Journal of Basic and Applied Research International

The present study was conducted on polytechnics of ANGRAU. The purpose of the study was to find out profile characteristics of the polytechnic students. The sample consisted of 240 selected polytechnic students by using simple random sampling procedure. Personal interview technique was used for collecting the data. The detailed analysis of profile characteristics of polytechnic students indicated that male and female were in equal proportion (50.00%), with 9-10 OGPA (40.00%), English medium of instruction in X^thclass (57.08%), father’s education upto graduation (26.66%) level, mother’s education upto secondary school (29.16%),  having small land holdings (35.83%), medium annual income (56.25%), belonging to nuclear families(60.84%), backward caste (36.66%), engaged in Agriculture + Animal husbandry occupation (34.16%), with rural background (57.92%), medium level of participation in extracurricular & co- curricular activities(45.41%), medium level of library exposure (51.66%), medium level of mass media exposure (55.41%),(52.91%) not satisfied with infrastructure facilities, medium level of achievement motivation (51.66%), medium level of self-confidence (49.58%).