  Web portals are being considered as excellent means for conducting teaching
and learning activities electronically. The number of online services such as
course enrollment, tutoring through online course materials, evaluation and
even certification through web portals is increasing day by day. However, the
effectiveness of an educational web portal depends on its accessibility to a
wide range of students irrespective of their age, and physical abilities.
Accessibility of web portals largely depends on their userfriendliness in terms
of design, contents, assistive features, and online support. In this paper, we
have critically analyzed the web portals of thirty Indian Universities of
different categories based on the WCAG 2.0 guidelines. The purpose of this
study is to point out the deficiencies that are commonly observed in web
portals and help web designers to remove such deficiencies from the academic
web portals with a view to enhance their accessibility.
