SOCIO-PERSONAL PROFILE OF THE RESEARCH SCHOLARS OF THE AGRICULTURAL EDUCATION INSTITUTES OF UTTAR PRADESH

RAGHUVEER SINGH MEENA¹*, OM PRAKASH MISHRA², PARAMESWARAN^3
1Department of Extension Education, Institute of agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, Uttar Pradesh
²Department of Extension Education, Institute of agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, Uttar Pradesh
³Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, Uttar Pradesh
* Corresponding Author : rsmeena10@gmail.com

Received : 08-09-2017     Accepted : 12-04-2018     Published : 15-04-2018
Volume : 10     Issue : 7       Pages : 5775 - 5778
Int J Agr Sci 10.7 (2018):5775-5778

Keywords : Agricultural Educational Institutes, E-Resources, Socio-Personal Profile
Academic Editor : Dr J. K. Sharma
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Author thankful to Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship (RGNF), University Grants Commission, New Delhi for financial support. Author are also thankful to Institute of agricultural Sciences, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, 221005, Uttar Pradesh
Author Contribution : All author equally contributed

The present study was conducted in three different Agricultural Educational Institutes of Uttar Pradesh namely on CSAUAT, Kanpur; NDUAT, Faizabad and I.A.S, BHU in the year 2017 with 220 research scholars as the respondents. The finding of the study revealed that majority of the respondents were Male (80.94 %), 62.73 percent of the respondents belonged to the age group 24 to 27 along with 47.27 percent of the respondents who had basic education in Hindi medium, Most(47.73 %) of the respondents had OGPA in Post-Graduation in the range of 8 to 8.89, sixty five percent of the respondents had rural family background.

1. Walke R. (2013) Use of E-Journals by Researchers in Science and Technology: A Study of CSIR Libraries, pp.1
2. Sethi B.B. and Panda K.C. (2012) Library Philosophy and Practice, 681.
3. Bavakenthy M., Veeran M.C.K. and Salih T.K.M. (2003) Information Access Management and Exchange in the Technological Age, EssEss Publications, New Delhi.
4. Kumar B. (2006) University News. 44 (31), Jul 31- Aug 06, 2006, 13-21.
5. Lang J. (2008) Cataloguing electronic resources, pp 1-12, 2008.
6. Madhusudhan M. (2007) Library Hi Tech News, No. 8, pp. 36-42.
7. ICOLC (1998) Statement of Current Perspective and Preferred Practices for the Selection and Purchase of Electronic Information, Vol. 17, ICOLC, Toronto, March
8. www.roehampton.ac.uk/customer/erpolicy.pdf
9. De, D. and Jirli B. (2015) Book: Extension Research Methodology, pp.13
10. Mtega W.P., Dulle F., Malekani A.W., & Chailla A. (2014) Library and Information Research, 38(119), 46-66