Current study was undertaken, to Study on Effectiveness of Managerial Abilities of Agricultural Extension Personnel in the state of Andhra Pradesh. The study was conducted in Godavari Region of Andhra Pradesh State, is purposively selected. For the study ex-post facto research design is utilized from every level 40 individuals are selected randomly 20 from every District to make up a sample of 160 from all the four levels. The scale developed by H.B. Gardharia with suitable modifications was applied. A total of ten indicators namely, Planning, Organizing, Directing, Communicating, Controlling, Human Relation, Leading, Supervising, Coordinating and Decision Making were considered. A detailed statements of questionnaire was prepared by considering all these indicators. The agricultural extension personnel were asked to respond on the interview schedule developed the response was collected, the data processed and analysed by using mean, gap percent analysis. From the results it can be observed that the agricultural extension personnel have good Planning, Organizing, Directing, Communicating, Controlling, Human Relation, Leading, Supervising, Coordinating and Decision-Making ability with less gap percentage.

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From the results and discussion, it is found that highest gap percent was exerted In planning, by Plan for utilization of funds/Budget; In Organizing, by Delegation of authority according to the responsibility; In Directing, by Give proper direct instructions; In Communicating, by Establishment of feed-back mechanism; In Controlling, by Keep a careful check on efficiency; In Human Relation, by Make personal contact with subordinate; In Leading, by Convince the higher authority; In Supervising, by Take personal interest; In Coordinating, Get co-operation from outside; and In Decision Making, by Basic and routine decision. for effective Managerial Abilities these problems should be addressed and necessary steps should be taken. And also gap percent exerted by Planning as a whole is 9.61 %, Organizing as a whole is 8.99 %, Directing as a whole is 6.67 %, Communicating as a whole is 11.63 %, Controlling as a whole is 7.95 %, Human Relation as a whole is 9.46 %, Leading as a whole is 8.18 %, Supervising as a whole is 8.37 %, Coordinating as a whole is 17.38% and Decision-Making as a whole is 15.57 % from these results we can conclude that the managerial abilities of agricultural extension personnel are good. But to increase the efficiency of agricultural extension personnel and effectiveness of their Managerial Abilities we should give some more focus on improving Coordinating and Decision-Making abilities of agricultural extension personnel.

V.K. Gogi Reddy, B.P. Mohapatra and Sarbani Das (2022). Study on Effectiveness of Managerial Abilities of Agricultural Extension Personnel by using Gap Percent Analysis. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 14(4a): 840-847.