Erode City Research Articles

Customers’ Awareness towards Post Office Schemes –A Study in Erode City

Post office saving system provides depositors an access to bank, a safe and convenient method to save money and to promote saving. Investment culture refers to the attitude, awareness and institutions in placing their savings in various financial assets. One of the major investments done here is on advertising. To remain competitive in the market it is necessary to understand and to influence the behavior of the investor. Behavior of the investor is influenced by many factors like return, safety, liquidity, convenience etc. The banks provide loans to retailers and wholesalers for their inventory. The study attempted focusing the attitude of investors on post office saving scheme, various schemes provided through post office, level of awareness of investors in post offices schemes.

Occupational Stress and Coping Strategies among Self Financing Arts and Science College Faculties in Erode

The aim of the study is to find out the stress management level of arts and science college teachers in Erode City. The teachers are the assets of any country. They are burdened with the greatest responsibility of ‘Nation Building’. The teaching profession has an esteemed place among all professions. However, teaching as a profession at any level is becoming more demanding day by day. Teaching has also become more like a managerial job and is having multi-dimensional job responsibilities. Stress can’t be avoided, but one can learn how to manage it. Policy makers are advised to analyze the college teacher training and assessment system with the assumption that personal and social characteristics and working conditions may have an effect on college teacher stress. The present paper discusses the various emerging issues of occupational stress among faculties of higher education in India and required management strategies to handle them. Sample teachers were selected for simple random sampling by using lottery method because of easy accessibility and affordability analyzed by using statistical package of simple percentage and chi square analysis.

Consumers’ Preference and Attitude towards Online Pharmaceutical Services in Erode City

Consumers’ Preference and Attitude towards Online Pharmaceutical Services in Erode City

A Study on Customer Satisfaction towards Banking Services Provided by SBI in Reference with Erode City

Abstract: The study is conducted on the consumer satisfaction towards the services rendered by SBI. SBI is an Indian multinational, public sector banking and financial services statutory body. They have branches spread over the entire length and breadth of the country. SBI in particular is all pervasive enjoying a sprawling network of 9000 branches. It has assets to be worth of about Rs.2,22,500 crore. SBI has very conservative approach to accounting particularly when it comes to declaration of its assets. SBI enjoys a monopoly of the government business. The reserve bank of India owns about 60%of the banks equity. SBI was formed under the SBI act in 1955. With the takeover of imperial bank and amalgamation of Bank of Bengal, Bank of Bombay and Bank of Madras. SBI enjoys a pool of best managerial talent, assured government business, a country wide network of branches and strong brand credibility in the Indian market. Keywords: Public sector banking, Financial services, imperial bank

WITHDRAWN: Groundwater quality assessment in a North-East region of erode district, tamil nadu

Erode city is surrounded by dyeing industries, paper industries and tanneries. These industries directly dump the effluents into underground. Continuous effluent disposal leads to ground water pollution. Assessment of physio-chemical studies were carried out in erode city. Samples of Groundwater were collected from different locations and water quality parameters such as pH, Electrical conductivity, Chlorides, Alkalinity, Total Hardness, TDS, Sulphates and Turbidity were analyzed. In a few locations water quality level is surpassed due to discharge of effluent to underground without treatment from industries. The study area indicates that the ground water exceeds the permissible limit of turbidity upto 340 NTU, EC upto 5370μ mhos/cm, chlorides upto 1846 mg/l, total hardness upto 988 mg/l, TDS upto 2130 mg/l, sulphates upto 1960 mg/l in BP Agraharam and Naripallam. The result shows that the groundwater in few areas are suitable for human consumption. The precautionary measure is necessary to implement remedial measures for groundwater in BP agraharam and Naripallam.

