Introduction: Medical Education in India is being revolutionized with the introduction of “Competency- based undergraduate curriculum” for the Indian Medical Graduate (IMG).The newly revised curriculum insists on the foundation course of one month duration at the beginning of the MBBS program. Sudden lockdown situation due to COVID- 19 forced medical institutes to shift from offline teaching to online teaching. Therefore, the present study aimed to assess the perception of students and faculty for online versus offline mode of foundation course at Punjab Institute of Medical science, Jalandhar.Material & Methods: The study was questionnaire based study. The study participant included 150 first year medical students of batch 2020 joined PIMS Jalandhar and faculty / non faculty members of pims involved in foundation course. Students and faculty perception was recorded on self pre-designed and pre-defined structured questionnaire. Result: Online classes can be attended in comfort of home & at favourable timing, along with other learning methods but are non- interactive as compared to Offline classes were concepts were easy to understand and doubts were cleared immediately. Teacher’s perspective was that online teaching demands sophisticated juggling skills & lots of resources. Conclusion: During COVID pandemic online classes worked well and can be uses as supplement to live face-to-face classes. Proper technical equipment and trained staff to handle technicalities and internet issues is needed.