ISSN-p-2231-5632 e-2321-3671 I larch, 202¢ NAAS Rating 4.79 International Journal of EDUCATION & MANAGEMENT STUDIES Chief Editor Sunil Saini, Ph.D IAHRWInternational Journal of Education & Management Studies Volume 10 Issue 1 Marct Contents Influence of social maturity on personality traits of urban and rural high school students Fatima A. Nadaf and Manjula Patil ‘The impact of parents’ mental illness on leaning mathematics in elementary school students in Herat city Catherine Nazaryan and Fahima Jamiulahmadi ‘An analytical study of performance under MGNREGS in Hisar district of Haryana Jitender Kumar Bhatia, Parveen Kumar Nimbrayan, and Swamy H.M. A study of consumer behavior towards online shopping in Hisar Nidhi, Saurabh, and Suman Ghalawat, and Sunita Mehla ‘An economic analysis of coleus production and marketing in Tamil Nadu R.Ranjith Kannan, A. Rohini, S. Angles, and D. 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Goyal, Nitin Goyal, Subodh Agarwal, and Megha Goyal Constructing measures for the moral behavior rating of children Hajar Khabaz and Fatemeh Moradi ‘Astudy on relevance of post graduation research in plant sciences: A case study of Karataka state agricultural universities Kumarswamy A, Hiremath, Krishna S. Maraddi, and Vijayachandra S. Reddy A survey on use of smartphone applications among students of Hisar city Rupal Hooda and Kiran Singh Competency analysis among faculty of agriculture universities in using educational technology S. Senthil Vinayagam and K. Akhilasand Weare o ann er Senn name A 3138024292071 aon mm ee eee ta eminem Or ee n research 3 aka state A study on relevance of post graduatio plant sciences: A case study of Karnat agricultural universities Kumarswamy A. Hiremath Krishna 8, Maraddi ‘Department af Agronomy, College of Agriculture ABC Nalwar (UAS Raichur) Kalaburagi (UAS Raichur) Kamataka Kamataka Vijayachandra S. Reddy Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Kalaburagi The findings reveals that, among selected farm univers subject plant sciences ike department of agricultural microbiology, gee science focused research on bioferilizers, : ,; and seed ‘and technology, has focused research on biofrt se ey acme ot ‘characterization of disease and seed testing respectively as major researchable University of agricultural Sciences, Raichur and which ‘University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad and Bangal relevance was highest in plant pathology and least relevance Ws sody suggests that, research areas shouldbe focused on research relevance to be focused on present problems which can Keywords. education, agriculture, relevance, post graduate, ‘Agriculture being the primary sector plays the most crucial role in the socio-economic sphere of the country and hence considered as, ‘important sector for food and other employment opportunity. It is diverse and extensive sector involving large number of players contributing to the development of the nation. As Mahatma Gandhi said, “India lives in villages and Agriculture isthe soul ofthe Indian ‘cconomsy”. Agriculture sector at present provides livelihood to 8-60 ‘per cent of the total population (The Economic Survey, 2017-18). This sector provides employment to 48.9 per cent country's workforce and is the single largest private sector occupation. However in case of ICAR, which is a nodal organization for sgrculture research and development in the country (Randhawa, 1989). Likewise, State Agricultural Universities are responsible for doing the same at the state level. After independence, agricultural rescasch was given much emphasis which in turn led to increased ‘sgricultural production and near self-sufficiency in food grains and ‘overall development in agriculture inthe country. State Agricultural Universities (SAU) are vibrant channels in ‘producing technical manpower for operational research, To provide highly qualified, competitive technical manpower, a well- ‘established system of education is needed (Singh, 2012). In recent times the quality of agricultural research manpower is subjected significant attrition due to several reasons like large proportion of research investments were divertedto salaries, low contingencies for ‘Corresponding Author: ‘Dr. Kumarswamy A. Hiremath Associate Professor, Department of Agronomy ‘AEEC Nalwar (UAS Raichur), Kamataka E-mail; kahiremath@redifiail.com lore. The study also reveals that current remaining universities such a8 St, post graduate research Hence, tas found in seed science and technolOBY: ‘egions of overal agclture development and ongoingissucs. ess similar in all adress the farming communities plant science research, narrowing down of scientific expertise due to inbreeding, ete, However during the process of development of qualified Sciemtific manpower, they were trained intensively in subject and research methodologies. In this context, the students at Post graduate ‘and Doctoral level will be involved in course work and research ‘work to complete their degree. On the other end, scientific research and technol developments have made this country a one of the international leader in the production of many agricultural products (Bank & ‘Alston, 2009). Graduates intending 10 enter the agricultural industries will need to be well prepared in the basic and applied ‘sciences, as well as business and management disciplines. Post graduate studies and research will prepare graduates for the challenging roles in agriculture, at both national and international levels. The traditional role of primary production has changed so dramatically that graduates are engaged more in modem areas of farming and dairy. The demand for agriculture and allied acuvies that will increase the value of our primary products has resulted in thenced for graduates beyond the expectations. They arenow sought after in the areas of research, marketing and technology transfer, apart from the agriculture they are into the different service industries allied streams such as, Crown Research Institutes, ‘Treasury, consultancy positions within exporting companics (Leleet al, 2010). Graduates from agriculture programmes are highly Sought after both within country and abroad. Students may want ® ‘career where a professional qualification is essential, such & agriculture, or