Asian Journal of Education and Social Studies

In the 21^st century, academic resilience among college students not only influences their academic achievement but also plays a vital role in their future career development. The study was conducted to explore academic resilience among undergraduate students and to find out the relationship between academic resilience and academic achievement. The nature of the study calls for a descriptive survey design.150 undergraduate students were selected from Balasore district through a simple random sampling method. Academic resilience scale (Cassidy, 2016) was used for data collection. For analysing data, parametric statistical technique (t’ test, ANOVA and correlation) etc were used. Study revealed that girls possessed more scores in academic resilience as compared to boys. The researcher doesn’t find any differences on academic resilience related to stream. Significant positive correlation was found between academic resilience and academic achievement. These findings emphasize the significance of academic resilience which plays a very vital role in enhancing academic achievement.