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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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Subject: Chemistry × Author: Bhandari, Suneeta × Start date: 2017 × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    Development of green methodologies for the synthesis of some biologically active heterocyclic and β- amino carbonyl compounds
    (G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand), 2018-05) Bhandari, Suneeta; Kasana, Virendra
    A series of chromene, indenochromene, oxazolone and β-amino carbonyl compounds have been synthesized using mild catalytic systems. Camphor-10-sulphonic acid has been used as an efficient organo-catalyst for the synthesis of chromene and indenochromene compounds. Oxazolone derivatives have been synthesized using L-proline as an organocatalyst via aldol condensation reaction. Fe3+-montmorillonite K10 clay, a solid supported heterogeneous recyclable, efficient and environmentally benign catalytic system has been developed for the synthesis of β-amino carbonyl compounds. Ionic liquid supported on silica nanoparticles (SILnPs) has been developed as an efficient and economical solid supported recyclable catalyst for one-pot three component direct synthesis of β-amino carbonyl compounds via Mannich type reaction. The structures of catalytic systems have been characterized using SEM, TGA, powder XRD, FT-IR methods. The structures of synthesized compounds have been elucidated using FT-IR, 1H NMR, 13C NMR and single X-ray crystallography. Further, oxazolone derivatives were studied for herbicidal activity against Raphanus sativus. β-amino carbonyl were studied for herbicidal activity against weeds Melilotus alba and Lathyrus aphaca. Most of the tested compounds of these two classes were found to exhibit good herbicidal activity. β-amino carbonyl derivatives were also studied for antibacterial activity against two human pathogenic bacterial strains Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis. The compounds 3-((4-fluorophenyl)amino) -3-(3-methoxyphenyl)-1-phenylpropan-1-one (20f) and 3-((4-chlorophenyl)amino)-1,3-diphenylpropan-1-one (20h) were found to have good antibacterial activity.