International Journal of Advanced Research and Development

Authors
Dr. Manminder Kaur

Abstract
Present study aimed to find out the environmental awareness among the post graduate students of Panjab University, Chandigarh. For this a sample of randomly selected 30 students belonging to different streams of Panjab University, Chandigarh was collected. A self prepared questionnaire comprising of 20 questions was distributed by the investigators. Raw data was obtained, mean scores were calculated and then percentage analysis was done to find out the results. The findings of the study showed that most of the students surveyed were aware of the basic and simple aspects regarding environment. Results were interpreted in terms of high, average and low Environmental awareness. The data was also analyzed to find out the awareness among PG students from Humanities and Science group. The results revealed that science students were found to be more aware about environment than their counterparts in Humanities.