SCHOLARLY RESEARCH JOURNAL FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES

8226-8231

Authors: B. P. Singh

This study compares the academic achievement of different streams of B.Ed. students of Bhiwani and Palwal district of Haryana. Result of first year of 400 B.Ed. students from two government colleges and two private colleges were taken randomly for analysis of data. The result of analyzed data indicates that a significant difference exists i) Between male and female B.Ed. students of different streams. ii) Between rural and urban B.Ed. students. iii) Between English medium and Hindi medium B.Ed. students. iv) There is no significant difference between government and private B.Ed. students. v) Academic achievement was not normally distributed. vi) B.Ed. students possess high academic achievement. Based on the findings, the following recommendations were made i) That parents should devote more time and attention to their children ii) Government should provide better facilities in the colleges iii) Teachers should be motivated to use new techniques, instructional strategies and professional values in government colleges iv) Urban students participate effectively in co-curricular and extra-curricular activities so more hostel facilities should be provided to rural students so that they have less impact of their family v) Bilingual medium should be used by the teacher to explain the subject.

8240-8243

Authors: Sachin B. Shinde & G. K. Dhokrat

Modern sports are becoming more and more competitive and the margin of error is decreasing from seconds to micro seconds, inches to millimeters, kilos to grams, so why this all is changing it is due to development in the sports science and with this there are lot of changes taking place and those are defiantly helping our youth to achieve greater heights day by day, for which researchers are doing studies, for studying the factors which directly or indirectly affect the performance of the athletes, for understanding one of this factor the research scholar had investigated weather environment does play any role in morphological, physical and motor fitness variable on individuals. Many research works have been conducted related to health and physical fitness & Motor Fitness, it is known that any competitive sports performance cannot be improved however the role of physical Education and sports the improvement especially for sportsman is not known. By understanding the Physical Education Fields requirement the researcher has selected “A Comparative Study of Selected Physical Fitness Components of Higher Secondary School Children Belonging to Non Slum and Slum Areas in Mumbai District”

8250-8263

Authors: Renu Kalra

The study seeks to investigate the relationship of employees’ job satisfaction with their organisational commitment in the context of select textile manufacturing units. The data was collected from 100 middle level employees of 8 textile manufacturing units situated in Baddi region of Himachal Pradesh. Statistical techniques ofcorrelation and, linear regressionwere used to analyse the data. The study has revealed that majority of the middle level employees working in textile manufacturing units are highly satisfied with their jobs and exhibiting strong organisational commitment towards their respective units.

8268-8279

Authors: Mrs. Anju Mehta & (Mrs.) Nimisha Beri

In recent times, India has become one of the important centers of education for international students. Many students from different parts of world are now enrolled in Indian universities and colleges. The international students’ presence in our institutions helps to promote culture & international understanding among these students. As the number of international students increase, so is the number of acculturative stress cases. International students not only face with problems similar to those of all university students, but they have the added pressures associated with life in a new environment, learning the new language and culture. The combination of these stresses reduces the international student's ability to perform. The earlier researches on acculturation suggested that an individual can regain his/her ability to function better by increasing his/her understanding of the new environment's language and culture. Additionally, the research indicated that if they receive information and support, international students may adjust more quickly and easily (Chae, 2014, Khan, 2016). It, therefore, becomes need of time to find methods for helping international students to deal with stress. The present study was initiated in response to the growing concern about the acculturative stress experienced by international students. The objectives of present study were to study the level of acculturative stress among international students in relation to gender, age and family income. For this researcher developed and validated the acculturative stress scale. The acculturative stress level of international undergraduate studying in one of university of union territory Chandigarh was measured. It was found that there was significant difference in the level of acculturative stress in relation to gender and family income. There was no significant difference in the level of acculturative stress in relation to age.

8288-8292

Authors: Kamal Gupta

In this paper, we obtain generating functions involving hyper geometric functions. Rodrigues type formula of Hermite polynomials which is closely related to generalized Hermite polynomials of Dattoli et. al. These results provide useful extensions of the well known results of classical Hermite polynomials Hn(x).

8301-8311

Authors: Jyoti

The present paper highlights the needs of staff to introduce the organization of library and to understand what part his own job plays in achieving library objectives. Introduction training begins before new employee comes to work and includes the information he/she is given about the library and the job he/she is applying for. In this article we have discuss about different sections of library, planning of library building and work efficiency of library staff.

8323-8329

Authors: Mrs. Desai Archana. S

In 21st Century there is variety of media and internet available to school children, at their fingertips, but at the same time health of school children is a great cause of concern. Therefore health education is an important area identified in the National Curriculum Framework. Again if the school teacher specially teaching health education subject becomes aware about health education and if necessary skills are developed among them then and then only the school teachers can transmit this knowledge and skills to the school children. Secondary school students are facing lot of health related problems due to which they are lacking in their studies also. School going children can have little knowledge about nature oriented methods through which they can easily overcome on their health problems. Therefore an attempt was made to develop a special naturopathy programme to impart health education for secondary students and also to study its effectiveness. A 15 days special programme of health education was designed for this purpose. The students of Vitthalrao Shivarkar Secondary School, Pune were the sample. The results revealed that the naturopathy programme developed to impart Health Education is beneficial to create awareness about improvement of mind concentration, healthy eating habits, social health, and also maintaining General Health.

8344-8349

Authors: Susan Alexander

To understand the culture of a nation one must look from within that culture. Australian Aboriginal literature helps one to understand this basic premise of anthropology. An understanding of aboriginal literature produced in Australia helps to understand and appreciate the culture of the indigenous people while simultaneously they also reveal the changes the nation has undergone since colonization. They are not produced by outsiders or observers but by those who have lived through these experiences and the creative act of writing becomes an effort to impart an understanding and awareness of the experiences of the indigenous people. Immigrant people have always altered the life of the autochthonous people and a major part of Australian Aboriginal poetry deals with it. Parallel patterning of events consequential to colonization can be found in the history of every nation subjugated by invaders. Jack Davis’ “Forest Giant” is a short poem which details within its ambit the destruction of the environment or ecocide and the decline in the population of the aboriginals due to genocide. The yoking of cultural and environmental history serves to understand the complementary perspectives of aboriginal life and environmental history of the nation.

8360-8368

Authors: Shamim Chandrakant Suryavanshi

Most of the conflicts, be it at local or international level, thrive on ignorance. The root cause of these disputes could be traced down to the belief of superiority of one over the other. It is through education that one can develop global understanding by getting to know of cultures other than ours. And for this, „if education is to contribute to the full realization of the individual, teachers and other educators remain key actors‟ (UNESCO,2015, p.54). Cross cultural comparative studies can be one route towards developing our own capacities as educators entrusted with the task of illuminating young minds in our classrooms. The present paper aims to illustrate the role of cross cultural interviewing in comparative education research toward enhancing global understanding. It will demonstrate how a meaningful partnership between interviewer and interviewee in cross national and cross-cultural research in the field of teacher education enabled not only a comparative study of preservice teacher education in an Indian and a Chinese university but led towards achievement of the one of the goals of education; ‟developing an understanding of others and their history, traditions and spiritual values (UNESCO, 1996, p. 18).

