Digital Learning

About Digital Learning

Digital Learning is a monthly magazine on education technology and digital learning published from Noida by Elets Technomedia Pvt. Ltd. Launched in 2005, it is described as Asia and the Middle East's premier monthly magazine on innovations in education, focusing on the role of information and communication technology (ICT) in transforming how India and the world teach and learn. The magazine serves as a common platform for central and state government bodies, higher-education and school-education leaders, and companies offering education and skills products and services. It is published in print and digital formats, with its online home at digitallearning.eletsonline.com.

The publisher: Elets Technomedia

Digital Learning is published by Elets Technomedia Pvt. Ltd., a media, technology and research organisation headquartered in Noida. The company was established in 2003 and describes itself as Asia and the Middle East's premier technology and media research organisation. Its founder is Dr Ravi Gupta — a social entrepreneur who serves as Founder Publisher, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of the company. Before founding Elets, Dr Gupta co-founded the Centre for Science Development and Media Studies (CSDMS) in 1997 and Geospatial Media & Communications in 1999, and served from 2001 to 2003 on the National Spatial Data Infrastructure Task Force of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India. He has also been recognised with the Community Builder of the Year award presented by UN Solution Exchange India.

Launch in 2005

Digital Learning began publication in 2005, at a moment when computers were entering Indian classrooms but the conversation about technology in education was still fragmented. The magazine's founding proposition was to consolidate that conversation: to raise awareness about the impact of ICT in improving the scope and quality of education, and to give policymakers, educators and industry a shared forum. Since its inception in both print and online formats, the magazine has, in its publisher's account, gained wide recognition and now offers a comprehensive view of the education landscape, covering nearly every segment and key industry stakeholder.

What the magazine covers

The magazine's editorial brief is innovations in education with ICT at the centre. Its pages carry up-to-the-minute reports on developments in education, commentary on new ICT innovations, and perspectives on traditional teaching tools — aiming, in its own words, to be the first stop for what is new and what is next in education. Regular features include survey reports, case studies of technology deployments in schools and universities, analyses of educational trends, and thought-leadership pieces by academic administrators from India and abroad. Coverage spans school education, higher education, vocational training and skills development, reflecting the full spectrum of the learning ecosystem.

Advocacy and policy

Digital Learning positions itself as more than a magazine: it describes its work in terms of advocacy and policy development, facilitating collaboration among global education leaders. The publication convenes exclusive roundtables for education leaders, publishes survey reports and case studies, and uses its platform to carry discussions and debates on educational technology and best practices. This advocacy role connects the magazine to the policy process — its pages and events bring together the government bodies that set education policy and the institutions and companies that implement it, generating awareness of the issues affecting the sector.

Conferences and events

Elets Technomedia is also an events company, and Digital Learning is closely tied to its conference portfolio. Through Elets, Dr Gupta has conceptualised and organised national and international conferences including eIndia, eAsia and the World Education Summit, held in different parts of the world and attended by thinkers, politicians, policymakers, academics, authors, experts, industry leaders and administrators. The magazine's own activities include exhibitions, conferences, knowledge sessions and close-door round tables. These events extend the magazine's editorial mission into physical convening, making Digital Learning the publishing arm of a larger education-leadership ecosystem.

The readership

The magazine's readership is institutional rather than individual. It targets central and state-level government bodies concerned with education, leaders in higher education and school education, and companies specialising in education and skills-related products, solutions and services. With a network spanning India and the world, the magazine plays what it calls a pivotal role in consolidating the diverse global education and skills sector. For edtech companies, it offers access to policymakers and institutional buyers; for administrators, it offers intelligence on innovations and best practices from across the world.

Sister publications

Digital Learning is one of a family of Elets magazines. The company also publishes eGov, the monthly magazine on e-governance; eHEALTH, the health-technology monthly; and The Banking and Finance Post, a bi-monthly added in 2015. All are available in print and digital versions and are known, in the company's description, for in-depth coverage of ICT, commentary on stakeholders, and perspectives on how newer tools are bringing improvements to people's lives. The publications share themes — tourism, environment, housing, power, transport, waste management, start-ups, smart cities, urban development, green building, secure IT and public-sector undertakings — reflecting Elets' cross-sectoral view of technology-led development.

Print and digital formats

The magazine is published in both print and digital editions. Print subscriptions are sold through magazine-subscription platforms, with delivery across India, while the digital edition is delivered by email. The magazine's portal, digitallearning.eletsonline.com, carries breaking news and in-depth articles on education technology between issues, along with the magazine's archive. The portal also runs a membership programme offering free passes to Elets events, complimentary access to premium magazine features and portal content, invitations to close-door round tables, and first-hand access to portal news — building a community around the publication.

The Noida base

Elets Technomedia operates from Noida in Uttar Pradesh — its India office is at the Stellar IT Park, Sector 62, Noida — with an additional office in Dubai Internet City. The Noida location places the company in the National Capital Region's technology corridor, close to the central government ministries, education regulators and edtech companies that form its audience. The company's contact channels, including info@elets.in, serve all its publications from this base. The Dubai office supports the company's Middle East activities, consistent with its positioning as an Asia and Middle East media organisation.

Surveys, case studies and thought leadership

A core part of Digital Learning's editorial output is its research journalism: survey reports on the state of technology adoption in Indian education, case studies of digital deployments in schools and universities, and analyses of emerging trends. These are complemented by thought-leadership pieces from top academic administrators in India and around the world, giving the magazine a global perspective on questions such as blended learning, digital assessment and skills development. By publishing both data-driven surveys and practitioner experience side by side, the magazine gives its institutional readers — government bodies deciding policy and colleges deciding investments — evidence on which to base decisions, rather than opinion alone.

Place in education media

Two decades after its launch, Digital Learning remains the leading Indian magazine devoted to technology in education — a field it helped define as an editorial category. As ICT moved from computer labs to smart classrooms to AI-assisted learning, the magazine tracked each wave, giving the education sector a continuous record of its own digital transformation. Its combination of publishing, events and advocacy — the magazine, the World Education Summit, the roundtables, the awards — has made it an institution in the Indian education ecosystem rather than merely a periodical. For anyone seeking to understand how technology has reshaped Indian education since the mid-2000s, its archive is the essential starting point.