Born on 1st July 1969 at Macharkhani, Jobner, Jaipur. Dr Kumawat obtained his B.Sc. Agriculture (1991), M.Sc. Extension Education (1994) and Ph.D. Extension Education (2000) from SKN Collage of Agriculture Jobner under SKRAU, Bikaner.  Dr. Kumawat started his career as Technical Assistant in 1997 from ARS Sri Ganganagar and also worked at DEE, SKRAU, Bikaner from 2001 to 2005.  He served as Assistant Professor Extension Education (2005- 2013) at KVK Keshwana Jalore and (2013- 2018) at KVK Nagaur. He also takes additional Charge of Programme Coordinator KVK Jalore (2007-2013), OSD and Principal of Institute of Diploma in Agriculture Ladnun, Nagaur (2013-2016) and Senior Scientist and Head of KVK Nagaur (2016-2018). Dr Kumawat was promoted as Associated Professor in 2017 and Professor (Extension Education) in 2020 and posted as Associate professor (Extension Education) at Directorate of Extension AU Jodhpur (2018), Senior Scientist and Head at KVK Sirohi (2019) and at KVK Phalodi (2019-2022). He designs course content and regulation for Agriculture Diploma of three years (Six semester) duration, first time in Rajasthan (2013). He taught extension education courses at COA Nagaur, COA Mandor and COA Baytu (2016-2022). He organize as coordinator 09 district level farmers fair at KVK Jalore, Nagaur, Sirohi and Phalodi with participation of more than 1500 farmers & farm women in each fair and deliver 23 radio talks & TV talks. He conducted 607 trainings for farmers & farm women, 37 trainings for extension worker, 16 vocational training for rural youth (Nursery worker and Vermi-compost producer, Pasujankar, retail fertilizer dealers, ladies tailors etc.) and thirteen skill oriented trainings for farmers friends (Pera extension worker)  to infuse the concept of agriculture & horticulture in rural areas for diversifying the farming system for socio-economic security. He establish 16 demonstration units at various KVKs on fruit orchards, fruit cafeteria, Model Nursery, Rain water harvesting unit, Roof water harvesting unit, Crop Museum, Water softener, IFS Model, Crop Cafeteria, Ber and lime orchard etc.  He has published more than 120 publications including research papers, book chapters, books, popular articles, abstracts, folder, and bulletins. Dr Kumawat was facilitated as Best KVK Scientist award (2019) by Indian Society of Extension Education, New Delhi.

Email: deeaujodhpur@gmail.com
Phone No.: 0291-2941371
About the Directorate:

Directorate of Extension Education is a Nodal Agency of Agriculture University Jodhpur responsible for transfer of agricultural technology in the state especially in Western Rajasthan through extension services including training, farm advisory services, on farm testings, demonstrations, agro-met advisory services since 2013. For enhancing the transfer of technology, ICAR has established Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) in each district of the state, out of which eight KVKs are under the administrative control of the University. Extension services are offered by a team of multi-disciplinary scientists who perform their excellence in participatory mode in close co-ordination with various agencies outside and units within the University. The Directorate provides backstopping, continuously monitor and evaluate the extension programmes of the eight KVKs. Three basic functions of the Directorate of Extension Education are training, advisory and communication.

• Organization of short and long-term vocational trainings for farmers, farm women, school drop outs and unemployed youth in agriculture and allied fields for self-employment and livelihood security.
• Creation of healthy linkage between research and extension centers (KVKs and ATIC) for transfer of proven technologies of agriculture and allied fields to the farmers and at the same time transfer of farmers feedback to research system.
• Monitoring and evaluation of KVKs and ATIC activities on regular basis for achieving their objectives.
• Organization of agricultural extension programmes at headquarters level and through KVKs to show the impact of new technologies at farmer’s field.
• Assessment and refinement of latest proven agricultural technologies through on-farm testing (OFT) and frontline demonstration (FLD) under various agro-climatic conditions.
• Work as a resource and knowledge centre of agricultural technologies for supporting initiatives of public and voluntary sector for improving the agricultural economy of the state, especially Western part of the state.

Address	Agriculture University, Jodhpur, Opp. Mandor Railway Station, Mandor, Jodhpur
Contact No.
E-mail Address	deeaujodhpur@gmail.com

S.No.	Name	Designation
1	Dr. S.R. Kumawat	Director Extension Education
2	Dr. Kamal Kishor Saini	Assistant Professor (Plant Pathology)
3	Shri Mukesh Kumar Soni	Clerk Grade-I
4	Sh. Dilip Singh	Driver
5	G.P. Dixit	Class –IV

S.No.	Name	Period
1.	Dr. Ishwar Singh	19-10-2013 to 28-02-2017
2.	Dr. B.S. Bhimawat	01-03-2017 to 23-10-2017
3.	Dr. Ishwar Singh	24-10-2017 to 30-11-2023
4.	Dr. Pradeep Pagaria	01-12-2023 to 14-01-2024
5.	Dr. V. S. Jaitawat	15-01-2024 to 31-05-2024
6.	Dr. Pradeep Pagaria	01-06-2024 to 14-10-2025
7.	Dr. J. R. Verma	15-10-2025 to till date
8.	Dr. S.R. Kumawat	29-11-2025 to till date

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