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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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    Genetic and Environmental Architecture of Twins Cognition
    (CCSHAU, 2019) Annu; Dhanda, Bimla
    Genetic and environmental influences on cognition of twins from two districts of state Haryana were assessed. A sample of 100 pairs of twins in the age groups of 6-8 years was chosen from selected locations. Cognition of twins was assessed with help of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children WISC-R (Wechsler, 1974) whereas home environment was assessed by using the Home Observation for Measurement of the Environment (HOME) Inventory (Bradley et al. 1988). Regarding personal profile of the respondents, the results revealed that most of the twins were boys having one sibling and second ordinal position. Majority of the twins were living in nuclear family with medium size family structure. With regard to parental education, highest percentage of twins were having their fathers educated 11th and above level but were farmers, where as mothers were educated upto matriculation that was the reason they were homemakers. Result on the twins indicated that all the aspects of cognitive abilities, namely, similarities, digit span, arithmetic, object assembly, comprehension and picture arrangement were found to make significant difference in cognition of twins on the basis of standard test. The heritability estimates shown a great role of genes in framing the overall cognitive abilities of twins. The significant associations of cognitive abilities were found with the variables namely; caste, mother education and occupation in Hisar district. Home environment was also influential factor for development of cognitive abilities in twins of both districts.