About NDLI: Ministry of Human Resource Development, under its National Mission on Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT), has entrusted IIT Kharagpur to host, coordinate and set-up National Digital Library of India (NDLI) towards building a national asset. The objective of the project is to integrate all the existing digitized and digital contents available with different institutions. More specifically, it is to provide a single window access with e-leaning facility to different groups of users ranging from primary to higher education.


NDLI will harvest metadata and contents from all the Institutional Digital Repositories (lDR) & other digital library initiatives & NMEICT projects in the National Digital Library Server so that the e-contents can be searched and accessed in the full Text by the users through a single window.

Through this digital library following can be accessed from single window of NDLI:

  • Educational material ranging from primary to post-graduate levels

  • More than 60 types of learning resources.

  • 10 Million items authored by 3 lakh authors,

  • Integrates contents from different Indian Institutional Repositories

  • Items in more than 70 languages.


URL to access NDLI: https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in/


Click here to download NDLI Mobile app


NDL Vision:

Build up National digital library of India as a National Knowledge Asset : The key driving force for education, research, innovation, and knowledge economy in India

NDL Mission:

To create a 24X7-enabled integrated NDLas a ubiquitous digital knowledge source of the Nation – catering to immersive e-Learning for all learners at all levels in all areas To initiate a movement for integrated digital learning across India


Individual Registration Process:

1. Go to https:// ndl.iitkgp.ac.in

2. Register (free) using Alliance email ID

3. An automated mail goes to e-mail id of the Registrant with a link (Kindly Check inbox or Spam Folder)

2. Registrant needs to click the link to activate and complete registration

2. Login and enjoy NDLI on the web


If you are not received any activation/ password mail yet, please go to Account Recovery link: https://ndl.iitkgp.ac.in to reset your password.



NDLI contents from some popular sources are only accessible to registered users. Some of these registration-only works are from sources such as:

  • World eBook Library

  • South Asia Archive

  • OECD iLibrary

  • Satyajit Ray Society