What makes Swayam attract IITs, IIMs and crores of students?

Manash Pratim GohainTIMESOFINDIA.COM
Aug 13, 2021 | 09:58 IST

The Swayam platform, which was launched to provide online courses to students across the country, has seen a massive spike in demand at a time colleges were shut due to the pandemic

Over 1 crore enrollments in less than two years. Over 1.6 lakh enrolled in four courses in July 2020. The government’s online platform Swayam has seen a massive jump in demand as colleges were forced to rely on online teaching due to the pandemic.

Data exclusively accessed by TOI showed that around 1.1 crore enrollments took place on the platform between July 2019 and January 2021. An average of 27.44 lakh joined courses every semester since 2019 to study in courses offered by some of India’s top institutions such as IITs, Indian Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University and IIMs.
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