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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: Home Science × Author: Bishnoi, Anushiya × End date: 1994 × Type: Thesis ×
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    An Exploratory Study of Cognition and Selected Natural and Socio-Economic Factors of Rural Pre-School Children
    (Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural Univesity, Hisar, 1983) Bishnoi, Anushiya; Khalakdina, M.
    Cognition is the process of knowing. A person perceives or thinks about objects and events and his mental representation of these is known as cognition. It includes knowledge of the properties of objects and relationships among them. Some psychologists suggest that basic human concepts emerge from the interaction of innate capacities with environmental opportunities (Rower - 1974). Nutrition is necessary before innate capacities can be activated. The environment, however, must provide opportunities. for experiences that activate the capacities and determine their further development. Environment is, therefore, considered as an important factor in the the of an individual among the many features of the child's environment, nutrition has been accepted as a pre-requisite for optimal growth and development. In recent years, nutrition as a public policy issue has become a priority area as it relates to the social, political and economic development of a country. Nutrition is a basic need for human growth. The prevalence of malnutrition is high in developing countries According to the 1971-72 National Sample Survey about 57 per cent people in the rural areas are found to be below tile prescribed caloric intake (UNICEF,1981).