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Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat

Assam Agricultural University is the first institution of its kind in the whole of North-Eastern Region of India. The main goal of this institution is to produce globally competitive human resources in farm sectorand to carry out research in both conventional and frontier areas for production optimization as well as to disseminate the generated technologies as public good for benefitting the food growers/produces and traders involved in the sector while emphasizing on sustainability, equity and overall food security at household level. Genesis of AAU - The embryo of the agricultural research in the state of Assam was formed as early as 1897 with the establishment of the Upper Shillong Experimental Farm (now in Meghalaya) just after about a decade of creation of the agricultural department in 1882. However, the seeds of agricultural research in today’s Assam were sown in the dawn of the twentieth century with the establishment of two Rice Experimental Stations, one at Karimganj in Barak valley in 1913 and the other at Titabor in Brahmaputra valley in 1923. Subsequent to these research stations, a number of research stations were established to conduct research on important crops, more specifically, jute, pulses, oilseeds etc. The Assam Agricultural University was established on April 1, 1969 under The Assam Agricultural University Act, 1968’ with the mandate of imparting farm education, conduct research in agriculture and allied sciences and to effectively disseminate technologies so generated. Before establishment of the University, there were altogether 17 research schemes/projects in the state under the Department of Agriculture. By July 1973, all the research projects and 10 experimental farms were transferred by the Government of Assam to the AAU which already inherited the College of Agriculture and its farm at Barbheta, Jorhat and College of Veterinary Sciences at Khanapara, Guwahati. Subsequently, College of Community Science at Jorhat (1969), College of Fisheries at Raha (1988), Biswanath College of Agriculture at Biswanath Chariali (1988) and Lakhimpur College of Veterinary Science at Joyhing, North Lakhimpur (1988) were established. Presently, the University has three more colleges under its jurisdiction, viz., Sarat Chandra Singha College of Agriculture, Chapar, College of Horticulture, Nalbari & College of Sericulture, Titabar. Similarly, few more regional research stations at Shillongani, Diphu, Gossaigaon, Lakhimpur; and commodity research stations at Kahikuchi, Buralikson, Tinsukia, Kharua, Burnihat and Mandira were added to generate location and crop specific agricultural production packages.

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    WELLNESS OF ELDERLY: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SOCIALLY ENGAGED AND UNENGAGED RETIRED PEOPLE
    (2019-07) Devi, Huidrom Rinky; Saikia, Jinamoni
    The age of elderly comprises of the later part of our life, the period of life after youth and middle age with reference to deterioration (WHO, 2016). The deterioration brings changes in the person‟s active participation in different areas of life, role playing and role performance. Maintenance of strong social relationship and other social activities have been linked to wellness and thereby increase longevity. Wellness is an active process of becoming aware of and making choices for a healthy and fulfilling life. The present study entitled “Wellness of Elderly: A comparative study of socially engaged and unengaged retired people” was undertaken with the following objectives: 1. To find out the characteristics of socially engaged and unengaged retired people 2. To study the levels of wellness of retired people 3. Comparison of wellness between socially engaged and unengaged retired people A total of 100 (50 socially engaged retired people and 50 socially unengaged retired people) retired people from the age group of 60 to 70 years were selected purposively from the selected wards from the state of Manipur. A questionnaire was constructed to elicit the background information of the respondents. In order to find out the characteristics of socially engaged and unengaged retired respondents, self constructed questionnaires were administered. A structured standardized questionnaire named „Wellness Self Assessment scale‟ developed by Princeton University (2018) was administered in order to assess the level of wellness of retired people. The findings revealed that 34 per cent of socially engaged and 36 per cent of socially unengaged respondents were between the age of 60 to 65 years. Majority of the respondents were highly educated and belonged to middle income families. Majority (56%) of socially engaged respondents had membership in non government organizations. Socially unengaged respondents were not involved in any kind of organizations owing to their physical frailty (38%), unwillingness (14%) and responsibilities of grandchildren (20%). Less number of respondent were found in socially engaged and unengaged groups who had outstanding level of social (SE-86%, SUE-62%), emotional (SE-86%, SUE-82%) and spiritual (SE- 90%, SUE- 84%) wellness. Significant difference between socially engaged and unengaged respondents were found in the dimensions of intellectual (0.012), occupational (0.005), social (0.001) and spiritual (0.041) wellness. Percentage difference between socially engaged and socially unengaged was found to be highest (5%) in the dimension of social wellness. Among socially engaged respondents, less number of respondents of the age group of 60-65 years were found in outstanding level of social wellness (85.3%) while less number of respondents of the age group of 65-70 years were found in outstanding level of emotional (75%), social (87.5%) and spiritual (81.3%) wellness. Significant differences were also found between socially engaged male and socially unengaged male in the dimensions of intellectual (0.010), occupational (0.011) and social wellness (0.022) where less number of socially unengaged male were found in outstanding level of wellness in these dimensions. There was significant difference between socially engaged female and socially unengaged female in the dimension of social wellness (0.021) where a considerably less number of female respondents (47.4%) were found to have outstanding level of social wellness. It can be concluded that the involvement of elderly people in social organization, either in formal or informal groups, should be a must to lead a purposeful and meaningful life which contributes towards well being of human society.
