Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) is a private university located in&nbsp;Tamil Nadu, India. Founded in 1984, as Vellore Engineering College, the institution offers 20 undergraduate, 34 postgraduate, four integrated and four research programs. It has campuses in Vellore, Amravati, Bhopal and Chennai.

VIT is one of the top ranked private universities in India according to NIRF, THE and QS Rankings.&nbsp;Govt. of India has recognized&nbsp;VIT, Vellore as an&nbsp;Institution of Eminence. This has allowed VIT to take independent quality initiatives and move up in world ranking.

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We are living in a digital age wherein the need and dependency for techno-savviness is becoming paramount, in every walk of life. People getting connected with others in multitudes of virtual platforms, have become a norm, these days. In such a society, usage of Social Networking Sites (SNS) with Facebook in particular, has taken major chunks of our day to day lives. In certain ways, this usage may result in shaping up of one's opinion, perspectives, motivation, and relationships with fellow human beings. College students, who are in their prime years of academic duties are exposed to these (at times) distracting attractions that have the potential to derail their academic progress. This study tries to explore the usage of Facebook by undergraduate engineering students and its relation to academic procrastination levels of these students. The results of the study are discussed and future directions are given. © Serials Publications.

Management

VIT Business School

Chennai Campus

Department of General Management

Vellore Campus

Man in India

21st century problems-Exploring relationship between Facebook usage and academic procrastination

Sub-clinical narcissism is the presence of narcissistic personality traits in otherwise normal people. People with high levels of these traits said to have inflated self-esteem and possibly a high egotism. A 40 itemed Narcissistic Personality Inventory is used to measure this type of personality traits. Those individuals who score above 20 points from the available 40 points of NPI-40 Inventory is considered to be having higher levels of Subclinical Narcissism and prone to exhibit socially dislikeable personality traits. This study tried to address the relationship between supposedly negative personality traits of Sub-clinical Narcissism using NPI-40 Score against past and present academic performance of a group of students in a Private University setup. The study included 202 participants from a Business School Division of a Private University. Analysis showed that only at the current academic levels of the respondents, NPI-40 scores were significantly correlating with their academic performance. Research implications are discussed. © Canadian Center of Science and Education.

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A Study on Sub-Clinical Narcissistic Personality Score and Its Relationship with Academic Performance-An Indian Experience