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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: Extension Education and Communication Management × End date: 2016 × Start date: 2010 × Type: Thesis × Thesis Type: Ph.D ×
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    Acceptability of technical knowledge on cotton cultivation through media in Haryana
    (CCSHAU, 2016) Yadav, Reeta Devi; Goel, Rita
    The present study was conducted in Haryana state. Two districts viz. Sirsa and Fatehabad and 2 blocks from each district were selected purposively. Fifty farm families from each village selected randomly, thus comprising 200 farm families and total 400 respondents. Mechanization and technologies use and labour use pattern in cotton cultivation were assessed. Inter gender involvement, health hazards and other constraints faced by respondents in cotton cultivation were assessed. Standard procedure for development of media was followed. The effectiveness of printed booklet was assessed through several parameters. Overall weighted mean scores revealed that accuracy, coverage, objectivity, writing style, content presentation, illustration and compatibility was perceived to be high for all messages. Effectiveness of Compact Disc (CD) in terms of audio quality, video quality, presentation of message, content importance and suitability and text was rated as high. Inter consistency reliability for CD and booklet was found to be statistically significant at 5 per cent level of significance. Field applicability was also found to be high for all the messages. The impact of CD and booklet was found to be significant for gain in knowledge and change in attitude of male and female respondents. Education (r=.410*), land holding (r=.300*) and area under cotton cultivation (r=.297*) had positive and significant relationship and age (r=-.330*) had negative and significant relationship with knowledge acquisition of male respondents. Change in attitude was negatively significantly correlated with age (r=-.289*) and positively correlated with education (r=.335*) of male respondents. The effectiveness of media for female respondents had positive and significant correlation with education (r=.795*), land holding (r=.241*) and land under cotton cultivation (r=.299*), whereas age (r=-.547*) was negatively significantly correlated wi th knowledge acquisition. Change in attitude was negatively significantly correlated with age (r=-.271*) and positively correlated with education (r=.661*) of female respondents. Therefore, it can be concluded that male and female respondents who had cultivated cotton educated and having more land holding had knowledge acquisition and favorable attitude towards improved cotton cultivation after exposing them through CD and booklet.
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    Opportunities, Performance and Constraints Analysis of women Entrepreneurs in Haryana
    (CCSHAU, 2015) Rajni; Mehta, Sudershan
    To study the entrepreneurial competencies, opportunities, process, performance and constraints of women entrepreneurs Haryana state was selected. Out of Haryana, a sample of 75 women entrepreneurs were interviewed from three districts namely Panipat, Sonepat and Hisar (25 per district) purposively who have procured loan from banks of 50,000 or more and also those who have not gone for any loaning facility yet are running their unit successfully from the last two or more years. The study revealed that most of the respondents belonged to 38-50 years of age, were married, educated up to high school, had nuclear family system, medium family size, high level of family education, mostly engaged in business, belonged to general caste, hailing from urban areas, earn between 1.5 lacs to 10 lacs annually, were not a member of any social organization and had 7-12 years’ experience of running an enterprise. Majority of respondents had low level of risk orientation, high achievement motivation, job satisfaction and medium level of change proneness. Most of the respondents took decision jointly with their family members related to home and enterprise and found to be in medium and high level of information source utilization and mass media exposure category respectively. A great majority of the respondents (98.7%) had market, transport, training, raw material, credit and power facilities. Regarding entrepreneurial competencies, majority of the respondents were found to be highly concerned for quality of work, were engaged in service related enterprises, had sole-proprietorship and manage their business from their home. Source of motivation indicated that most of the respondents were self-motivated, reported desire to be independent and to improve family status as main reasons for entering into the business. Regarding entrepreneurial performance, majority of the respondents employed 1-13 persons in their enterprise and did not create any of the additional units after establishing their enterprise. Majority of the enterprises had upto 10 lacs annual turnover, with 1.5 lacs to 10 lacs profit and increased sales growth between 10.1-30% from the initial year. Results elucidated that majority of the women entrepreneurs reported, being an entrepreneur their work burden and responsibilities has increased, had lack of knowledge about the various agencies working for women entrepreneurs, small budget for advertisement of their products, and faced problems relating to constant need of finance.
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    Effectiveness of social marketing strategy for promotion of education on preterm birth
    (CCSHAU, 2013) Shah, Swati; Yadav, Lali
    Study was carried out in six villages and six urban slum localities. 150 women (primary respondents) who delivered atleast one preterm child were drawn randomly covered an equal number (75) from rural and urban areas. The immediate care takers (150) of the primary respondents during pregnancy constituted secondary respondents. Duly pretested interview schedule was used to collect data. Social marketing strategy included emodule, print media and persuasion methods. Knowledge gain and attitude change, Media Effectiveness Index (MEI) and Impact Assessment Index (IAI) were calculated for effectiveness educational intervention. Majority respondents were young, illiterate, had nuclear & medium size families, hailed from low caste, Hindu religion & were married. Mostly housekeepers, medium income, mixed houses, low material possession, landless and had medium risk orientation and change proneness. Utilization of the maternal health care programme was less than awareness. Majority used family support for general ailment and private hospitals for serious typical pregnancy problems. Mostly received support from family and private paramedical staff all the 24x 7 hours. Public hospitals were available at distance of < 2 Km & availed public transport facility. Private health care institutions were perceived as of high quality. Localite sources & family and health professional were found to be most consulted and credible information sources. Medical products mostly procured from private paramedical staff and mainly procured by husband. Almost half of the respondents never checked the expiry dates of the products. Mostly had control and access to utilize funds but never plan budget, expenditure upto Rs. 70000 during preterm delivery. Relative/friends were the main sources of finance, husband as main decision maker. Mostly health care institutions available but had problems with access, control and utilization. More care during ante- natal followed by natal and post-natal stages of pregnancy and main help from husband and family. Equal occurrence of preterm birth in the rural & urban areas but mortality was high in rural areas. Significant association of preterm birth with sex, weight, average spacing, and respondent age at marriage, respondent’s age at first pregnancy, respondent’s age at the birth of first preterm child and attitude towards health care centers. More male preterm child with low birth weight, small gestation age, less spacing, less age of mother at marriage, at first pregnancy, at the birth first preterm child, had more normal deliveries among rural respondents. Labour pain before due date, lack of pertinent knowledge, hypertension & anemia were the most serious perceived causes. Spending security deposits, huge amount of money to deal complications and medicines for multidimensional problem were the most serious consequences of preterm birth. Despite illiterate, module was found to be highly effective with the MEI equal to 81.6 percent. Intervention resulted significant change in knowledge and attitude of the respondents. Significantly association with knowledge gain and attitude change existing with age, education, family education status, family types, caste & income. Impact of the intervention on change in behavior of the respondents was found to be moderate.