Vol. 7, Issue 2, Part H (2025)

Happiness is the need of every living creature present on this beautiful planet, apart from the basic needs of food, water, shelter, family, neat and clean surroundings, and education. Almost every civilisation across the globe has highlighted the importance of happiness and well-being for all. The United Nations Sustainable Development Agenda primarily focuses on the happiness and well-being of our earth through various measures in the form of Sustainable Development Goals. Though happiness is very important and needful for all, in the present context, the researchers intended to find the happiness profile of the teachers of India, as they are considered the torchbearers for their students.
Purpose: This comparative study examined the happiness profile of teachers in India and to understand the variables that influence the happiness profile of teachers in the Indian states of Punjab and Bihar.
Methods: This study employed a survey research method, in which the investigator collected quantitative as well as qualitative data on happiness profile from teachers as respondents through a self-made questionnaire and interview schedule covering the dimensions of Social Support, Freedom, Health, and Income.
Findings: The findings revealed that while respect, acknowledgment, and student progress were universal indicators of teacher satisfaction, Punjab teachers placed more value on interpersonal harmony and lower levels of stress at work, while Bihar teachers placed more value on administrative effectiveness, financial stability, and adequate infrastructure. The various factors that contributed to the happiness of Punjab teachers were spiritual thoughts (40%), power (26%), social acceptance (20%), position (7%), and money (7%). However, Bihar teachers’ happiness contributors were spiritual thoughts (20%), social acceptance (34%), power (20%), position (13%), and money (13%).