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One of the most important qualities that teachers need to possess in today's culture is digital competence, which has gained significant relevance in the educational context.(Cao et al., 2023).This study focused on the digital competency of teacher educators of Gandhinagar. The objective of the study is to analyse the digital competency among teacher educators based on their gender, and type of institutions. To collect the data, the researcher used a survey method using a self-developed tool. They considered six dimensions of digital competency that are digital knowledge, digital skills, digital pedagogy, digital content creation, digital communication, and teacher education institute of Gujarat taken as population and Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar as sample finding shows that there is no difference in the competency of teacher educator based on gender and types of institutions. Despite the fact that there have been numerous studies on this subject, more has to be done to enhance the evaluation of teachers' educators for digital abilities.
Digital Competence, Digital Knowledge, Digital attitude Digital Skills, Digital Pedagogy, Digital Content Creation, Digital Communication
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