Five-day online training programme on “ICT and Mass Media in Agricultural Extension” jointly organized by BAU, Ranchi and MAMAGE, Hyderabad was inaugurated by Dr. M.S. Yadava, Dean Agriculture, Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi on Tuesday. In his inaugural address he said that any agricultural university has 3 mandates i.e. teaching, research and extension education. ICT has already made entry into the mandated activities of agricultural universities. The websites and portals are full of educational contents and research publications and we call these online resources as “Cyberary”. For dissemination of information to the farmers, Agricultural Universities, ICAR institutes and Government Departments have developed a portal, mobile apps and call centres. Social media like Facebook and Whatsapp are getting popular with the farmers. ICT has become so important for the university that we have to make separate budget provision for development and maintenance of infrastructure and services. He said Birsa Agricultural University, Ranchi has adopted ICT in a big way. Besides IT infrastructure, the university has developed smart classroom and virtual classroom. Educational contents created by teachers are being uploaded on Youtube.
Admission, registration and examination process have been made online.
