DIKSHA Emerges as India’s Digital Learning Backbone, Empowering Over 2.25 Crore Learners Nationwide
Government's 'One Nation, One Digital Platform' is redefining school education through multilingual content, virtual labs and AI-ready digital infrastructure
DIKSHA has emerged as the backbone of India's digital education ecosystem, empowering millions of students and teachers through a unified, multilingual learning platform aligned with the vision of Digital India and NEP 2020.
New Delhi: India’s ambitious journey towards building a digitally empowered education ecosystem has reached another significant milestone with the continued expansion of the Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing (DIKSHA) platform, which today serves as the country’s unified digital platform for school education.
A backgrounder released by the Press Information Bureau (PIB) on Sunday highlights how DIKSHA has evolved from a digital repository into one of the world’s largest public digital learning ecosystems, connecting students, teachers, schools and education administrators through technology-driven, curriculum-linked learning resources.
Launched in 2017 under the Ministry of Education and spearheaded by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) in collaboration with the Central Institute of Educational Technology (CIET), DIKSHA now forms the cornerstone of the PM e-Vidya initiative and supports the vision of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020.
Building India’s Digital Education Infrastructure
Unlike conventional e-learning platforms, DIKSHA has been designed as an open, federated digital infrastructure that allows every State and Union Territory to contribute educational content in its own language while maintaining national quality standards.
The platform hosts curriculum-aligned digital resources for students from foundational learning through senior secondary education. Teachers gain access to professional development programmes, digital teaching aids, competency-based assessments and certified online training.
The platform’s architecture enables decentralised content creation while ensuring rigorous validation through CIET-NCERT, making learning resources both locally relevant and nationally consistent.
Learning Beyond Textbooks
One of DIKSHA’s biggest strengths is its integration of physical and digital education.
Millions of NCERT textbooks now feature QR codes that instantly connect students to videos, animations, simulations, teacher guides and interactive exercises using a smartphone.
This “phygital” model bridges classroom learning with digital resources, making education more engaging and experiential.
The platform also incorporates:
- 2D and 3D educational animations
- Virtual laboratories
- Augmented Reality (AR) experiences
- Interactive quizzes
- Competency-based question banks
- Teacher dashboards
- AI-enabled learning analytics
- Chatbots for learner support
These tools encourage personalised learning instead of a one-size-fits-all teaching approach.
Inclusive Education at National Scale
Accessibility remains a defining feature of the DIKSHA ecosystem.
To ensure that geography or disability does not become a barrier to education, the platform supports offline downloads, allowing students to continue learning even without internet connectivity.
The ecosystem also offers:
- Text-to-speech functionality
- DAISY accessible content
- Indian Sign Language videos
- Multilingual learning resources
- Regional language interfaces
Today, DIKSHA supports 135 languages, including 128 Indian languages and seven foreign languages, making it one of the most linguistically inclusive education platforms globally.
NCERT has already translated textbooks for Classes 1, 2, 3 and 6 into 22 Scheduled Languages, significantly improving access for learners across the country.
Strengthening Teachers Through Digital Capacity Building
DIKSHA is equally focused on teachers.
Through programmes such as NISHTHA and various state-specific Teacher Professional Development (TPD) modules, educators can enrol in certified online courses at their own pace.
The platform combines content authoring tools, learning management systems, assessment modules and analytics to continuously enhance teaching quality.
Teacher development has become an integral pillar of India’s digital education transformation rather than a parallel initiative.
Massive Adoption Reflects National Impact
The latest government figures illustrate the platform’s remarkable scale.
As of 27 June 2026, DIKSHA has achieved:
- 2.25 crore registered users
- Around 3 lakh active users every day
- 575.25 crore learning sessions
- 6,691.82 crore learning minutes
- 3.67 lakh electronic learning resources
- 7,687 Energised Textbooks
- 18.77 crore course enrolments
- 14.82 crore course completions
- 12.79 crore certificates issued
- 347 digital courses
The platform has also established over 614 Virtual Laboratories, providing students opportunities for experimentation and inquiry-based learning even in schools lacking physical laboratory infrastructure.
States Driving Digital Learning
Adoption has expanded across every State and Union Territory.
According to the latest data, Uttar Pradesh leads with approximately 26.80 lakh registered users, followed by Gujarat (14.64 lakh), Bihar (12.52 lakh), Rajasthan (11.41 lakh), Maharashtra (10.86 lakh) and Madhya Pradesh (10.35 lakh).
Southern states including Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh continue to record significant participation, reflecting nationwide acceptance of digital learning.
Foundation for Future-Ready Education
The significance of DIKSHA extends well beyond digitising textbooks.
Its federated architecture, multilingual framework and open technology standards provide the foundation for future innovations in artificial intelligence, adaptive learning, competency-based education and digital credentials.
As India accelerates towards the vision of Viksit Bharat 2047, platforms such as DIKSHA demonstrate how Digital Public Infrastructure can be applied beyond governance and finance to transform education itself.
Rather than replacing classrooms, DIKSHA is augmenting them—creating an ecosystem where teachers become digitally empowered, students gain personalised learning opportunities, and educational resources become universally accessible.
The continued expansion of DIKSHA reinforces India’s broader Digital India mission: leveraging technology not merely for digitisation, but for equitable, inclusive and high-quality education for every learner.