Effective adsorption of Cu(II) ions on sustainable adsorbent derived from mixed biomass (Aspergillus campestris and agro waste): Optimization, isotherm and kinetics study

In this investigation, Cu(II) ions were removed from the synthetic solution using the mixed biomass [Aspergillus campestris and two forms of Delonix regia seed (raw and acid treated Delonix regia seed)] as adsorbent. The copper resistant fungal species was isolated from industrial effluent in the Erode city, India. The safe strain was identified as Aspergillus campestris by sequential investigation of 18S rRNA. The characteristic investigations of mixed adsorbent materials were examined by FTIR, SEM, EDX examination. Adsorption analysis was done with respect to different reaction parameters and their optimum values were determined as follows: mixed adsorbent dosage – 1.0 g/L; pH – 6.0; contact time – 30 min; temperature – 303 K. The isotherm and kinetic investigations were performed with four distinctive isotherm models and three kinetic models. The adsorption isotherm investigation demonstrates that equilibrium data was best fitted to Freundlich isotherm model which explains the present adsorption study was multilayer and their surface was heterogeneous in nature. The maximum monolayer adsorption capacity (qm) value of the mixed biomass of Aspergillus campestris with raw and surface modified Delonix regia seeds were found to be 62.02 mg/g and 66.9 mg/g respectively. The kinetic investigation was fitted with pseudo first-order model. Thermodynamic parameters affirmed that evacuation of Cu(II) particles was a plausible, unconstrained and exothermic in nature. This examination demonstrates a practical procedure for the plan of mixed biomass and features the extraordinary potential in wastewater treatment.

Consumers’ Perception towards Branded Fast Food Restaurants – A Study in Erode City

Fast food restaurant is one of the fastest-growing industry in India. The people prefer fast food restaurants for their convenience, time saving and relaxing dining experience. The lifestyle of the people is changing in day-to-day life which results in increasing number of people to choose fast food restaurants. Initially fast food restaurants faced assertive challenges in getting accepted by consumers due to cultural mismatch. Today, fast food industry is being fitted to food concern and is welcomed by public as well as getting famous by the country. Fast food chains are achieving acclaim among the youngsters. A firm can satisfy the customer by meeting the specific expectations of the product they have by virtue of interaction with the firm. A model of customer perception varies across firms depending on the product they offer. All the components or the attributes should focus on the quality, core service or the value. The customers experience these states as an emotion of delight. In order to increase the customer delight, the firm needs experience based expectations rather than the normal expectations. In this aspect, the study has made an attempt to analyse the consumers’ perception towards branded fast food restaurants in Erode city.

MEASUREMENT OF ILLUMINANCE OF LIGHT IN SOUTHERN ERODE CITY,TAMIL NADU

Light pollution also known as photo pollution. Variation of natural light level and unwanted aspects of artificial lighting that mainly are produced by poor lighting design lead to light pollution. It is described as artificial light that is excessive where it is not wanted. It is exacerbated by excessive, misdirected use of light, butcarefully used lights also changes its conditions.The objective of this project is to measure the illuminance of light in erode city of kalaimattusilai near railway station is measured around 1km radius and the remedial measures are given. The light parameters such as Intensity and Temperature of street lamps like LED, Sodium vapor lamp, CFC lamp etc are measured using lux meter and infrared thermometer. Finally, the illumination level is calculated for all areas. Control measures are suggested for areas with higher illumination level.

Consumers' Satisfaction towards Branded Fast Food Restaurants in Erode City

The restaurant industry being the largest service sector has a significant role in Indian economy. In today’s fastest walk of the day, fast food restaurant holds a pivotal position in restaurant industry. Among the various fast food restaurants in Erode City, the perception of consumers differs between branded and non-branded fast food restaurants. The growth in population, changing culture, trends in fashion, innovation in food items have led to the growth of fast food restaurants. In this aspect, the present research probes into the level of consumers’ satisfaction towards branded fast food restaurants by employing Chi-square Test. Further, the problems faced in utilising the services of fast food restaurant is analyzed with Weighted Average Ranking. The result showed that gender, age and monthly family income have significant association with the level of satisfaction towards fast food restaurant and more number of respondents faced the problem of consuming high fat content food items.

