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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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    Management of waterlogging in Hisar district using Geo-spatial techniques
    (CCSHAU, Hisar, 2019-09) Santosh Rani; Mukesh Kumar
    Waterlogging and salinity are the dual problem which are mainly found in irrigated area of developing countries like India. Waterlogging causes change in cropping pattern which ultimately leads to inefficient use of land. Geo-spatial techniques were found effective to represent spatial distribution of surface waterlogging of Hisar district as well as selected site (DDUCE-OF) along with field validation. The study was conducted to identify and map the extent of waterlogging and groundwater quality in Hisar district through Geo-spatial techniques and selection of site DDUCE-OF, CCSHAU, Hisar to provide suitable measures for management of waterlogging and salinity. The maps of water table depth and groundwater quality for pre and post monsoon were generated for the years 2013 to 2018. LANDSAT-8 satellite image was effectively used for determining surface waterlogged area which found to be 7.76 percent in Hisar district. Analysis of water table depth maps for both pre and post monsoon of Hisar district generated in GIS environment for the years 2013 to 2018 reveals that in post monsoon area (average 0.80 %) under fully waterlogged ( 4 dS/m) at top layer (0-15 cm) of the soil surface and it was decrease with the depth. Hence suitable measures such as subsurface drainage system, irrigation management, salt tolerant crops, lining of the water conveyance system and water storage tanks are the major management practices suggested for the management of waterlogging and soil salinity at DDUCE-OF, CCSHAU, Hisar.