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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: Civil Engineering × Author: Bisht, Ankit × Start date: 2018 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: M.Tech ×
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    A study of modification of geotechnical properties of local soil mixed with rice husk ash and cementitious waste
    (G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand), 2018-07) Bisht, Ankit; Gupta, S.S.
    The increasing demand of cement results in huge collection of cement kiln dust (CKD) as a by-product from cement plants. In the similar manner enormous amount of rice husk ash (RHA) as a waste is produced from rice mill industries. These wastes contributes environmental pollution. The safe disposal of these wastes and high cost of traditional stabilizers like cement and lime led to an extensive investigation to use these wastes for stabilization of soil. This study is an attempt to incorporate the rice husk ash and cement kiln dust for the modification of local soil and subsequently to find out the optimum mix that can effectively be used to modify the local soil. The soil was procured from Sitarganj (Uttarakhand), RHA was procured from Shyam Rice mill Rudrapur Uttarakhand, CKD was procured from Jaypee Rewa Plant, Jaypee Nagar (Madhya Pradesh). The entire study was conducted in three phases. In the first phase the geotechnical properties of local soil were determined. In the second phase rice husk ash was added to the local soil and geotechnical properties were determined. In the last phase cement kiln dust was added to the soil-RHA samples and geotechnical properties were determined. After conducting standard proctor, California Bearing Ratio, and unconfined compressive strength tests, results showed that 12% CKD and 10% RHA was the optimum mix for the modification of local soil. This mix was concluded appropriate for strengthening the subgrade soil.