Maharashtra Unveils 'Mahagyandeep', India's First Comprehensive Digital Education Portal

In a significant step towards digital education, the Maharashtra government on Wednesday launched India’s first comprehensive digital learning portal, ‘Mahagyandeep’. The initiative was formally inaugurated by Higher and Technical Education Minister Chandrakant Dada Patil at the state secretariat.

Speaking at the launch, Patil stated that the Mahagyandeep portal marks a significant milestone in making educational resources more accessible and student-centric across the state. “This portal will help democratise quality education and make it available at a single click, especially for students in rural and remote areas,” he said.

जगभरातील मराठी भाषिक व अभ्यासक यांना उपलब्ध असेल, अशा प्रकारचे डिजीटल शिक्षणाचे पोर्टल शासनाच्या अधिपत्याखाली देशात प्रथमच महाराष्ट्राच्या उच्च व तंत्रशिक्षण विभागाने ‘महाज्ञानदीप पोर्टल’ म्हणून निर्माण केले आहे.
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The launch event saw the presence of Additional Chief Secretary of the Higher and Technical Education Department Venu Gopal Reddy, Director of Higher Education Dr Shailesh Dewalankar, Vice-Chancellor of Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University Prof Sanjeev Sonawane, Prof Sameer Sahasrabudhe from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar, along with vice-chancellors, registrars, professors, and directors from various universities.

Under the Mahagyandeep initiative, the department aims to train 1,000 faculty members as experts in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). So far, 150 professors have been trained and have developed a course on ‘Indian Knowledge System – Generic’ (IKS), aligned with the National Education Policy 2020. The course, currently available in Marathi, has been uploaded on the Mahagyandeep portal and is accessible to students globally.

The initiative involves collaboration with major universities including Yashwantrao Chavan Maharashtra Open University, Savitribai Phule Pune University, University of Mumbai, Shivaji University Kolhapur, and SNDT Women’s University Mumbai.