8375-8384

Authors: R. Vasudevan & R. Babu

Stress at work resulting from increasing complexities of work and its divergent demand, has become a prominent and pervading feature of the modern organizations. The researchers in the area of organizational psychology and management have used the term job stress to denote employees’ mental state aroused by a job situation or a combination of job situations perceived as presenting excessive and divergent demands. Stress is an unavoidable phenomenon in human life. Though the type of stress may differ but almost any aspect of life can lead to stress, be it lack of friends, lack of money, unemployment or even employment. Rapid industrialization, increasing urbanization and receding support over the last few decades have contributed to rise in stress level. So the investigations have decided to construct and validate a scale to measure the Occupational stress. According to the standardization procedure the framed 30 statements were finalized to 21 statements constituting the Occupational stress scale.

8393-8401

Authors: Bhagvanbhai H. Chaudhari

The present paper examines the various perspectives of Language, Literature and Society and defines their apt relevance. The notion of language is being considered somewhat similar to life. Likewise life, to define language adequately is rather an awkward exercise. Language is a natural human growth; to some extent mental as well as physical. It remains changing incessantly; hence the nature of language is dynamic. It always undergoes a process of development. Language is human in its characteristics since only human possess it. Though, animals possess a system of communication, but it is not developed accurately. A child learns the language of the society which he lives in. The entire frame of culture and civilization fully depends upon language. Language is the means of communication among human beings through which human community grows and develops in this globe. The society cannot be thought of without language. It defines the approach of human behaviour. Language generates the thoughts and leads the entire frame of culture and civilization. All human beings are blessed with this precious gift. The history of human development justifies the importance of language. It has brought the gradual development of human life from Stone Age to Modern Era. In a literal sense, the word literature means „things made from letters‟. Literature is the source of human knowledge and the documentation of human experience. Literature helps to understand the world around us and preserves the morals of people. Some of the great literary works like the Ramayana, the Mahabharata and the Bible are considered the treasure houses which provide society with the guiding principles of life. Literature and society are closely related to each other since literature is the mirror of society. Sometimes literature and society inspire and even influence to each other. The philosophical or social movements illustrated through narratives add deep insight into human knowledge. The literary works reflects the nature and spirit of particular time. While surveying history, one finds that the religious facets are incorporated in Medieval literature, whereas Renaissance reveals the advancement in the fields of art and science. Similarly, the Romantic Movement concentrated on the importance and creativity of the individual and Modernist literature represents the place of individual in an era of industrialization and the menace of nuclear annihilation.

8413-8421

Authors: G. Balaji

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8430-8436

Authors: Anshuman Sekhri & Tanveer Kaur

Misconceptions are considered as a big obstacle in the path of the students’ life. If misconceptions were not removed in the early stages of a student life it can cause various learning difficulties in future. To promote an effective and meaningful learning there is an urgent need to identify such misconceptions from students’ mind and to rectify them or to prevent them from occurring in future. From the various investigations and review studies it is found that students’ of different ages possess misconceptions in cell biology. The present study was undertaken to study the effect of treatment, intelligence and their interaction on achievement in cell biology by considering pre - achievement in cell biology as a covariate. To study all these necessary factors first the students’ misconceptions was identified through a Two – Tier Diagnostic test (DTCB). The sample comprised of 191 students’ of IX class selected from the secondary schools of Phagwara city. On the basis of pre-achievement test a relation between the above mentioned factors were carried out to find out the correlation between them.

8437-8444

Authors: Rajnish Agrahari

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8445-8447

Authors: Archana Sharadrao Kambale & S. Y. Patil

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8452-8459

Authors: J. Shakila

Parent child relationship is the important issue of adolescent’s life. They play an important role in shaping the personality. Girl child education becomes pertinent for the attainment of national development. This study examined the parent-child relationship of secondary school girl children in the context of locality and different school background. The sample of the present study has taken from 1200 Secondary school girl students and adopted normative survey method. The tool adopted for the study is the ‘Parent Child Relationship Scale’ developed by Nalini Rao, (2011). The results of the study indicated that Secondary school girl children are found to have strong parent – child relationship. Locality of living of the girl children influenced their parent child relationship. Type of school management of the girl influenced their parent child relationship

8460-8469

Authors: A. Kavitha

Good Corporate Governance is important for sound management of any organization. Non-Banking Financial Institutions like Housing Finance Companies are no exception and there has been everincreasing demand for transparency. HFCs are facing more number of challenges in comparison with commercial banks and concentrate more on efficiency in order to survive, so there is much importance of sound management. The main aim of this research paper is to analyze the financial performance of the listed Five Housing Finance Companies (HFCs) in India, namely Can Fin Homes, DEWAN Housing finance, PNB Housing finance, LIC Housing, HDFC, by using the CAMEL model (Capital Adequacy, Asset Quality, Management Efficiency, Earning Capability and Liquidity). On the basis of corporate governance practices & disclosures in the annual report for the year 2007-2008 to 2016-2017. For this purpose, corporate governance score (CG score) is calculated for each HFCs across the different parameters as per the Companies Act. These components are used to reflect financial performance, operating soundness and regulatory compliance of financial institutions.

8464-8490

Authors: Jaspreet Kaur & Dilbagh Singh Randhawa

The concept of Work-life balance is becoming more and more important in the fast changing working environment. Increased working hours have adverse impact on the lifestyle of huge number of people, which ultimately affects their social and psychological well-being. Work-life balance became an important area of human resource management, seeking attention from government, researchers, and professionals for providing innovative ways to improve employee morale, retain employees andby providing suitable ways to employers for facilitating a better Work life balance at the work-place. This study attempts to investigate the relationships between Work life balance,stress, mentalhealth, and life and job satisfaction. Four hundred bank employees (200males and 200 females) were randomly selected from Private sector banks of Chandigarh and adjoining areas ranging ageof 32 to 55 years. The general hypothesis stated in the reaserch pertains to the relationship between Work life balance,stress, mentalhealth, and life and job satisfaction. The possible effect of gender difference has also been considered in this study. To test the hypothesis, t –test and inter correlations were applied. Analysis of results reported sexdifferences on some of the variables where females scored significantly high on Stress; males score high on Work life balance, Mental Health and job satisfaction. Correlations results for the whole sample reveals thatwork life balance is significantly positively correlated with mental health, Job satisfaction and life satisfaction in males while work life balance is positively and significantly correlated with mental health and Life satisfaction in females. Job satisfaction is positively correlated with life satisfaction in males whereas; mental health is positively correlated with life satisfaction in females. Stress is not correlated with any variable in any group.

