Based on the recommendations of Education Commission (1964-65) and Mohan Sinha Mehta Committee constituted by ICAR, the year 1974 witnessed a new type of experimentation in the history of Indian agriculture. The vocational training in agriculture was imparted to the farmers with the establishment of first Farm Science Centre at Pondicherry, later on named as Krishi Vigyan Kendra. The basic concepts of KVK are:

1. The centre will be impart learning through work experience and hence, will be concerned with technical literacy,
2. The centre will impart training only to those extension agents who are already employed or practicing farmers and fishermen.
3. There will be no uniform syllabus for a KVK. The programmes of each centre will be tailored according to felt needs, natural resources and the potentials for agricultural growth in that particular area.
The three fundamental principles of KVK progremme are-
1. Agricultural production as the prime goal
2. Work experience as the main method of imparting training; and
3. Priority to weaker sections of the society, are the backbone of the KVK programme.

The Objective of KVK progremme:
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The main objective of the KVK is to provide a strong training support for bringing about production breakthrough in agriculture. The specific objectives are-
1. Plan and conduct survey of the operational area to prepare the resource inventory and to identify the training needs of the farming community,
2. Plan and conduct production oriented, need based, short and long duration training courses,
3. Conducting first-line demonstrations on the latest farm technologies in the interest of the farmers, extension workers and the scientists.
4. Organize on-farm research for assessment and refinement of technologies and constraint analysis.
5. Plan as knowledge information centre.