National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management, Hyderabad was established in 1987, as the National Centre for Management of Agricultural Extension at Hyderabad, by the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India as an autonomous Institute, from which its acronym ‘MANAGE’ is derived.

In recognition of its importance and expansion of activities all over the country, its status was elevated to that of a National Institute in 1992 and re-christened to its present name i.e., National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management. MANAGE is the Indian response to challenges of agricultural extension in a rapidly growing and diverse agriculture sector.

The policies of liberalization and globalization of the economy and the level of agricultural technology becoming more sophisticated and complex, called for major initiatives towards reorientation and modernization of the agricultural extension system. 

The vision of the institute is to be counted among the most pioneering, innovative, farmer focused and self-supporting agricultural management institutes in the world.

The mission of the institute is facilitating the acquisition of managerial and technical skills by extension officers, managers, scientists and administrators in all sectors of agricultural economy to enable them to provide most effective support and services to farmers and fishermen for practicing sustainable agriculture.

MANAGE was established in 1987, as the National Centre for Management of Agricultural Extension at Hyderabad, by the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India as an autonomous Institute, from which its acronym ‘MANAGE’ is derived. In recognition of its importance and expansion of activities all over the country, its status was elevated to that of a National Institute in 1992 and re-christened to its present name i.e., National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management. MANAGE is the Indian response to challenges of agricultural extension in a rapidly growing and diverse agriculture sector. The policies of liberalization and globalization of the economy and the level of agricultural technology becoming more sophisticated and complex, called for major initiatives towards reorientation and modernization of the agricultural extension system. Effective ways of managing the extension system needed to be evolved and extension organizations enabled to transform the existing set up through professional guidance and training of critical manpower. MANAGE is the response to this imperative need.

Professional Services

MANAGE offers its services in the following five streams viz.,

• Management Training
• Consultancy
• Management Education
• Research
• Information Services

VISION

To be counted among the most pioneering, innovative, user friendly and self-supporting agricultural management institutes in the world.

MISSION

Facilitating the Acquisition of Managerial and Technical skills by Extension Officers, Managers, Scientists and Administrators in all sectors of Agricultural economy to enable them to provide most effective support and services to Farmers and Fishermen for practicing Sustainable Agriculture.

MANDATE

The mandate of MANAGE vests the institute with the responsibility to work in the following directions:

• Developing linkages between prominent state, regional, national and international institutions concerned with agricultural extension management
• Gaining insight into agricultural extension management systems and policies
• Forging collaborative linkages with national and international institutions for sharing faculty resource
• Developing and promoting application of modern management tools for improving the effectiveness of agricultural extension organizations
• Organizing need based training for senior and middle level agricultural extension functionaries
• Conducting problem oriented studies on agricultural extension management
• Serving as an international documentation center for collecting, storing, processing and disseminating information on subjects related to agricultural management.

CORE VALUES

1. User friendliness
2. Client-centered process consultancy
3. Farmer-focused approach in all our professional services
4. Interactive and experiential learning methodology
5. Faculty development and networking with facilitators
6. Determination to achieve financial self-reliance

QUALITY POLICY

To practice international standards of excellence in all our accomplishments namely training, research, management and extension education, consultancy, information services and support to Government of India initiatives, and to remain as a role model in our core and support functions, through processes of continuous evaluation and improvement.