8482-8490

Authors: Abhibunnisha Begum

This paper aims at emphasizing the use of literature as an effectual technique for teaching both basic language skills (i.e. reading, writing, listening and speaking) and language areas (i.e. and vocabulary, grammar and pronunciation). Reasons for using literary texts in foreign language that is English and the main criteria for selecting apposite literary texts in foreign language classes are hassled as the only language in which all subjects travel is English. Moreover the teaching of language skill’s benefits is obtained through altered genres of literature (i.e. poetry, short fiction, drama and novel). Literature in a language classroom provides adequate space for the learners to observe, validate and mirror themselves. The purpose of using literature in a language classroom is to formulate the class interactive and it can be assured that an interactive class can apparently develop communicative competence of the learners and remain an enduring impact on their mind. Such a class can develop the decisive thinking abilities of the learners and at the same time preserve a learner centre environment. The use of literature is to focus on the positive contributions of a literary text as it exposes the learner to different registers, types of language use. Literature plays an important role in the English programs of many non-English speaking countries. However, there are some problems encountered by language teachers within the area of teaching English through literature. First, there are very few pedagogicallydesigned suitable materials that can be used by language teachers in a language classroom. Second, there is a lack of groundwork in the area of literature teaching in TESL / TEFL programs. Third, there is the nonexistence of clear-cut objectives defining the role of literature in ESL /EFL. The teacher has a significant role in teaching English through literature. Literature is not only a device for developing the written and oral skills of the students in the intention language but also is a window opening into the culture of the target language, building up a cultural proficiency in students.

8491-8498

Authors: Balaji S. Mudholkar

Industrial sickness specially in small-scale Industry has been always a demerit for the Indian economy, because more and more industries like – cotton, Jute, Sugar, Textiles small steel and engineering industries are being affected by this sickness problem. The solutions will have to be tailored to the specific industry, and only in that way can any real effect be made on improving the health and productivity of the industrial workforce. In this research paper researcher is try to understand various causes, issues and problems related to sickness of SSI units in Nanded district.

8500-8505

Authors: Sampurna Guha

A strong body means physical strength which has a positive impact on our personality and translates into a feeling of holistic well being. Man needs three basic things for survival: food, shelter and clothing. Nutrition is important. Eating a balanced diet is vital for good health and well being. Food provides our body with energy, protein, essential fats, vitamins and minerals. These in turn help us to grow, live and function properly. Health is wealth goes a popular saying. We need a variety of food to provide the right amount of nutrients for gaining good physical and mental health (NHMRC). Food is the source of all our bodily functions and directly affects our body and mind functions in every stage of life. Healthy food helps in disease prevention, maintenance of healthy weight, provides energy and impacts our quality of life (Sushant, 2015). The purpose of the present study is to understand the importance of good values of eating such as good eating habits, avoidance of junk food, maintenance of personal and environmental cleanliness, regular exercise and safety and their direct impact on personality development and overall well being. A detailed study was done of various secondary sources of data available on importance of food and its impact on overall well being, including a study of the Bhagwat Gita, which mentions various types of food desired by individuals according to their inherent tendencies. The findings from the study indicate that imbibing values of healthy eating such as eating healthy and hygienic food, eating food on time, doing regular exercise, following safety and security measures all have a direct impact on holistic well being. The personality also gets enhanced and a person feels good about himself and the world. Hence, there is a felt need to create awareness about healthy eating habits, need for regular sacrifice, maintenance of cleanliness and following safety measures among learners especially at the primary and secondary level thereby promoting holistic development for the youth.

8509-8516

Authors: Rekha J. Parlikar

Indian society is known as a rural society. Most of the Indian population resides in rural area. So the development of India means the development of this rural area. And the development of rural area means the development of all types of depressed, oppressed, poor and downtrodden groups of the society. According to 2001 census in India 8.2 percent and in Maharashtra around 8.9 percent of population belongs to Scheduled Tribes and 87.3 per cent of the ST population of Maharashtra is residing in the rural areas. This society is politically, socially and economically backward compare to other social groups of the society. So you should think first about this big group for the rural development. In this manner policy maker establishes an administrative setup for rural areas. Further they introduce various committees for strengthening rural development. But the 73rd constitutional amendment is the milestone in this regards. For particular the development of tribal areas (Fifth Scheduled Areas according to the Constitution of India) Panchayats Extension to the Scheduled Areas Act, 1996 (PESA) passed in 1996. According to PESA act ‘management’ of natural resources transferred to the local society. But there is a problem of its proper implementation. This paper delves in some detail into the manner in which the States’ have subverted the mandate of the Central Legislation through carefully using the wordings in law to make the implementation vague and ineffective especially in the context of ‘community resources’ in scheduled areas. This is comparative study of implementation of PESA Act in various states in India.

8517-8525

Authors: Rekha J. Parlikar

In India the Panchayats (extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 (PESA Act 1996) was enacted on 24 December 1996. This act is enacted particularly for scheduled areas. Scheduled Areas are those, which are under the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution of India where the tribal populations are predominant. According to PESA act ‘management’ of natural resources transferred to the local society. India is famous for its natural resources being one of the 12 mega-diversity countries in the world.(DebnathDeboshish, 2010)The Indian civilization is a primary civilization, known as Indus civilization, which has been described by Rabindranath Tagore as Tapavan civilization, meaning the very civilization grew in forest, was developed by its indigenous people. India’s forest dwelling people are known as Vanabasi or Vanyajati as well as ‘the Scheduled Tribe’ (a constitutional category) as their association with the forest from time immemorial. This paper deals with the problem of climate change and its effects on the human society. It also tries to bring out the importance of an organized and decentralized governance mechanism to manage them. The paper elaborates how the Tribal Panchayats can play a meaningful role in managing climate change through forest management. Climate change will be pivotal in redefining development in the twenty-first century. Nations, societies, communities, and households respond to the impact of climate changes and variability to which the world has already been committed. In many instances, climate change is a determinant factor in the growth, equity, and sustainability of society at large. Given the potential magnitude of impending changes in institutional and social relationships, the gaps in current knowledge about the role of institutions in adapting to climate change is remarkably large. This review focuses on the role of local institutions in adapting to climate change

8526-8534

Authors: Rekha J. Parlikar

‘Politics is the field of thinkers’; this is the conservative thinking about politics. But what about today views of politics is ‘Politics is the game of scandals.’ This is the reason for the problem arising of public indifference towards politics. Today Indian society faces this problem at large level. So this paper tries to find out the reasons of it including the corruption, criminalization, cast & religious base and at the core scandals in the politics. Further analyze that Political socialization and political culture is the main reason behind it. If we want to involve the youths in the politics at large scale we must purify the politics where they feels proud to be a part of it. At last there are some suggestions for further development related to solve this problem.

