Digital Learning: A Survival Strategy to Unlock Opportunity

India has a great history of education. It has the oldest Universities like Nalanda and Takshashila. The history and evaluation of digital learning can be traced back to the 19th century. Though it has been in existence since 1999, it became a part of almost everyone’s life only during the COVID-19 crisis. Online learning has been a buzzword for the last year. Urban India, directly or indirectly has witnessed its advantages on a greater scale. However, every generation has accepted this challenge and is moving ahead with some or other solution to adapt to this new normal.This pandemic has drastically affected almost all types of occupations and created much-needed self-time for pursuing studies, engaging in interests and hobbies. Digital teaching-learning has become a saviour, especially to the education sector. e-Learning has its upside where an individual can learn, unlearn and relearn to flutter the wings of aspiration. This study is based on primary as well as secondary data. The study first offers an overview of digital learning from teachers as well as a learner’s point of view. The primary data has been collected through a well-designed and structured questionnaire. A sample size of 116 respondents has been studied. The primary study seeks to map the familiarity of and preference to the digital learning platforms. The respondents were asked about the purpose, time spent, their commitment, the effectiveness of and satisfaction towards digital learning. The results were analysed and suitable conclusions were drawn. This research aims at exploring the acceptance and applicability of digital learning as a survival strategy for continual education during the pandemic.