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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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    Group performance of women SHGS under KVKs in Kumaon region of Uttarakhand
    (G.B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar - 263145 (Uttarakhand), 2019-07) Divya; Ahuja, Abha
    The empowerment of women is one of the vital issues in the progression and improvement of countries in the entire world. Women empowerment is a progression in which women confront the presented norms and culture to encourage their well being efficiently. A self-help group is a village based financial intermediary comprising of 10-20 local women. SHGs work on the principal of thrift, credit and self help i.e. thrift means quality of using money and resources carefully, credit being the grant and loans from banks and using these resources to achieve things and help themselves. The present study was conducted in Nainital and Udham Singh Nagar district of Uttarakhand to explore the group activities among women members, to study the extent of participation of women in group activities of rural SHGs attached with KVKs and to identify problems associated with participation of women in group activities. The villages covered for survey were Audhli, Khairana, Dogda, Lamjala, Talla Gethia and Krishnapur. A sample size of 160 respondents i.e. 80 each from both the districts was selected for present study. Interview technique was used for collecting the data. The study comprises of descriptive and exploratory research design. The extent of participation of women SHG was found to be highest in official work followed by finance/accounts or credit purpose. The group activities in which the women were involved was classified under economic empowerment, socio-cultural empowerment and political empowerment. The study revealed that women reported problems in joining self-help groups in terms of information support, technical support, marketing of products made by them and financial support. Its Implications in terms of assets & capacity building of SHGs in the Country.