Digital Learning Partner Onboarding Guidelines

Objectives of the Partnership Model:

NSDC through this partnership model, aims to –

a. Bring the digital learning courses and certifications from Global OEMs to Indian Youth under
a simple umbrella platform —Skill India Digital (SID) or through NSDC Academy (as a
market-place on SID)
b. Support growing start-ups and EdTech with content in high-growth sectors and emerging
technologies thereby creating a massive library of skilling and learning content, thus providing
certification programs.
c. Create a vast library of skilling, re-skilling, and upskilling content to enable life-long learning
and improved livelihood and productivity of working professionals.
d. Promote and scale hybrid mode of training programs within the skilling ecosystem.

Digital Learning Partners who can apply

S. No Types
1 Global MOOCs/ OEMs
2 MSDE/MoE/Other Ministries
3 Awarding Bodies
4 NSDC Partners
5 Universities/ Colleges/ Academic Institutes
6 EdTech/ Start-Ups
7 Individual contributors/ Freelancers

Type of Content:
 Self-paced
 Hybrid with online live lectures
 Hybrid with a mix of self-paced content and offline live lectures

The interested Digital Learning Partner will provide details about their organization and offerings in a
Learning Partner Onboarding APP for evaluation with a Proposal Evaluation Fee. The evaluation will
be primarily based on the quality of content.
The NSDC official (IT& Digital) will create a term sheet after first level evaluation of the prospective
partner and present learning content to the Digital Learning Content Approval Committee (DLCAC).

Basic Fee Applicable:

S. No Parameter Proposed Fee Remarks

1 Proposal Evaluation Fee
2 NSDC Annual Affiliation Fee
3. Additional Service Charges *
a. On Course Fee
(to be charged from candidates)
b. On Certification Fee (when
charged separately)
INR 25,000 One time. Non-refundable
INR 1,50,000 Annually for approved partner
30-50% of the course fee is NSDC to collect the fee from the
chargeable candidates and disburse the partner
10% -20% of the certification share
fee is chargeable

*The details of additional services provided below.

Bank Details:
NEFT details for payment: -
Account Name: National Skill Development Corporation
Bank: State Bank of India
Bank Account no.: 30479747590
IFSC Code: SBIN0000625
Branch Address: (00625) Central Secretariat, North Block, New Delhi-110001

Enabling Support Services:

The Digital Learning Partner upon approval will be eligible to integrate their courses.

Additionally, the partner may also avail of the below-mentioned services:

a. Access to PAN- India Network of NSDC partner network through mailers.
b. Content accessibility to the verified pool of candidate database on NSDC’s Digital Learning
Platforms
c. Access to affordable financing – Skill Loans for students of NSDC Partners through NSDC-
empanelled Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs)/ FIs for high-end certification courses.
d. AI-enabled recommendations for the discovery of courses, in-demand sectors, etc.
e. Access to detailed candidate learning behaviour reports.  
f. Joint Marketing & Promotion of Partner’s Capabilities through digital/ electronic media
ecosystem (Social Media Posts across all handles of NSDC, Podcast, etc.)
g. Access to use the NSDC logo for promotional activities.
h. Access to International Opportunities through NSDC International (a 100% subsidiary of
NSDC)
i. NSDC Support in B2B/B2A collaborations

Basic Services (included

Parameters Value Added Services Premium Services
in all partnerships)
Course Listing Unlimited course listings Unlimited course listings
Content hosting/Listing of XR (AR, VR
and MR)
Certification NSDC participation NSDC participation NSDC participation certificate to all
certificate to all certificate to all candidates candidates
candidates
Ratings Consumer Ratings Consumer Ratings + Public visibility of
good comments provided by the
consumers
Course Course Discovery Preferred search AI-enabled recommendation (Special
discovery SID Maps to locate course Tags)
/recommendation providers for Blended and a. Discovery of courses
offline courses b. Discovery-based on traffic
c. Discovery based on in-demand
competency specified by a recruiter or
employer.
NSDC partners on SID Maps search
Outreach Outreach to student Outreach to complete NSDC skilled
database candidate database
Preferred partners with B2B alliances
with domestic and international
Promotion and Promotions and advocacy Promotional campaign for courses by
advocacy within the NSDC network Knowledge Partners
through mailers Webinars, Live broadcasts with Partners
Brand promotions through experts, and live Q&A
banners Paid Promotions through Facebook,
Google Ads, etc.
Data Analytics Basic reports such as Detailed analytics and reports
- In-demand skills of Course/Skill gap analysis
the month
- State-wise popular
skills
- Etc.
Duration:

For every approved proposal, the partner shall be required to sign a legally binding contract with NSDC for
a period of 3 years, which will be subjected to annual renewal.

The Annual Renewal of the Partnership will be subject to the evaluation of:
a. Digital content, with the latest technology and concept per market demand.
b. Performance of the partner

For Proposal Submissions or Queries, please write to us at niharika.bhayana@nsdcindia.org