8534-8542

Authors: Suman Kumari Katoch,

Education instill in the child a sense of maturity and responsibility by bringing in him the desired changes according to his needs and demands of ever changing society, of which he is an integral part. The descriptive method of research was justified in view of the objective of the study. All the students of 10th class of district Shimla constituted the population of the study. From the selected district, 10 schools (5 - rural area school and 5 - urban area school) were taken on the basis of random sampling. In the third step 22 students were drawn randomly from 10th class of each school. The total sample was consists of 220 hundred urban and rural students. The investigator used General Mental Ability Test for data collection. The t-test statistical technique was used in this study. The rural and urban students do not differ significantly on the variable of academic achievement and intelligence.

8543-8556

Authors: Siddaraju K.S. & Jayamma H.R.

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8551-8567

Authors: Subhash Singh

Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) scheme was launched in March, 2009 with the objective to enhance access to secondary education and improve its quality. The schemes envisages inter alia, to enhance the inrollment at secondary stage by of providing a secondary school with a reasonable distance of habitation, with an aim to ensure GER of 100% by 2017 and universal retention by 2020. The other objectives include improving quality of education imparted at secondary level through making all secondary schools conform to prescribed norms, removing gender, socio-economic and disability barriers, etc. Important physical facilities are provided which include, (i) Additional class rooms, (ii)Laboratories, (iii) Libraries, (iv) Art and crafts room, (v) Toilet blocks, (vi) drinking water provisions, (vii) Electricity / telephone/internet connectivity and (viii) Disabled friendly provisions. Improvement in quality through, (i) Appointment of additional teachers to improve PTR (ii) Inservice training of teachers, (iii) ICT enabled education, (iv) Curriculum reforms and (v) Teaching learning reforms.

8564-8575

Authors: Sukhpreet Singh

Work participation is a very crucial indicator for understanding the economic contribution of various sections and communities of the society. The work participation rate plays an important role in the eradication of poverty and unemployment. The present paper tries to explore the reasons behind the low work participation among the Muslims in India. The reason behind the low work participation among the Muslims, is the overall low status of Muslim women which also leads to low work participation among the Muslim females. Its very sorry state of affair that more than three-forth Muslim women are not participation in work which gives serious blow to the work participation of entire community.

8569-8586

Authors: Mangalagowri B & H Nagaraj

Land is a scarce resource, whose supply is fixed for all practical purposes at the same time. The demand for land for various competing purposes is continuously increasing with the increase in human population and economic growth. Land use pattern at any given time is determined by several factors including size of human and livestock population, the demand pattern, the technology in use, the cultural traditions, the location and capability of land, institutional factors like ownership pattern and rights and state regulation. The land use pattern besides having economic implications has also important ecological dimensions, which if ignored can have disastrous consequence. The land is the sole resources of sustenance mankind supporting the planed, animal and human life for providing the food, and shelter. Man utilizes land for various purposes like agriculture of urban development, settlement industrial activities etc.. The growing pressure population coupled increasing varieties of demands being made on the land resource have brought extra pressure on the land resource all over the country. In this paper shows that non agriculture land increase from 8.9% to 11%, and current fallow land increase from 3.2% to 6 % of total area, and also cultivable waste land decrease from 4 % to 3% ,

8583-8592

Authors: William Mumo Kibwea, Jonathan M. Mwania & Leornard Kamau

The study set out to study the influence of Child-headed family formations on the development of interpersonal relations among the pre-school learners in Musengo zone, in Kitui West Sub-County, Kitui County in Kenya. Families, ECDE institutions, and the community at large, provide conducive environment which necessitate acquisition of interpersonal skills and social competencies among the pre-school learners of Musengo zone. In Kitui West Sub-county, Kitui County, Kenya. This paper provides a broad review in understanding on the importance intervention of key stakeholders namely the peers, siblings, parents, community members and teachers on the development of social skills aspects of the pre-school learners. The study employed descriptive survey design to gather information, summarize, present and interpret the results for the purpose of clarification. Purposive sampling technique was used to select ECDE teachers and other key informants while questionnaires, interview guides and observation schedules were used in data collection. Data collected was analyzed using the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS). The study targeted a population of 906 respondents comprising of 25 headteachers, 56 ECDE teachers, 25 parent representatives and 800 ECDE learners.A sample size of 145 respondents constituting 5 headteachers, 15 ECDE teachers, 5 parents representatives, and 120 ECDE learners. Data was presented by use of frequency distribution tables. The study established that there is a significant relationship between child-headed family formations and the development of interpersonal relations among pre-school learners. The researcher concluded that the government and all strategic partners should objectively support the orphaned and vulnerable children and mentor them so that they developinterpersonal. The study findings will be of great importance and relevance to ECDE teachers, Non governmental organizations, curriculum developers and administrators.

8593-8601

Authors: Ajay K. Gautam & Neha Yadav

The theorists in favour of open border assert the existing limitations on immigration in Western democracies are not reasonable. Like feudal barricades to mobility, they defend unjust honour. And, as it was witnessed, furthermost human beings do not prefer to move, they usually feel emotionally attached to their native land. They seek out to move out when life is very challenging where they are. The communitarian objections to this supposition come especially from Michael Walzer. He enunciates an approach to distributive ethics grounded on complex equality that is meticulously observant to the specific ways specific communities’ value goods. A renewed attention in borders and geography amongst theoreticians is giving upsurge to enquiries that are outside the scope of Walzer's system and disclose concepts at the geographic level that weaken his overall approach. This internal discrepancy deteriorates but does not eventually mark-down, Walzer's overall policy of distributive ethics. When standardised to permit for geographic meticulousness, Walzer's approach becomes even more valuable to critique a range of contemporary development movements.

8602-8628

Authors: Sunaina

Life is full of struggles and a person has to face many challenging situations where he/she needs to make right decisions. With the advancement of scientific knowledge and gradual development of materialistic outlook, it is believed that education should enable the individual to earn his living .Occupational aspirations in the formative years of life influence the vocational choice in the later life, which determine individual’s success in regard to job satisfaction, productivity and adjustment. So, it is imperative for the teachers to know their occupational aspirations, interest, self concept etc. A sample of 200 senior secondary school students was randomly drawn from govt. and private schools located in Ferozepur. Significant difference has been found in the level of occupational aspirations of adolescent boys and girls. Insignificant difference has been found in the level of self concept of adolescent boys and girls. Insignificant relationship has been found between occupational aspirations and self concept of adolescents.

