MHRD makes digital educational resources available for all, launches ‘National Digital Library of India’
Abhay Anand | June 20, 2018 | 04:15 PM IST | 1 min read
NEW DELHI, JUNE 20:
The Union Human Resource Development Minister, Prakash Javadekar has launched ‘National Digital Library of India’ to make digital educational resources available to all citizens of the country to empower, inspire and encourage learning.
Developed by the IIT Kharagpur, NDL is the single window platform that collects and collates metadata from premier learning institutions in India and abroad, as well as other relevant sources. It is a digital repository containing textbooks, articles, videos, audio books, lectures, simulations, fiction and all other kinds of learning media.
Speaking on the occasion Minister said that the National Digital Library is a 24x7 ubiquitous knowledge resource that is accessible to anyone with internet access and it is built to enable the rise of Digital India. The Minister said that anybody can access the digital library anytime and anywhere absolutely free of cost and will contribute greatly to the Government’s commitment towards “Padhe Bharat Badhe Bharat”.
NDLI is a digital library that makes quality learning resources available to all learners and has 1.7 Crore content from more than 160 sources, in over 200 languages, everywhere and 30 lakh users are registered on NDL as on date and our target is to increase the users 10 times in a year. He said that NDLI platform is collaborative in nature and extended his regards to contributing institutions which have made available their digital repositories for integration with NDLI.
Follow us for the latest education news on colleges and universities, admission, courses, exams, research, education policies, study abroad and more..
To get in touch, write to us at news@careers360.com.
Featured News
]- IIM Ahmedabad, Kozhikode, others see enrolment in PhD courses rise as students eye more faculty roles
- Assam Agricultural University Jorhat enrolled excess students for 5 yrs despite 41% vacant faculty posts: CAG
- AICTE Approval Process Handbook: From 2026-27, more foreign-student seats, minor specialisation in diploma
- 'We refuse to be forgotten’: Students boycott classes at film school govt opened, and then abandoned
- ISB fees high due to quality, 50% students should get some scholarship: Dean
- ‘Teaching through logins’: School teachers waste time on ‘data-entry’ as apps become integral to monitoring
- Not even 30% of central university teachers are women; 25.4% posts vacant: Education ministry data
- Public policy, social impact courses boom despite tepid job scene
- MBA Jobs: Capstone projects, case competitions become key placement tools amid hiring slowdown
- Director General of IMI: ‘MBA courses now need modular curriculum linked to industry problems’