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ThesisItem Open Access Study on professional aspirations of agriculture graduates(CCSHAU, 2018) Rohit; Mehta, S.K.The present study was carried out at CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar during 2017-18 to analyze the aspirations of agriculture graduates. The data were collected from all the students of final year during the academic year 2017-18, having a total sample of 160 respondents using pre-tested interview schedule through personal interview method. The standardized scales with partial modifications and appropriate schedule were developed and used in the study. The specific objectives of the present study were (1) To study personal and socio-economic characteristics of the agriculture graduates (2) To know the aspirations of the agriculture graduates (3) To find out the correlation between personal attributes of the agriculture graduates and their aspirations. The 11 important independent variables namely, caste, gender, marital status, stream of education at 10+2 level, academic performance, land holding, parental occupation, annual income, social participation, mass media exposure and allied activities and aspirations comprised educational aspirations, job aspirations, social aspirations, economic aspirations and professional aspirations which were the dependent variables. It was observed that majority (74.30%) of the students were male sex and belonged to the non-reserved caste (54.90%) and came from nuclear family (86.30%). Almost all the students were unmarried and only one student found was found married. Majority (61.10%) of the students had medical as stream of education at 10+2 level, more than half of the respondents (56.60%) obtained between 70.1- 80 per cent and 35.40 per cent of the students had small size of land holding. Whereas majority (36.60%) of the respondents‟ parental occupation was government service and 44.60 per cent of them had total annual income between (Rs. 5,70,001 to 8,35,000). Almost all the students (98.00%) were found no member of any organization, most of the respondents gave preference to Internet as their prime mass media exposure tool followed by books and journals. The findings also revealed that majority (63.40%) of the agriculture graduates had medium level of participation in allied activities. Majority (68.50%) of the students had medium level of aspirations and 76.40 per cent of them aspired to pursue higher education in agriculture and to work in educational and research institutions (28.60%). However, more than half (55.40%) of the respondents aspired to earn Rs. 50,000 to 60,000 monthly, while nearly half (48.00%) of the students aspired to get social recognition and maximum number (42.30%) of the students aspired to become a renowned scientist. It is observed from the study that the caste, subject at 10+2 level, family type, land holding and social participation could not show any significant relationship with the aspirations of the agriculture graduates. The variables i.e. gender and marital status were negatively associated with the aspirations of the agriculture graduates. Allied activities were found significantly associated with the aspirations of the agriculture graduates. Whereas variables such as academic performance, annual income and mass media exposure of the students were positively and highly significantly related with the aspirations of the agriculture graduates.