8608-8622

Authors: Prakash Vir Singh

Agricultural development has been sluggish, and has failed to keep pace with population growth. In recent years the yields of major food crops in Uttarakhand have been lower than other South Asian countries and Uttarakhand is now dependent on food imports. Land holding size per family and field sizes has both decreased markedly during recent years. If hill regions are considered independently, all cereal crops yields have stagnated in the last 30 years and gains in production that have been made. Crop productivity in the hills has declined due to land degradation. Agricultural development has been sluggish, and has failed to keep pace with population growth. In recent years the yields of major food crops in Uttarakhand have been lower than other South Asian countries and Uttarakhand is now dependent on food imports. Land holding size per family and field sizes has both decreased markedly during recent years. If hill regions are considered independently, all cereal crops yields have stagnated in the last 30 years and gains in production that have been made. Crop productivity in the hills has declined due to land degradation. Changes in agricultural practices (including changes in crops and crop production, impacts of livestock overgrazing) are having major and far reaching impacts on natural environment.

8629-8635

Authors: Sanjiw Kumar Manjre

Guru Ghasidas was a great social reformer and philosopher in Chhattisgarh. He was the founder of the Satnami movement in Chhattisgarh. His all philosophies and messages were dedicated to humanity and all living being. He has talked about casteless and untouchability free society where always been equality, Satya-ahinsa (truth and non-violence), freedom and brotherhood and there should be no place for discrimination in the name of pure and pollution. Today also, Guru Ghasidas's philosophy teaches the Satnamis even all humans in two sides. First, is tried to make a good person in everyday life. Second is that hit to hierarchical Brahmanic supremacy and itself keep away from Hindu god-goddess. Because, not existence of the Gods, it is only mythical story and their all characters are fictional. They can’t ever help you. It has been completed through secondary sources.

8636-8644

Authors: Amardeep Kaur

The present study was conducted to Construct and Standardize an Achievement Test in English for IX standard students . Test items were selected from syllabus of VIII grade prescribed by Punjab School Education Board, Mohali . Since the achievement test was intended for standard IX , therefore the VIII grade English textbook was used for constructing the achievement test. The entire syllabus was thoroughly scrutinized and then items were selected from the books of class VIII of P.S.E.B. In all 130 items from 14 aspects of class VIII were taken. After seeking expert opinion, items were reduced to 120. Each item was allotted one mark. Further , 20 items were rejected on the basis of difficulty level and discriminating value of the items. 100 items were selected which lie between .40 to .60. Content validity of the achievement test in English was established with help of experts' opinion i.e. English teachers of different schools. The split-half method was used to establish reliability & its calculated reliability is 0.86.

8649-8654

Authors: Satyendra Singh Chahar

Educational environment and other educational institutes define the basic framework of education. Ministry of Science, higher education and Educational Organizations are some of the most important and widespread social organizations which hold the responsibility of selection and transmittance of values and custom to future generation. Educational Organization has direct influence not only on development of latent talents and increasing knowledge and abilities of students but also leads to an increase in national annual production and gross production of every country. With a profound look, we understand that education plays a remarkable role in every society in training children and future generation who are all the assets of a country. The conclusion of the research is that under graduate students are un-aware to educational environment and their educational rights.

8675-8684

Authors: Poosapati Durgaiah

Education is fundamental issue for development. It is an integrated part of modernization process. Modern knowledge is articulated with the idea of global education. Globalization has definitely influenced on education system in different countries. It is also a key instrument of development. To achieve the target of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) it is obviously important that right to education should be ensured from the secondary level of every country .The globalization process has greatly influenced on the educational system, which is largely considered as an outcome of modernization process. The study investigated globalization and its influence on social sciences education in secondary schools in Rangareddy district in Telangana state. The study determined how globalization influences social sciences contents, teaching methods and instructional materials/resources. The research questions were to what extent does globalization influences social sciences contents, teaching methods and instructional materials/resources. Descriptive survey design was employed in which five secondary schools were chosen and ten students were randomly selected from each of the schools making a total of fifty students. A 21-item studied questionnaire comprising of the following sub-sections: social sciences contents, social sciences teaching methods and social sciences instructional materials/resources were used to collect the needed data for the study. The collected data were analysed using chi-square analysis.

8699-8704

Authors: Mr. S. Pratap & J. Revathy

In today’s competitive world, value and wealth creation for shareholders are among the most important goals of businesses. For the sake of achieving his goals, the investor needs some instruments in order to measure the potential value of each investment opportunity. It is clear that these instruments are not capable of predicting the exact future, they just provide some piece of information and advice that help the investor in the decisions he makes. Among these criteria, the most common types are Return on Investment (ROI) and Earnings per Share (EPS). Despite the numerous applications of these instruments, theoretically, they are not related with shareholders’ value or wealth creation. In recent years, the modern evaluation techniques based on economic theories such as Economic Value Added (EVA), Market Value Added (MVA) and Shareholder Value Added (SVA) replace the accounting data-based criteria and have widely drawn the attentions. These criteria follow the performance assessment with regard to the changes in the value and alongside maximizing the long term shareholder returns. In this research paper, one of the most important criteria; i.e. Shareholder Value Added (SVA), is investigated from several viewpoints.

8718-8727

Authors: Shukrant Jagotra

MSMEs in India have emerged as a dynamic sector of economy over years as it plays a crucial role in providing large employment opportunities and industrialization of rural areas. This sector is a major contributor of country’s socio-economic development. Despite of this sector’s inherent capabilities, MSMEs in India are facing number of problems and raising credit has become their major problem. This study examines various sources of finance that can be used by MSMEs and the obstacles faced by MSMEs in raising finance from such sources. For the purpose of this study, sample of 100 respondents from major cities of Punjab (Amritsar, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Patiala and Mohali) was interviewed with the help of structured questionnaire. While descriptive analysis was used to identify the common sources for raising capital, factor analysis was used to reduce as well as to identify the major obstacles faced by MSMEs in raising credit. The study indicated bank as most commonly used source of finance over other sources and bureaucratic loan procedure, poor past records and performance of the firm, behavior of bank employees and high cost of financing as the major obstacles faced by MSMEs in raising finance.

