Background: The sleep pattern of students varies between the types of professional students (4). Medical students are a group of people in the general population who are vulnerable to poor sleep due to their long and demanding academic assignments and clinical duties including working overnight which is challenging and demanding. Sleep disturbances are known to affect the quality of work and academic performance of the students. In the last decade the rapid diffusion of gadgets especially smart phones among students and the cultural changes as led to the change in the sleep pattern of young adults. Objectives: To study the sleep pattern among first year MBBS students and to assess factors influencing sleep. Methodology: A cross sectional study was carried out among first year medical students. A self structured questionnaire was administered to all the 130 students after explaining the nature and purpose of the study. Informed consent was taken and the confidentiality was maintained during the process of this survey. The responses were analyzed using Microsoft excel and Epi Info 7. Results: 68.46% of students reported to have sleep duration of less than 6 hrs. 93.84% students of the study population agree that use of mobile phones and laptops were affecting their sleep pattern. 64.61% of the study population reported sleep latency of 30-90 min. 78.46% of study population reported waking up for 1-2 times from sleep and 55.38% reported that it takes 10-20 min for them to return to sleep after waking up.