Assessment of participants’ response in a national webinar on business opportunities in fish post-harvest

Abstract

A webinar was organized by ICAR-CIPHET, Ludhiana, Punjab (India) to assess the response of participants for the topic on post-harvest engineering and technological aspects of the agricultural and allied sector. Dr. C.N. Ravishankar, Director, ICAR-CIFT, Cochin, Kerala delivered the expert web-talk on ‘Business Opportunities in Fish Post-Harvest’. Participants from various fields responded enthusiastically. About 1200 participants registered through google form, 700 joined the session though Youtube LIVE and total views reached about 1400 in just 10 days. Out of 736 responses in feedback, 99.5% found proper coverage of the topic, 95.8 % found duration of the webinar sufficient and 88.9 % rated the overall success of the webinar with 8-10 score on a 1-10 scale. And 99.7% of participants were interested in getting the certificate. This assessment study found the webinar a grand success of the webinar. This can be attributed to the meticulous planning by organizer, effective presentation by expert speaker, efficient competency of coordinator, broader circulation of invitation for participation and active response of participants.