includes appendices

Table of Contents:
SECTION I: HISTORICAL OVERVIEW OF EVOLUTION OF COMMUNICATION

1. Communication and Information Technology: A Historical Perspective S. N. Upadhyay

SECTION II: BASICS OF SEARCH ENGINES AND WEB DESIGN

1. Web Design Methodology Joytirmoy Sarkar

2. Searching Internet for Scholarly Information Joytirmoy Sarkar

SECTION III: FUNDAMENTALS OF ICT APPLICATIONS

1. e-Learning in Extension Systems: Empirical Study in Agricultural Extension in India Meera N. Shaik

2. Conducting Online Researches in Extension Meera N. Shaik

3. Information Technology (It) Application in Bench Mark Assessment and Project Monitoring S. S. Dolli, J. S. Binkadakatti, B. N. Biradar

4. ICT Mediated Agricultural Knowledge Management: Tools and Processes for Extension Meera N. Shaik

5. Expert Usability Evaluation and Learning Audit of ICT Extension Tools: A Case of Rice Doctor Meera N. Shaik, Magor Noel and Shires David

6. Artificial Intelligence and its Applications in Agriculture R. B. Mishra

7. The World of Social Networking Aditya and Basavaprabhu Jirli, Basavaprabhu Jirli and Dipak De

8. e-Learning Basavaprabhu Jirli and Dipak De

SECTION IV: DIGITAL MEDIATION IN AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICES

1. ICTs for Agricultural Extension: A Survey of Leading Models and A Collation of Best Practices Aditya, Dr. C. Kathiresan, Shri D. K. Jain

2. ICTs Potentials in Agricultural Development Dipak De and Basavaprabhu Jirli

3. Role of ICT Mediated Extension in India T. P. Sastry

4. Synthesis of ICT Enabled Extension Approaches in India: Tactical Synthesis to Practical Framework Shaik N. Meera

5. ICTs for Agricultural Extension Initiatives in North-East India R. Saravanan

6. Agricultural and Rural Development in the Information Age: Some Critical Concepts Shaik N. Meera

7. ICTs and Empowerment of Indian Rural Women: What Can We Learn from On-Going Initiatives? Rasheed Sulaiman V, N. J. Kalaivani, Nimisha Mittal and P. Ramasundaram

SECTION V: ICT APPLICATIONS IN ALLIED SECTORS

1. ICT Mediated Extension: Applications in Fisheries J. Charles Jeeva

2. Remote Sensing Applications in Agriculture K. N. Prudhvi Raju

3. E-Governance and its Role in Agriculture and Rural Development in India R. Roy Burman and Ram Bahal

4. ICT for Forecasting in Agriculture G. C. Mishra

SECTION VI: LEGAL ASPECTS OF ICT APPLICATIONS

1. Legal Control of Cyber Crime in India Golak Prasad Sahoo

2. Information Security Concerns in It-Enabled Services K. K. Shukla