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University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru

University of Agricultural Sciences Bangalore, a premier institution of agricultural education and research in the country, began as a small agricultural research farm in 1899 on 30 acres of land donated by Her Excellency Maharani Kempa Nanjammanni Vani Vilasa Sannidhiyavaru, the Regent of Mysore and appointed Dr. Lehmann, German Scientist to initiate research on soil crop response with a Laboratory in the Directorate of Agriculture. Later under the initiative of the Dewan of Mysore Sir M. Vishweshwaraiah, the Mysore Agriculture Residential School was established in 1913 at Hebbal which offered Licentiate in Agriculture and later offered a diploma programme in agriculture during 1920. The School was upgraded to Agriculture Collegein 1946 which offered four year degree programs in Agriculture. The Government of Mysore headed by Sri. S. Nijalingappa, the then Chief Minister, established the University of Agricultural Sciences on the pattern of Land Grant College system of USA and the University of Agricultural Sciences Act No. 22 was passed in Legislative Assembly in 1963. Dr. Zakir Hussain, the Vice President of India inaugurated the University on 21st August 1964.

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    HOUSING CONDITION AND SATISFACTION OF OWNER OCCUPANTS OF MULTISTORIED AND INDEPENDENT HOUSES IN DHARWAD AND HUBLI
    (UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES GKVK BANGALORE, 30-08-99) JADHAV, SUPARNA L.; SUMANGALA, P. R.
    The present study undertaken during 1997-98 with the aim to study the existing living condition, satisfactional level of couple and adolescents, problems encountered by the inmates residing in the multistoried and independent houses, to study and suggest the furniture placement in rdation with space available in the selected households. Stratified random sampling technique was adopted for selection of sample households based on criteria of owner occupancy. Thus, total sample size of the study was 200 households consisting of Single Bed Room Flats (SBRF) Double Bed Room Flats (DBRF) and Independent Houses (IH). Housewives, Husbands and adolescents of selected respondents participated in the study. Further, a subsample of 40 households were selected randomly to study the furniture utilization. Separate living room, kitchen, bed rooms were available in cent per cent of the sample households. Among higher percentage of households the existing living room size in Single Bed Room Flats, Double Bed room Flats in both tie locations were below the recommended size.More than 80.00 per cent of the household's room density, in Single Bed Room Flats and Double Bed Room Flats of Dharwad and Independent Houses in Hubli, ranged between 1-2 person per room. Mosaic and washable distemper were the most common wall and floor finishing materials, respectively. House des:gning, social living and community facility were the main problems according to husbands, wives and adolescent children. Husbands, wives and children of selected houses and locations differed significantly for their satisfactional level for adequate privacy, adequate .space and building materials. Steel and wooden furniture were most common in the selected living room. In ail the categories of houses in high densed living room the percentage of floor space covered by furniture was found to be more.