With the start of liberalization in 1991, Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) was limited to only a few sectors like manufacturing, infrastructure etc. But change in FDI policy of India in 2012, allowing investment in multi-brand retail stores, aviation sector and pension plan sectors, may bring revolutionary changes in these sectors. For companies in the consumer products and retail industry, the pace of change is breakneck, global volatility is guaranteed, and fierce competition comes at every turn. FDI acts as a major catalyst in the development of a country through up-gradation of technology, managerial skills and capabilities in various sectors. Rise in purchasing power, growing consumerism and brand proliferation has led to retail modernization in India. The growing Indian market has attracted a number of foreign retailers and domestic corporate to invest in this sector. FDI in the retail can expand markets by reducing transaction and transformation costs of business through adoption of advanced supply chain and benefit consumers and suppliers (farmers). Oppositions have raised concerns about employment losses, promotion of unhealthy competition among organized domestic retailers resulting in exit of small domestic retailers from the market and distortion of urban cultural development. The present paper focuses on the overview of the Indian retail sector along with the survey to understand and compare consumer shopping behaviours and the use of different retail channels in Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula (India).

Adolescence stage is a crucial period in one's life. It starts from the age of 10-11 and continues up to 18-19 years of age. This is a stage where rapid physiological and psychological changes/development occurs. Many a times the individuals are in a state of stress, confusion and dilemma. Adolescence students at this stage require a lot of help. They require help in knowing the issues related to the physiological development, emotions, dealing with their own peers and elders, and issues related to their education and future career. Adolescence education becomes inevitable for empowering young individuals to face the life with bold and confidence. The objectives of adolescence education could be achieved to a large extent by organizing regular guidance and counselling services/programmes effectively in schools. Guidance and counselling is one of the students support services in schools. It is considered as a helping profession and which is an integral part of education. The present paper focuses on the practices followed by the professional school counsellors in helping the adolescence. A metaanalysis of the couple of papers on the best practices in guidance and counselling presented by the practitioners for the regional seminar on ‘current practices in school guidance programme’ is made and the results are systematically presented in this paper. This paper concludes with the extent of support rendered by the professional counsellors through the guidance and counselling services for the well-being of adolescence.

This present study deals with the survey of infrastructure for art education in secondary schools of Amritsar district. A Sample was consisted of hundred students from government and private schools and twelve teachers of art from selesctedschools with purposive random sampling technique. Two self made questionnaires for students and teachers were used to collect the data .The findings of present research revealed that more stress was laid on theoretical and practical sides were ignored. In Majority of schools the art funds were used for other purpose

The design of the study is a descriptive survey which attempts to collect data from members of a population in order to determine the current status of the population.

The present study was aimed to analyse the difference in the career conflict of rural-urban adolescents and adolescents studying in government and private schools. It is assumed that the career conflict of rural and urban adolescents and adolescents studying in government and private schools does not differ significantly. Career-conflict scale by Kumar and Rekha (2015) was used for the data collection from 200 adolescents of 14-18 years. The findings of the study revealed that 24% urban adolescents shown low career conflict, 64% adolescents have average level of career conflict and 12% urban adolescents have showed high career conflict. 20% rural adolescents shown low career conflict, 56% adolescents have average level of career conflict and 24% rural adolescents have shown high career conflict. 23% adolescents studying in private schools shown low career conflict, 64% adolescents have average level of career conflict and 13% adolescents studying in private schools shown high career conflict. 21% adolescents studying in government schools shown low career conflict, 55% adolescents have shown average level of career conflict and 24% adolescents studying in government schools have shown high career conflict. The t-ratio of the career conflict scores of the adolescents belonging to urban and rural areas has not been found to be significant at 0.05 level of confidence and 0.01 level of confidence. Similarly the t-ratio of the career conflict scores of the adolescents studying in private and government schools has not been found to be significant at 0.05 level of confidence and 0.01 level of confidence.

The objective of a good evaluation system must be development of students as well as teachers. Evaluation therefore must be considered as a serious activity. Most teachers consider that their jobs are over when they finish teaching. This is not so. Teachers must follow through the students during and after evaluation and provide constructive feedback for their improvement. With these positive thoughts towards the evaluation system the researcher embarked into a study of the attitude of prospective teachers towards the evaluation system. The education system has three sets of people who must effectively interact to achieve the objectives. The paper highlights the attitudes of the prospective teachers as they see projected by teachers, students and parents. The paper also highlights certain suggestions to make evaluation comprehensive, long lasting and transformative

