ADULT CONTINUING EDUCATION AND EXTENSION DEPARTMENT

The Adult Continuing Education and Extension Department has recently been granted the status of an academic department and placed under the Faculty of Engineering and Technology. This is intended as an interim measure until a separate Faculty for Interdisciplinary Studies is formed.

The Adult Continuing Education and Extension Department was established in 1983 in order to extend the academic facilities and expertise of Jadavpur University to the educationally underprivileged sections of society, as delineated in the UGC guidelines of 1982. After the Eighth Plan was over, the Centre reoriented its activities according to the priorities set in the new guideline.

The activities cover four major areas:

 • Continuing Education
 • Post-Literacy Continuing Education and Extension
 • Field Outreach
 • Research

Considering the overall achievement of the Centre in all fields of Adult Continuing Education, in 1997 the UGC placed it in Phase III, the highest phase of development in this field. It has been designated the 'Nodal Agency' for ten university ACEEE departments and centres in West Bengal and the North-Eastern states. In 1999, it receivd the prestigious UNESCO-NLM award for its outstanding contribution in the field of adult education, adult literacy and continuing education

Contact
Infrastructural Facilities
Research Projects
Seminars
International/National links
Publications
Extension Activities
Other Highlights
Information Brochure (.pdf file)
Details of Courses Offered (.pdf file)


Contact

Address
Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700 032
Telephone: (033) 2414-6236
Fax: (033) 2412-7583
E-mail address: aceecju@hotmail.com

Date of establishment
Centre : 1983
Department : 2001

Built-up area of the Centre
800 sq. m. of newly build-up building under two floors

Head of the Department
Dr. Tandra Mitra

Other Faculty Members
Prof. Ashoke Bhattacharya (Professor)
Mr. S. Chattopadhayaya (Lecturer)

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