• Manohara
• Rajesh
• Vishalakshi M
• Ramprasad S

There is a need to identify the effects of modernization on barber community. This paper is undertaken to understand the professional changes among barbers’ community and its impact on the traditional barber skilled community. Barber community people are engaged in traditional caste-based occupation. Due to the modernized pattern of skill and new trend in the society, now a days this occupation become professionalized and advanced in its method of performance. Occupation of barber replaced with professional skill, which provide an opportunity to all people those who have interest to continue this as their profession. This paper finds the challenges of barbers in the field of job market and problems related to skills. There is a need to provide the skill training and social security to the barber community.

Barbers, Modernization, Professional Changes

"Professional Changes Among the Barbers: A Study of Udupi Taluk", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 6, page no.i810-i817, June-2023, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2306891.pdf

"Professional Changes Among the Barbers: A Study of Udupi Taluk", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.10, Issue 6, page no. ppi810-i817, June-2023, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2306891.pdf