Thoughts and Emotions are the basic functions of the human brain. From the time one is made till he/she dies & maybe beyond one thinks& feels. This job of the brain is on for 365 days, 24/7 . Yet behaviorists have pondered about the individual differences in the thought process of Humans. Some are extreme thinkers while some are cognitive misers. Some are highly emotional while some are blunt in spite of normal brain functioning. Psychologists & Neuro scientists have identified multiple factors like age, culture, experience, nature & nurture amongst other things for this difference. Gender has emerged as an important factor that influences thoughts & feelings. Research has shown that men & women think & feel differently. Often people believe that men are logical thinkers while women are emotional thinkers. They attribute this difference to the net working of a man’s & women’s brain. The present study makes an attempt to make a scientific attempt to understand the thought process & feelings towards day to day concepts. This we feel will help in way to understand the complexities of the brain function. To evaluate the above relationship the researchers plan to do a scientific ex post facto design with a sample size of 100 women & 100 men in age group of 25-45, both educated and uneducated sample will be considered for the study.

“Gita”, the Glorious Song sung @ the battlefield of Kurukshetra by none other than Lord Krishna Himself, for whom Veda VyAsa aptly said “कृ षण् ास्त ु भगवान स्वय ं |” that Krishna Himself is God.

One of the most important decisions high school students make is career choice. Choice in the discipline of study defines further education and consequently what young people will do in the rest of their lives. It determines their earning capacity and often their social and economic class as well. While many other countries allow students to defer hard choices to later in their lives – mostly until the final year of college and sometimes even later – the choice made by high school students in India is more rigid than it is elsewhere

“To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.” Marilyn Vos Savant. Education is a multifaceted course of action consciously planned to impart knowledge and developmental skills. Tutoring is imperative and essential for every person. It is only through teaching and learning that an individual develops one‟s thoughts, way of interpretation, resourcefulness, expertise, problem solving, morals and ethics and most important one‟s attitude. Education is the need of the hour for developed as well as developing societies. As, Dr J S Dhillon states that, “To make the best, the young minds need to be provided opportunities for accessing quality education. Only quality human resources will ensure emergence of a true knowledge society which will ultimately enhance the country„s competitiveness in the global economy”.

The campaigns such as Swach Bharat Abhiyan would be successful ony if the students gets the practical skills and awareness required to maintain hygiene and cleanliness in their surroundings. The present investigation is an attempt to inculcate the environmrntal awareness and attitude towards environment among the elementary students in order to aware the students about the environmental pollution and its health hazrds. In the present study the researcher provided intervention on REB (responsible environmental behaviour) to the students. Pre test Post Test Control group design was employed. ANOVA was employed to arrive at generalizations. The study revealed that REB had significant impact on environmental awareness as well attitude towards environment of the elementary school students.

Group work as an element of modern pedagogy has its foundation in the Constructivist Approach. We are social beings and group work, if executed suitably, for instance, in consonance with Vygotsky’s concept of ‘Social Scaffolding’ can be a very effective methodology for joyful and natural learning in English Language Teaching (ELT) classes. Group work enables learners to develop, elaborate, question and support each other’s ideas through communication. As we are aware, communication using language is a fundamental means of learning the language. Moreover, group work ensue Collaborative Learning which is yet another vital tenet in classrooms as well as society at large. Proficiency in the English language is an asset when the learner becomes a productive member of the society via his/her profession. Nevertheless, group work is not a fool proof methodology for ELT classes; it has its own challenges. This paper sheds light on the intricate nature of group work and its reliance on effective execution

The issues of globalization and cultural diversity have gained increasing attention in higher education. As the international community moves toward greater interdependence, globalization is driving a revolution in educational institutions. Higher educational institutions have stepped up to the challenge by internationalizing their curriculum and offering education abroad opportunities for their students. The metamorphic change has been a challenge for educators and researchers to measure this cadre of globalization among higher education. The understanding that the India must play a key role in this global competitive market is felt throughout policymakers and the public. Therefore, it is imperative that the educational sector take the lead in this initiative. The workforce of tomorrow must be globally aware and culturally sensitive to create the culture of interconnectedness.

Since many years; the concept related with development is being studied from many dimensions. After the period of 1950, many eminent are taking preview of positivity created by social changes through many various developments, oriented programs. After 1990, India has accepted globalization, liberalization & policy of privatization. Through this, India market exposed to multinational companies & global capitalism. All fields like agriculture, finance, education, health, energy production, insurance & last but not least fishery experiences its effects. Cultural life & social principals can’t remain unaffected from the influence of globalization. In short, effects of developmental policies leave an impression on various sectors. Especially in the Industrial field the effects are obvious a strong fillip for industrialization,& ensuing pollution in environment, displacement, rehabilitation struggle becomes regular routinue. Through this, a developmental dilemma is being created.

