Journal of Community Mobilization and Sustainable Development

Home Science education offers excellent opportunities for women to be efficient manager and dedicated employer. But due to lack of linkages among educational institution and industry there is a mismatch between supply and demand. The present study was planned to identify the educational and employment status of Home science graduates and Post graduates of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana. Result of the study indicated that 45.40 per cent and 30.27 per cent of the total respondents were having the highest qualification of M.Sc. and PhD in Home Science respectively. Majority of the respondents after graduation (63.04%) and after post graduation (30.88%) opted for higher studies and 26.08 per cent respondents after B.Sc., 23.52 and 32 per cent after M.Sc. and Ph.D. respectively were home makers. The main reason for doing job was economic independence (49.42%). Majority of B.Sc. and M.Sc. students reported that they did not opt for job because they continued further studies (44.89%). Besides, lack of opportunities (32.65%) was the other reasons for not doing job.