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The outburst of Covid-19 led to lockdown in many parts of the world. The lockdown compelled various organizations to think of innovative processes so that they could continue functioning despite the barriers of lockdown imposed by the government. It led to the education industry switching over from the traditional classroom learning to online learning. The virtual methods of learning became immensely popular during this global pandemic. This study seeks to ascertain the challenges faced by school and college students during these virtual sessions. The study is qualitative in nature and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) is used to conduct this research analysis. The study was conducted among students from various schools and colleges across Northern India, who were divided into different categories as per their classes. Semi structured interviews were conducted amongst each category to collect information about the challenges faced by students while learning online. The findings led to conclude that there are four major categories of challenges faced by students. Challenges included difficulty in learning in home environment due to the presence of family members, sounds from surroundings, they found lack in organizational assistance like majority lacked access to proper devices and insufficient skills to adapt to online learning. Even a number of technical obstacles and personal issues like lack of motivation, sense of isolation made it challenging for students to learn online