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The world has embarked upon a golden age of technology. In education, as in every other sphere of life, technology plays an important role. Unlike other countries, the use of technology in the Indian education system has been rudimentary, but the closure of universities and colleges to check the spread of malicious COVID-19 has catapulted the virtual learning into the spotlight in India. The present paper aims to investigate the challenges that higher education faculty experienced while transitioning from an offline teaching environment to an online instructional environment during the lockdown. A qualitative study was carried out with 20 faculty members teaching in higher educational institutions. Telephonic interviews were conducted to collect the data. Based on the data analysis, six challenges are identified and lastly few feasible solutions are being proposed to deal with them.

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