USE AND STATUS OF HIGHER EDUCATIONAL DIGITAL INITIATIVES IN UNIVERSITY: A WEBOMETRIC ANALYSIS

Abstract

The ocean of information is very large. Everyday new information is coming in different forms. With the advent of digital information, a fully updated web platform is needed also for its presentation and use. The website is the show window of any institution in higher education. The main objective of this paper is to see the status of digital initiatives in higher education on the university's website through Alexa tool and checklist as well as to create awareness for the optimum use of these. The effort to provide all information on one platform has been done by MHRD (Ministry of Human Resource Development) through a digital initiative. All these projects and programmes were started by MHRD with the aim to improve quality in education and research. This study offers how a website can be made more effective and inspiring for using digital resources. This paper explores the practices of universities to fill the gaps present in required and available in using digital initiatives in education.