The Department of Social Sciences comprises of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology, Agricultural Economics, Agriculture and Rural Management, Tamil, English, Mathematics, Computer Sciences and Physical Education.

           The Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology is located in the “B Block” of Adhiyamaan College of Agriculture and Research. The main objective of this department is to transfer the technologies from lab to land. This department is mainly to transfer good agricultural practices and technologies to the farming community. Rural Sociology, Educational Psychology, Panchayati Raj, Social Institutions and Organizations, Leadership, Developmental Programmes to uplift the Farming Community, Methods involved in teaching farmers, Personality Development, Intelligence, Communication Skills and Recent Advances in Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology are being taught by the Department. Extensive visits to villages, State Agricultural University, State Department of Agriculture, Government Institutions and Organizations, NGOs are organized for the students to learn their activities. All India Study Tour and Rural Agricultural Work Experience (RAWE) is also being offered to the final year students to expand their knowledge on Indian agricultural scenario.

           The Audio Visual Laboratory of the Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology is equipped with Modern Audio Visual Aids such as Video Cameras, Lightening Accessories and Editing Facility, Mixer Console, Digital Voice Recorders, Collar Microphone, DSLR Camera with Zoom, Wide Angle, Tele Photo Lens, Wireless MIC, Apple I Mac PC Model, Editing Softwares, LED TVs, DVD Players and Public Address Systems.

           The activities being carried out in the Department of Agricultural Extension and Rural Sociology are given hereunder.

 i) ACAR Newsletter

            ACAR Newsletter is being published from Adhiyamaan College of Agriculture and Research for every quarter (4 issues per year).      

ii) Publication

            The activities and events of ACAR is being published in Tamil dailies.

iii) Training

            Organizing training programmes on recent advances in agriculture and allied sectors.

iv) Popular Articles

            Publishing popular articles written by the scientists of Adhiyamaan College of Agriculture and Research in the tamil dailies.

v) Extension Literature’s

            Preparation of extension literatures viz, leaflet, folder, etc., on advances in agriculture and allied sector.

 vi) Visitors

            Accompanying the visitors in visiting the campus

vii) ACAR Magazine

            The tamil magazine named “Uzhavae Thalai” is prepared and it is under process for publishing.

vii) Other Activities

            Apart from the above, the Department is fully engaged in the preparation of Annual Reports, Student Magazine, ACAR’s Information Brochure in English and Tamil, A Compendium on Strength of ACAR, Compiling monthly reports every month and preparation of college reports whenever needed.

            Ms. J. Jeyasri, Alumni (2017 Batch) of Adhiyamaan College of Agriculture and Research, got selected in “Vikatan Student Reporter Scheme (2019-20)” as a Student Reporter (Press Correspondent Trainee). There were three stages in selection process, viz., preliminary, written exam (main) and interview. In all the three stages, she got selected which gives laurels to the institution. In this connection, she has attended the training camp for three days in Chennai.  She was guided by Dr. S. Janani, Assistant Professor (Agrl. Extension) and  Mr. M. Murugan, Assistant Professor (Agrl. Extension)