doi no.: 05-2016-44975451,  DOI Link :: http://doi-ds.org/doilink/09.2018-97971183/

Purnima Joshi ¹,  Dr. Mukesh Solanki ² &  Prof. Ajay Kumar ³

Affiliations

1Department of Physical Education,  Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore (M.P.)

² Department of Physical Education,  Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore (M.P.)

³ Department of Physical Education,  Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya, Indore (M.P.)

ABSTRACT

Wellness Lifestyle is getting into trends in India in early Twenties as people are less aware but lot of MNCs are investing in Wellness Lifestyle of their employees to reduce absenteeism and increase productivity, this study was assessing Wellness Lifestyle of students of different IIMs (Indian Institutes of Management) of India who will be joining this healthy/ unhealthy workforce. Aim- The objective of the study to assess the Wellness Lifestyle of Post Graduate Program (MBA) students (N=600) of IIM-Ahmadabad (N=100), IIM-Bangalore (N=100), IIM-Calcutta (N=100), IIM-Indore (N=100), IIM-Kozhikode (N=100), IIM-Lucknow (N=100). Methodology- Data was collected through random sampling method (On and Offline Mode), Descriptive Statistics was applied M.S. Excel. Results- On the basis of W.K.Hoeger Wellness Lifestyle questionnaire rating the overall descriptive statistics shows that 76% of students need Improvement on health related Fitness factor, 72% students‟ needs improvement on Nutritional level, 71% students were good on Avoiding Chemical Dependency , 45% of overall students need Improvement on stress management, 54% students needs Improvement personal health and hygiene factor, about 69% students were needing improvement on their emotional wellbeing factor, 50% of students from all 6 IIMs are under excellent category, 41% of the students are excellent with their personal safety measure and lastly Environmental health and protection students were categorised as Excellent, Good and Needs Improvement with 32%,35% and 32% respectively. Apart from Avoiding Chemical Dependency and Disease Prevention variable students are falling under „needs improvement‟ category, rest Health Related Fitness, Nutrition, , Emotional Wellbeing, Stress Management, Personal Health and Hygiene, Personal Safety Environment Health and Protection variable.

Keywords: Wellness,  Lifestyle, Health, Stress,  IIM,  professional students

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