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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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ThesisItem Open Access Self-Directed Blended Learning and Students’ Academic Achievement(2023) Karmakar, Kritika; Bhattacharjee, RupjyotiCovid-19 pandemic had a marked impact on the educational system all over the world. The pandemic has exposed the students to remote learning environment and has accelerated the adoption and prominence of online education among them. It was seen that in the post-pandemic situation students started to incorporate online learning in their daily routine after the returning back from schools, which is termed as self-directed blended learning. Self-directed blended learning is an educational approach where learners take an active role in their learning process by combination of the offline and online mode. In this approach, learners have the flexibility to engage with educational content online from the comfort of their home in addition to conventional classroom learning. But this approach may have both benefits and challenges. By using stratified sampling method four Kendriya Vidyalaya schools were chosen from Balipara block of Sonitpur district, Assam. After identifying the prevalence of self-directed blended learning among students with the help of a self-constructed checklist, a sample of 224 students were selected from the highly prevalent group by the Cochran’s formula. A self-constructed questionnaire was distributed to those selected students in order to elicit information regarding their demographic characteristics, the factors influencing them to adopt the self-directed blended learning approach and the challenges of this approach. Academic records of the selected students were obtained from respective school authorities in order to assess the impact of self-directed blended learning on students’ academic achievement. The collected data were coded and analyzed using IBM SPSS software. With the help of a multiple regression analysis, it was found that factors of physical, social and intellectual dimension had a significant influence on students’ adoption of self-directed blended learning approach, with intellectual dimension being the strongest influencing factor. By calculation of composite mean it was found that among all the four chosen dimensions of challenges, physical challenge holds the highest position and with the help of correlation analysis, it was identified that self-directed blended learning has a positive impact on students’ academic achievementThesisItem Open Access A Study on Prevalence of Social Anxiety among Students(2023) Laldinpuii, B.; Bhattacharjee, RupjyotiAnxiety is a mental health condition in which the person anticipates a future worry and reacts to specific items and situations with dread and fright. Social anxiety is a persistent mental health issue characterized by unreasonable anxiety during social interactions. Everyday social encounters for those with social anxiety can result in unreasonable worry, fear, self-consciousness, and embarrassment. Symptoms can include an extreme fear of being judged, feeling embarrassed or ashamed, or worry about upsetting someone. The college time is critical for college students’ rapid maturity of cognition, emotion, and behaviour. Interpersonal communication is becoming increasingly vital in college students’ studies, lives, and employment. It is one of the most significant psychological issues influencing college students’ studies and lifestyles, and interpersonal communication issues are prevalent among today's college students. (Luan Y. et al, 2022). The objectives of the study were to find out the prevalence of social anxiety among students, to assess gender difference in the prevalence of social anxiety and to find out the impact of social anxiety on life style of the students. The study was conducted on 198 numbers of college going students who falls under the age group of 19-21 years. Two questionnaires were used for data collection. The responses were coded and analysed. The findings revealed that social anxiety was prevalent among students as about a quarter of the students (24.8%) were found to have a high level of social anxiety and 56.6 percent of the students were found to have a moderate level of social anxiety. Social anxiety has the potential to negatively impact all aspects of life, including social relationships, academic performance, emotional well-being, and future work opportunities — particularly if left unaddressed. With proper planning and understanding of its unique effects on students, educators can create an inviting environment for all students to learn and grow.ThesisItem Open Access WELLNESS OF ELDERLY: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SOCIALLY ENGAGED AND UNENGAGED RETIRED PEOPLE(2019-07) Devi, Huidrom Rinky; Saikia, JinamoniThe 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.ThesisItem Open Access EMOTIONAL MATURITY OF ADOLESCENTS IN INTACT FAMILY AND SINGLE PARENT FAMILY(2019-07) PUNIYA, TASSOAdolescence 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.ThesisItem Open Access EFFECT OF COLOUR ON ATTENTION AND MEMORY OF YOUNG CHILDREN(AAU, Jorhat, 2015-07) Dutta, Ankita; Baruah, JuriMost of the child psychologists pay greater attention to the pre-school age because it is the time when children undergo the greatest development. Learning in this period is critical to their subsequent development throughout their lives. Coloured presentation of information is considered by many studies as an important and stimulating cue for learning in children. Colour has the potential to increase the chances of environmental stimuli to be encoded, stored and retrieved successfully. With this background the present study entitled, “Effect of colour on attention and memory of young children” was undertaken in Jorhat district during 2014-2016 with the objectives: 1. To analyze the frequently used colours in existing instructional materials of young children. 2. Preparation of instructional materials using different colours. 3. To identify the colours which facilitate attention and memory of young children. 4. To develop guidelines for using colours in instructional materials of children. A total of 30 children aged 4 to 5 years, with average intelligence level and without any chronic illness, signs of inattention and impulsivity were selected for the study. The sample was selected from 180 respondents from six preschools of Jorhat district. Data was collected from the respondents using a questionnaire and a tool with subtests Prose Memory and Test Card to assess the health status of the respondents and identify the colours which facilitate attention and memory of young children respectively. Culture Fair Intelligence Test was also used to screen out the children with average intelligence. The books of four preschools were analyzed to find out the frequently used colours in existing instructional materials of young children. Upon completion of data collection, the results indicated that the most frequently used colour in the existing preschool books is yellow, followed by red, green, blue, light blue, natural, black brown, purple, pink, orange and lastly grey. The results of the responses to colours in the Prose Memory sub-test reveal that natural colour may facilitate most attention and memory in young children, followed by red, green, blue, light blue, yellow and black. Test Card results also reveal that natural colour may facilitate most attention and memory in young children, but followed by red, green, yellow, blue, light blue and black. Females responded more to colours of red and yellow than male respondents. And males responded more to green, blue, light blue and natural colours than females. There was no gender difference in response to black colour. On the basis of the findings of the study, few guidelines were recommended in the area of use of colour in instructional material for children.ThesisItem Open Access A STUDY ON SOCIAL MATURITY OF ADOLESCENTS IN MANIPUR(AAU, Jorhat, 2019-07) Shangjam, Leishon; Gogoi, SampreetyAdolescence 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.ThesisItem Open Access PARENTAL STRESS IN RAISING CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS-A STUDY IN PRERONA JORHAT(AAU, Jorhat, 2019-07) Borah, Sushmita; Gogoi, SampreetyParenting 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.