Accident Analysis and Safety Measures at Erode City

Indian roads have a sizeable amount of accidents happening in them. The transportation problems faced by various nations across the world have increased manifold, necessitating search for methods or alternatives that ensure efficient, safe, feasible and faster means of transport. Government of India is taking many efforts to minimize the road accidents. Amongst all traffic accident, road traffic accident bears largest number of human life and tends to be most serious problem world over. Road accidents are largely predictable and preventable, provided rational analysis and counter measures. The number of accidents in India is increasing rapidly every year due to addition of more number of vehicles on the streets. This project is to look for few accidental prone spots in our locality and analyze the causes of accidents and try to provide viable solutions for improving the safety in the accidental zones. In this study, the accident zones were taken and a particular spot was selected and suitable measures to control the accidents were suggested.

Criteria Analysis using GIS to Priorities the Slums

Due to rapid urbanization most of the people are migrating towards the urban. Urban regions in the developing country are facing enormous challenges. The well planned and managed urban region will provide better environment with good infrastructure and improved quality of life for their people. One of most important issues of the cities, especially in developing countries is the human settlement. Most of the rapidly growing cities keep on sprawling. Due to new migrants and also increasing poverty forced the urban poor to settle in unauthorized area of cities. This leads towards creation of new slums or expanding the existing slums. To make our cities sustainable and also to provide good environment for the urban poor, the slums need to be revamped. This paper is dealing with the slums which had been identified at zone four of Erode City, Tamil Nadu State, India. Erode city is one of the rapidly growing cities in Tamil Nadu. Totally 28 slums had been identified and mapped using GIS in the fourth zone. The tenability status of each slum and information about the basic facilities like drainage, road, water supply, condition of structures had been collected through the site visit. The collected attribute information had been mapped using GIS. Based on the importance of the criteria the weightages given had been assigned. The weightage criterion analysis provides the Prioritization Index (PI) for each slum. This guideline will be useful for the government to facelift the slums which need urgency.

A Study on Consumer Satisfaction towards Reliance Retail Market in Erode City

Retailing is one of the booming marketing sectors in India which contributes a vital role in terms of economy and work force. Every retailer has their own policies and strategies to acquire more number of consumers with quality and cost effectiveness. This study has been carried out to find out the personal perception and overviews of consumers about Reliance retail market in Erode city. The research is descriptive in nature. The collected data are analyzed by using the statistical tools such as percentage analysis, chi-square analysis and weighted average analysis. This study pointed out that the grocery items are purchased in huge quantity when compared to other products and the major problem faced by the consumers is a long waiting time in billing for their purchased products.

Design of Traffic Intersection at Moolapattarai in Erode City

Design of Traffic Intersection at Moolapattarai in Erode City

Dietary Calcium Intake and Physical Activity Levels Among Urban South Indian Type 2 Diabetic Patients

Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is an independent risk factor for osteoporosis. Data regarding dietary calcium intake (DCI) among T2DM patients in South India are limited. Thus, a cross-sectional study was conducted among 205 T2DM patients from 5 randomly chosen diabetes clinics across Erode city, Tamil Nadu. The mean DCI was 583.72 ± 32.23 mg per day, with 78.5% of patients consuming less than the recommended daily allowance. Low physical activity was noted in 45% of the participants. Other variables, low knowledge scores (adjusted odds ratio; 95% confidence interval) (4.65; 1.43-12.16), unemployment (2.76; 1.57-4.62), being elderly (2.05; 1.23-5.27), and female (1.59; 1.09-4.27), were significantly associated with low DCI.

