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Today Internet has become an Individual tool for teaching, learning and research. Use of Internet by research scholars is an important areas of study today's wired information environment. The Internet has become an important component in academic intuitions as possible to access a wide range of information, such as journal articles, papers etc, from anywhere in the world. Student use Internet for several purposes i.e. accessing information, reading books, sharing materials, chatting etc. It may be for academic or non academic purposes. The present study explored awareness and use of internet by research scholars of Ravenshaw university, Cuttack. Survey method has been employed by the investigator. 90 research scholars were colleted as sample from arts, science and commerce stream of Ravenshaw University, Cuttack by adapting stratified random sampling method. The data were collected through a self made tool (Awareness test) by the investigators. significant difference is found out in awareness of university teachers with respect to their gender, caste and schools of studies from this study. At the end, implications and suggestions for further studies is given.