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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: Textile and Apparel Designing × Author: Sushila × End date: 2018 × Start date: 2016 ×
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    Efficacy of lemon peel extract for microbial resistance on cotton fabric
    (CCSHAU, 2018) Sushila; Arya, Nisha
    The present study was planned to apply anti-bacterial finish on cotton fabric by using lemon peels extract. To achieve the objectives proposed in the research plan, lemon peels extract was selected for finish application on cotton fabric. Pretreatment was given to cotton fabric and finish using standardized concentration of lemon peels extract was applied on the fabric with exhaust and pad dry cure methods. Lemon peels were extracted by cold aqueous maceration. It was found that percentage yield of extract was 19.6 % for lemon peels extract. Bacteria(Bacillus spp.)was selected for the present study. To study the effect of lemon peels extract, finished samples were tested for microbial resistance quantitatively by AATCC-100 test method before and after washing of samples. The anti-bacterial finish applied with lemon peels extract by both methods i.e. exhaust and pad dry cure methods, was highly effective after 24 hours of inoculation against Bacillus spp. After 24 hours, anti-bacterial resistance gradually decreased and after 96 hours it reduced to 90.41% and 97.16% in cotton fabric sample finished by exhaust and pad dry cure methods, respectively. The cotton fabric sample finished with lemon peels extract by exhaust and pad dry cure methods exhibited cent percent wash durability after 24 hours of incubation in washed sample (one wash). After 24 hours, it gradually decreased and after 96 hours, it reduces to 89.24 % and 95.66% by exhaust and pad dry cure methods, respectively. Thus, there was continuous decrease in anti-bacterial activity with increase in incubation period after washing but even then anti-bacterial finish was actively retained in washed samples after 96 hours. It was further concluded that after inoculation of Bacillus spp. bacteria, microbes do not effect the physical properties of the finished samples heavily. Finished fabric was tested for physical properties and found that fabric weight, thickness, bulk and elongation of fabric were increased while fabric count, tensile strength, bending length, flexural rigidity, air permeability and moisture regain were decreased. After washing, physical properties of finished fabric were again investigated and found that fabric count, weight, thickness, bulk, bending length, flexural rigidity and tensile strength of lemon peels extract finished sample decreased while elongation, air permeability and moisture regain increased. Conclusively, lemon peels extract was observed as an effective natural source for imparting anti-bacterial finish on textiles.
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    Adaptation of chikankari embroidery motifs for fabric painting
    (CCSHAU, 2016) Sushila; Yadav, Saroj
    The present study was conducted for adaptation of Chikankari embroidery motifs for fabric painting. Fifty five traditional motifs of Chikankari embroidery were collected from primary and secondary sources i.e. market, books, journals and internet. Out of collected fifty five motifs, fifteen motifs were selected to develop designs for kurti. The selected fifteen motifs were converted into designs by all possible combinations of different motifs hence a total 48 designs were developed using corel DRAW-9 software. Top ranked four designs i.e. design number 2, 5, 7 and 44 were selected for placement on kurti. Three placements of each design were developed, hence a total of 12 placements were prepared. as per the preferences of experts organdie fabric of pastel yellow colour was used for development of kurti. Twelve colourways, three of each selected design were prepared using three colour schemes i.e. triad, analogous and split complementary as per their becomingness with colour of fabric. Most preferred one colourway of each selected design was used for development of kurti. The preferred colourways were colourway II (analogous) of design number 2 and 7, colourway I (triadic) of design number 5 and colourway III (split complementary) of design number 44. Highly preferred four placements i.e. one of each design were worked in embroidery and fabric painting for development of kurti. Finaly eight kurti were developed i.e. four with embroidery and four with fabric painting. The developed kurti were got assessed by consumers on different parameters. On the basis of consumers preferences embroidered kurti with design number 7 and 44 were found very appealing for their overall appearance whereas kurti with design number 2 and 5 were found appealing. In case of fabric painting kurti with design number 2, 5 and 44 were found very appealing followed by kurti with design number 7 which was found appealing. Cost of all the kurti was rated as appropriate by majority of the consumers. Consumers had very high opinion about the developed embroidered and painted kurti in relation to suitability and appropriateness of designs for embroidery and fabric painting, techniques used are as per trend and the developed designs maintain the beauty of embroidery through fabric painting, placement of designs are unique and proportionate to the kurti and colour schemes used are attractive.