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21st century is the century of 'science and technology'. The modern technology, a boon for every sector, can be realized in education also. Technology greatly helps individual on the path of academic integration. Academic integration is tied with the status and personal characteristics of an individual that contributes towards an ethical and moral system of the concerned institution. It includes values and norms in each and every academic work which leads to proper functioning of academic institute with ethics and principle which ultimately leads to excellence. The concept of academic integration, evolved from its traditional view of character development, is more a social perspective now. Along with the advancement of science and technology, people are exposed to global world where technology plays an important role in social networking. This paper deals with the influence of science and technology in maintaining academic integration. It focuses on the two fold influence of technology on the educational system and how it ultimately impacts upon academic integrity. The two fold influence includes the factors that foster academic integrity and the factor in the contrary which creates academic dishonesty leads to deterioration of academic integrity. In former case, Technology fosters academic integrity with its wider scope for learning. For instance, information and communication technology provides a large forum in many websites for open discussion to people all over the world who can participate in the forum and put forth their views. In other way, in academic institution, the data base of the information related to all concerned accelerates the academic process in terms of easy access, perseverance and utilization of all information's. In classroom learning, ICT has greater impact in building student's social skills and coherence among the peers and other members of the society through synchronous e- learning where they can avoid the feeling of isolation. In asynchronous learning students can be able to follow the curriculum at their own pace. Ideally effective e-learning, includes synchronous and asynchronous learning, develops honesty, disciplines throughout its procedure. In other way, a proper evaluation can be possible through technology like use of CCTV camera, online assessment etc. Technology also, in other way, if not managed and maintained properly leads to academic dishonesty like plagiarism occurs very easily through the use of technology. As a result less innovation we have in research at present. In asynchronous e-learning also, students have the scope of dishonesty which affects reliability of the test itself as well as of the test result. In spite of having some demerits in use of technology, it's contribution in today's world in maintaining academic integrity is inevitable in terms of developing honesty, disciplines, norms, values and most importantly in developing a perfect system with accuracy, correctness, preciseness, ease of accessibility and maintaining quality which is really can be considered as a boon for academic integrity.