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ThesisItem Open Access Status of Higher Education in Ludhiana District of Punjab(Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2019) Akshpreet Kaur; Sidhu, Simran KangAfter independence, the higher education sector in India has experienced remarkable expansion in the form of manifold increase in number of educational institutions resulting in massive increase in the enrolment of students. But due to poor quality of education in these institutions, the graduates are unable to compete in the job markets and get depressed. Present study has been conducted with the objective: i. to study higher educational scenario in selected district of Punjab, ii.to access quality of education in selected higher educational institutions and iii. to measure satisfaction level of students and teachers in the selected institutions Secondary data from 1980 to 2018 were collected from the respective issues of Statistical Abstract: Punjab whereas primary data was collected from the teachers and students, selected from 12 colleges of Ludhiana district. The results of the study show that from 1980 to 2018, there was five-fold increase in the number of universities in Punjab and two-fold increase in the number of universities in Ludhiana. The number of colleges had increased three times in Punjab and doubled in Ludhiana. For the quality of education, the top ranks amongst all colleges was attained by Government (teacher specific parameters) or the private aided colleges (student and infrastructure specific parameters) whereas the least ranks were achieved by the Private colleges in all the parameters. The government college teachers were dissatisfied with the infrastructure and college bureaucracy while private aided college teachers were dissatisfied with salary and college management. The Government aided college students were dissatisfied with the library facilities and partial behavior of teachers. The study suggests that altogether privatization in higher educational institutions must be discouraged.ThesisItem Restricted A Comparative Study of the Welfare of the Aged in Ludhiana District of Punjab State(Department of Economics and Sociology College of Basic Sciences and Humaniteis PAU, Ludhiana, 1999) Kaur, PrabhjotThesisItem Open Access A Study of Consumer Literacy Among Working and Non-Working Women of Ludhiana City(College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, 2005) Kaur Gill, Navneet; Batish, SavitaThesisItem Open Access An Analytical Assesment of Utilization Pattern of Income of Ludhiana Farmers - A Sociological Perspective(College of Home Science, Punjab Agricultural University, 2006) Singh, Shelly; Gupta, AKThesisItem Open Access A Study of the socio-Economic Constraints on the availability of drinking water in rural areas of hoshiarpur district of Punjab(Department of Economics and Sociology College of Basic Sciences and Humaniteis PAU, Ludhiana, 1995) Kaur, Sumandeep; Aggarwal, B. KThesisItem Restricted A Study of factors influencing drinking habits in Bhatinda District(College of Basic Sciences and Humanties PAU, Hissar, 1973) Baldev Raj, Jindal; P. C, DebThesisItem Restricted Advertisements in print media: A comparison of three newspapers(Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2019) Mehta, Tahil; Sarabjeet SinghDaily newspapers are an integral part of print media, since these can be perused and read at comfort, considering a fuller and better comprehension of broad communications. The present research is a quantitative as well as qualitative study dealing with coverage of advertisements in three newspapers (The Tribune, Dainik Bhaskar and Ajit). The data were collected during two months (February and March, 2018). Parameters included: date, headings, types and sizes etc. of the advertisements. The findings of the study revealed that out of the total 1801 advertisements published during the period in three newspapers. The Tribune published highest number of advertisements (802) followed by Ajit (506) and Dainik Bhaskar (493). More advertisements were published in the month of February (59.58%) as compared to March (40.42%). Maximum full page (40.63%) and half page (46.63%) advertisements were published by Dainik Bhaskar in both February and March. It was also observed that The Tribune published more advertisements on public notice (58.35%) followed by others (10.47%), automobiles and educational (5.36%), obituary (5.36%), Cosmetics (4.86%), recruitment (4.61%) and electronics (3.87%). Dainik Bhaskar published maximum advertisements on automobiles (20.68%) followed by others (19.47%), educational (17.03%), cosmetics (15.82%) and electronics (12.57%). While Ajit published maximum advertisements on others (23.71%) followed by obituary (17.39%), educational (12.64%) and automobiles (12.45%). According to size, maximum advertisements were in 7×8 cm (12.58%) and least in the size 2.5×3.5 cm (0.63%). More than one fourth same advertisements were published (26.82%) both in The Tribune and Ajit. While about one fifth advertisements (21.23%) were published in The Tribune and Dainik Bhaskar duos. Readability of the content in Ajit (7.04) and Dainik Bhaskar (7.6) could be termed as easy to understand for the general people.ThesisItem Restricted Uses and Gratification of Agricultural Websites among Progressive Farmers of Punjab(Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, 2018) Taneja, Aashna; Thapar, SheetalWebsites have become a hub of information for everyone and, particularly, agricultural websites are emerging as a great information gathering tool for progressive farmers. A study was conducted to analyze the uses and gratifications of agricultural websites among the progressive farmers of Punjab. A close-ended questionnaire was made to collect the data from 100 progressive farmers of Punjab. 63 percent respondents were in the age group 30 to 50 years and 88 percent were married. It was revealed that 100 percent progressive farmers have access to internet connectivity. The study disclosed that 90 percent of progressive farmers are aware of the agricultural websites and 89 percent are actually using them. The productivity of 83 percent progressive farmers has increased with the information gathered from the agricultural websites. All 100 percent progressive farmers agreed to the fact that online media is much more satisfying to use in comparison to conventional media.ThesisItem Restricted Study of front pages of six newspapers: A comparative study(2018) Sehgal, Sumedha; Sarabjeet SinghMass Media is an important source to receive information from around the world and a perfect source to transfer knowledge and updated information. The present study was conducted to map the coverage of front pages of six newspapers and to compare their extent of coverage. Data was collected from six newspapers namely: Hindustan Times, The Indian Express, Punjabi Tribune, Jag Bani, Dainik Bhaskar and Dainik Jagran for the period of one month (March,2018). The study found that the maximum number of political news on the front page was published by Punjabi Tribune (95) and the least by Dainik Bhaskar (31). The highest number of Economic news published was by Jag Bani (25) and the least by Hindustan Times (10) and Dainik Jagran (10). Maximum International news were published by Jag Bani (46) and the least by The Indian Express (15). The highest number of National and Regional news was published by Dainik Bhaskar (144), and the least by The Indian Express (60). Maximum Crime news was published by Dainik Bhaskar (75) while minimum by The Indian Express (31). Dainik Bhaskar (34) published maximum number of Education news and least by Hindustan Times (6) and Jag Bani (6). Dainik Bhaskar published maximum feature articles (34) and the least were by Jag Bani (5). Dainik Bhaskar (23) published maximum sports news where The Indian Express (2) and Jag Bani (2) had minimum. The most news published with pictures was in Punjabi Tribune (193) and most news without pictures was published by Dainik Bhaskar (302).