-32
      • Ruchi Singh, S. P. Singh, Y. S. Jadoun, Rachna (2013). Factors Affecting Reading Behavior of Farmers Regarding Animal Husbandry News. Environment & Ecology 31 (3): 1226—1230,ISSN 0970-0420
      • Ruchi Yadav, S.P.Singh, Gautam and S.S.Sangwan (2012). Analysis of animal husbandry news content in selected Hindi Dailies of Hisar. Haryana Vet.51,pp 92-95
      • Singh, Ruchiand Jadoun Y.S. (2013). Role of self help group women in Animal Husbandry. International conference in Extension education and rural communities. ISBN No. 978-93-83072-10-1. Pp 191-197
      • Jadoun Y.S., Jha. S.K., Bhadauria P., Kale R., Singh R. 2015. Impact of “Integrated Murrah Development Scheme” (IMDS) on dairy farmers of Haryana state of India. Indian Journal of Animal Research, 49(3):405.DOI: 10.5958/0976-0555.2015.00145.4. 6.44
      • N.K.Sharma, R.K.Sharma, Hari, R., T.C.Goyal and A.K.Jain. 2016. Prevailing Animal Husbandry Practices and Knowledge of Livestock farmers in Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand. Veterinary Practitioner,17(1):152-153.
      • Hari R., Kolekar, D.V., Shyam, J., Sharma, N.K. and Patel, R. K. (2018). Adoption of vaccination, deworming and artificial insemination practices by the farmers of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. International Journal of Livestock Research.
      • Patel, N., Patel, R. K., Rajoriya, J. S., Ahirwaar, M. K., Hari, R., & Ojha, B.(2017). Bovine Respiratory Disease Complex: A Critical Review. International Journal of Livestock Research, 7(7): 23-34.
      • S.S. Jaitawat, Hari R., and Sant S., (2021) Goat Farmers understanding and Attitudes towards Biosecurity in Madhya Pradesh.Ruminant Science10 (1):
      • R.K.Patel., M. Chander, Med Ram Verma and Hari R (2022). Knowledge level of smallholder woman Farmers of Poultry Producer company in Madhya Pradesh. Indian journal of Extension Education, 58(3): 1-7
      • Hari R, D. Upadhyay and A. Singh (2023) Poultry Alleviation through Poultry Rearing- Insights from Participatory Action Research of Farmer First Project.Indianjournal of bioresearch and stress management 14(3).
      • Menon, A., Sahana, S., Shivkumar, G.C. and Hari, R.(2021) COVID-19 third wave: a review on prediction analysis. Dental Journal of Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences. 1(01):87-89
      • R.Hari and T.S. Rajeev (2014) Comparative Effectiveness of Selected Teaching Aids in Imparting Knowledge to Women Self Help Group Members, Indian Journal of Dairy Science, 66 (4): 31-35
      • R Hari, Chander, M and N.K.sharma (2014) Comparison of Educational and Occupational Aspirations of Rural Youth from Farming Families of Kerala and Rajasthan, Indian journal of Extension Education, 49(1 & 2):61-63
      • Hari.R and Mahesh Chander (2014) Credit, Risk and Market orientation of therural Farming youth of Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan, International Research Journal of Agricultural Economics and Statistics,22(3): 14-16
      • Jadoun Y.S., Jha. S.K., Bhadauria P., Gupta R., Singh R. 2017. Constraints faced by animal husbandry officials in the implementation of integrated murrah development scheme (IMDS) in Haryana State, India. Indian Journal of Animal Research, 51(5). DOI: 10.18805/ijar.v0iOF.9134(2017). 6.44

Extension literatures

A. Folder :

      • नायक, सुनील, गौर, ए.के., यादव, रूचि, डॉ. के.पी. सैनी (2017) पॉली हाऊस में सब्जी उत्पादन नानाजी देशमुख पशुचिकित्सा विज्ञान वि.वि, जबलपुर (म.प्र.)

