National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL): NPTEL
is an acronym for National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning which is
an initiative by seven Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur,
Kharagpur, Madras and Roorkee) and Indian
Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore.
The main objective of NPTEL program is to enhance the quality of engineering
education in the country by developing curriculum based video and web courses.
The NPTEL project, receives its funding support through the National Mission on
Education through Information and Communication Technology (NMEICT) since the
year 2009.
Five engineering
branches (Civil, Computer Science, Electrical, Electronics and Communication
and Mechanical) and core science programmes that all engineering students are
required to take in their undergraduate engineering programme in India
were chosen initially. Contents for the above courses were based on the model
curriculum suggested by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) and
the syllabi of major affiliating Universities in India. In the first phase of the project, supplementary content for 129 web courses in engineering/science and humanities and 110 courses in video format have been developed. Each course contains materials that can be covered in depth in 40 or more lecture hours. The courses are available freely over the NPTEL website. For more information you can consult: http://nptel.iitm.ac.in/ |