Higher education in India was not always confined to a learning process in four walls. Our ancient learning methodology included conversations, debates, life study and learning through observations. With passage of time learning was confined to study of written texts and prescribed syllabi. Though it has contributed remarkably in the last two centuries towards the establishment of new world order, its relevance is now often questioned due to pace of technological changes and industry’s expectations from young graduates. In the last decade there is an evident shift towards Digital Learning platforms as a mandatory part of standard curriculum, and as source of obtaining extra knowledge with flexibility of choosing subjects and content for learning. Platforms like Coursera, edx, NPTEL, STP, Swayam and Udemy are ready to efficiently fill the gap between standard university curriculum and industry requirement. Acceptance of these platforms witnessed a sharp rise during COVID era and registration increased multiple folds. It was clear that the time has come for digital learning to be accepted at par with standard chalk and talk approach. After the decline of COVID restrictions and life returning to normalcy, growth and acceptability of online learning platforms opens a big area of study. In this paper authors have identified and recognized the role of digital learning platforms as mandatory part of higher education and have studied the impact on young learners. This paper presents an analysis based on the opinions of first time users of such platforms. This paper presents a comparative analysis of growth and acceptability of online learning platforms by young Indian students in pre-Covid, during-covid and post-covid timelines.