Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) is a private university located in&nbsp;Tamil Nadu, India. Founded in 1984, as Vellore Engineering College, the institution offers 20 undergraduate, 34 postgraduate, four integrated and four research programs. It has campuses in Vellore, Amravati, Bhopal and Chennai.

VIT is one of the top ranked private universities in India according to NIRF, THE and QS Rankings.&nbsp;Govt. of India has recognized&nbsp;VIT, Vellore as an&nbsp;Institution of Eminence. This has allowed VIT to take independent quality initiatives and move up in world ranking.

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VIT University

Department of Commerce

This article discusses reviews of financial inclusion in India to identify how it serves the households and economy for growth. A predominant role is being played by financial inclusion policy for inclusive growth all over the world to transform financially excluded population which is numbered as 2.5 billion, of which, one third is populated in India. Financial inclusion is originated from the initiatives of United Nations, which extensively reported the key goals of the policy as access to wide range of financial services to all at an affordable cost, which started its operation effectively in India in the year 2005. As India is the land of rural supremacy, it is mandate to provide suitable financial services for economic growth which will increase the income and living standards of the households. Consequently, greater financial inclusion in rural segments is crucial meanwhile the focus on urban and suburban regions is also required. The core objective of this study is to review literature on financial inclusion in the Indian perspective, discussed by different researchers all over the world and also to highlight the awareness level of financial inclusion, digital financial inclusion and barriers confronted to financial access. The vision of the Reserve Bank for the year 2020 is to open more than new 600 million customer accounts. It is expected from the government to encourage the banks to adopt financial inclusion for proper financial assistance to achieve full inclusion in this decade. © Research India Publications.

World University root node

School of Social Sciences & Languages

Vellore Campus

International Journal of Applied Engineering Research

Financial inclusion in India: A review

Teachers are the most resourceful persons not only for schools and colleges but also for the society. They shape the society through their mighty intervention in the life of students. Stress is unavoidable part of life due to increasing workload and complexities in daily life. Now-a-days the world is said to be world of achievement and also the world of stress. Stress is anywhere and everywhere, whether it is in family, friends, business, institute or society. Right form birth to death, each and every individual exposed to stress. In this present study, the investigator explored the pertinent factors relating to Job Stress among Teachers by reviewing the relevant literatures from the previous studies. The analysis of studies related to job stress, revealed that stress among teachers are very high level in the present scenario. Hence, the government needs to be aware of these factors of stress and to take necessary steps along with private management, in order to reduce job stress among teachers. © Research India Publications.

Job stress among teaching faculty – A review

India is rapidly emerging as one of the largest growing organic sectors in the world. People are more concerned about food safety, particularly about pesticide contained food products. Organic farming utilises 1.1 million hectares which means that average size of Indian organic farm is 2 hectares. Organic food plays an important role in shifting consumers to more healthy eating habits. A small but growing number of health-conscious consumers are aware of organic food products in the market and willing to pay a premium price for the products, provided that products are readily available in the market with the consistent quality. Consumers' belief towards organic food products are increasing due to the change in the income pattern, improvement in the standards of living as well as easy availability of sustainable food products in urban areas, opening up of organic retail stores and, change in the belief system. Hence, people started to give importance to their health and avoid consuming pesticide contained food products. The present paper focuses on cognition in the form of belief affects the buying behaviour of consumers towards organic food products. The findings of the study conclude that income level plays a significant role towards belief in purchasing organic food products. © Serials Publications.

Man in India

An empirical study on consumer's belief towards organic food products with reference to Vellore district

According to McKinsey and company, in its report stated that the great Indian bazaar and the organized retail comes of age in India and noted that these are exciting times for Indian retail. By 2015, India is set to become a $450 billion retail market, comparable in size to Italy ($462 billion) and much larger than Brazil ($258 billion). The report estimates that organized retailing accounts for less than 5% of today's market, but is expected to expand to anywhere between 14% and 18% by 2015. In order to achieve a competitive position in the market all modern retail stores work more and wants to retain their customer by offering more discount, schemes and benefits to their customer and also use modern technology to speed up their services in order to satisfy the reliable customers' in big cities. In this scenario consumer behaviour helps to identify the behaviour of the consumer upon that product and also for the market. The main objective of the study is to find the overall consumer buying behavior and preference. Data from the customers visiting big bazaar were collected as population study. The primary data was obtained through questionnaire and secondary data from the company records and through internet. This research work will propose a true idea that identifies key factors which are of great importance to measure the customers' buying behavior and preference towards organized retailing in big bazar located in Chennai city, Tamil Nadu. From the descriptive analysis it was found that majority of the customers' were satisfied with the services provided to them. © Serials Publications.

