IRJMST Vol 10 Issue 2 [Year 2019] ISSN 2250 – 1959 (0nline) 2348 – 9367 (Print) International Research Journal of Management Science & Technology http://www.irjmst.com Page 55 An Empirical Study on Key Elements of Work Life Balance with reference to Women Academicians in Higher Education in Rajasthan Professor Shiv Prasad Dept. of Management Studies M.D.S.U, Ajmer Mrs. Surbhi Mehra Research Scholar Dept. of Management Studies M.D.S.U, Ajmer Abstract Work is integral to our lives. It provides us with a feeling of accomplishment, acknowledgment and above all a source of earning to fulfill our fundamental needs. Work–life balance is complex, as work can meddle in family life and family life can meddle in work prompting disagreement. The periphery between work and family life is progressively getting blurred. Research on work-life balance (WLB) shows significant problems of combining family desires with paid work. The aim of this research is to study the elements of work-life balance (WLB) of Academicians in the Higher Education sector in Rajasthan. This research intends to discover the impact of variables like (working hours, workload, leave policies, work arrangements, reward schemes etc.) on work life balance. This study adapts explanatory research design and primary data is collected through questionnaires from 500 respondents. This research found that elements of work life balance have significant impact on the Work Life Balance among the academicians in higher education sector. Keywords: Work-life Balance, Working Hours, Workload, Leave Policies, Work Arrangements, Reward Schemes, Academicians etc. contemplate Introduction India has encountered a general statistic, social, monetary and mechanical change during the previous decade. These progressions have had, and still proceed to majorly affect the work life balance of Indian representatives, particularly on the female academicians life. There are fundamentally higher number of working couples in India now than ever before. Their numbers are continuously increasing in light of the fact that both young men and women anticipate that the life partner must have a good earning. They realize that one single salary is insufficient to run the family. Work and family, together, assume a critical aspect in their lives and their upkeep together is a test. Individual life can be all the more requesting on the off chance that they have children or dependent family members. Women have a more prominent task to carry out in family life. Everywhere throughout the world, regardless of family structure and culture, women are the basic caterers for both household and childcare responsibilities. They need to release the obligations of kid bearing and raising as they attempt to develop their vocations. However, today no educated and working females want to exit their profession for child bearing and rearing. In India, women take help of their mothers or other relatives to deal with their infant when they are at jobs. In some cases they are compelled to take help from some workers like Aya or caretaker. But, their brains stay occupied with their children at home. They enquire about their babies through telephone calls for giving essential directions, every once in a while. At the point when an infant is not well or