Airtel: Airtel partners with Ministry of Education to power ed-tech platform DIKSHA – Times of India

Indian telecom major Airtel has announced that it has won the Cloud and CDN mandate from the Digital India Corporation (DIC) to power DIKSHA (Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing). This is India’s national platform for open education digital content. DIC is under the control of the Ministry of Education (MoE).
With this mandate, Airtel becomes the partner for end-to-end management of DIKSHA’s online platforms across its mobile app and website. The DIKSHA app and website will now be powered by Airtel Cloud and will be made accessible to students across the country for free educational content in their preferred Indian language. Students, particularly in far-flung and remote locations, will be able to easily enrol on the platform. Airtel Cloud will also lead the migration of DIKSHA to Oracle Cloud and offer its managed services along with CDN solutions.
“DIKSHA offers 9300+ courses in 35+ Indian languages and has witnessed 50+ billion learning sessions and 60+ billion minutes of usage by students, making it one of the largest free education platforms in the world. We are thrilled to partner with the Ministry of Education to bolster this crucial education infrastructure and advance its accessibility to millions of children across the country with our state-of-the-art cloud and CDN services,” Praveen Agarwal, Head of government business at Airtel said.
What is the Digital India Corporation
The Digital India Corporation focuses on improving the standard of living of the common man by providing access to the benefits emerging from Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Launched in 2017 by the Ministry of Education, DIKSHA aims to provide quality e-content in the form of e-textbooks and audiobooks for free to all teachers and learners across the country. The platform offers over 5700 crore minutes of learning and over 7200 of its courses have witnessed an enrolment and course completion rate of 82%.
Airtel Cloud: More details
Airtel Cloud is a part of Airtel’s B2B arm – Airtel Business. The company claims that its cloud platform is India’s “leading and most trusted provider of ICT services with a diverse portfolio of offerings to enterprises, governments, carriers, and small and medium businesses.”
Airtel Cloud leverages private, public and Edge cloud to offer enterprises a one-stop-destination for a hybrid cloud strategy. With an all-inclusive portfolio comprising connectivity, data centre and security in addition to cloud solutions, Airtel Cloud enables enterprises to accelerate and optimise their digital transformation journey.