Knowledge and usage of information and communication technologies (ICT) by research faculty in CCS HAU, Hisar
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2023-06
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CCSHAU, Hisar
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The present study was conducted in Hisar district of Haryana state. All the colleges of university were selected for collection of data. Thus, a total of 120 research faculties were selected by simple random sampling technique from each selected college. Data was collected with the help of well-structured questionnaire. A set of 9 independent, 3 communication and 3 dependent variables were selected for the study. Majority of the respondents were male having age between 37-47 years with PhD with NET having service experience of 6-10 years belonged to nuclear type of family and had medium family educational status. They had annual income in between Rs. 8 lakhs to Rs. 14 lakhs and in service and family income was in between Rs. 15 lakhs to 25 lakhs. Cent percent of the respondents had availability of smart phones and television followed by newspapers and regarding attaining information books, smart phones and WhatsApp was utilized by majority of the respondents. Majority of the respondents had availability of all ICT services such as computer, mobile phone, television, Wi-Fi and E resources at department/workplace. Frequency of usage of ICT services such as computer, mobile phones, MS Word, Google Drive was high followed by printer while availability and usage of radio and iPad was less among respondents. Knowledge and access regarding MS office, online ICT applications was medium to high among majority of the respondents. Knowledge and access regarding internet were medium to low while knowledge and access regarding scientific portal/website/tools was found low among respondents. It was noted that regarding the knowledge, access and usage of ICT based on research life cycle, majority of the respondents had knowledge about remote sensor, coding, presentation, audio/video interaction while access and usage was found medium to low among respondents. With respect to the constraints faced by the research faculties, eye problem due to continuous working, headache due to workload, accessing free and paid online facilities and time management due to heavy workloads, limited availability of specific training programs were major constraints faced by the respondents.