International Journal of Agriculture Extension and Social Development

author(s)
Chigilipalli Mounika, PS Kapse and Kadam RP

abstract
Soft skills are interpersonal skills which are used to describe the approach to life, work and relationship with other people. Soft skills are often called a blend of good behavior, positive attitude, strong communication skills, interpersonal abilities and willingness to get along with others and affect them. The study was conducted in College of Agriculture, Parbhani, College of Agriculture, Latur, and College of Agriculture, Badnapur, VNMKV, Parbhani in Maharashtra state with a view to know the level of soft skills among agricultural post graduate students. The data was collected from the Post graduates of three constituent colleges. By using proportionate random sampling method 129 respondents were selected for the study. The majority of Post graduates were female from rural family background, first class academic performance, with college level father’s education, secondary level of mother’s education, Marathi as medium of instruction at school level, with more than 3 hours in a day exposure to internet, everyday exposure to computer and library, followed by medium annual family income and achievement motivation with high job preference for government jobs. The study revealed that, academic performance, father’s education, mother’s education internet exposure, computer exposure and library exposure and achievement motivation showed significant relationship with level of soft skills. Whereas, gender, family background, annual family income, medium of instruction and job preference showed non-significant relationship with level of soft skills.