Genesis
CARDS is the first Multi-disciplinary Centre in Tamil Nadu Agricultural University established in 1978 with the mandate to promote Teaching, Research, Extension and Policy Advocacy in the area of Agriculture and Rural Development. CARDS has three Constituent Departments.
- Agricultural Economics (1961)
- Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology (1962)
- Agricultural and Rural Management (2000)
Education
In order to make the students to understand the issues related to Agricultural and Rural Development and Transfer of Technology, the constituent Departments of the CARDS offer various courses at undergraduate and post-graduate levels. At post-graduate level, the specialization in each discipline equips the students to meet the demand of stakeholders and also policy makers engaged in welfare of farming community. The continuous perseverance on bringing the structural changes in the curricula and syllabi could help the students to gain confidence to meet the challenges arising in agricultural sector. The constituent departments of CARDS offers 40 UG courses,51 PG courses and 47 Ph.D courses in the disciplines of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology and Agricultural and Rural Management.
Vision & Mission
Vision
Development of high quality human resource in social sciences and to address the emerging challenges in agriculture and rural development related to economic, social and environmental domains.
Mission
Pursuit of high academic standards in social science education to create high quality human resource.
Engaging in development and policy oriented research to address the emerging challenges in economic, social, environmental and agribusiness spheres and in policy advocacy.
Fostering inter-institutional collaborations for excellence in academics and research.