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Perceived stress is the feelings or thoughts that an individual has about how much stress they are under at a given point in time or over a given time period (Philips.A.C,2013). The World Health Organisation defines Covid-19 pandemic as an infectious disease caused by a newly discovered coronavirus called SARS-CoV-2(severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2). 'CO' stands for corona, 'VI' for virus, and 'D' for disease (World Health Organisation, 2020).The study aimed to find the perceived stress among students during Covid-19 pandemic based on gender.The sample included a total of 80 students within the age group 16-23 years. 40 males and 40 females were selected using purposive sampling technique.The perceived stress scale (cohen,1983) was used for data collection.The data was analysed using mean,standard deviation and independent sample t-test.From the results it was clear that the perceived stress is almost same among male and female students and there is no significant difference in the perceived stress among students across gender.