ICT in Indian Higher Education Institutions: A review of Challenges and Opportunities during Pandemic

The purpose of this research is to look at the role of ICT in higher education institutions (HEIs) after Covid. Information and Communication (ICT) plays an important role in facilitating teaching and learning. ICT makes the classroom more interactive and collaborative. The education system knows the emergence of ICT in this changing digital media world. Earlier the ICT tools only used in the business and governance offices but due to pandemic the education system also used and learn the importance of the ICT tools. The way teachers and students engage and communicate with one another is one of the changes it has brought about. Given the limitations of restricted technology access and inequality in higher education in India, as well as economic considerations and technological know-how., it has to be seen how ICT can actually burgeon students and drive change in this field. This research also looks into the instruments and transformative potential of ICT in Indian higher education and in this study we used the questionnaire to investigate whether the ICT have aided the expansion of interactive learning and the teachers' role by collecting the sample of 1200 students studying in different streams of the University. Our findings contribute the valuable insights of the ICT opportunities and challenges to the students, researchers and learners.