8736-8750)

Authors: A. Jammanna

The process of democratization from below has threatened the very existence of the caste system and the dominance of the traditionally powerful groups. We are now witnessing such momentous historic developments in the social system in India. It is in this historic perspectives, more and more sections of people are discovering the relevance and importance of the ideology of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar, who put forward scientific analysis of the caste system, the Hindu religion had evolved ways and means to fight out of the evils and degenerations, resulting into the very negation of human values and dignity. We often use the most elusive tern social justice but rarely define it as it is covered by conflicting claims of divergent approaches of divergent segments of society. Further it is a multi-contextual term having interpretations and implications in national and international spheres. The modern idea of social justice is concerned with ushering in a new social order without any border which could secure rights and advantages for the different sections of society in general and for the vulnerable and underprivileged sections of society in particular. As whole, it is correctly that any genuine democratization process can be started in India only through social justice. For that the emancipation of the Dalits, by a restoration of self-respect, is very much needed. The vision of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar has given us a comprehensive programme for achieving social justice in India. So, it is the duty of all progressive and democratic forces to assimilate the ideology and vision of Dr. B. R. Ambedkar for the establishment of genuine social justice.

8758-8773

Authors: Surbhi Bhatt & Mahipal Singh Rao

Stories of Jumpha Lahiri are the evidence of immigrant lives, their displeasures, disenchantment, struggles, dreams, integrations, etc. Immigrant experience, as well as identity, really is without question the elements of Interpreter of Maladies which have been explored possibly the most by researchers. In the stories in Unaccustomed Earth have been commended for presenting different aspects of the Bengali diasporic sensibility. The eight stories in the collection show the quest for identity in the diasporic situation. They scrutinize numerous identities as well as a dilemma in the lives of immigrants. This article will study the short story about the immigrants those who have to live their homeland by the Indian-American writer Jhumpa Lahiri, two of those three works, Interpreter of Maladies (1999) and Unaccustomed Earth (2008), are short story collections and are some of the very well known ones.

8782-8789

Authors: Neetu Khokhar

Under the present predicament there is a growing realization in the world of education today that children should be educated in the art of peaceful living. As a result, more and more peace concepts, attitudes, values and behavioral skills are being integrated in to school curricula in many countries. There is also renewed interest to develop peace related disciplines such as value education, moral education, global education, etc. In the past we seemed to have assumed that the more knowledge people have, the better they are. Accordingly, we stressed cognitive learning in schools at the cost of developing children’s emotional, social, moral, and humanistic aspects. The consequence of such imbalanced learning is evident today in the forms of youth unrest with their antisocial attitudes and behavioral problems. The paper focuses on the inculcation of education for peace as an integral part of the teacher training programme. Education for peace implies an active concept of peace through values, life skills and knowledge in a spirit of equality, respect, empathy, understanding and mutual appreciation among individuals, groups and nations.

8799-8817

Authors: Mrs. Shubhangi R. Khambayat

Communication plays an important role in our everyday life. Good communication is therefore vital for effective functioning in the work environment. There is overwhelming evidence that proficiency in communication skills can make any individual more versatile, and thus more competitive in the workplace. Communication is a mode, which helps every one of us to transfer our messages, thoughts, feelings, thinking, imagination and ideas. This is a function pre-installed or naturally exists in every human being to show his/her existence by language. Thus, every student certainly needs effective and impressive communication skills. As a result, there are growing expectations from educational institutions to cater the needs of the workplace. One of the major issues we need to address includes, what measures should be taken to make the students work-ready‘? In this perspective, Teachers have an important role to play in enhancing the communication skills among students. Considering the diversity in the classroom, there is a growing demand to use innovative methods and strategies, including framing good quality instructional resources to enhance various sub-skills of communication among our students. An attempt is made in this article, to contribute to the ongoing discussion in the changing contexts of communication skills from the perspective of preparing our students to face future challenges. The paper shares ideas on enhancing the four core elements of Communication skills, including listening, speaking, reading and writing skills in order to get an edge up in the competition for work and employment.

8825-8835

Authors: Mrs. Shobha Jadhav & Mr. Sunil Kalekar

This paper is research based and is related to sustainable development. Sustainable development is very important concept which was presented by World Commission on Environment and Development in their 1987 report. It we want to make the world strong then the education for sustainable development is very important. Education for sustainable development makes students understand the importance of relationships, and everyone and everything is connected. Students need opportunities to become meaningfully and authentically engaged with community issues. Schools focusing on education for sustainable development can help create these opportunities. Schools can inculcate sustainability while teaching content by conducting various activities. In this paper the researchers tries to find out the hidden aspects of sustainability which are included in the English textbook of XII Standard and suggests some activities to inculcate sustainability.

8839-8841

Authors: T. P. Khairnar

This paper Compares F.Y.B.Sc. Physics & Electronics student strength of K.A.A.N.M.S. Arts, Commerce & Science College, Satana. Data of F.Y.B.Sc. Physics & Electronics student strength were collected from department of Physics & Electronics of last six years. The data were analyzed using

8850-8855

Authors: Shankar Chatterjee

In this article how micro-enterprises i.e. self-employment projects help to earn income of youths have been explained. In a huge country like India wage-employment cannot be provided to all as well as wage employment does not give creativity satisfaction also. On the other hand, self-employment which not only helps to earn income but persons involve with it get satisfaction also for creating new products/ selling products with self-esteem. For encouraging self-employment, the Government of India has initiated Rural Development & Self Employment Training Institute (RSETI), in almost all the districts of the country. As per the statistics (30th September 2017) reveal around 16 lakh youths have been settled through micro-enterprises after trained from RSETI.

8872-8882

Authors: Upendra Nabh Tripathi & Amit Kumar Jain

The growing tourist demand is resulting in an increase in pressure on our natural and other resources. Ecotourism has received much attention in recent years especially within the developing world. Eco-tourism can also be termed as management of tourism and conservation of nature in a way so as to maintain a fine balance between the requirements of tourism and ecology on the one hand and needs of the local communities for jobs, new skills, income generating employment and a better status for women on the other. It also aims to educate the tourist, to inform them, to provide funds for conservation of ecology, causing direct benefit to the economic development and political empowerment of local communities and areas, and foster respect for different cultures and for human rights. New projects have been started for strengthening ecotourism in Uttar Pradesh where visitors avail of improved tourism facilities such as accommodation, field infrastructure etc. This has resulted in promoting ecotourism in the state. In India domestic and foreign tourist arrivals have increased substantially from 2000 onwards. Uttar Pradesh received the big share of these visitors. Among all the states Uttar Pradesh was ranked 2nd in terms of domestic tourist visits and 3rd in terms of foreign tourist visits in India in 2016. This favourable statistics of tourism in Uttar Pradesh is capable of generating employment to both skilled and unskilled workers, directly and indirectly. At the same time it presents a lot of future challenges such as lack of good quality tourism infrastructure, global concerns regarding health and safety of tourists etc. This paper is aimed at exploring the opportunities and challenges of ecotourism in Uttar Pradesh with special reference to employment generating potential.

