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Name of the Head of Department: Dr. B. L. Dudhat

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About the Department

The Department of Social Sciences was established in March 2020. This department offers courses in Agricultural Economics, Extension Education and Statistics. It contributes in creating human resources in the different field of Horticulture as well as giving inputs/policies to strengthen farmer-scientist linkage through different research findings. The department is also involved in different extension activities such as krushi mahotsav, organizing workshops, seminars, training programmes and delivering talks/lectures.

Courses offered by department in Under Graduates programme (5th Dean’s committee):

Sr. No.	Course No.	Name of Course	Credit
1	SSC 1.1	Information and communication technology	2 (1+1)
2	SSC 1.2	Economics and Marketing	3 (2+1)
3	SSC 1.3	Physical and Health Education	1 (0+1)NC
4	SSC 2.4*	Elementary Statistics and Computer Application	3 (2+1)
5	SSC 2.5	Communication Skills and Personality Development	2 (1+1)
6	SSC 2.6	National Service Scheme / National Corp	1 (0+1)NC
7	SSC 5.7	Fundamental of Extension Education	2 (1+1)
8	SSC 6.8	Horti-Business Management	2 (2+0)
9	SSC 6.9	Entrepreneurship Development and Business Management	2 (1+1)
		Total	18 (10+6)+2

*The subject is offered under the Department of Basic Science as per Vth Dean committee.

Projects completed:

Sr. No.	Name of Project	PI/Co-PI	Completion Year	Funding Agency
	Growth Dimension and Change in Cropping Pattern in Gujarat State	PI	2020	Departmental project under 15^th AGRESCO Sub- committee on Social Science Group
	Marketing of Rose and Marigold in Anand District	PI	2019	Departmental project under 14^th AGRESCO Sub- committee on Social Science Group
	Growth Dimension and Change in Cropping Pattern in Gujarat State	PI	2018	Departmental project under 13^th AGRESCO Sub- committee on Social Science Group
	Evaluation of Statistical models for forecasting area, production and productivity of fruit crops in Gujarat	Co-PI	2018	Departmental project under 13^th AGRESCO Sub- committee on Social Science Group
	An Analytical Study of Self Help Groups (SHGs) functioning in Anand District of Gujarat	PI	2017	Departmental project under 12^th AGRESCO Sub- committee on Social Science Group
	Study the scale of finance of major crops in middle Gujarat	PI	2016	Departmental project under 11^th AGRESCO Sub- committee on Social Science Group
	Problems & Prospects of Green House in Anand District : A Case Study	PI	2015	Departmental project under 10^th AGRESCO Sub- committee on Social Science Group

Extension activities:

Seminar, Symposia, Conferences, Workshop, Training Programmes Organized, Radio/Tv talk, Krushi Mahotsav:

Sr. No.	Title	Place	Duration	Sponsoring Authority
1	Krushi Mahotsav	Mandal Taluka of Ahmedabad District	26/05/14 to 02/06/2014	State Government
2	Lectures Delivered on ગ્રીન હાઉસ ફૂલ શાકભાજીનું અર્થકરણ	ATIC, AAU, Anand	08/12/2014	AAU, Anand
3	Krushi Mahotsav	Lunavada	30/04/2015	State Government
4	Ravi Krushi Mahotsav	Ahmedabad	31/12/15 to 04/01/2016	State Government
5	Lectures Delivered on Export potential of Vegetable in India	IABMI, AAU, Anand	23/01/2015	AAU, Anand
6	Lectures Delivered on ગ્રીન હાઉસ ફૂલ શાકભાજીનું અર્થકરણ	ATIC, AAU, Anand	03/03/2015	AAU, Anand
			01/09/2015
			28/12/2015
7	Krushi Mahotsav	Lunavada	16 -17/05/2016	State Government
7	Krushi Mahotsav	Divada and Kadana	23-24/05/2016	State Government
8	Ravi Krushi Mahotsav	Ahmedabad	31/12/15 to 04/01/2016	State Government
9	Lectures Delivered on Awareness in related to cashless system	Shet. S. M. Polytechnic Horticulture modal farm, AAU, Vadodara	22/12/2016	AAU, Anand
10.	Lectures Delivered on ગ્રીન હાઉસ ફૂલ શાકભાજીનું અર્થકરણ	ATIC, AAU, Anand	23/03/2016	AAU, Anand
			28/07/2016
			27/12/2016
11.	Lectures Delivered on ગ્રીન હાઉસ ફૂલ શાકભાજીનું અર્થકરણ	ATIC, AAU, Anand	17/06/2017	AAU, Anand
			21/09/2017
			24/01/2018
12.	Krushi Mahotsav	Dabhoi	02/05/2018	State Government
12.	Krushi Mahotsav	Dabhoi	16-17/06/2019	State Government
13.	Lectures Delivered on ગ્રીન હાઉસ ફૂલ શાકભાજીનું અર્થકરણ	ATIC, AAU, Anand	14/05/2019	AAU, Anand
14.	Lectures Delivered on ગ્રીન હાઉસ ફૂલ શાકભાજીનું અર્થકરણ	ATIC, AAU, Anand	27/01/2020	AAU, Anand

Future plans/thrust areas:

Strengthening research on Agricultural Economics.
To improve student’s understanding in the field of Agriculture Economics