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The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in forceful/unexpected change globally. Almost all the sectors are affected and impacted heavily/badly due to this pandemic. The education sector also has a great impact, which led to the pedagogical change in education was merely due to this epidemic in terms of digitalization in education. This study is an attempt to know the impact of this drastic change in higher education with the perception of students. The students are main stakeholders in any institution. Any unplanned and forceful execution in higher education will result in a greater impact on the mind of students. The survey is an attempt to know the impact of digitalization in higher education, challenges and the opportunities faced by them with regards to these sudden changes in the higher education witnessed in this pandemic. The detailed questionnaire was drafted and the responses were collected from 258 undergraduate students across Bangalore from different streams and standard statistical tools were used to draw the analysis. From the study it’s found that the digitalization transformation in higher education is not free from cons. The students revealed that the unavailability of proper resources, lack of internet connectivity, and absent of proper e-tools for e learning is the major challenges faced by the students. The respondents also accepted that virtual learning has resulted in learning of new technical know-how.

Pandemic, Digital Transformation, Pedagogy, E-tools in learning etc.