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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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    Ergonomic assessment of rural women engaged in cattle milking
    (CCSHAU, 2007) Doomra, Zeena; Kiran Singh
    The present study entitled “Ergonomic assessment of rural women engaged in cattle milking was undertaken in randomly selected villages of Fatehabad district namely Kukranwali and Nakhatia. Under Phase-I a sample of 100 respondents actively engaged in cattle milking were selected to study the involvement pattern of women in dairy related activities. Among these 30 physically fit respondents were selected for ergonomic evaluation of milking activity with existing method. Under Phase-II new techniques and tools were introduced and the best one was selected for ergonomic analysis on the same thirty respondents for the assessment. The result of the study showed that majority of the respondents were of middle age, illiterate, married and had nuclear family system. Sixty percent of the respondents had medium herd size (3-4 cattles). The mean milk production, consumption and sale (litres/day) was 12.48, 4.29 and 8.19 respectively. Maximum time was spent on cleaning the shed and perceived exertion was maximum for fodder transportation. Mean age of the respondent was 31 years having mean height and weight of 156 cm and 55 kg. Majority of the respondents were having mesomorphic body type. The results highlighted that average heart rate, average energy expenditure, TCCW and PCW were not in permissible limit with existing method. Muscular stresses and postural deviation were also found high. So new tool was developed named as “adjustable pihri” in which user can change the heights of pihri according to the comfortability. Than impact assessment of new tool was studied on the same 30 respondents. The use of new tool significantly reduces the physiological and muscular cost of milking activity. Appropriate height of the pihri improves the posture, therefore reducing the musculoskeletal problems while performing the activity.