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A study of knowledge and use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) by the scientists of Punjab Agricultural University

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Title A study of knowledge and use of Information Communication Technology (ICT) by the scientists of Punjab Agricultural University
 
Creator Butani Ketankumar Dhirajlal
 
Subject ICT tools
Communication Technology
 
Description The present study entitled “A study of knowledge and use of Information Communication
Technology (ICT) by the scientists of Punjab Agricultural University" was undertaken to
ascertain the knowledge of scientists regarding ICT, its use by them in teaching, research and
extension and problems being faced by them in the use of ICT. A sample of 200 scientists
working in teaching, research and extension system of the PAU was drawn by using probability
proportional to size (PPS) sampling technique. The data were collected by using distributed
questionnaire approach. The findings of the study revealed that majority of the scientists belonged
to age group of 44 to 56 years, hailed from rural families, were Associate Professors, most of
them belonged to total annual income group of 7-11 (lakhs Rs.) and had service experience of 7-
15 years with two trainings. Majority of the scientist were male, had Ph.D educational
qualification and belonged to farming family. The findings of the study further indicated that twothird
of the scientists had high level of knowledge of ICT mainly for the purpose of computer
information retrieval or data updating while more than half of them had experience in computer
use up to 5 years. It was further noticed that among various ICT facilities available, Internet
accessing had an added advantage of its ready availability as compared to other ICT tools.
Insufficient budget provision for the purchase and minor repairs of ICT tools mostly restricted the
use of different ICT tools whereas the major problem faced by the scientists in the use of
computers was the lack of regular training. Therefore, they suggested that the sufficient budget
should be provided for the purchase and minor repairs of ICT tools as well as sufficient number
of scientists should be trained regularly from time to time.
Keywords: Knowledge, Use, Information Communication Technology, Problems and
 
Date 2017-01-04T14:24:26Z
2017-01-04T14:24:26Z
2010
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/94466
 
Language en
 
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