In this current scenario where everyone is busy in their Schedule, they often don‘t get time for their relatives, friends and family. But thanks to the technology that it helps to cut the distance between our relatives. If they want to talk with their loved ones they like to prefer chat on several applications which free of cost and just required minimum amount of internet package which makes life easier rather to pay high cost of calls and messages to telecom companies. There are number of applications available in the market which people use according to their preference, WhatsApp application is one of them, an application which not only has function of chatting but also other very convenient functions. WhatsApp get famous worldwide with no age boundaries. But it is very popular amongst youth. To understand the usage of WhatsApp application and to impart knowledge amongst an action project has been conducted with 30 college going students of Vadodara city. The findings of the Project revealed that high majority of the Quiz group members were using Mobile data connection for using WhatsApp application. Less than half of the group members were using WhatsApp application for 6 – 8 hours. More than half of the Quiz group members‘ monthly expenditure on internet usage was Rs. 100 – 200. Majority of them were agreed that they were WhatsApp addicted. Majority of Quiz group members were found to have more knowledge in Quiz of Vadodara and in Quiz of alcoholism. All the group members liked the performance of the Project worker, the Quiz format and the Quiz group which was formed on WhatsApp application. They also reported that they would like to join such group in future on WhatsApp application. This project shows that WhatsApp application can be used for imparting knowledge/information for education purposes.
Mobile applications, its usage, WhatsApp application, educational purpose, youth