it may form part of their continuing professional development. There are also many disciplines in which a research degree is desirable, such as working in public and private Institutions. Alternatively, postgraduate study can open a whole newFormation Jounal of a ‘dvcton & Managemen Shae, 200,161), S82 education faces multiple challenges in terms of eee gary and retums, both for providers and the al Why students decide 10 pursue this level of ui _ the incentives offered by institutions or employers are seal fcr in changing and wndersanding ends. Tham, is {waffecta stocktaking of trends in post-graduate research, ‘with regard to the changing content and structure of research degrees, but also taking intoaccounttheimpactof i Table 1: Details of the study area SENo States Name ofthe University 1 Kamataka University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad a University of Agricultural Sciences, Bangalore 3 University of Agricultural Sciences, aichur sieges offering Post Graduate Courses from the selected ‘niversties were studied forthe purpose. It was carried out using ex- sostfacto research design during the year 2016-17. The details ofthe ‘satyarea were shown in Table 1. ‘The study pertaining to the Post Graduate research work conducted for the preceding five years from 2010-11 to 2014-15, ‘wee collected department wise from the Colleges. From each department the major area of research is identified through meee ce 40.32 au 39.74 a 138 foo at ai ch in University of Agricultural Science at Raichur of PG research in University of Agricultural Sciences at Raichur ‘Sample size Overall _____ thrall Notrelevant Total sample _Relevant Noterelevant FX S010) | op oegn ener Microbiology 18 a3) Taner 4 206 «2 S794 Ges and Plant Breeding 45:16 1754.86 Pathology 17 $182 Science & Technology 16 64.00 relevance of PG research on plant sciences in “majority of (57.94%) of PG research is not 42.06 per cent of PG research conducted in Department wise relevance of PG research half (48.48%) of the PG research conducted in logy is relevant, More than 45 per cent of in the department of genetics and plant Little more than 35 per cent ofthe PG (36.00%) is relevant. More than 60 per cent of the PG research conducted in the department of agricultural microbiology (66.67%) isnot relevant. It is interesting to note that more than half ofthe PG research conducted in other departments like seed science and technology (64%), genetics and plant breeding (54.84%) and plant pathology (51.52%) isnotrelevant. Relevance of PG research in University of Agricultural Scienceat Dharwad Dharwad ‘Overall relevance of PG research ows that, majority of jining 45.21 percent d is relevant, Department that, about 48.57 per cent of Notrelevant Totalsample Relevant Notrelevant| sim (0251) 7p 926 261 ne 421 1a S49 5 research conducted in the department of genetics and plant i Nee ta 4 perc of he PG seach tonducted in the department of plant pathology (46.27%) and more than 40 per cont ofthe PG research conducted in the department of gicultural microbiology (40.74%) and seed science andnor 5 TURUNEATIU NT AL/A STUDY ON RELEVANC! technology (40.32%) is relevant, More ever, it is interesting 10 N012 that more than $0 per cent of the PG research ha departments of plant sciences like seed science and technology (59.68%), agricultural microbiology (59.26%), plant pathology SLNo Disciplines ‘Sample size OST GRADUATION RESEARCH IN PLANT plant breeding (51.43%) is nos, (53.73%) and genetics and Relevance of PG research in University of Agric, fel Mra] Science at Bangalore it Bangalore. Table &: Relevance of PG research in University of Agricultural Sclences ¢ DUNES ——— ee Notrelevant Total sample Relevant Not-televant = Es size (n417) a. r : Agriculural Microbiology am B96 ANT 188 45.08 a i sand Plant Breeding «(130,638.46 G! ay i or ee 61 47.66 7% Pathology 128 oe Seed Science and Technology 78 397447 ESSE EEE With reference to table 8 the overall relevance of PG research on plant sciences in UAS, Bangalore are, majority of (54.92%) of PG research is not relevant and remaining 45.08 per cent of PG research conducted in UAS, Bangalore is relevant. Department wise relevance of PG research revealed that, nearly 50 per cent of the PG research conducted in department of genetics and plant breeding (48.28%) is relevant. More than 40 per cent of the PG research conducted in the department of plant pathology (47.66%) and agricultural microbiology (40.74%) is relevant. Little more than 35, Per cent of the PG research conducted in the department of seed science and technology (39.74%) is relevant. More than 60 per cent of the PG research conducted in the department of seed science and technology (60.26%) is not relevant. It is interesting to note that more than 50 per cent of the PG research conducted in other departments like agricultural microbiology (59.26%), plant pathology (52.34%) and genetics and plant breeding (51.54%) is not. relevant. Conclusion ‘The study shows comparatively very less proportion of studies were ‘observed in the category of “Food products” (5.56%) and “Soil micro-organisms” (11.11%) in agricultural microbiology department. Similarly in Genetics and Plant Breeding, genetic study are not done, these research areas need to be explored in order to better research actions, especially at University of Agricultural Sciences, Raichur. In case of pathology, biotic pathogen related research work need to be taken, similarly in case of seed technology, molecular biology of seeds needs to be made as itis very essential for production process. However, about 57% of PG research is not relevant for their studies, these kind of time and knowledge canbe best utilised topics among student community for better researh initially for younger generation. It is also felt that the contributions by the Post Graduse researchers are not being utilized properly resulting in duplication of the work by research scientists. It is also observed that the work carried out in Post Graduate Research is not meeting the farmers directly or indirectly which will result in wast resources. References Bank, W., Alston, J. M., & Piggott, RR, (2009). Synthesis report of the GCARD press ‘and conference. 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