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Department of Agricultural Education & Studies

Graduate Student

	Name: Aruna Sai Kuna
	Email: askuna@iastatate.edu
	Office: 223 Curtiss hall
	Phone: 515-294-4349
	Major Professor: Dr. Greg Miller
	Home: India
	Education: (1 semester in AGED)
	Research Interest: My research interests are biotechnology and distance education, with specific to information and communication technology (ICT) mediated open distance learning programmers.
	Professional Affiliations: Graduate Assistant in Agricultural education and studies.
	Plans for the Future: I want to develop contemporary ICT methodologies which can help to strengthen agricultural extension and agricultural education.
Publications: Dixit, S., Dileep Kumar, G., Aruna Sai, K. Gerard, Sylvester Asil and Balaji, V. Videoconferencing: Experiments to Bridge Farmer-Expert Gap. National Seminar on Information and Communication Technology: Opportunities and Challenges for Revitalizing Agricultural Extension. Navasari, Gujarat 27-29 December 2006 (Won the Best paper award). Dileep Kumar Guntuku, Aruna Sai Kuna, Sreenath Dixit, and Balaji Venkataraman (2006) Information and Communication technology (ICT) mediated Open Distance Learning (ODL) methods for Agricultural Extension: A case study from a drought prone area of rural south Asia. Presented at the WCCA2006 (the World Congress on Computers in Agriculture) held at Orlando, Florida, USA, July 24-26, 2006, available at http://asae.frymulti.com/abstract.asp?aid=21871&t=1 Brief Statement (Why you choose Iowa State University and AgEdS): ISU is one of the renowned universities in the U.S. and the program which I have interested is being offered by this university. Brief Informational Statement About Home: