Message from the Desk of Dean
Home Science education in India is more than a century old. Since 1920, Home Science education has taken various titles. Initially Home Science aimed to educate women for a better family living.Today it addresses many technical aspects; Food and Nutrition not only emphasises about nutrition and the nutritious dishes, but deals with dietetics, Post-harvest management and value addition; Clothing and Textiles has Technical textiles and functional clothing; Home Management addresses drudgery and natural resource management; Child Development deals with cognition and caters to the latest growth and developmental challenges; Extension Education technically links the science to the society with advanced technologies. Hence, with the changing societal dynamics and the need to cater and coordinate farm and families, Home Science was rechristened as Community Science by the ICAR.
The College of Home Science, Tura, Meghalaya was established on 24th September 2004 that was rechristened to College of Community Science on 5th March 2019. Presently the College offers two degree programmes, BSc (Hons) Community Science, BSc (Hons) Food Nutrition and Dietetic; also offers Master’s programme in Extension Education & Communication Management and Food & Nutrition. The College has good infrastructure facilities and well qualified faculty to ensure quality education to the students. Community Science is a multi-disciplinary subject preparing graduates to address critical challenges with the intersection of science and society specially in the North Eastern States including Sikkim. Our Graduates are proven to perform better and we envisage to impart superior skills and equip them to be Job providers and successful entrepreneurs.
Dr. Jyoti V Vastrad
Dean CCS
College of Community Science
CAU, Tura, Meghalaya