SWAYAM (meaning 'Self") is a Hindi acronym that stands for "Study Webs of Active learning for Young Aspiring Minds". Swayam is an initiative launched by M.H.R.D (Government of India) under Digital India to give a coordinated stage and free entry to web courses, covering all advanced education, High School and skill sector courses. 

           SWAYAM has been developed cooperatively by MHRD (Ministry of Human Resource Development) and AICTE (All India council for Technical Education) with the helps of Microsoft and is equipped for facilitation 2,000 courses. The platform offers free access to everyone and hosts courses from class 9 till post-graduation. It enables professors and faculty of centrally funded institutes like IITs, IIMs, IISERs, etc. to teach students.