How Anjana Om Kashyap's remarks have triggered a debate across the nation about online education.

The battle with the growing Indian online educating community and the main person involved in that battle Anjana Om Kashyap. In a TV debate, Kashyap attacked several teachers who are available on YouTube and accused some of them to be “do kaudi ke” that questioned their credibility and who are just interested in getting views and money, not in teaching the students. People were soon sharing the articles on Twitter and Facebook and the comments were very polarizing.

It was not to be without repercussions that reverberated back on the teachers and pupils. Following this, the popular online teachers like Khan Sir, generously responded and gave a justification to the role of Digital Education in India. Numerous teachers contended that internet instructing has made it simpler for lots of students, particularly the ones in lower-income homes and rural regions, who wouldn't growth otherwise be able to realize the advantages of coaching institutes.Numerous educator argued that internet teaching has paved the way to advantage for hundreds of thousands of the students who might not have been able to otherwise take gain from the offerings of costly coaching institutes, especially those in smaller rural neighborhoods. Students also shared their personal experience about how they have prepared for their exam (NEET/JEE/UPSC/SSC) classes using the YouTube classes.

Importance of this debate comes from the fact that goes beyond mere television comment. It is but a segment of a greater change in Indian education. Today, online teachers appeal to millions of learners and sometimes are more popular than those teaching in “real-time” classrooms. Supporters believe that digital education has opened the door to more cheap and accessible learning, but critics feel there ought to be improvement of quality and accountability in digital education. The debate has consequently evolved into a larger debate concerning the future of education, the role of media, and the influence of self taught independent online educators in Indian context.