Thesis Chapters by Dr. Sayanika Borah
Digital literacy provides many opportunities for growth and advancement of the people which is es... more Digital literacy provides many opportunities for growth and advancement of the people which is essential to survive in the current tech-dominated world. The present study was conducted with the objective of finding out the socioeconomic status of the respondents and to assess the awareness of the rural people on different digital applications, sites and channels. The study was conducted on 120 members of Jorhat and Golaghat District of Assam. Results of the study showed that 70.83 per cent of the respondents belonged to the medium level of socioeconomic status and among different digital applications sites and channels in different categories, DD Kishan (Agricultural), Facebook (Social media), ArogyaSetu (Health), Google meet (Videoconferencing), Google Pay (Finance) and Flipkart (online shopping) were found to be more popular as compared to others in their categories.
Twenty first century is considered as a digital era. Due to the advancement in Information and Co... more Twenty first century is considered as a digital era. Due to the advancement in Information and Communication Technology (ICT), everything has been digitalized. In order to utilize the benefits of such technological advancement, people must have adequate knowledge and favourable attitude towards performing different activities on digital mode. The study was conducted on 120 members of Jorhat and Golaghat District of Assam to assess the attitude of the respondents towards digital literacy and to find out the difference of attitude of male respondents with female respondents on digital literacy. It was found that a large proportion (44.17%) of the respondents had a moderately favourable attitude towards digital tools and services, 22.50 per cent had highly favourable attitude and followed by least favourable attitude (33.33%). There was no significant difference in attitude of male respondents on digital literacy with the attitude of female respondents.
International Journal Of Home Science, 2020
The present investigation was carried out to study the existing management practices of Fast Food... more The present investigation was carried out to study the existing management practices of Fast Food Street Vendors of Jorhat district of Assam. The registered fast food street vendors of Jorhat district were purposively selected for the present study. A total of 111 respondents were randomly selected for the present study, which was 50 percent of the total population. An interview schedule was constructed for collection of data. Appropriate statistical methods were used such as frequency, percentage, mean, factor analysis and intensity index. The data from the finding of present study was revealed that the fast food vendors of Jorhat district had different management practices pertaining to financial, social, family, maintenance of hygiene and administration. Some suggestive measures directly influencing the health status of the people in large through street food vendors need to be planned meticulously. A training programme to inform the fast food vendors regarding health and hygiene is the need of the hour. Local administration may be approached to sponsor such a training programme to prepare a training kit containing apron, head cover and gloves. Moreover, the local administration may be requested to make it mandatory to use this hygienic kit by all fast food vendors and become a proud pioneer to show case a step towards popularising the healthy fast food centres in Jorhat district thereby attracting the unemployed educated youth to start fast food centres as a good start up. Government can also provide minimum facilities in appropriate places for the street food vendors, since major economic return from this sectors are more in a developing country like India.
Papers by Dr. Sayanika Borah
Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology
Agriculture is the basic livelihood provider for most of the world’s population. Most of the peop... more Agriculture is the basic livelihood provider for most of the world’s population. Most of the people use traditional farming tools in their farming. Because traditional tools are heavy in weight, they face different types of physiological health problems. In this paper we discussed the physiological problems faced by tribal farm women in performing the selected farming activities that were carried out in the Majuli district of Assam. From the selected district, one subdivision and from one subdivision, one block was selected. From the selected block, three villages were selected randomly. One hundred (100) respondents were selected randomly from each of the villages. Data collection was done using an interview cum questionnaire. A total of 300 tribal farm women were selected who were engaged in farming activities for the present study. The study revealed that the majority of the tribal farm women (85.00%) faced headaches in doing different farming activities. The data also stated tha...
Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology
The present study was carried out in Jorhat district of Assam. Four (4) tea gardens under public ... more The present study was carried out in Jorhat district of Assam. Four (4) tea gardens under public corporation from Jorhat sub-division were selected using purposive sampling method. A total of 100 women tea plantation workers were selected for the present study. It was found that majority of the household decisions were taken jointly by their husbands followed by independent decision. It was further found that respondents spent the majority of time (7.94 hours) in working at tea garden. The majority (51.00%) of the respondents were mostly interested in poultry farming followed by goat rearing (14.00%).
Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology
Digital literacy provides many opportunities for growth and advancement of the people which is es... more Digital literacy provides many opportunities for growth and advancement of the people which is essential to survive in the current tech-dominated world. The present study was conducted with the objective of finding out the socio-economic status of the respondents and to assess the awareness of the rural people on different digital applications, sites and channels. The study was conducted on 120 members of Jorhat and Golaghat District of Assam. Results of the study showed that 70.83 per cent of the respondents belonged to the medium level of socio-economic status and among different digital applications sites and channels in different categories, DD Kishan (Agricultural), Facebook (Social media), ArogyaSetu (Health), Google meet (Videoconferencing), Google Pay (Finance) and Flipkart (online shopping) were found to be more popular as compared to others in their categories.
International Journal of Chemical Studies, 2019
Vermiculture is the best method to dispose off organic waste. It is an easy to operate and enviro... more Vermiculture is the best method to dispose off organic waste. It is an easy to operate and environment friendly technology for handling biodegradable garbage. It is the latest aspect of biotechnology where application of earthworm is made for recycling the waste disposal problems. For minimizing the pollution effects and to get useful products from wastes, it requires no sophisticated machinery to operate vermiculture and do not produce any odour or any other type of pollution. So the present investigation was designed to explore the "Constraints faced by farmers in adoption of Vermiculture Technology". The study was conducted in Jorhat district of Assam. A multi stage purposive cum simple random sampling design was followed for the research study. 120 numbers of respondents were selected randomly from 12 villages of the three blocks of Jorhat district. Data collection was done by using interview cum questionnaire. Findings of the study constraints faced by the farmers revealed that inadequate training facility rank I with the mean score 1.98 and followed by lack of organized market, lack of extension contact, lack of government support, lack of scientific knowledge, lack of relevant literature and attack of insect-pest and diseases with the ranking of II, III, IV, V, VI and VII respectively.
Perception of the Faculty about the Importance of the Dimensions of Organizational Climate of Selected State Agricultural Universities
Indian journal of extension education, Dec 5, 2020
Decision making prototype of tribal women in farm related activities
Indian Research Journal of Extension Education, 2018
A Study of Organizational Climate of the Selected State Agricultural Universities in India
PAU Ludhiana, 2013
Organization : Climate and Behaviour
An investigation was designed to explore the “Impact of Training Programmes on Adoption of Vermic... more An investigation was designed to explore the “Impact of Training Programmes on Adoption of Vermiculture technology Practices”. This study was conducted in Jorhat district of Assam due to the most of the trained farmers started vermicompost in their houses. 120 numbers of respondents, irrespective of sex were selected from 12 villages of the three blocks had been selected for the present study. Data collection was done by using interview cum questionnaire method. Data revealed that 69.17 per cent of the respondents had medium level of practices towards vermiculture technology. The findings revealed that attending the training programme had showed significant association with practices of the trained farmers towards vermiculture technology.
Problems Faced by Rural Women in Technology Dissemination
Indian Research Journal of Extension Education, 2012
The study was undertaken with an objective to identify the problems of respondents in practicing ... more The study was undertaken with an objective to identify the problems of respondents in practicing the technologies dissemination through Home Science extension programmes. The respondents of the present study were rural women from adopted villages of Department of Extension Education, Faculty of Home Science, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat selected purposively. The data were collected through a structured interview schedule prepared by the researcher. It was observed from the findings that the respondents had faced a number of problems in practicing different technologies disseminated through Home Science extension programme. In the area of “smokeless chullha” 29 per cent of the respondents faced the problem of “high cost of the pipe”. As regards to “Janata cool chamber” 50 percent of respondents had the main problem of “do not have vegetables and fruits in surplus to store”. Whereas 26 per cent of the respondents opined that the main problem in planting nutrition garden was “...
