Technology has played a crucial role in 21st century in stimulating educational exercises. Contrary to this fact, technology becomes a major cause of distraction for learners, adversely affecting their academic performance. Therefore, this study examines strategies that can be adapted to control the online gadgets that will improve students' academic performance in the 21st century. This study investigated the impact of using electronic gadgets on the academic performance of postgraduate students in West Bengal. To determine the impact, this study deployed quantitative research approach to collect data (n = 100) from postgraduate students. The questionnaire has been adopted as a tool for the research. It was found that using electronic gadgets distracts students from their studies in certain aspects. The findings also exhibits that electronic gadgets affect the academic lives of the postgraduate students at various universities in West Bengal. It can be concluded that using electronic gadgets made an impact on students both positively and negatively.