Abstract: The 3M Company is one of the largest manufacturers in the U.S which has been well known for its innovation and R&D. The 3M Corporation is a multinational conglomerate with six distinct operation segments: display and graphics, health care, safety, electro and communications, industrial and transportation, and consumer and office. Annual sales of these combined units for 2006 were approximately $23 billion, with net income of $3.851 billion. About 67% of 3M sales are generated outside the United States. Like many multi-national companies, 3M has been challenged to develop strategies that leverage their unique core competencies that will allow them to seize opportunities within the global market. However, 3M executives face a somewhat paradoxical challenge in that their unique corporate culture, which stresses sideways innovation where corporate entrepreneurship and informal collegial cooperation between departments, is embraced as a core value (Krames, 2005). Strategic initiatives, therefore, must complement this unique core competency.

Present study was aimed to explore the level of empowerment among engineering, management and education discipline students and to explore the difference in empowerment of engineering, management and education discipline students. It was hypothesized that the there is no significance difference in empowerment of engineering, management and education discipline students. The findings of the study revealed that 08 percent students of education discipline have low level empowerment, 63 percent have average level empowerment and 29 percent students of education discipline have high level empowerment. While 30 percent students of engineering discipline have low level empowerment, 46 percent students have average level empowerment and 24 percent students of engineering discipline have high level empowerment. On the other hand 33 percent students of management discipline have low level empowerment, 44 percent students have average level empowerment and 23 percent students of management discipline have high level empowerment. The results explored that empowerment of engineering, management and education discipline students significantly vary from each other’s discipline. The difference in empowerment of engineering, management and education discipline students was further analyze using t-test and all the values have been found to be significant at 0.01 level of significance.

The purpose of the present study is to investigate interrelationships amongst four variables i.e. Socio- Economic Status, Motivation, Achievement and Attitude of Pre-Service Teachers. The Researcher took 333 prospective teachers as sample from four randomly selected B.Ed. colleges affiliated to Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University, New Delhi. The Investigator used Socio-Economic Status Scale developed by Prof. R.P.Verma, Saxena & Mishra, Motivation Analysis Test by Cattell and Horn, Teacher Attitude Inventory by Dr.S.P.Ahluwalia and the Achievement Test developed by the Investigator himself. Data interpretation and analysis was done through various statistical techniques like Mean, SD, Percentage, t-Value, Bi-Viriate & Multi Viriate Corelation and Regression Analysis. The major findings of the study were: 1) Majority of Pre-Service Teachers studying in the University, were of High SES. 2) Around one fourth of Pre-Service Teachers were of Very High SES. 3) Majority of them had average level of motivation. 4) SES was significantly correlated to the Achievement and Attitude of Pre-Service Teachers. 5) Very High SES Pre-Service Teachers had highest level of Motivation and Achievement. 6) No significant correlation was found between Motivation and Attitude. 7) Majority of Pre-Service Teachers had Average Achievement. 8) Regarding joint contribution, SES is more significant factor than Motivation in the prediction of Achievement as well as Teaching Attitude of Pre-Service Teachers.

The health of a country's population has profound implications for the health and education of children and the economic well-being of households, as well as for the women themselves. The most direct effects of poor health and nutrition among females in countries such as India are high mortality rates among young children and women of childbearing age and high morbidity rates throughout the life-cycle. The effects of pervasive ill health extend beyond the women herself. A woman's health and nutritional status influence her newborn's birth weight and chances of survival, her capacity to nurse and nurture her child, and her ability to provide food and care for other children and family land or for wages, income falls when ill health prevents a woman from working. Women's health and nutritional status is inextricably bound up with social, cultural, and economic factors that influence all aspects of their lives, and it has consequences not only for the women themselves but also for the well-being of their children (particularly females), the functioning of households, and the distribution of resourc

Every man who knows how to read has it in his power to magnify himself, to multiply the ways, in which he exists, to make his life full, significant and interesting. Aldous Huxely It is an adage that individuals are not born with innate desire to perform any action in their environment. According to philosophers human beings are like a clean slate. As soon as the child works mutually with his milieu, the experiences leave ineradicable impressions on the mind of the child. The instruction received in school enables the child to bring out the latent abilities that one has but it cannot create anything new. Teaching and learning helps one to grow from within oneself more rapidly and effortlessly and one of education‟s dependable and reliable servants that help in the development is „habit‟. W. James thinks that the nurturing of proper habits is the aim of edification. Habits according to him are the „Flywheels of Society‟.

Storage is a source of which increase benefit to the all types of respondents whether it is farmer, retailer or commission agent which further gives the more benefit of the high returns for the Agri produce. Hence the researcher is interested to find out the various storage facilities with reference to agriculture produce in Nanded district.