8890-8908

Authors: ShailjaSingla & Nikunaj Bhardwaj

More than 30% of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients possess activating mutations in the receptor tyrosine kinase FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 or FLT3. A small-molecule inhibitor of FLT3 (tyrosine kinase) that is currently in clinical trials appears promising for the treatment of AML. Here, we report the co-crystal structure of the kinase domain of FLT3 in complex with RTK. FLT3 with quizartinib bound adopts an “Abl-like” inactive conformation with the activation loop stabilized in the “DFG-out” orientation and folded back onto the kinase domain. This conformation is similar to that observed for the uncomplexed intracellular domain of FLT3 as well as for related receptor tyrosine kinases, except for a localized induced fit in the activation loop.The co-crystal structure reveals the interactions between RTK and the active site of FLT3 that are key for achieving its high potency against both wild-type FLT3 as well as aFLT3 variant observed.

8919-8932

Authors: Neil Singh , Anuja Jedhe , Sham Diwanay & Prafulla Shede

Ethanol toxicity in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae reduces titre and productivity in the overall industrial production of ethanol. The study aims to evaluate the effect of potassium chloride and calcium chloride on ethanol production, tolerance of yeast cells and to further optimize the salt concentrations in culture medium. Four commercially available strains of yeast were tested for their ethanol tolerance in absence and presence of 10mM to 50mM concentrations of potassium chloride and calcium chloride.. The isolate Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain OR was selected for further tests based on its ethanol tolerance profile. Potassium chloride at 30mM concentration significantly increased viability of the cells in presence of ethanol. The increased of levels of extracellular potassium and calcium ions strengthens transcellular and intracellular ion gradients, thereby potentiating alcohol tolerance of ethanol producing yeast.

8940-8945

Authors: Amisha Singh & Sharmila Devi

Education is a powerful instrument for social, political and economic development of the country and is concerned essentially with the future. The strength of education system largely depends upon the quality of teacher who sustains it and the type of environment surrounding the educational institutions. But now a days, the problem of promoting mental health and healthy environment in a developing country like India, occupies high priority on the agenda of human development. Mental health promotion works on the principle that everyone has mental health needs, not only those people who have been diagnosed with the mental illness. Mental health should not be confused with mental illness, as mental illness is a form in which symptoms like stress, strain, anxiety, restlessness, tension and hopelessness are felt for too long time and too extensively. Mental Health is affected by the complexities of life provided by modern environment, which cause conflicts and stresses. Modern life is so complex that many individuals experience difficulties when they change from one environment to another. The stress in students is caused by social, emotional and personal factors and also by environment, education and occupation. Socio climate affects all types of activities and is useful for planning, predicting, modifying and evaluating various organizational systems. In an organization where different members function freely and positively to advance the goals and objectives of organization provide a healthy organizational climate. This research paper highlighted the effect of socio climate on mental health of the students.

8952-8957

Authors: Dr. Anil Kumar Vangani & Dr. Alka Maurya

Verruca Vulgaris is the commonest skin disease in the dermatological practice. These are benign growths due to infection with papilloma viruses, which occur mainly on the hands and feet. Verrucae accounts for approximately 5%-10% of the skin conditions seen in patients in many countries. Our Aim was to ascertain the Efficacy of Homoeopathy in the cases of Verruca Vulgaris by comparing two arms i.e. interventional and placebo following holistic approach using Complete Repertory, simultaneously establishing the fact that Verruca Vulgaris requires medical intervention and is not merely a self limiting disease. Result was assessed on the basis of scores of scales viz DLQI (Dermatological Life Quality Index), Patient Global Assessment Index and Physician Global Assessment Index at first and final follow up; within one year of duration. Patients were reviewed for minimum six visits. In interventional arm, 6 (20%) cases got cure, 7 (23.33%) cases showed mild improvement, 4 (13.33%) patients showed marked improvement, 8 (26.66) were status quo and 2 (6.66%) got worse, whereas, control arm, 1(3.33%) case got cured, 2 (6.66%) cases showed mild improvement 22(73.33%) cases were status quo, 5(16.66%) cases got worse. Holistic approach of Homoeopathy using Complete Repertory proved effective in the treatment of the Verruca Vulgaris. After prescribing the indicated remedy in appropriate potency and doses patient started improving depending upon their vitality. Simultaneously it can be concluded that either longer study duration is required for better results with centisemal scale potencies or 50 millisemal scale potencies are suggestible to cut short the period of medication to establish the better efficacy of Homoeopathy in treatment of Verruca Vulgaris.

8968-8977

Authors: Ruchi Manchanda & Saksh

Aim: The present study investigated the effectiveness of Information and Communication Technologies in developing the environmental ethics among secondary school students. Methodology: Keeping in view the main purpose of the study experimental method was used by the investigator. The study was conducted on a sample of 80 students studying in class IX of MDAV Senior Secondary School, Ambala. For the study, pre-test post-test control group design was used. For the purpose of the study an intervention programme based on environmental education developed by the investigators and scale measuring environmental ethics developed and standardized by Haseen Taj were used. t-test was used to compare pre-tests and post-tests of control and experimental groups. Findings: The results of the study revealed that before giving intervention programme both the groups were equivalent. There was a significant difference between environmental ethics of students of experimental and control group after intervention programme and significant difference was also found between the experimental group before and after intervention programme. Relevance: For formal education to contribute to sustainability, traditional systems and methodologies need to be reoriented. Research shows the traditional education system has not succeeded in influencing choices and behaviours that would support sustainable development. ICTs, at their most basic level, enable the presentation of course content using multimedia (images, text and sound) and facilitate interactivity and simulation, thereby offering opportunities to improve learning and making new ways of understanding possible. Thus, the use of new technologies can offer exciting new possibilities to promote the changes in education methodologies called for in ESD.

9005-9012

Authors: Sarita Dahiya & Kanta

The present studyattempted to explore the relationshipof Academic Achievement with Emotional Competence, Learning Style and Academic Anxiety among 9thclass students.Descriptive survey method employed for the present exploration. Random sampling techniques used to select the sample of 300 school students studying in 9thclass ofGohana town. Emotional Competence Scale(EC-S) developed by Sharma, H.G. (2007), Learning Style Inventory Scale by Dr. Misra, K.S.(2012), Academic Anxiety scale by Dr. Singh,A.K. (1984) and performance of students in pervious examinationused as an Academic Achievement and to collect the raw data. Mean, S.D’s& rvaluecompute on Excel were used for the purpose of data analysis. The finding of the study revealed the positive correlation between Academic Achievement and Emotional Competence, Academic Achievementand Learning Style, Academic Achievement and Academic Anxiety among 9th class students of Gohana town.

