eprintid: 8704
rev_number: 8
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datestamp: 2015-05-07 09:02:02
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creators_name: Dileepkumar, G
icrisatcreators_name: Dileepkumar, G
affiliation: ICRISAT(Patancheru)
country: India
title: A National Virtual Academy for Indian Agriculture: To
promote MOOCs for Agriculture Professionals
ispublished: pub
subjects: s2.4
divisions: D7
full_text_status: public
pres_type: paper
keywords: MOOCs; Agriculture; Online education, India
abstract: In 1960s, the early establishment of Agricultural Universities in India, on the pattern similar to that of the Land Grant colleges of the United States, contributed a lot in boosting the agricultural growth in the country and brought the integration of education, research and extension. The model has shown a direction in reorganizing and strengthening the agricultural education system in India and also helped in bringing diverse subjects in the course curriculum integrating provision of hands-on practical exposure to the student. The role of Indian Agricultural Universities has been significant in increasing food grain production from 51 million tons in 1950 to about 257.13 million tons (MT) in 2013-14. However, in the recent years these agricultural universities are failing to attract good number of students’ in comparison to other subjects.
date: 2015-02
date_type: published
pagerange: 4-5
event_title: 12th Agricultural Science Congress, 2015
event_location: National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, India
event_dates: 3-6th February, 2015
event_type: conference
refereed: TRUE
official_url: http://agricongress2015.in/
related_url_url: https://scholar.google.co.in/scholar?hl=en&q=%E2%80%9CA+National+Virtual+Academy+for+Indian+Agriculture+to+promote+MOOCs+for+Agriculture+Professionals%E2%80%9D.+&btnG=
related_url_type: pub
citation:   Dileepkumar, G  (2015) A National Virtual Academy for Indian Agriculture: To promote MOOCs for Agriculture Professionals.  In: 12th Agricultural Science Congress, 2015, 3-6th February, 2015, National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, India.     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/8704/1/A%20National%20Virtual%20Academy%20for%20Indian%20Agriculture.pdf