Abstract

Author(s): C. Chinna Balu, B. Mahesh, P. Srinivasulu

The study examines the use of Internet by faculty and students in St. Peter’s Engineering College (SPEC). A well structured questionnaire was distributed among 50 faculty and 50 students (10 from each branch) to find out the use of Internet facilities at SPEC. The present study demonstrates and elaborates the various aspects of Internet use such as, frequency of Internet use, methods used for learning of Internet skill, most frequently used place for Internet use, purposes for which the Internet is use, use of Internet services, ways to browse the information from the internet, problems faced by the users and satisfaction level of users with the Internet facilities provided in the college. Suggestions have been given to make the service more beneficial for the academic community of the college.