Addiction to Technological Gadgets & Its Impact

Addiction to Technological Gadgets and Its Impact on

Health and Lifestyle: A Study on College Students

(Thesis submitted for the partial fulfilment of

Master’s Degree in Development Studies)

Submitted by

Jyoti Ranjan Muduli

Roll no 412HS1004

Under the supervision of

Dr. Ramakrishna Biswal

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

National Institute of Technology, Rourkela - 769008

India

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DECLARATION

I hereby declare that I have completed my project on “Addiction to Technological Gadgets

and Its Impact on Health and Lifestyle: A Study on College Students” at National

Institute of Technology, Rourkela, Odisha in the academic year 2013 – 2014. The work

submitted here by me is true and original to the best of my knowledge.

Jyoti Ranjan Muduli

M.A. in Development Studies

Dept.: Humanities and Social Sciences

National Institute of Technology, Rourkela

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Dr. Ramakrishna Biswal

Assistant Professor

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

National Institute of Technology

Rourkela – 769008

CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that the dissertation entitled, “Addiction to Technological Gadgets and Its

Impact on Health and Lifestyle: A Study on College Students” submitted by Jyoti Ranjan

Muduli as a partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master in Arts in

Development Studies of the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National

Institute of Technology, Rourkela, is an authentic work carried out by him under my

supervision. To the best of my knowledge, the matter embodied in the dissertation has not

been submitted to any other university/ institute for the award of any degree or diploma.

(Dr. Ramakrishna Biswal)

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I owe my profound gratitude to my project Supervisor Dr. Ramakrishna Biswal, Assistant

professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, National Institute of Technology,

Rourkela. He took keen interest on my project work and guided me all along, till the

completion...