9025-9035

Authors: Smita Mishra

Quality assurance in school education is now a global c o n c e r n . In the age of globalization and technological change, education is not confined to be transmitted from the teacher to student over a fixed period of time. Rather educational system must promote the learning environment by acquisition of knowledge and skills that make possible continuous learning through modern methodology, innovative techniques and integration of ICT. Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is the most cost effective approach to provide high quality education and training to the people in an insufficient economic condition, which covers hard wares, soft ware, networks, media for collection data, storage, processing, transmission and critical thinking abilities. NPE 1986 and 1992, and NCF,2005 have stressed on employing ICT to improve the quality of education. Also National Policy on ICT, 2009 formulated the policies and implementation strategy for the same. This paper outlines effective integration of modern methodology and innovative techniques through the use of ICT in classroom. The traditional "chalk and talk" method of teaching that persisted for hundreds of years is now acquiring inferior results when compared with the more modern and revolutionary teaching methods that are available for use in schools today. Greater student interaction is encouraged, the boundaries of authority are being broken down, and a focus on enjoyment over grades is emphasized. The researchers believe that the core objective of teaching is passing on the information or knowledge to the minds of the students. Any method using computers or modifying t h e existing c o n v en t i o n a l chalk-talk method are innovative if they ultimately serve the attainment o f core objective of teaching. Nowadays, technology is rapidly changing, and the use of new and global technologies (i.e., mobile devices) is spreading. As such, smart phones, portable gaming systems, iPods, and tablets are available to expand Internet accessibility and technology integration in the classroom (Cheung, 2009).

9043-9048

Authors: Kiran Sachdeva

The present study examined the effect of academic stress on personality traits among adolescent girls. For the study, a sample of 360 adolescent girls was selected by using stratified random sampling techniques. For the collection of data Scale of Academic Stress and Sixteen Personality Factors Manual were used. Various statistical techniques like t-test and Pearson product correlation were used for the analysis of data. Academic stress is a pressure experienced by adolescents that may affect their academic achievement as well as their personality. In this endeavour the researcher found that there is no significant relationship between academic stress and personality traits among adolescent girls. The findings of the study reveal that the adolescent girls have moderate level of academic stress. The study may be beneficial for teachers, parents, students etc. in creating a beneficial atmosphere which may contribute to the better scholastic achievement of the adolescent girls.

9062-9068

Authors: Parul Aggarwal

Jean Piaget’s cognitive development theory discusses how an individual progresses through the learning process in stages. This paper focuses on Jean Piaget’s developmental stages and how to apply this theory to the learning of mathematics. Each stage has been described and characterized, highlighting appropriate mathematical techniques that help to lay a solid foundation for learning of mathematics in future. General implications of the knowledge of stages of development have been incorporated for instructions in mathematics.

9078-9096

Authors: Nitleen Kaur

The present paper studies the productivity in State Bank of India (SBI) Group. An examination of almost all the important issues in society would show that productivity is the only key solution to most of the economic problems. It touches all sections of society whether Government, big industrial units or small industries, profit organizations or public utilities. In India, public sector banks provide maximum assistance to the weaker section of the society. The objective of the present study is to measure productivity in SBI Group with respect to per branch and per employee. Data has been collected from secondary resources, mainly the annual reports of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and Indian Banking Association (IBA). For measuring growth & growth rates, study period has been divided into six equal sub periods of two years starting from years 2003 to 2013. Paper concludes with the help of selected financial indicators and compounded rate of growth. The study attempts to accomplish its objectives by making cross-sectional and inter-temporal analysis on the basis of 17 indicators. These indicators are divided into three categories. While one set of indicators measure output in terms of input of number of employees‟ i.e. labour productivity, next set of indicators measure branch productivity. The last set of indicators depict productivity on the basis of certain financial ratios. The division has been done by considering the fact that recruitment of employees and opening of branches are not even in different years.

9103-9110

Authors: Suprava Mohanty & Shamita Mahapatra

The study was carried out to examine the relationships among the attributes of spiritual intelligence and psychological capital (PSYCAP) and also how PSYCAP mediates between spiritual intelligence and academic performance of college students. Participants were 360 college students in the age group of 18 to 20. They were administered the questionnaires of spiritual intelligence and PSYCAP. The GPA in their last university examination was used as academic performance score. All the correlations between the attributes of spiritual intelligence, PSYCAP and GPA were significant. Hence, the results implied for multiple and hierarchical regression analyses to examine the extent of prediction of the PSYCAP from the attributes of spiritual intelligence. It is observed that each of the four attributes of spiritual intelligence significantly predicted the PSYCAP variables as well as GPA. Spiritual intelligence explained 35%, 38%, 41%, and 39% of variances of hope, optimism, resiliency, and self-efficacy respectively. Each attribute of spiritual intelligence and PSYCAP also significantly predicted the GPA. Further, when PSYCAP variables were introduced in the 2nd step of the hierarchical regression analyses, the variances of GPA explained was increased by 8% to suggest the significant mediation of PSYCAP. Sobel’s test also confirmed the mediationof PSYCAP with each of the attributes of spiritual intelligence.

9121-9130

Authors: Bharati Chand

This paper explores Universal Ethics followed by Universal Declaration of Human rights and Bhagavad Gita. The Bhagavad-Gita and UN declaration of Human Rights (1948) are the two pillars on which the research is based on. The Bhagavad-Gita (a part of Indian epic, the Mahabharata) is a well-known Indian spiritual and philosophical text and its teachings are universal, non-sectarian. It inspires universal ethics to follow for the survival of humanity. In this article, the researcher employs hermeneutics, a qualitative methodology which is the interpretation of ancient or classical literature, the Bhagavad-Gita as well .This paper is a qualitative research which involves study, understanding and interpretation of ancient or classical text. The existing findings are interpreted as well as compared by analysing the verse of Bhagavad Gita and Universal Declaration of Human Rights. At the end, it is concluded that timeless teaching of Bhagavad Gita has followed Universal ethics.

9135-9140

Authors: Mr. K.C. Shaikh & Ms. Jayshree Bhoyar

In almost a decade of opening up of opening up of the education sector, number of private self financing engineering & Polytechnic colleges and universities in India has started functioning. Today, there is a scarcity of the highly qualified, good oriented faculties and other administrative staff in the professional/technical education. Few reason attributed to this scarcity are the availability of more opportunities for the good and experienced faculties, non-availability of the serious candidates who desire to make their career in education sector and reluctance of the management to give full garden and other faciliting to the faculties and other administrative staff members of their college. This is resulting in another problem in these professional/ technical colleges and that is of high rate of turnover of employees. Various studies have indicated that apart from number of difficulties the young faculty members need to undergo the training regarding soft skills, how to teach the students. The happier people are within their job, the more satisfied they are said to be. The paper is an attempt to explain what is the exact need of training to these newly appointed technical teachers.