Vol. 12, Issue 6 (2023)

Author(s):
CS Prajapati, P Singh, Abhijeet, RK Maurya and Rishabh Yadav

Abstract:
The study was carried out on M.sc Agriculture students of State Agriculture Universities (SAUs) of Uttar Pradesh. The main aim of the study to find out the job preference of M.sc Agriculture students further it was to also measure whether their career preferences were influenced by their university, and parent’s occupation. Out of four SAU two were selected randomly, a sampling frame is made and 60 students of M.Sc. (Ag.) were selected from each university and total 120 students were selected for study. This study has been conducted through personal interview method. It has been observed that 34.99% of respondents give first preference to banking jobs followed by state and central government jobs and it has been observed that their preference was not influenced by the University they were studying and their parent’s occupation since majority of respondents chose banking as their job preference.