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Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar

After independence, development of the rural sector was considered the primary concern of the Government of India. In 1949, with the appointment of the Radhakrishnan University Education Commission, imparting of agricultural education through the setting up of rural universities became the focal point. Later, in 1954 an Indo-American team led by Dr. K.R. Damle, the Vice-President of ICAR, was constituted that arrived at the idea of establishing a Rural University on the land-grant pattern of USA. As a consequence a contract between the Government of India, the Technical Cooperation Mission and some land-grant universities of USA, was signed to promote agricultural education in the country. The US universities included the universities of Tennessee, the Ohio State University, the Kansas State University, The University of Illinois, the Pennsylvania State University and the University of Missouri. The task of assisting Uttar Pradesh in establishing an agricultural university was assigned to the University of Illinois which signed a contract in 1959 to establish an agricultural University in the State. Dean, H.W. Hannah, of the University of Illinois prepared a blueprint for a Rural University to be set up at the Tarai State Farm in the district Nainital, UP. In the initial stage the University of Illinois also offered the services of its scientists and teachers. Thus, in 1960, the first agricultural university of India, UP Agricultural University, came into being by an Act of legislation, UP Act XI-V of 1958. The Act was later amended under UP Universities Re-enactment and Amendment Act 1972 and the University was rechristened as Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology keeping in view the contributions of Pt. Govind Ballabh Pant, the then Chief Minister of UP. The University was dedicated to the Nation by the first Prime Minister of India Pt Jawaharlal Nehru on 17 November 1960. The G.B. Pant University is a symbol of successful partnership between India and the United States. The establishment of this university brought about a revolution in agricultural education, research and extension. It paved the way for setting up of 31 other agricultural universities in the country.

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    A study on awareness and use of social media by university teachers
    (G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand), 2021-08) Azizi, Hazrat Shah; Ansari, M.A.
    Social media have comprehensively changed the way we communicate, interact and share our feelings, exchange information and express our opinions. Increasing technology integration in education sector has driven the interest of researchers as well as educationists in exploring the potential of social media in teaching and learning process. There is no denying the fact that if used skillfully, social media can contribute immensely in the process of teaching-learning thereby enhancing the learning outcomes. However, to realize this, our teachers should acquire the requisite knowledge and skills related to creating content and then incorporating it the process of teaching learning. Thus, this study entitled “A Study on Awareness and Use of Social Media by University Teachers” was undertaken with the objectives to study: i) the profile characteristics of university teachers, ii) the awareness and use of social media by university teachers, iii) to determine the extent of use of social media by university teachers, iv) to determine the attitude of university teachers towards social media, v) to determine the relationship between selected profile characteristics and extent of use of social media by university teachers, vi) to determine the barriers affecting the use of social media by university teachers. The study was carried out in one purposively selected college (College of Agriculture) of GBPUAT, Pantnagar; and using census method of sampling; all the faculty members of the selected college were included in study sample. Mailed questionnaire was used for data collection. Appropriate statistical tools were used to analyse the data The study findings revealed that all the faculty members were aware of social media and many of them were using social media for connecting with students and colleagues, sharing course materials, accessing online digital resources for academic purposes. The extent of social media use by the teachers was ‘medium’. Most of them displayed positive attitude towards social media use in education and had positive orientation towards ICTs. Further, the relationship between selected profile characteristics of teachers (age, educational qualification, annual income, work experience, ICT orientation, &attitude) and extent of social media use for educational purpose was found to be significant. Barriers to social media use faced by the teachers were slow speed of internet, connectivity problem and lack of adequate competency.