On the prospects of online education in India: Traditionally, only correspondence programmes have been in vogue in India, mostly in non-technical courses. This is changing with a massive infrastructure built around Information and Communication Technology (ICT). However, with new interventions in ICT, AICTE is relooking at the distance paradigm in technical education. Two points of caution: the last mile problem of implementing ICT and reaching students with quality content at their place and the non-negotiable requirement of conduct of workshops, labs, etc only in a face-to-face mode of learning.