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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: Clothing and Textiles × Author: Agarwal, Khushi × End date: 2021 × Start date: 2020 ×
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    Development of ready to use borders through embroidery and painting techniques using adapted designs inspired from engravings of Jageshwar temple
    (G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand), 2020-11) Agarwal, Khushi; Sakshi
    Borders are used as an effective trim in garments. Borders can be prepared by weaving, embroidery, printing and painting. The source of inspiration for the border designs can be floral, geometrical or the combination of motifs. Borders have limited designs. To add variety into borders one can introduce different motifs. One of the important source of inspiration for producing border is stone carved designs. Under the present study the border designs were collected from different frames of doors of Jageshwar Temple of Almora. Twenty border designs were collected out of which ten designs were selected for adaptation using CorelDraw X8. The adapted designs were assessed by a panel of 30 judges. Out of ten designs, five designs were selected for development of borders on the basis of highest weighted mean score. Contrasting colour scheme was used for colouring the selected borders with the help of CorelDrawX8. Twelve colour combinations of each border design, i.e., total 60 colour combinations were developed. Out of 60 colour combinations, five colour combinations were selected, one for each design. Ready to use borders were developed through machine and hand embroidery and hand painting technique. Machine embroidery stitches were selected on the basis of density and filling purpose. Hand embroidery stitches were selected on the basis of visual similarity with the stitches of machine embroidery. Total 15 borders were developed i.e., 3 each for one design. Costing of prepared ready to use borders was done. It was found that machine embroidered borders were cheap among all prepared borders. The developed borders were assessed by the 60 respondents comprising 30 college going girls and 30 housewives. The prepared borders were evaluated on different parameters namely aesthetic parameters and end-use parameters. It was revealed from results that all the designs were accepted. Design liked most by both the respondents for machine embroidered and hand embroidered border was floral in nature, embroidery was done with yellow, blue and orange colour. Design liked most in case of hand painted border was also floral in nature with colour combination of red, light blue and orange.