Cognizance of internet addiction

Title : Cognizance of internet addiction

Abstract:

In today’s world, we are all so dependent on digital technology that digital devices have fashioned into a significant part of our lives. These various digital devices have largely occupied all the fields and taken the place of almost everything in our life activities and have contributed towards a type of addiction called digital craving.

We’re all spending too much time on our phones and computers. With the internet, smartphones, and video games easily available to increasing portions of society, researchers are becoming concerned with the potential side effects and consequences of their prevalence in people's daily lives. Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) ruins lives by causing neurological complications, psychological disturbances, and social problems. Hence let us now try to explore more on this topic.

Keywords: digital technology, internet, internet addiction disorder.

Biography:

Prof (Dr). Ramesh Nagarajappa graduated from the prestigious Bapuji Dental College and Hospital, Davangere, India in 1999. I am presently working as a Professor and Head, in the Department of Public Health Dentistry at The Oxford Dental College which is affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore in India. I have post-graduation teaching experience of over 23 years and am guiding both PhD and MDS students. I have also authored 145 publications in various international and national reputed journals. Been a regular reviewer in many journals. I do have experience of delivering scientific presentations and chairing scientific sessions at various conferences.