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Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar

Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University popularly known as HAU, is one of Asia's biggest agricultural universities, located at Hisar in the Indian state of Haryana. It is named after India's seventh Prime Minister, Chaudhary Charan Singh. It is a leader in agricultural research in India and contributed significantly to Green Revolution and White Revolution in India in the 1960s and 70s. It has a very large campus and has several research centres throughout the state. It won the Indian Council of Agricultural Research's Award for the Best Institute in 1997. HAU was initially a campus of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. After the formation of Haryana in 1966, it became an autonomous institution on February 2, 1970 through a Presidential Ordinance, later ratified as Haryana and Punjab Agricultural Universities Act, 1970, passed by the Lok Sabha on March 29, 1970. A. L. Fletcher, the first Vice-Chancellor of the university, was instrumental in its initial growth.

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Subject: Agricultural Engineering × Author: Neelam × Start date: 1994 × Thesis Type: M.Tech ×
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    Mapping of potential water harvesting sites using geo-informatics
    (CCSHAU, 2013) Neelam; Sidhpuria, M.S.
    Exiting surface water sources fail to meet the rising demands of water supply; groundwater reserves are being tapped and over-exploited, resulting into decline in groundwater levels. Therefore, a study about the mapping of potential water harvesting sites using Geo-informatics was carried out for a part of Ghaggar Watershed of Punchkula district, Haryana (India). The major objectives of the study were mapping of different land units using satellite data and to suggest suitable water harvesting structures at identified sites. Worldview-2 satellite with 8 band multispectral capabilities of April 11, 2012; June 11, 2012 and June 12, 2012 on 1:2500 scale was used for digitization of land use/land cover map. Based on satellite imagery, out of total geographical area 12% was occupied by built up area/settlement, 23% as agricultural land, 16% covered by scrub land, 5% under water bodies and 44% was found under forest cover. The contours were prepared from the Digital Elevation Model of CARTOSAT-1 satellite data. On the basis of topographical features potential water harvesting sites were identified. Water harvesting structures such as percolation tanks, ponds and check dams were suggested at identified sites considering factors i.e. topography, land units and groundwater quality.