In order to bridge the ever increasing gap in latest technical know-how related to farming & allied activities and to transform the existing subsistence agriculture into a profitable agricultural venture, a Post Graduate Diploma Programme in Agricultural Extension Management (PGDAEM) at MANAGE has been launched for the agricultural extension functionaries. It is expected that the diploma would create a professional cadre of farm advisors in the country who eventually would take forward the agenda of agricultural extension.

National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management (MANAGE) has launched the Post Graduate Diploma in Agricultural Extension Management in the academic year 2007-08 especially for the public extension functionaries in distance learning mode. The programme is sponsored by Dept. of Agriculture and Cooperation, Ministry of Agriculture, Govt. of India. In the first phase, the programme would cover extension personnel from the districts where Agricultural Technology Management Agencies (ATMAs) have already been established and functioning effectively.