READING HABITS AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS

Reading helps to gain the knowledge, build analytical thinking and improve the capabilities of an individual. The present study is an attempt to know the reading habits of Undergraduate students (of B.N. Bandodkar College of Science, Thane, and Autonomous). The survey method found the most useful to collect maximum responses. It was observed that 91% students like the general reading but 9% don’t like the general reading. In this 21st century where electronic medium is most popular, but it is found in this study that students preferred both the medium print and electronic for reading. From this survey few voracious readers were also found who are reading more than 12 hours per week apart from their regular studies.