Problems Faced by The Fast Food Street Vendors
Journal of Community Mobilization and Sustainable Development, 2020
Participation of the members of self help groups of jorhat district of assam in different entrepreneurial activities
Entrepreneurial activities is defined as those activities through which an entrepreneur organizes... more Entrepreneurial activities is defined as those activities through which an entrepreneur organizes and manage the selected activities which are related to skill/activities of an entrepreneur such as managerial and marketing activities. The study was carried out in the Jorhat district of Assam. Four Blocks were selected from National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) initiative blocks. Thus all total 16 Self Help Groups were selected from these blocks for the present study. Ten members from 16 SHG's, total 160 members were selected using simple random sampling for the study. From the study, it was observed that majority (46.00 %) of the members of SHG had medium level of participation in managerial activities. Majority (51.00 %) of the respondents had medium level of participation in marketing activities. A highest percentage (48.00%) of the respondents had medium level of participation in the selected entrepreneurial activities. It can be concluded that majority of the respondents ...
The perception of faculty about the gap between prevailing and expected organizational climate of selected state agricultural universities
Asian Journal of Home Science, 2013
The study was conducted in four state agricultural universities of India viz., Punjab Agricultura... more The study was conducted in four state agricultural universities of India viz., Punjab Agricultural University ( PAU), Ludhiana, Punjab (North), Acharya N.G. Ranga Agricultural University (ANGRAU), Rajendra Nagar, Andhra Pradesh (South); Assam Agricultural University (AAU), Jorhat , Assam (East) and Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology (MPAU), Udaipur, Rajasthan (West) to study the perceptions of the faculty regarding the gap between the prevailing and expected organizational climate. The data collected from 216 faculty members revealed that the gap in the prevailing and expected organizational climate in the communication was perceived to be the highest and least in case of management of rewards and interpersonal relationship by the faculty. Significant gap between prevailing and expected climate in all the three dimensions of communication, management of rewards and interpersonal relationships can lead to future discord and affect the health of the selected orga...
Variations in Organizational Climate Perception of Faculty in State Agricultural Universities
Organizations need constant studies and evaluation with a view to ascertain the measures necessar... more Organizations need constant studies and evaluation with a view to ascertain the measures necessary to improve areas of deficiency, so as to attain a faster rate of growth and development towards achieving its goals. The present study was designed to analyze the organizational climate by studying the prevailing and expected organizational climate as perceived by the faculty performing teaching/research/extension duties and faculty on administrative side of four SAU’s using selected dimensions. The data from PAU, Punjab, ANGRAU, Andhra Pradesh, AAU, Assam and MPUA & T, Rajasthan indicate the highest gap reported by AAU faculty in orientation, innovation and monetary gains but were comparatively most satisfied with decision making, leadership and accountability/ evaluation. ANGRAU faculty perceived the highest gap in leadership and teamwork, PAU in control and supervision, rules/policies and accountability/evaluation and MPUA&T in decision-making. Administrators of AAU reported more ga...
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has, within a very short span of time, turned out ... more Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has, within a very short span of time, turned out to be one of the basic building blocks of modern society. It is an important tool to help people communicate effectively, overcomes the limitations of time and space, empowers people by providing information and knowledge, provides income generating and learning opportunities, increases transparency and efficiency and enables people to express their concerns and to actively participate in decision making processes (Asian Development Bank, 2004). ICTs are becoming a vital engine of growth for the world economy. They have the potential to enable many enterprising individuals, firms, communities, in all parts of the planet, to address economic and social challenges with greater efficiency and imagination. ICTs and the Internet offer vast, new and unprecedented opportunities for human development and empowerment. The gender divide is one of the most significant inequalities to be amplified b...
Asian Journal of Home Science, 2011
The present study was conducted to know the training needs of the women in the area of clothing a... more The present study was conducted to know the training needs of the women in the area of clothing and textiles. For this purpose, 100 rural women of Bharowal of Ludhiana district were selected. Data were collected through interview schedule. The response was recorded on three point scale i.e. most need, needed and not needed. Accordingly, score of two one and zero was assigned, respectively to calculate the mean score of each item. Training needs were studied in different sub areas of clothing and textiles viz., training for preparation of detergents and soaps, dying and paining of fabrics, stitching of different garments and knitting and identification and care of different types of clothes etc. The study findings revealed that highest mean scores were found for stain removing, preparation of soaps and detergents, identification of different types of fabrics and their dyeing methods. Highest mean score indicated that rural women required more training in these sub areas of clothing a...
Opinion and suggestions of rural women on various home science training programmes
Advance Research Journal of Social Science, 2011
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