Dr. K. L. Vasudev, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore, and Dr A Padmavathi, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science Engineering, School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, Coimbatore take us through how the COVID lockdown has accelerated the shift to online teaching and why Indian students need to get serious about learning these skills soon.