(UGC Care Listed Journal) Page | 516 ISSN – 1661-5719 Volume No.: 30 IMPACT 0F COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON ACADEMIC, SOCIAL AND MENTAL ASPECTS OF COLLEGE STUDENTS OF DISTRICT SRINAGAR OF KASHMIR Insha Rasool Research Scholar, Dept. Of Education, University of Kashmir Dr. Aasia Maqbool Assistant Professor, Dept. Of Education, University of Kashmir ABSTRACT The current research explains the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on academic, social, and mental aspects of college students. The outbreak of this Pandemic has propelled the whole planet to the brink of complete destruction, as the entire humanity has been significantly impacted, resulting in a large number of life moments being snatched. The aim of this research was to see how the COVID-19 Pandemic lockdown has affected students’ studies, personal interactions, and mental wellbeing. For data collection, an online survey was conducted. While conducting this study, it was discovered that prolonged lockdown has had a significant impact on college students’ mental health, jeopardising their ability to receive a quality education. In conclusion, this state of lockdown has caused significant problems in the lives of students, as shown by the burden that online educational approaches have put on them: many hours of work and difficulties due to a lack of physical interaction or challenges posed by mixing personal and professional lives. Keywords: Academic, Social, Mental, Students, COVID-19. INTRODUCTION COVID-19 has ushered us into a new world. Presumably, COVID-19 has engulfed all aspects of life, including physical, mental, social, academic, farming, accounting, clinical, broad communications, and travel industries. Data from recent public opinion polls showed that across the 28 nations surveyed, two-thirds (65%) on average say that things in their country are on the wrong track. This obscured and undetectable infection has been the best case scenario and it has resulted in serious mental and social consequences for students. The virus increases the likelihood of people experiencing human emotions such as fear (Asmundson and Taylor, 2020), concern, panic, anxiety, or depression-related distress (Bao et al., 2020). The mental and social impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on people is most likely a truly significant, but clearly unnoticed, issue. According to the United Nation’s Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), more than 1.5 billion students and youth around the world (129 countries) have been affected by school and university closures as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. This is a critical time for the education sector, as board exams, nursery school admissions, university entrance exams, and competitive examinations are all held during this time. Switching to the virtual method of learning has displayed restlessness, disturbance, antagonism and social viciousness. The pandemic has transformed the centuries-old chalk–talk teaching model to the one driven by technology, but a handful of private schools and government schools could