GURU GHASIDAS VISHWAVIDYALAYA BILASPUR (CG)

DEPARTMENTAL PROFILE OF RURAL TECHNOLOGY

Department at a Glance

The Department of Rural Technology and Social Development was established in the year 2001 with an aim to carry out teaching & research activities for overall development of rural artisans. The indigenous knowledge of the rural people has been utilized by the department for creation of need-based technologies for sustainable rural development. Presently, the department runs professional and job oriented Bachelor, Master and Doctoral Degree courses related to Rural Technology approved by University Grants Commission, New Delhi. The primary motive behind running these courses, is to facilitate appropriate development of science and need-based technology for rural areas.

The department runs in its existing building with constructed area of 543 square meter and has an its extension with constructed area of 869 square meter to be furnished in near future. The department has established new EDUSAT classroom and successfully organized two training programs last year jointly with Institute of Remote Sensing- Dehradun. Several advanced scientific instruments are available in the department, which have been used in research as well as in conducting project work of undergraduate and post graduate students. New Accelerated Solvent equipment (ASE 150) has been installed for innovative research in the field of medicinal plants. New remote sensing GIS softwares ERDAS 2011, ArcPAD, and 21st century GIS were purchased for remote sensing laboratory work and research. The Department is well versed with seven permanent faculty members having diversified academic qualifications and research experience. Many of them have experience of working at foreign research and academic institutions and well aquanted with international scientific trends. They are continuously publishing their research findings in journals of good impact factor. The department has set collaborations with several national and foreign academic and research institutions for teaching, learning, research and development. The department has furnished laboratories working on plant extraction, herbal drug formulations and their safety evaluation as well as has demonstration units for Vermicomposting, Biocomposting, Apiculture, Sericulture, Lac production and Mashroom production. Currently, two major research projects are running in the department sponsered by Chhattisgarh Council of Science and Technology, Raipur and Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi respectively. About 1500 books of national and international authors are available for students to facilitate teaching, learning and high quality research. All the advanced communication media are used by faculty members for advanced teaching.

In the Master’s Degree programme, six months project work is compulsory. The students complete their project work in reputed educational and research institutions, like Indian Institute of Remote Sensing- Dehradun; Patanjalee Vishwavidyalaya- Haridwar; Indian Institute of Integrated Medicine- Jammu; National Botanical Research Institute- Lucknow; Centre of Science for Villages- Wardha; Birla Institute of Technology- MESRA, Ranchi; Deendayal Shodh Sansthan- Chitrakut; and Centre of Bio-Genetics Research- Bhopal.

The pass out students of the department have obtained employment in Government departments, like Rural Engineering Services, Zila Panchayats and Non Government Organizations. Also in the session 2010-11, almost all the pass out students have been selected and gained employment in Rural Engineering Services of Chhattisgarh Government. In the same year, the students of this department have been selected under various programs run by various Zila Panchayats of the state. Besides this, a number of pass out students have also established their enterpreneurship and every necessary technical help and guidance is provided to them by the department for this purpose.

List of Passed out students List of Employed Students Letter of Course Recognition