Arpana Joshi

Bio: Arpana Joshi is an academic researcher from Tribhuvan University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Educational institution & Agricultural education. The author has an hindex of 1, co-authored 1 publications receiving 4 citations.

Impact of COVID-19 Lockdown on Agriculture Education in Nepal: An Online survey

Abstract: The official announcement of COVID-19 as a global pandemic on 11 March 2020 by WHO, the world economy has abruptly declined, billions of people are in lockdown, maintaining self-isolation. In this survey, 150 respondents were selected randomly and this survey intends to highlight the impact of lockdown in agriculture Students on their education along with their response towards pros and cons. This survey shows that maximum respondent, around 52% of them found lockdown beneficial in the sense that it has helped to neutralize the gravity of viral infection and 48% of them doesn’t found it beneficial as their educational schedule has been halted. The practical education of a student is disturbed due to lockdown and now they are utilizing this period involving in online courses, training, and webinars. Many of them couldn’t have access to the internet to catch the session, thus the government should initiate policy in education through a long term perspective so that no pandemic could interfere with the educational institution in digital world.

Affordable Green Housing, “Is it a possible solution for sustainability and huge housing demand”

Abstract: : With urbanization, population is at it hike and current status in the construction industry is to develop large scale affordable housing for the necessity of urban India. The construction industry is the primary energy-consuming industry and even emits many greenhouse gasses. It drains around 38% of the total energy globally, not including water and other essential resources. All of this is contributing to global warming and environmental misbalance. While catering such high housing stock we have to consider its impact on environment first. It is extremely important to think about environment before us. The trends in construction industry has highlighted the green building features and need for affordable building and thus unifying both to form green affordable building module which will be the best option for E.W.S and L.I.G category. But these benefits are not visible be consumer and even people from industry and thus this research tries to investigate to investigate the awareness about green building and the new concept of affordable green building and challenges faced in its implementation and major barrier in its way.

“Overview of waste pet bottle application in a building construction at kolhapur.

Abstract: : In this study, moto is to reuse the waste PET bottle as a brick in a building construction replacing the burned clay brick, waste foundry sand is found excess in Kolhapur city as it is the second largest hub for the foundry industry, the waste foundry sand is been compacted in the bottle that helps to improve the compressive load on the PET bottle brick as compared to burned clay brick, also environmental perceptive is been promoted by minimizing the waste plastic bottle and reusing it in building construction, comparative analysis is been done for how reusing plastic bottle can be environmental friendly then recycling it and releasing the harmful gases like carbon monoxide in the nature. Findings-In this study several parameters are been experimented like cost analysis and strength analysis by constructing prototype model of burned clay brick and plastic bottle masonry.

“Waste pet bottle infill walling” a possible remedy for cost effective management in building construction at, kolhapur.

Abstract: : Find the possibility to reduce the air pollution (co2) from the industry of burned clay brick and find the alternative from waste that will minimize the waste plastic bottle that is in larger quantity that have accumulated in nature and causes pollution in Kolhapur, promoting waste pet bottle to reuse with a waste foundry sand as a filler material in it, as a brick in building construction. waste foundry sand is in maximum quantity as Kolhapur being second largest hub for foundry industry, adding waste plastic bottle with waste foundry sand can make a plastic bottle brick for walls in building construction at Kolhapur, the strength and cost analysis is done by comparing traditional brick i.e., burned clay brick and bottle brick. Resulting bottle brick is cost effective as compared with burned clay brick and also strong enough to carry the external load. So, waste PET bottle is the sustainable waste that can be used to infill walling in building construction.

Policies for Rapid Mitigation of the Crisis’ Effects on Agricultural Supply Chains: A Multi-Criteria Decision Support System with Monte Carlo Simulation

Abstract: This paper proposes an integrated approach towards rapid decision-making in the agricultural sector aimed at improvement of its resilience. Methodologically, we seek to devise a framework that is able to take the uncertainty regarding policy preferences into account. Empirically, we focus on the effects of COVID-19 on agriculture. First, we propose a multi-criteria decision-making framework following the Pugh matrix approach for group decision-making. The Monte Carlo simulation is used to check the effects of the perturbations in the criteria weights. Then, we identify the factors behind agricultural resilience and organize them into the three groups (food security, agricultural viability, decent jobs). The expert survey is carried out to elicit the ratings in regard to the expected effects of the policy measures with respect to dimensions of agricultural resilience. The case of Lithuania is considered in the empirical analysis. The existing and newly proposed agricultural policy measures are taken into account. The measures related to alleviation of the financial burden (e.g., credit payment deferral) appear to be the most effective in accordance with the expert ratings.

Triggers and Tweets: Implicit Aspect-Based Sentiment and Emotion Analysis of Community Chatter Relevant to Education Post-COVID-19

Abstract: This research proposes a well-being analytical framework using social media chatter data. The proposed framework infers analytics and provides insights into the public’s well-being relevant to education throughout and post the COVID-19 pandemic through a comprehensive Emotion and Aspect-based Sentiment Analysis (ABSA). Moreover, this research aims to examine the variability in emotions of students, parents, and faculty toward the e-learning process over time and across different locations. The proposed framework curates Twitter chatter data relevant to the education sector, identifies tweets with the sentiment, and then identifies the exact emotion and emotional triggers associated with those feelings through implicit ABSA. The produced analytics are then factored by location and time to provide more comprehensive insights that aim to assist the decision-makers and personnel in the educational sector enhance and adapt the educational process during and following the pandemic and looking toward the future. The experimental results for emotion classification show that the Linear Support Vector Classifier (SVC) outperformed other classifiers in terms of overall accuracy, precision, recall, and F-measure of 91%. Moreover, the Logistic Regression classifier outperformed all other classifiers in terms of overall accuracy, recall, an F-measure of 81%, and precision of 83% for aspect classification. In online experiments using UAE COVID-19 education-related data, the analytics show high relevance with the public concerns around the education process that were reported during the experiment’s timeframe.

Distance Online Learning during the COVID-19 Crisis from the Perspective of Agricultural Sciences Students in Jordan: Survey Study

Abstract: Educational practices and strategies have been changed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Universities nowadays are adopting online education systems to ensure delivering of their educational information and knowledge. This study aims to evaluate the experience of the agricultural sciences students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Jordan with focus on their preparedness, attitude and barriers. Online survey was distributed to 559 students among four different majors at the College of Agriculture Sciences at Jerash University in Jordan. Data were collected via google forms. The results’ showed no gender differences in any of these domains. However, there was statistical significance difference barrier score, attitude score, and preparedness scores between different age groups. The results showed no statistical difference throughout our four departments in different levels of study. The results indicated that about 76 % of the students were satisfied with the quality of services offered from Jerash University during the COVID-19 lockdown. Student expressed negative impression with the practical session being online instead of being in the field. Finally, students mentioned the availability and the quality of network as a barrier for them to perform better and get higher grades. This new experience for students during pandemic lockdown identified areas for improvement that can done. Sharing the study results could help to enhance online education with similar settings in colleges throughout the country.