New Delhi, Aug 2 - Are you constantly on the move and don't have time to log on to your computer to be in touch with your friends? Coming to your rescue now is your mobile phone through which you can access any social networking site, anytime, anywhere.

Take college student Ajay Kumar for instance.

On a holiday in Goa, Kumar was constantly glued to his mobile phone -- not calling or texting but scrapping and walling his friends on their profiles on Facebook and Orkut.

'I like to remain in constant touch with my friends. I like to be updated on what is going on in their lives even when I am not in town,' Kumar told IANS.

For many youngsters like Kumar, the key to stay in touch with their friends is now to remain hooked to mobile social networking.

Corporate executive at a multinational company Pranav Sharma echoed: 'I am often out on business trips and it is difficult for me to be in touch with my friends. Therefore, I log on to the Internet on my mobile phone and go to the social networking sites to know what my friends are up to'.

Kritika Negi, an undergraduate student at Delhi's Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University, added: 'If I see anything interesting, or a celebrity for instance, I can immediately take a picture, upload on the site and update my friends about it.'

Mobile social networking is fast becoming a fad in India. Limited to the small mobile screen, one can use the tiny key pads on the phone to remain connected with friends anywhere anytime.

One can log on to popular social networking sites like Facebook, Orkut, Twitter and many more, using the GPRS technology on their mobile phones.

Cashing in on the trend, Indian social networking sites like BigAdda launched their mobile version late last year.

Chief Operating Officer of BigAdda Shivanandan Pare told IANS: 'Social networking helps people to be in touch and helps them know what is going on in their lives'.

'The youth has become Internet savvy and mobile phones have just added to make these services easily accessible to larger audience,' he added.