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Eklavya Platform
- 30 Nov 2024
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Recently, the Ministry of Defence launched Eklavya, an online learning platform for the Indian Army.
- Aim: To improve the professional education and training of Indian Army officers under the Decade of Transformation (2023-2032) initiative and the 2024 theme, Year of Technology Absorption.
- Developed By: Bhaskaracharya National Institute of Space Applications and Geoinformatics (BISAG-N), Gandhinagar.
- Content: A total of 96 courses by 17 Category ‘A’ Training Establishments of the Indian Army have been hosted on the platform.
- Three Categories of Courses:
- Pre-course Preparatory Capsules: Shift basic offline physical courses to the online courses.
- Appointment/Assignment Related Courses: Like information warfare, defence land management, financial planning, discipline and vigilance works etc.
- Professional Development Suite: Courses on Strategy, Operational Art, Leadership, Organisational Behaviour, Emerging Technology etc.
- Centralised Knowledge Hub: Eklavya features a searchable “Knowledge Highway” where journals, research papers, articles, and more are accessible under one platform.
