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HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar Launched National Digital Library of India
HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar Launched National Digital Library of India- Details, Features, Aim, About
Union Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) has launched National Digital Library of India (NDLI) on the occasion of National Reading Day, observed on 17th June 2018 in New Delhi.
HRD Minister Prakash Javadeka launched the National Digital Library of India (NDLI) with the main aim to make digital educational resources available to all citizens of the country to empower, inspire and encourage learning.
About National Digital Library of India (NDLI)
NDLI is a project of Ministry of HRD under the aegis of National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT) to develop a framework of a virtual repository of learning resources with a single-window search facility.
NDLI has been developed by Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur. It is single window platform that collects and collates metadata from premier learning institutions in India and abroad, as well as other relevant sources. It is open to all at free of cost.
NDLI is a digital repository 17 million-plus items containing textbooks, articles, videos, audio-books, lectures, simulations, fiction and all other kinds of learning media) in 200-plus languages from more than 170 institutions.
NDLI has been designed to hold the content of any language and provides learning and research interface support for leading Indian languages. It is arranged to provide support for all academic levels including researchers and life-long learners from all disciplines and in all popular form of access devices and also to differently-abled learners.