B. Phamphlet:

      • हरा चारा खिलाओ पशु उत्पादन बढ़ाओ व कमाओ
      • हरी घास का आचार (साइलेज)
      • दुधारू पशुुओं को संतुलित आहार खिलाइये व दुग्ध उत्पादन बढ़ाइये
      • सूखी घास (हे) बनाना
      • पशु आहार में खनिज तत्व मिलायें व लाभ कमायें

C. Technical Bulletin

      • यादव, रूचि, गौर, ए.के., नायक, सुनील, बघेल, आर.पी.एस., डॉ. के.पी. सैनी (2017) डेयरी पालन एवं प्रबंधन, नानाजी देशमुख पशुचिकित्सा विज्ञान वि.वि, जबलपुर (म.प्र.)
      • यादव, रूचि, गौर, ए.के., नायक, सुनील, बघेल, आर.पी.एस., डॉ. के.पी. सैनी (2017) बकरी पालन-एक लाभकारी व्यवसाय, नानाजी देशमुख पशुचिकित्सा विज्ञान वि.वि, जबलपुर (म.प्र.)
      • नायक, सुनील, बघेल, आर.पी.एस., गौर, ए.के., यादव, रूचि, खरे, अंकुर, ठाकुर, दिनेश एवं मालापुरो चंद्रशेखर (2017) आहार प्रबंधन: उन्नत् पशुपालन का आधार, विस्तार शिक्षा निदेशालय, नानाजी देशमुख पशुचिकित्सा विज्ञान वि.वि, जबलपुर (म.प्र.)
      • नायक, सुनील, बघेल, आर.पी.एस., गौर, ए.के., यादव, रूचि, खरे, अंकुर, ठाकुर, दिनेश एवं मालापुरो चंद्रशेखर (2017), पशुपोषण के आधुनिक विधियाँ, नानाजी देशमुख पशुचिकित्सा विज्ञान वि.वि, जबलपुर (म.प्र.)
      • नायक, सुनील, गौर, ए.के., यादव, रूचि, डॉ. के.पी. सैनी (2017), हरेचारे के अभाव के समय पशुआहार अजोला, नानाजीदेशमुख पशुचिकित्सा विज्ञान वि.वि, जबलपुर (म.प्र)
      • Hari R., R. Singh, S.Nayak, A.P.Singh, D. Upadhyay and R. K.Patel (2023) लघुस्तर पर बकरी पालन, Training manual prepaired under TSP plan entitled” “Socio economic upliftment of tribal population of Jabalpur/Indore/Rewa Division of Madhya Pradesh”, NDVSU, Jabalpur
      • Hari R., R. Singh, S.Nayak, A.P.Singh, D. Upadhyay and R. K.Patel (2023) लघुस्तर पर मुर्गीपालन, Training manual prepared under TSP plan entitled” “Socio economic upliftment of tribal population of Jabalpur/Indore/Rewa Division of Madhya Pradesh”, NDVSU, Jabalpur
      • Hari R., R. Singh, S.Nayak, A.P.Singh, D. Upadhyay and R. K.Patel (2023) सुकर पालन द्वारा उद्यमिता विकास, Training manual prepared under TSP plan entitled” “Socio economic upliftment of tribal population of Jabalpur/Indore/Rewa Division of Madhya Pradesh”, NDVSU, Jabalpur
      • Hari R., D.Upadhyay, R. Singh, S.Nayak, A.P.Singh, and R. K.Patel (2023) एकीकृत कृषि प्रणाली द्वारा आर्थिक उत्धान, Training manual prepared under FFP Project entitled” “Farmers Empowerment through Improved Integrated Farming Practices ”, NDVSU, Jabalpur

Facilities Available

      • Undergraduate lab
      • Postgraduate lab
      • Seminar Room
      • 3D Models of farming system
      • 3D models of various livestock breeds
      • Standee charts on various topic of farmer’s interest
      • Documentary video of farming system
      • Beneficiaries farmer’s success stories
      • Audio visual aids

Service Offered

    • Capacity building programmes for rural community
    • Awareness campaign among tribal community
    • “Climate smart –DAIRY INFORMATION PORTAL” was developed through academic research in the year 2023. This dairy information portal (DIP, http://ndvsu-csdip.web.app) is the ‘Bilingual-Hindi & English) dairy information portal and contents of this portal are:
    1.Daily Climatic parameters show in the portal such as temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, etc 2.Climate change scenario of Madhya Pradesh 3. Indigenous breeds of Madhya Pradesh 4. Climate resilient dairy farming practices 5. Audio in Hindi language for some important resilient dairy farming practices 6.Registration and query farm for farmers

Faculty:

S.N. Name Designation Qualification
1. Dr. Ruchi Singh Assistant Professor Ph.D.
2. Dr. Hari R. Assistant Professor Ph.D.
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