Significant Achievemnts of Deapartment

• The department has made significant contributions in diffusing home stead technologies in the villagers of Punjab through its Transfer of Technology (TOT) Programme started in the year 1976.
• Developed and tested instructional media/deliverables such as printed modules, popular articles, demonstration kits, booklets, folders, flash card sets, CDRs, manuals etc. on different Home Science topics under different projects and studies for knowledge and skill empowerment of extension functionaries, beneficiaries and formal sets of learners.
• Instructional media packages were also developed & tested on Maternal Health and Nutrition and Child’s health and Nutrition (both in Punjabi and English) for training of trainers/extension functionaries.An instructional package of 17 hypermedia and print based modules along with criterion reference mastery test have been developed and validated for individualized and on-line training of trainers.
• Department faculty has completed several state and national level projects specifically was the part of ICAR, NATP, NAIP, DST.
• Department faculty was also involved with international project.Department organizes 'orientation course' for newly recruited faculty of the university every year since 2013.
• Department has organized one 'orientation course' for non teaching staff of the university in the year 2014.
• Department has collaborated with NCW, New Delhi, MANAGE, Hyderabad and College of Dairy Science and Technolgy, GADVASU, Ludhiana for conducting various capacity buliding programmes for rural women and extension functionaries.

Student achievements (since 2012)

• Dr. Manjot Kaur student of department (Major Advisor- Dr. Kanwaljit Kaur) received 'Best PhD thesis award 2018' by Dr. Ram Avtar Shiksha Samiti.
• Five students of the department were awarded UGC-JRF for PhD research
• Four students of the department were awarded ICAR-SRF for PhD research
• One student was awarded ICSSR felowship for PhD research.
• Three studentds received DST-INSPIRE fellowship for PhD research.
• Ten students of the department were awarded ICAR-JRF and four ICAR-NTS for MSc research
• Dr Anjana, PhD student of Department received Best thesis and oral paper presentation award at conference held at CSA University, Kanpur, 2022
• Dr Akansha Kharkwal, PhD student of department received Teaching and Research Assistantship for pursuing PhD at Florida State University in the School of Communication in the year 2022.
• Ms Priyanka Ginwal, MSc student of department received Teaching and Research Assistantship for pursuing PhD at University of Alabama Graduate School, College of Communication & Information Sciences in the year 2023.
• Dr. Loveleen Kaur, PhD student of Department received Best thesis and oral paper presentation award by Indian Society of Agriculture and Horticulture Research Development, Chandigarh in June, 2023.

Elevation of faculty

• Dr. P L Srivastava served as Dean, College of Home Science, Ludhiana and Dean College of Home Science, RAU, Bihar.
• Dr. Ajit Randhawa served as Dean, College of Home Science, Khoni, Mukstar
• Dr. Kiranjot Sidhu served as Associate Director, Skill Development Center, PAU in the year 2021 and also presently is acting Dean College of Community Science from February, 2023
• Dr. Ritu Mittal Gupta serving as Unit Coordinator, AICRP-Women in Agriculture