Consumers' buying behavior and preference towards organized retail in big bazaar

Typically visually impaired individuals use white sticks which are exceptionally constrained in its capacity to give route help to the client also,can’t undoubtedly recognize complications. Portability of outwardly disabled individuals is restricted by their powerlessness to see their environment. This paper presents a review on frameworks and techniques that can guide individuals with vision impair. © 2016,International Journal of Pharmacy and Technology. All rights reserved.

Department of Database Systems

School of Computer Science and Engineering

International Journal of Pharmacy and Technology

Technical aids for outdoor assistive navigation for visually impaired people

This paper investigates an exposure to stress among engineering teaching faculty in the work place, to observe the differences between genders and designations. The sample size derived randomly from the Engineering colleges in Gudur and Nellore town is 80. It is observed that the overall stress level is moderate among the teaching faculty. Gender and marital status has significant difference in Institutional stressors. The institutions may focus on causes of work stress and initiative steps for a better work environment and guide them through training and counselling. Institutions also may take up measures to provide better work life balance to the faculty. © Research India Publications.

Institutional stressors among engineering faculty of select colleges in Nellore district, Andhra Pradesh

The emotional competence can be regarded as an important personal resource in service work because it moderates the relationships between work characteristics, emotional dissonance, and outcome variables like job satisfaction and Attrition. The objective of this research was to explore the antecedents and consequences of emotional dissonance-leading to attrition among the knowledge workers in the Business process outsourcing (BPO) companies of information technology enabled service sector (ITES sector). The antecedents were the positive and negative attributes of emotional dissonance. The consequences of emotional dissonance were job satisfaction, intention to quit and attrition. From the survey conducted it was found that the Emotional dissonance acts as regulator on the intention to quit and influences the decision leading to attrition as well as job performance. © Serials Publications.

The positive and negative attributes of emotional dissonance as the perceived regulator on attrition among the information technology workers

This present study is an attempt to examine the extensive literature on customer attitudinal and perceptions towards purchasing of organic food products in the market worldwide. Its main focus is to analyse customer perception towards purchasing organic food products and to explore the impact of buying behaviour. Hence, content analysis was made and significant measures viz. objectives, source of Data, Major Variables, Research Methodology, and significant Findings have been reported. The study underlined the relationship between attitude, perception and impact on buying behaviour of organic food products. The literature reviewed produces mixed results as regards the customer attitudinal and perception towards purchasing of organic food products. However general agreement has been found in academic literature regarding an increasing awareness of organic food products. Though, many people have an intention to purchase organic products there are still some constraints while purchasing like premium price, taste, health issues etc., and this study builds a strong conceptual framework for academic researchers by carefully analysing the previous studies of last 10 years i.e. from 2005 to 2015. © 2016, Serials Publications. All rights reserved.

International Journal of Applied Business and Economic Research

Customer attitudinal and perceptions towards purchasing organic food products: A critical review of literature from 2005 to 2015

Heart disease is one of the main sources of demise around the world and it is imperative to predict the disease at a premature phase. The computer aided systems help the doctor as a tool for predicting and diagnosing heart disease. The objective of this review is to widespread about Heart related cardiovascular disease and to brief about existing decision support systems for the prediction and diagnosis of heart disease supported by data mining and hybrid intelligent techniques. © 2016 SERSC.

VIT Unitversity

International Journal of Bio-Science and Bio-Technology

Heart Disease Prediction System Using Data Mining and Hybrid Intelligent Techniques: A Review

Digital universe in India is doubling in size every two years and will multiply nine-fold between 2014 and 2020. As per ASSOCHAM, the value of Indian e-commerce market in 2012 was $8.5 billion and $16 billion in 2013 and it is estimated to be $56 billion in 2023. Sources of e-commerce depend on the effective shopping, prompt delivery and increased use of online payment mechanism. Online shopping has changed the face of marketing globally. It has helped in easier, simpler and faster business transactions. Today each and every household is using online shopping. India being a highly populated country is positively transforming towards online shopping. Therefore there is a huge scope for both business and teenagers in India for online selling and buying household goods. As the Indian population is adding more educated and expert in internet technology, online shopping is moving drastically. In this background, the present descriptive study is an attempt to investigate the important factors influencing teenager’s behaviour, attitude and perception towards online shopping in Vellore district of Tamil Nadu in India. © Ajay Kumar Sharma, 2016.