Digital InitiativeObjectiveNADThe vision of National Academic Depository (NAD) is born out of an initiative to provide an online store house of all academic awards. NAD is a 24X7 online storehouse of all academic awards viz. certificates, diplomas, degrees, mark-sheets etc. duly digitised and lodged by academic institutions/boards/eligibility assessment bodies. NAD not only ensures easy access to and retrieval of an academic award but also validates and guarantees its authenticity and safe storageSWAYAM PRABHAThe SWAYAM PRABHA is a group of 34 DTH channels devoted to telecasting of high-quality educational programs on a 24X7 basis using the GSAT-15 satellite. It utilizes the satellite communication technologies for transmission of education e-contents through National channelsNDLNational Digital Library of India (NDL India) is an all-digital library that stores information (metadata) about different types of digital contents including books, articles, videos, audios, thesis and other educational materials relevant for users from varying educational levels and capabilities. SWAYAMSWAYAM (Study Webs of Active€“Learning for Young Aspiring Minds) focuses on the access, equity, and quality of Education Policy. Its objective is to bring the best teaching and learning experience along with the resources to all, including the most disadvantaged in society. The use of indigenous developed IT platform facilitates hosting courses from the elite educational institutions in the country by anyone, anytime. It offers various online courses for school education and higher education. The courses are from Class 9th to post-graduation. The courses are available free of cost. SWAYAM portal has been developed by the Ministry of Human Resource Development along with NPTEL, IIT Madras, with inputs from Google Inc. and Persistent Systems Ltd.