The Department of Resource Management and Consumer Science was set up in 1970. Initially it was named as Home Management and the nomenclature was changed to Family Resource Management in the year 1998 and Resource Management & Consumer Science in 2023. Since its inception, the department is performing the diversified role of teaching, research and extension. Initially, department was offering courses to B.Sc. 5 year programme, B.Sc. 3 year programme, and also to students of one year Certificate course in Farm Women Training Programme. M.Sc. programme was started in the year 1970 and Ph.D. programme in the department was started in 1978 and again revived in 1991. The department also initiated B.Sc. (Hons) Interior Design (4 Year Programme) in the academic year 2014-15. However, it has been discontinued from the year 2017-18. Presently, the department is offering courses to the under-graduate students under 3+1 stream in which courses were reframed to give more of practical experience to the elective students. The department has established an Experiential learning unit in artistic creations for imparting hands-on-training to students in production management and marketing strategies for entrepreneurial skill development. The department offers specialization in Ergonomics and Resource Management at PG level. Till date, around 218 M.Sc. students and 37 Ph.D. students have completed their degrees successfully. The major research areas of the department are: Ergonomics, Resource conservation, Family environment, Work simplification, Work station designing, Household equipment, Consumer behaviour, Green consumerism, Geriatrics, Housing and space designing, Interior decoration and management of various family resources.

The faculty of the department has completed 6 research projects as Principal Investigator. At present, the department is running All India Coordinated Research Project on Women in Agriculture sponsored by ICAR since 1980. The project aims to develop, test and refine the tools/technologies for drudgery reduction of farm women in agriculture and allied sectors.

Important extension activities of the department include exhibitions during Kisan melas, Food Craft mela, Organising and co-ordinating skill development trainings, demonstrations, awareness campaigns and motivational lectures on consumer education, artistic use of paddy straw, surface decoration techniques for Pottery, Lamasa Art and Decoupage etc., Use and care of solar gadgets and short training courses in care and maintenance of household tools/equipment. Besides this, faculty has also published a number of popular articles and delivered TV and Radio Talks related to various aspects of Family Resource Management.

At present, the department has faculty strength of one Professor, two Associate Professors and two Scientists. Faculty of the department is enriched with vast experience in teaching, research and extension. All the faculty members have acquired Ph. D. degrees and attended number of trainings and workshops at national and international level. These experiences have strengthened research methodologies for effective outcomes and opened new directions in research, especially in the field of ergonomics which is an effective way to reduce physiological stresses of workers; thus improving their health and quality of life.