Inside the national government. The launch of the Digital University was announced by M. Jagadesh Kumar, head of the University Grants Commission (UGC). With the intention of giving students instruction in skills relevant to the workforce, the institution will first provide skill development courses. When describing the university’s accessibility, the chairman says, “If a course has a four-year duration and a student is able to complete it in a shorter time period, the student will be allowed to complete the course in a shorter time period.” Furthermore, students will be permitted to finish their four-year program in five years if they so wish.
Students can pursue two different degrees simultaneously at the Digital University and select a second degree once they have finished their first one. All Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT), National Institutes of Technology (NIT), and Central Universities (CU) would be connected via the efforts of this Digital University. Learning data for the enrolled students will be recorded in the Academic Bank of Credit, a digital repository that houses details on the credits earned by specific students.
In August, members of the UGC, All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), University of Delhi, IIT Madras, and Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan attended a conference regarding the creation of the Digital University. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the following when introducing the budget for 2022–2023: “To deliver a top-notch education to students across the nation at their doorsteps, a digital university will be established. It will be a university that offers a variety of online degree programmes and courses to students. It will cooperate with other national central institutions for the essential digital infrastructure and training.”
