S. Vishnu Sharma
IIT Madras-NPTEL has commenced enrollment for more than 400 online courses which provide for 20 percent credit transfer.
The courses by IIT Madras-NPTEL are completely free and open to everyone across the world. A nominal fee will be charged only for those interested in taking examinations for certification.
IIT Madras-NPTE
The enrollment for the courses by IIT Madras-NPTEL began on 20 May for the July-December 2020 semester. Students willing to join the courses by IIT Madras-NPTEL can register at the website ‘onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in’
In addition to starting these online courses by IIT Madras-NPTEL, another new initiative has also been launched. As per the new initiative, eminent professors from various departments will deliver online lectures about Engineering streams.
This will greatly benefit the Class XII Students who clear the Public Examinations this year and will be taking up counselling shortly.
These sessions will help them identify a discipline that is best aligned with their interests. This will also be available to everyone free of any charge.
Coming back to courses by IIT Madras-NPTEL, they are taken up by students and working professionals to supplement their university syllabus on the subject.
Taking into account the prevailing nation-wide lockdown, learners can combine IIT Madras-NPTEL courses with their regular syllabus and can students can take the course examination for credits in their transcript.
This would be the best way going forward since this gives an opportunity for students to learn from home. IIT Madras-NPTEL courses would help in creating a classroom environment with lectures from well qualified faculty who will teach concepts in-depth.
Speaking about the courses Professor Andrew Thangaraj, Coordinator, IIT Madras-NPTEL said NPTEL currently works with more than 3,800 colleges across the country.
These colleges include Engineering, Arts, Commerce, Science and Management colleges. If Universities and Autonomous colleges want to take advantage of credit transfer, they must implement the credit transfer policy in their institutions.
Some Universities and autonomous colleges have already started taking advantage of the credit transfer policy, he said.
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It should be recollected that All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has requested all universities and colleges to allow up to 20 percent credit transfer in every semester through the Central Government’s SWAYAM initiative, of which NPTEL (National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning)
is a part.
The 20 percent credit transfer is given as per the first amendment of 2016 UGC regulations on online education.
NPTEL is a joint initiative of IITs and IISc. NPTEL Certification Courses are offered through the MOOCs format.
Learners must watch videos online, submit assignments on a weekly/monthly basis and register for a final exam which is proctored.
A student can request for transfer of credit once he/she clears the certification examination, as approved by the regulations of the institute he/she is affiliated to.
NPTEL has received more than one crore enrollments till date and is coordinated from IIT Madras.
About – IIT Madras
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) was established in 1959 by the Government of India as an institute of national importance.
The activities of the Institute in various fields of Technology and Science are carried out in 16 academic departments and several advanced interdisciplinary Research Academic Centres.
The Institute offers undergraduate and post – graduate programmes leading to the B.Tech., M.Sc., M.B.A., M.Tech., M.S., and Ph.D., degrees in a variety of specialisations.
IITM is a residential institute with more than 580 faculty and 9,500 students. Students from 18 countries are enrolled here.
IITM fosters an active entrepreneurial culture with strong curricular support and through the IITM Incubation Cell.
IITM has been ranked No.1 in the Overall Institutions category in India Rankings 2019 released by National Institutional Ranking Framework, Ministry of Human Resources Development, Govt. of India.
The Institute has also been ranked No.1 in the Engineering Institutions category in the same Rankings for four consecutive years – 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
It was also adjudged as the ‘Top innovative Institution’ in the country in the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) 2019 launched by Innovation Cell of MHRD.