The Department of Extension and Social Sciences was created in 2015 under the College of Fisheries, CAU (Imphal), Lembucherra, Tripura by merging the two erstwhile ‘Departments of Fisheries Extension' and ‘Department Economics and Statistics' which had been in existence since inception of the college in 1998. Apart from imparting teaching at UG, PG and Ph.D. level, the department has also been offering Masters’ programme in 'Fisheries Extension' since 2010. Besides that, the department is also involved in need based research in the field of fisheries in particular and rural development and dissemination of farm information to the intermediate and end-users in general. In the line of the research findings for the rural community for the improvement of fisheries and efficient utilization of resources, the department is involved in different extension activities and other outreach activities of the college. The department also conducts different need based training and capacity development programmes on ICT tools and techniques for enhancing the competencies of different extension functionaries.