The RASS-Krishi Vigyan Kendra (RASS-KVK) one among the RASS family sanctioned by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) and established in December 1992. KVK is an innovative institutional model for assessment, refinement and on farm demonstration of agricultural technologies and training of farmers and extension personnel. The Kendra is located 20 kms far from Tirupati town at Karakambadi panchayat,
Renigunta mandal on the Chennai-Mumbai National highway. For the past 19 years, KVK is rendering its services for the socio-economic upliftment of farming community in Chittoor district through continued transformation in its functioning.
Mandates of KVK
- To conduct "On farm testing" for identifying technologies in terms of location specific sustainable land use systems
- To organize front line demonstrations on various crops to generate production data and feed back information
- To organize training to update the extension personnel with emerging advances in agricultural research on regular basis
- To organize short and long term vocational training courses in Agriculture and allied vocations for the farmers and rural youth with emphasis on "learning by doing" for higher production on farms and generating self employment