The whole of civilization is in a holocaust of pandemic, claiming more than millions infected and close to 0.7 million have been succumbed to death. Out of some few measures, hand washing with sanitizer has been recommended as a preventive hygienic practice. Health hygienic and nutrition of human being are organically dovetailed to each other; no one is achievable without considering the other. Hospitalization of a person in most cases is the failure story out of no or wrong hygiene and health practices. No one ever thought that a simple hand wash can even a savior to civilization. The book here attempts to highlight the perception and practices of health and hygienic practice followed by school going girls as well as school going children of both genders. The study is small but the implication is big.
Dr. Rama Das is presently acting as Assistant Professor, at Department of Food & Nutrition (U.G. & P.G.) Barrackpore Rastraguru Surendranth College, West Bengal. She Completed her M.Sc., Ph.D. in Food and Nutrition from the University of Calcutta. She has organized so far three National two International and several department seminars and presented more than 15 papers in different National and International conferences. She also chaired different session in National and International Conferences and published a good number of research papers in national and international journals. She is now the BOS member and head examiner in the University.
Prof. (Dr.) S.K. Acharya, former Head, Dept. of Agri. Extension and Director, Extension Education, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, Mohanpur, WB, born on 6thOctober, 1960, started his career as Assistant Professor at BCKV in 1988 and has been in teaching, research and extension over 30 years. An erudite teacher and an elegant speaker, Prof. Acharya, the topper in his M.Sc (Ag) academic career in Agril. Extension, is internationally acclaimed for his unique research domain of Social Entropy and Energy Metabolism, Social Ecology and Environmental Sociology, Enterprise Ecology Framework, Farm Stewardships: The Transition from Conservation, Technology Socialization Process, and The Social Ecology of Livelihood, which have got tremendous policy’s well as scholastic importance. Research Publication: 169 in National and International Journals. Book Publication: 73 books authored/co-authored, covering topics Participatory Extension Planning and Management; Value addition and quality management, Extension Strategy for Natural Resource Management; Horticulture Management with Quality Issues, Technology Socialization Process; Fish Biodiversity; Income and Livelihood; Enterprise Management and Entrepreneurship Building; Women's participation in Panchayat; Gender Issues in Floriculture; Technology gap in Floriculture; Enterprise Synergy in Agriculture; Disaster Management; Social Metabolism, Farm Energy Metabolism, Community Perception on Climate Change, Social Entropy and Chaos, Research Areas of Publication: Community Forest Management and Role performance by EDC and FPC; Social forestry and community participation (paper published in Indian Forester); Technology Diffusion and Socialization, Primary Education :Dropout Problem, Nutrition and Livelihood; Fish Ecology and Community Indexing of Fish Biodiversity; Indigenous Knowledge and Wisdom Analysis; Development Communication; Diffusion Approach in Forestry and Animal Enterprise; PRA, PLA, BME, etc. Membership of Distinction: Chancellor Nominee on selection committee; Member of Agriculture Commission; Marketing and Extension Sub-Committee, Govt. of West Bengal; Expert member WWF projects in BTR (Buxa Tiger Reserve Project);Expert member; DFID project on Primary Education (DPEP); REIA, Visited Italy, France, Germany, China , Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Delivered 13 Keynote addresses in International Congress, Chaired 17 Sessions in International conferences, Editors of a score of national and international journals. He has so far been awarded with 9 best paper awards in National and International Conferences, Organizing Secretary of two International Conferences, held in the years, 2016 & 2018, Jointly Organized by Department of Agricultural Extension, BCKV, WB and Krishisanskriti, New Delhi. He has also been honoured to be selected as the Convener of Panel (PE-32)entitled The hunger , poverty and silence, of IUAES, University of Manchester, UK, 2013 .Co-PI of ICAR and World Bank funded project CAAST on Conservation Agriculture. So far he has successfully guided 14 Ph.D scholars from BCKV, CU,KU, Vidyasagar University.
Dr. Minati Sen, M.Sc., PhD. worked as Professor in the Department Home Science, University of Calcutta. She was also head of that Department. She has about 33 years teaching experience in UG and PG level. She published 33 Research papers and articles in different National and International Journals and attended different conferences and presented research papers in different National and International Seminars. She also organized different seminars at National level as well as delivered lectures as Resource Person in national level Refresher, TOT program. She has been actively engaged in community nutrition and public health research. She has guided 10 Ph.D. scholars completed 3 research projects. Dr. Sen is member of different professional bodies and she has continuous involvement in different academic bodies.