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    EMOTIONAL MATURITY OF ADOLESCENTS IN INTACT FAMILY AND SINGLE PARENT FAMILY
    (2019-07) PUNIYA, TASSO
    Adolescence is a crucial period in an individual’s life. It consists of both challenges and opportunities for growth, accompanied with issues like independence and self identity. Adolescent during this crucial period may come across various psychological and emotional challenges.So, proper instruction and supervision of emotions during this period becomes very important. Family being the first and the primary support system in adolescent’s life, to a great extent can help the adolescent in overcoming these challenges andhelp them in buildingpositive emotional approach towards life.The presentstudy aimed to assess the emotional maturity of adolescent from intact family and single parent family,their differences in emotional maturity and also differences in emotional maturity in relation to their gender.A total of 104 samples were selected for the study consisting of equal number of respondents from both single-parent families and intact parent families from the age group of 13 to 16 years.The selected samples were equally distributed among genders for both the families in order to assess the gender difference.To elicit the background information of the respondents a self constructed questionnaire was prepared. The scale named Emotional Maturity Scale developed by Dr. Yashwir Singh and Dr. Mahesh Bhargava (2010) was administered for assessing the emotional maturity of adolescents.The findings of the study revealed a significant difference in the emotional maturity of adolescents in intact parent families and single parent families. It was found that none of the respondents from both the families were extremely emotionally mature and moderately emotionally mature. Majority of the respondents from intact parent families were found to be emotionally immature and majority of the respondents from single parent families were found to be extremely emotionally immature.The mean score of adolescents from single parent families were more in all dimensions of emotional maturity as compared to the adolescents from intact parent families.Further, it also revealed no significant difference in the emotional maturity of adolescents in relation to their gender.
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    A STUDY ON SOCIAL MATURITY OF ADOLESCENTS IN MANIPUR
    (AAU, Jorhat, 2019-07) Shangjam, Leishon; Gogoi, Sampreety
    Adolescence is the bridge between childhood and adulthood and it describes the social behaviour and characteristics. It is the period of development which create a number of social problems for a person and a period of challenges and opportunities, in which adolescents has great need for understanding and guidance. When an individual has the ability to respond to the environment in an appropriate manner then one shows social maturity. Adolescents grow into social maturity, when they learn to manage a group situation with skill and confidence with this background the present study entitled, “A study on social maturity of adolescents in Manipur” was undertaken during the year 2017-2019. The study was conducted to assess the social maturity of adolescents, to compare the social maturity of early and late adolescence, to find out the social maturity of adolescents with regard to gender. A total of 120 adolescents consisted of equal numbers of early and late adolescence and equal numbers of boys and girls were selected randomly from four schools of Ukhrul sub-division, Manipur. A questionnaire was prepared to collect the background information of the respondents. To measure the social maturity of adolescents, a structured standardized tool named ‘Social Maturity Scale’ developed by Dr. Nalini Rao (1971) revised in 2009 was used. The findings of the study revealed that majority of the adolescents were at average level maturity. It was also observed that a significant difference exited in social maturity between early adolescence and late adolescence. No gender difference existed in social maturity of adolescents.
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    PARENTAL STRESS IN RAISING CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS-A STUDY IN PRERONA JORHAT
    (AAU, Jorhat, 2019-07) Borah, Sushmita; Gogoi, Sampreety
    Parenting stress is an experience of every parent in the parenting process. It is experienced by almost all parents in raising their children, but it is more increased in parents having children with special needs (CWSN). The birth of a child with special needs often bring changes in the life of the parents for which they might not be prepared and will have bigger challenges to overcome in future. The child may require special care, medication, supports and services. Besides that, parents need to face social isolation, neglect, criticisms etc which elevates their level of stress. It is important for the parents to reduce their level of stress, by using some coping strategies and making necessary adjustments which will help them to live a healthier life. With this background the present study entitled, “Parental stress in raising children with special needs - A study in Prerona Jorhat” was undertaken during the calendar year 2017-2019 with the objectives as - to assess the level of stress in parents, factors causing stress and identify the coping strategies used by parents. A sample of 80 parents was selected purposively from Prerona, situated at Cinnamara, Jorhat. Since these target group is difficult to be accessed, so Prerona was selected which is the only special school fully functional in Jorhat, where parents of children with special needs could be found. A standardized tool named „Parental Stress Scale (PSS)‟ developed by Berry and Jones (1995) was used to assess the level of stress in parents. In addition to that an interview schedule was prepared, for collecting the background information, assessing the factors causing stress and identifying the coping strategies. The findings revealed that majority of the parents had an average level of stress in raising their children with special needs. Majority of the parents were stressed on various child related factors such as self-help ability, behavioural problem, educational problem and also thinking about the future of the child. The other self related factors of parents such as taking care of the child after the death of parents caused stress in them. It was also found that majority of the parents tried to cope with stress by using one or more coping strategy. They coped with stress by taking assistance from institutions working with special children such as Prerona and tried to take professional help and support as and when required. Many of them had faith in God, they have accepted the reality and learnt to live with their children and adjust themselves according to their children‟s need.