Digital Initiatives in Higher Education - UGC NET Paper 1
                     “Top Digital 
Initiatives in 
Higher 
Education”
 UGC NET Paper 
1
Digital initiative in Higher Education is one of the 
important topics from the UGC NET Paper 1 Units.
Candidates who are preparing for the UGC NET 
Examination must read this topic in detail to score 
well.
Here we are providing all the important information 
about the Digital Initiative in Higher Education.
Digital Initiatives in Higher 
Education
By taking various Digital Initiatives in Higher Education, 
the MHRD works for the development of the basic 
infrastructure of the Higher Education Sector.
In the last few years, the National Mission on Education 
through ICT has made some developments in IT to change 
the scenario of higher education.
SWAYAM
This platform is developed by MHRD (Ministry of Human 
Resource Development) and AICTE (All India Council for 
Technical Education).
It’s an IT Massive Open Online Course for providing the 
best quality education anywhere and anytime. 
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SWAYAM Prabha
It is a group of 32 DTH channels to telecasting high-quality 
educational programmes by using the satellite – GSAT-15.
The programme will be available for 24X7.
The contents are provided by NPTEL, IITs, UGC, CEC, 
IGNOU, etc.
National Digital Library
The NMEICT has initiated the National Digital Library of 
India project to develop a framework of virtual repository 
of learning resources with a single-window search facility.
The NDL will contain textbooks, articles, videos, lectures, 
etc.
Virtual Labs
The Virtual Lab does not require any setup for conducting 
experiments at user premises.  A computer is you need to 
perform the experiments remotely.
There are 205 virtual labs in Engineering & Science 
disciplines. 
More than 6 lakh students are using these virtual labs in 
India.
Campus Connectivity
NMEICT aims to provide 20 Broadband connections of 
5123 kbps speed to over 25000 colleges and 2000 
polytechnics and optical fiber connectivity on 1Gbps to 
419 universities.
The MHRD has now decided to made campuses of 
Universities WiFi enabled. 
IITs, IIMs, and NITs have already established WiFi 
campuses.
Central Cloud Infrastructure
A project to IIT Delhi has been awarded by NMEICT to set 
up robust 24X7 baked Data Centre and the activities have 
been put up at NIC/NKM Data Centre. 
The cloud is called “Baadal.
National Academic Depository
The NAD is initiated for facilitating the issuance, storage, 
access and verification of Academic Awards.
There are some more Digital Initiatives in Higher Education 
like e-Sodh Sindhu, e-Yantra, Talk to a Teacher, Ask a 
Question, e-Acharya, E-Kalpa, FOSSEE, e-Vidwan, and 
Spoken Tutorial.
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