Ashwini Vaishnaw To Launch NIELIT Digital University Tomorrow

NEW DELHI: Union Minister of Railways, Electronics and Information Technology and Information and Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw will inaugurate NIELIT Digital University (NDU) Platform, designed to democratise access to high-quality digital education, in New Delhi on October 2.

The platform will offer industry-focused programmes in niche technologies such as AI, Cybersecurity, Data Science, Semiconductors, and allied fields, with flexible digital learning modes and virtual labs to equip youth with future-ready skills.

Vaishnaw will also virtually inaugurate five new NIELIT Centres at Muzaffarpur (Bihar), Balasore (Odisha), Tirupati (Andhra Pradesh), Daman (Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu), and Lunglei (Mizoram).

With augmentation of these new NIELIT Centres, NIELIT continues to play a pivotal role in shaping India’s technological future.

The event will also feature a panel discussion on ‘Role of AI in Digitization of Education’ with eminent experts from academia and industry and top-performing students from the DevSecOps course jointly conducted by NIELIT and Kyndryl will be felicitated.

Additionally, exchange of Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) with leading industry partners to strengthen industry-academia collaboration will be inked during the event.

Over 1,500 participants are likely to participate in the event, including NIELIT students from across India, eminent academicians, and technological experts. It will also include dedicated stalls exhibiting NIELIT’s strength in the skilling and learning models in the various verticals of electronics and information technology.

National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology (NIELIT), an Autonomous Scientific Society of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, has been a pioneer in skill development and digital empowerment.