Introduction & Purpose of the study: Physiotherapy is concerned with health promotion, prevention of disease or injury, treatment & rehabilitation. Physiotherapy has been in existence in India since five decades but it has been observed in the last five-six years that the number of students pursuing physiotherapy as a career is declining as is the number of physiotherapy students and professionals continuing the profession. Thus, the purpose of this study is to find out the level of awareness about physiotherapy among higher secondary students & perseverance among students & professionals towards physiotherapy. Materials & Method: This was a questionnaire based survey. Subjects included in the study were higher secondary students, B.P.T. final year students, interns, M.P.T. students & physiotherapy professionals. Data was collected by making personal visits to various colleges, hospitals & clinics in Meerut and the questionnaire was distributed to 109 subjects (46 higher secondary students, 51 B.P.T. 4th year students & interns and 12 M.P.T. students & physiotherapy professionals). Results: Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics. 41% of higher secondary students had an idea about physiotherapy, 26% of higher secondary students wanted to pursue physiotherapy as a career, and 10% of BPT 4th yr Students and interns did not want to continue with their profession. On the other hand 100% of MPT students and physiotherapy professionals wanted to continue with their profession. Conclusion: Awareness of physiotherapy is still lacking among higher secondary students and perseverance towards the profession among students and interns is declining.

Key words: Awareness, perseverance, physiotherapy, professionals