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Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University, Guntur (AP)

The Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University (APAU) was established on 12th June 1964 at Hyderabad. The University was formally inaugurated on 20th March 1965 by Late Shri. Lal Bahadur Shastri, the then Hon`ble Prime Minister of India. Another significant milestone was the inauguration of the building programme of the university by Late Smt. Indira Gandhi,the then Hon`ble Prime Minister of India on 23rd June 1966. The University was renamed as Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University on 7th November 1996 in honour and memory of an outstanding parliamentarian Acharya Nayukulu Gogineni Ranga, who rendered remarkable selfless service for the cause of farmers and is regarded as an outstanding educationist, kisan leader and freedom fighter. HISTORICAL MILESTONE Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU) was established under the name of Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University (APAU) on the 12th of June 1964 through the APAU Act 1963. Later, it was renamed as Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University on the 7th of November, 1996 in honour and memory of the noted Parliamentarian and Kisan Leader, Acharya N. G. Ranga. At the verge of completion of Golden Jubilee Year of the ANGRAU, it has given birth to a new State Agricultural University namely Prof. Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University with the bifurcation of the state of Andhra Pradesh as per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act 2014. The ANGRAU at LAM, Guntur is serving the students and the farmers of 13 districts of new State of Andhra Pradesh with renewed interest and dedication. Genesis of ANGRAU in service of the farmers 1926: The Royal Commission emphasized the need for a strong research base for agricultural development in the country... 1949: The Radhakrishnan Commission (1949) on University Education led to the establishment of Rural Universities for the overall development of agriculture and rural life in the country... 1955: First Joint Indo-American Team studied the status and future needs of agricultural education in the country... 1960: Second Joint Indo-American Team (1960) headed by Dr. M. S. Randhawa, the then Vice-President of Indian Council of Agricultural Research recommended specifically the establishment of Farm Universities and spelt out the basic objectives of these Universities as Institutional Autonomy, inclusion of Agriculture, Veterinary / Animal Husbandry and Home Science, Integration of Teaching, Research and Extension... 1963: The Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University (APAU) Act enacted... June 12th 1964: Andhra Pradesh Agricultural University (APAU) was established at Hyderabad with Shri. O. Pulla Reddi, I.C.S. (Retired) was the first founder Vice-Chancellor of the University... June 1964: Re-affilitation of Colleges of Agriculture and Veterinary Science, Hyderabad (estt. in 1961, affiliated to Osmania University), Agricultural College, Bapatla (estt. in 1945, affiliated to Andhra University), Sri Venkateswara Agricultural College, Tirupati and Andhra Veterinary College, Tirupati (estt. in 1961, affiliated to Sri Venkateswara University)... 20th March 1965: Formal inauguration of APAU by Late Shri. Lal Bahadur Shastri, the then Hon`ble Prime Minister of India... 1964-66: The report of the Second National Education Commission headed by Dr. D.S. Kothari, Chairman of the University Grants Commission stressed the need for establishing at least one Agricultural University in each Indian State... 23, June 1966: Inauguration of the Administrative building of the university by Late Smt. Indira Gandhi, the then Hon`ble Prime Minister of India... July, 1966: Transfer of 41 Agricultural Research Stations, functioning under the Department of Agriculture... May, 1967: Transfer of Four Research Stations of the Animal Husbandry Department... 7th November 1996: Renaming of University as Acharya N. G. Ranga Agricultural University in honour and memory of an outstanding parliamentarian Acharya Nayukulu Gogineni Ranga... 15th July 2005: Establishment of Sri Venkateswara Veterinary University (SVVU) bifurcating ANGRAU by Act 18 of 2005... 26th June 2007: Establishment of Andhra Pradesh Horticultural University (APHU) bifurcating ANGRAU by the Act 30 of 2007... 2nd June 2014 As per the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act 2014, ANGRAU is now... serving the students and the farmers of 13 districts of new State of Andhra Pradesh with renewed interest and dedication...

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    DEVELOPMENT OF DIGITAL ADVISORY MODULE ON COVID-19
    (guntur, 2022-08-23) GEETHA RAMYA, DANIMIREDDY; CHAITANYA KUMARI, M.S.
    ABSTRACT The Corona virus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic gripped the world with shock thus; the sudden outbreak of COVID-19 has imposed a critical situation on public health in different parts of the world. Timely access to coupled with information availability is a crucial requirement for decision making during the times of health emergencies. As COVID‑19 is a new phenomenon, there is a scarcity of information about knowledge and practices among rural people hence, keeping all these points in mind, this study was attempted to develop a digital advisory module on COVID-19 for effective and rapid dissemination. Since, digital communication proved as the best media tool to reach huge audience in a shorter period of time. Experimental research design was adopted for conducting this study with a total of 30 respondents as sample. Ten rural respondents from each village were selected using simple random sampling, thus making a sample of thirty respondents from three villages. Based on the identified needs a digital advisory module was developed in a vernacular language i.e. Telugu. Efficacy of the digital advisory module as perceived by the five subject experts was done and pre and post tests were conducted for assessment of knowledge gain of the rural respondents. Perception of the rural respondents towards digital advisory module was studied. Results revealed that majority (53.33%) of the respondents were in the age group of 27 to 36 years and least respondents belonged to the age group of 18 to 27 years (20.00%). Among the rural respondents, thirty per cent were illiterates. Majority (86.67%) of the respondents belonged to nuclear families while, few (10.00%) respondents lives in large families with 7-9 members in a family. Most (76.67%) of the respondents had frequent extension contact with Asha workers and Govt. volunteers but none of them had contact with the counselor while, majority of the respondents never contacted dietitian (93.33%) during COVID-19 pandemic period. Majority of the respondents (96.67%) possessed mobile phone but only 3.33 per xiv The perceived satisfaction of respondents towards digital advisory module was measured and the results revealed that majority of the respondents were satisfied with all the indicators used in module. Hence, it can be concluded that digital advisory module can play any important role in disseminating the information especially in novel health emergencies.
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