Indian Journal of Human Relations

Among the variety of career options, students have to choose one career from them to fulfill their aspirations. They choose their courses broadly out of Science, Commerce and Arts as per their interest and aptitude. The career selection is justified later when they are either actually pursuing the higher studies in the field or working as professionals. If they prove their career decision correct then he/she seems motivated and career oriented. This motivation helps the individual to grow in his/her professional regime, to reach to the highest level of which they desired for. It overall uplifts the level of personal and professional satisfaction and determination. Self-esteem is a very important factor which may lead to high Resilience and low chances of Depression in person's life. In contrast, if students are not satisfied by their choices, then their self-esteem drops low leading to low resilience resulting in mental health related issues. According to the Lancet Report (2012) India has the highest suicide rate among youth aged 15–29 years. To address this issue, it is important to know the level of Self-esteem, Depression and Resilience among students and this need to be investigated for the welfare of youth. In the present study, various scales have been administered on the university students from different departments (Management and Technology Department) of the university. The study includes 80 students, 40 each from different departments and they were matched on gender, age and education. The purpose of present study was to find out the relation of these variables. The findings of the study indicate that low self-esteem is a contributory factor in originating depression whereas resilient people have the ability to defeat depression and lead the life with positivity and purpose. It is observed that high level of resilience compliments self-esteem and promote self-esteem positively.