*Kumari Jyoti, Ph. D. Scholar (jyoti.ext2710@gmail.com), Department of Extension Education, Institute of Agricultural Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi - 221 005, Uttar Pradesh Res. Jr. of Agril. Sci. 11(4): 881-884, July-August 2020 ISSN: 0976-1675 www.rjas.org Research Journal of Agricultural Sciences © Centre for Advanced Research in Agricultural Sciences Research Paper DI: 5914-1603-168 Analysis of Communication Profile of Beneficiaries under Skill Development Mission in Chhattisgarh Kumari Jyoti*, A K Singh and Saikat Maji Department of Extension Education, Institute of Agricultural Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi - 221 005, Uttar Pradesh, India Received: 16 March 2020; Revised accepted: 17 June 2020 A B S T R A C T The study of beneficiaries who have accomplished vocational training under skill development mission in various categories was assessed and their pattern of using communicational sources were analyzed. This study was conducted in Bilaspur district as there were majority certified beneficiaries were found in mentioned district. Top five most popular courses were selected i.e. Garments making (86), ICT (80), Electricals (30), Medical and Nursing (29) and Construction (25). Hence, 250 respondents were selected with proportionate method. The data regarding subscription of mass-media was found to low among the majority (49.20%) of the respondents. However, 54.00 per cent of the majority respondents had medium level of exposure towards mass-media. Cosmopoliteness was analyzed to determine the connectivity of respondents outside the society which depicted that 46.00 per cent of the majority had low level of cosmopoliteness. Key words: Vocational training, Beneficiaries, Courses, Skill, Communication he communication is a performance which leads to transferring information from one person to another, from one place to another. Every communication tends to include various emotions, attitude and different gestures which helps to explain other for easy understanding. It also helps in making the work place more efficient and productive. Further, skill development mission engages their beneficiaries in various activities conducted in the programme which gives them self-confidence to speak or deliver new ideas to unknown people. Skill Development Mission conducted in Chhattisgarh had tried to bring the people from different communities to interact while training in their favourable surroundings. The subscription and exposure towards different mass-media of the beneficiaries with their contact pattern after accomplishment of the training were studied and analyzed in the study. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study had major focus towards Chhattisgarh as it is one of the poor state of our country. Also, the skill development mission was initiated in 2009 itself which helped to assess more number of certified beneficiaries. Majority beneficiaries were found in Bilaspur district. Due to this beneficiaries of Bilaspur were selected on the basis of most popular courses among them. The proportionate sample of top five selected courses were garments making, ICT, electricals, medical and nursing and construction was done by using formula: ni = (Ni / N) × n Where, ni – sample size of ith stratum Ni – population size of ith stratum N – total population size n – total sample size The selection of sample size of each given courses is mentioned in (Table 1): Name of courses Total population of beneficiaries Proportionate sample of population Garments making 2668 86 Information and communication technology 2492 80 Electricals 916 30 Medical and nursing 896 29 Construction 790 25 Total 7762 250 T 881