Availability and usage of information and communication technologies (ICTs) by research faculties of CCS HAU, Hisar

Abstract

The study was conducted in Hisar district of Haryana state. All the colleges of university were selected. Thus, a total of 120 research faculties were selected by simple random sampling technique from each selected college. Data was collected with the help of well-structured questionnaire. Majority of the respondents were male having age between 37-47 years with PhD with NET having service experience of 6-10 years. Cent percent of the respondents had availability of smart phones and television followed by newspapers and regarding attaining information books, smart phones and WhatsApp was utilized by majority of the respondents. Majority of the respondents had availability of all ICT services such as computer, mobile phone, television, Wi-Fi and E resources at department/workplace. Frequency of usage of ICT services such as computer, mobile phones, MS Word, Google Drive was high followed by printer while availability and usage of radio and iPad was less among respondents.