Periyar University, Salem, has launched a new online web portal http://www.periyaedu.in for undergraduate and postgraduate courses. The university has taken this step in line with the New National Education Policy (NEP) 2020. University has taken this step to improve the Gross Enrolment Ratio (GER) of the student which is currently at just 27.4 percent.

Through this e-learning platform University will offer multiple courses from all disciplines science, commerce and arts from graduate to post graduate courses. As per the new National Educational Policy (NEP) top 100 universities can start off imparting education through online medium. The launch of this website is a new initiative to improve higher education also through online courses. The ratio of the number of students can also go higher through online teaching which is not feasible in the old system of education wherein the number of seats were limited in offline classes.