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Not AvailableSignificant research achievements for the year 2018-19 have been included in this annual report under four programs of the Institute i.e., rainwater management (including waterlogged area management), canal water management, groundwater management and on-farm technology dissemination (including wastewater management, water policy & governance). Our scientists are actively involved in development of irrigation plans; safe drainage of excess water; development of runoff water recycling, and land modification/shaping technique for enhancing productivity; water and nutrient self-reliant farming system for rainfed areas; climate resilient agriculture, groundwater management for enhancing adaptive capacity to climate change, design of groundwater recharge structures for hard rock areas, assessment of groundwater contamination and its management, socio-economic and environmental linkages of groundwater irrigation in the Godavari districts of Andhra Pradesh, mitigation of arsenic contamination through organic and chemical amendments; options for enhancing irrigation efficiency and development of integrated farming systems in canal commands, water saving techniques in rice and rice-fallow areas through pulse crops, standardizing micro-irrigation technologies etc. To cope with flood, post-flood disaster management and an index-based flood insurance has been suggested. Studies are being carried out for bioremediation of polluted water, impact assessment of industrial wastewater, development and evaluation of mini-pan evaporimeter for irrigation scheduling, intensive horticultural system for improving farm income from degraded lands, and socioeconomic evaluation of water related interventions under MGNREGS. Our Institute has also initiated development of android-based mobile expert system on agricultural water management and mobile App for pump operation remotely. A substantial work has been done for livelihood improvement of scheduled tribe and tribal farmers through water management interventions and revival of village ponds through scientific intervention.Not Availabl

Vaginal progesterone in prevention of preterm labour

Introduction: Preterm birth, defined as childbirth occurring at less than 37 completed weeks or 259 days of gestation since the first day of a woman’s last menstrual period, is one of the leading causes of neonatal morbidity and mortality. Across 184 countries, the rate of preterm birth ranges from 5% to 18% of babies born. Out of 27 million babies born every year (2018 data ) in India, 3.5 million babies born are premature. Recent literature review has shown that the use of Progesterone reduces risk of preterm birth. But there is little information available regarding the role of Progesterone in preventing preterm labour. Objectives: Primary objective of the study is to find out the incidence of preterm labour among pregnant women taking vaginal progesterone. Secondary objective is toassess the safety and efficacy of progesterone in feto-maternal outcome. Methods: This is a cross sectional study where100 prescriptions from IPD of Dept of O&G, VIMSAR, Burla of women who had recently undergone labour with singleton gestation and with previous history of preterm labour were analysed. Incidence of preterm labour among those taking and not taking vaginal progesterone were compared. Results: There was decreased incidence of preterm labour as there is prolongation mean Gestational age by 9.383 weeks among pregnant women taking vaginal progesterone. Conclusions: In the present study, women taking vaginal progesterone had significantly lowered incidence preterm birth rate