Published on June 2023 | E-learning, Digital initiatives, National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, COVID-19, Higher Education (HE), India

Innovating Through Adversity: India’s Digital Initiatives During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

The COVID-19 outbreak urged the educational institutions to adopt alternative methods of teaching and learning for the continuity and maintenance of quality education. In India, the pandemic had a major impact on higher education (HE) and it convinced educational institutions to adopt E-learning who earlier were not willing to adopt it. It made the system realize and accept new methods and approaches of teaching-learning like flipped classroom, blended approach of learning etc. The current study provides an overview of the role of Elearning by highlighting the various digital initiatives taken by Government of India especially during and after the pandemic.