Consumer Preference for Branded Spice Powders in Erode City

Consumer Preference for Branded Spice Powders in Erode City

Consumer activism on Aavin dairy products in Erode city of Tamil Nadu

India is the largest producer of milk. The cooperatives contribution is high to the total production. In Tamil Nadu, Aavin is the first cooperative milk society dealing with milk and value-added products of milk. Since Aavin plays a main role in the procurement of milk from the farmers, consumer behaviour towards Aavin products is very important to study in the present condition. The main aim of the present study was to find out the consumers activism on Aavin dairy. Purposive sampling method was used to collect the information from the sample respondents of Erode district of Tamil Nadu. Totally five regions were selected; each region consisted of 20 samples making a total sample size of 100. Primary data were collected through the face to face interview with the help of structured-questionnaire. It was found that majority of the sample respondents were aware of the Aavin products and were also satisfied with the products offered by Aavin. Quality and price were found to be the main factors that influenced the purchase of Aavin products.

A Study on User Satisfaction towards WhatsApp Messaging Service with Special Reference to Erode City

A Study on User Satisfaction towards WhatsApp Messaging Service with Special Reference to Erode City

Wastewater treatment using combined biological and constructed wetlands technique in paper mills

Constructed wetland is becoming a popular for the treatment method for different sources of waste water and it has been an alternative to conventional wastewater treatment method with some limitations in the operational and financial aspects. Several types of constructed wetland methods are in practice for treating the wastewater. Among the different methods horizontal flow constructed wetland, vertical flow constructed wetland, and integrated flow constructed wetland methods were identified to treat the paper mill effluent. Based on the selection of lab-scale model, namely IF-integrated flow setup was designed according to the guidelines of Environmental Protection Agency and Tennessee Valley Authority methods. The size of the lab-scale model was designed as length 0.6 m, width 0.4 m, depth 0.3 m. Paper mill wastewater sample both raw and treated effluents were collected from paper mill located at Erode city (South India). The same was analyzed for BOD (bio chemical oxygen demand), chemical oxygen demand (COD), pH, total dissolved solids, dissolved oxygen, and hardness. Based on the analysis it was found that the raw wastewater has 3–4 times greater than the discharge limit of BOD and COD (30 and 250 mg/l). The obtained results implied that constructed wetlands are suitable for the treatment of waste water in mill.

An Examination of the Relationship Between Service Quality and Patients’ Satisfaction in the Hospital Industry

This study attempted to measure the influence of various hospital service quality on patient's satisfaction. This study identified five dimensions of hospital service quality. These are: Clinical Care, Admission Procedure, Reliability, Trust, and Infrastructure. This study was conducted in Erode, Coimbatore, Salem, and Karur city in Tamil Nadu. This study employed the questionnaire method to collect data from the patients. Data collected were analyzed by using statistical tools such as factor analysis, multiple regression, correlation, and Cronbach's alpha. The study also supported that Clinical Care, Admission Procedure, Reliability, Trust, and Infrastructure affect patients’ satisfaction. Among the male patients, there was a significant impact of all dimensions of service quality on patients’ satisfaction ; whereas, among the female patients, it was Clinical Care and Trust. Furthermore, the highly perceived hospital service quality dimensions among the patients are Trust and Clinical Care. The study findings have significant implications for hospital administrators. This study can also used as a tool by the hospital administrator to identify various dimensions of hospital service quality where improvements are needed to enhance patients’ satisfaction.

Service Quality of Public and Private Sector Banks in Erode City: A Comparative Study

Nowadays, banks are realizing that service quality constitutes the basis of their business and it is a strategy with which they could effectively differentiate their superiority from those of its competitors and to hold on and expand their customers’ base. At present the banks have to find out the needs of the customers and make them available at competitive prices without delay. The banks cannot continue with the old strategy of one cap for all. It necessitate the banks to assess and analyse their quality of service which enable them to satisfy their customers and also improve their business as a whole. The present study attempts to analyze the customers’ perceived and desired levels of service quality using SERVQUAL method and the resultant service quality gap of the selected public and private sector banks in Erode city.