Background: Mental health is not just the absence of illness or disability, but also total physical, mental, and social well-being characterizes a state of health” (WHO, 2006). People can feel loved, cared for, respected, and a part of a network of communication and mutual belonging thanks to social support (Cobb, 1985). Social support and mental health are very important for college students. The 21st century is the digital era. At present, the lack of interest in reading and the lack of social support among students is developing as a wrong fashion. The problems of mental health are increasing day by day, which has become a matter of concern for psychologists, educationists, and sociologists.

Objectives: To assess the mental health and social support among college going student.

Material and Method:

Design: Between group design. Sample: Sixty Undergraduate students (Male and Female) will be randomly assigned for the study. Student age should be 18 to 25 years. Well-informed and written consent was taken from the students about the study.

Measures: Two sets of questionnaires, including the mental health inventory created by Dr Jagdish and A.K. Srivastava, will be given to the students. It has 56 items and four alternatives. The reliability of the test is 73, and the validity is 54. The perceived social support questionnaire was developed by Pollock Harris and Drs. Ritu Nehra, Parmanand Kulhara, and Santosh Kumar translated it (1987). There are 18 items in this scale, and Validity is (.80), and reliability is (p >.01), and (r=.59, p>.01). A high social support score and mental health indicate a high level of it, whilst a low score indicates a low level of it.

Statistical Analysis: Data analysis will be done using SPSS 20.00. The participant's socio-demographic characteristics will be summarized in a table using mean and standard deviation. Spearman's correlation will be used to find out the difference between the two variables. P value < 0.05 will be considered statistically significant at two two-tailed test.

Result: Participants' mean age score was 19.20. Eighteen percent of participants lived in a village, and 18.3% were city dwellers. Ninety percent of participants were related to a nuclear family, while 10% of participants lived in joint families. The mean score of social support was 44.70, and mental health mean score was 150.78. There was no significant difference found between social support and mental health. A high level of social support was found in 66.7% of participants, and 33.3% low level of social support. A high level of social support was found in 19 boys, and a low level of social support was found in eleven boys. A high level of social support was found in 21 girls, and a low level of social support was found in 9 girls. The level of mental health was very poor in 5%, poor level 65%, average in 25%, and good in 5% of participants, respectively.

Conclusion: Social support for college-going students was high. Participants' mental health was poor. No significant difference was found between social support and mental health. Poor mental health was found in 65% and 25% of students had average mental health. The study revealed that the level of social support was high in 66.7% of students, and low social support was found in 33.3% of college students.