HT Correspondent
JORHAT, April 26: The Extension Education Institute- North East (EEI-NE) Region, Assam Agricultural University (AAU) in Guwahati, a premier institute in agricultural extension education, has attained ISO certification accredited with ISO-9001-2015 certification.
This was announced at the 31st Management Committee Meeting of EEI – NE Region, held under the chairmanship of BC Deka, vice chancellor of AAU on Wednesday.
R Bordoloi, director of EEI-NER delivered the welcome address and made the announcement regarding the Institute’s ISO certification. EEI has been in compliance with the Quality Management system being the premier regional level Training and HRD institute for developing competencies of extension functionaries for delivering professional extension services in the Northeast region.
The meeting was attended by  SK Yadav, EO, representative from the Union ministry of agriculture and FW, GOI, representative of MANAGE, Hyderabad,  T Gohain,  registrar of AAU,  K Sharma, AFS, Comptroller, AAU, M Neog, director of Extension Education, AAU,  N G Singh, MCS, directors of Manipur agriculture department, Parte, director, SAMETI other directors of SAMETIs of NE states i.e. West Bengal, Nagaland, Sikkim, Manipur, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Meghalaya, K Neog, director of MESSO, Central Silk Board, A K Mohanty, director of ICAR- ATARI and other members, few on virtual mode.
The vice chancellor of AAU also expressed his satisfaction on the quality performance by the institute as reflected by ISO-Certification and made specific suggestions for the future road map to strive for excellence in service delivery for the benefits of the farming community.
C Deka, faculty, EEI-NER presented the academic calendar, whileS Borua faculty of EEI-NER presented the performance report and ended with a vote of thanks.