NDU Platform launched in October 2025, hosts 100 courses with 2.70 Lakhs registrations
The question asked by Shri Baijayant Panda to the Ministry of Education regarding the National Digital University Initiative's impact on access to higher education, learner enrollment, and academic quality measures.
Shri Baijayant Panda (asked), Ministry of Education (answered)
- NIELIT launched NDU Platform in October 2025
- NDU hosts over 100 courses with 2.70 Lakhs registrations
- UGC Open & Distance Learning Programmes approved 800 online programmes in 120+ universities with 4,26,196 enrollments in 2025-26
- SWAYAM platform has 20,000+ course deliveries with 6 crore+ enrollments
- SWAYAM Plus offers 500+ industry-aligned courses across 15 sectors with 89 industry partners
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Parliamentary Q&A
20.07.2026
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Document details
| Official title | National Digital University Initiative |
| Source body | Parliament of India — Questions & Answers (Lok Sabha, starred) |
| Reference number | LS Q2 (Session 8) |
| Status | closed (question) |
| Year | 20.0 |
| Closing date | — |
| Documents | 1 |