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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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    An exploratory study on impact assessment of universal health coverage in Udham Singh Nagar District of Uttarakhand state
    (G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand), 2020-12) Pandey, Pratibha; Vats, Aditi
    Access to quality healthcare is a fundamental need of a country’s citizens and lays the foundation for sustainable and equitable economic development. Over a last few decades, India has made significant progress on the primary healthcare front. A large section of the population still lacks access to these services. The study mainly focuses to attain general information on usage, preferences, and constraints faced by the rural people in accessing the healthcare services and to assess the knowledge level of the respondents with their perception & awareness towards Universal Health Coverage. A descriptive research design was chosen in order to achieve the formulated objectives of the study. The study was conducted in 5 villages ( Anandpur, ,Indarpur, Chukti, Narayanpur, Gukulnagar) of Kichha, Udham Singh Nagar District of Uttarakhand State. The pre coded interview schedule and self-structured knowledge tool, self structured perception scale and self- structured awareness scale was used to gather the required information. 15 % households from each of the selected village were included in the sample. Total 125 respondents were selected using simple random sampling without replacement. It was found that age and income level of the respondents were the significant factors that decide knowledge regarding UHC(Universal Health Coverage). Knowledge level of the respondent has an impact on people’s perception. Knowledge level of the respondents was found to be good. While overall perception towards Universal Health Coverage was good. Respondents had moderate perception level towards Universal Health Care services. They were facing constraints in accessing the healthcare services like unavailability of doctor at Public & Community Health Centres, high expenses of health services, unavailability of funds to spend on healthcare services.