NPTEL ONLINE COURSES AND

CERTIFICATION
A project of NPTEL
Under NMEICT, MHRD
In association with NASSCOM
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One stop for courses across disciplines...

Engineering, Commerce, Management, self-paced courses, school

education, teacher training programmes, etc.
 Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere

NPTEL is the national coordinator for

Engineering courses on SWAYAM
NPTEL
NPTEL – Impact: One of the largest online repositories of
engineering course material and one of the most successful
multi-institutional projects in the country
THE STORY SO FAR…
March 2014 -
What is an Open, Online Course?
• Exactly like a course you teach on campus
• Course starts on a certain date
• Course duration
• Lectures every week
• Tutorial problems every week
• Discussions every week
• Course ends on a certain date
• Except that, everything unfolds on an open, online portal
• Start date and an end date
• Course duration
• Videos of lectures released every week
• Online assessments and assignments
• Online discussion forum
Campus vs Open, Online Course
On campus Open, online
Students come through
admission process, Anyone can click and enroll
prerequisites

Course on campus with

Course at a distance,
peers, face-to-face
self-motivated
interaction

Recognition mechanisms are

Credit towards degree,
still evolving – credit transfer,
placements, recognition
placement, etc
Components of a MOOC
swayam.gov.in
Course listing on the portal
Course Introduction Page
Course Lesson Page
Assignment - autograded
Programming assignment
• Supports C, C++, Python, Java, Verilog
Subjective assignment
• Document upload:

• Essay Type:
Ask a question - Discussion Forum
Progress tab – to know assignment marks
Live sessions
Learner Engagement
Features of Final Certification Exam

• Proctored exam
• Run by a partner
• 140 cities across the country
• Rs. 1000 per course exam

• Certificate
• From IITs/IISc
• E-verifiable – QR code or
through link
• No hard copy dispatch- only
soft copies made available
 Scoring, Certification and Credits
• Final score calculation for certification
• Online assignments: 25% + Proctored exam: 75%
PASS CRITERIA: If learner gets >=40 in assignments AND Final exam

• Types of certificates based on Final score

• Elite + Gold certificate : >= 90%
• Elite + Silver certificate : 75 - 89%
• Elite certificate: >= 60%
• Successful completion : 40 - 59%
• No certificate < 40%

• 4 weeks course: Best 3 out of 4 assignments

• 8 weeks course: Best 6 out of 8 assignments
• 12 weeks course: Best 8 out of 12 assignments
We have put in SWAYAM Logo also in certificates.
QR code since July 2017, it can be scanned that takes you to the e-certificate
NPTEL Online Certification (NOC), since 2014 –

Upcoming Courses : 417

 Growth of NOC

Jan 2020 Ongoing Courses : 392

Courses offered so far
Enrollment - Assignment 1 submission – Exam Registration
 Courses by Dept. and Institute
Discipline No. of Courses Institute Count
IITM 481+169
Aerospace Engineering 46 IITKGP 597
Agriculture & Food Engineering 23 IITK 400
Applied Mechanics 5 IITR 313
IITB 156
Architecture 40 IITG 169
Biological sciences & Biotechnology 132 IISc 88
Chemical Engineering 115 IITD 96
Other institutes
Chemistry and Biochemistry 107
IIT Ropar 19
Civil Engineering 176 IIT Mandi 4
Computer Science and Engineering 311
IIT Patna (2 courses by IITK) 7
Design 24
Earth Science 7 IIT Bhubaneshwar 1

Electrical & Electronics Communication IIITD 8

IIITB 6
Engineering 288
IIITH 5
IISER Pune 22
General 5 IISER Mohali 10
Humanities and Social Sciences 260 IISER Bhopal 5
Law 3 IIEST Shibpur (1 course by IIT KGP) 3
Management 211 University of Hyderabad 2
University of Delhi 2
Mathematics & Statistics 138 CMI 40
Mechanical Engineering 283 NIE 12
Metallurgy and Material Science 104 NIRT 4
CDSA,THSTI,DBT 4
Multidisciplinary 84 KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden, TU
4
Ocean Engineering 17 Berlin
Physics 65 IMSc 4
Kerala School of Mathematics 2
Textile Technology 23
National Law School of India University 3
Mining Engineering 2 Texas A&M Univ. 2
TOTAL 2469 TOTAL 2469
 Type of courses offered
MARCH 2014 – JAN 2020 JULY – DEC 2020
(2052 courses) (417 courses)
 Duration of courses
MARCH 2014 – JAN 2020 JULY – DEC 2020
(2052 courses) (417 courses)
Exam attendance percentage
Pass percentage
Reason for taking the MOOC (%)
Exam registration statistics - gender

98749
Exam registration - Faculty participation

Registere Reg%(Enrol FDP

Duration Enrolled
d led Vs Reg) certificates
Overall 2017 Jan 28969 5419 19 -
Faculty 2017 July 83916 12309 15 -
Enrolled vs 2018 Jan 93828 16024 17 -
Reg% 2018 July 157547 27249 17 8081
2019 Jan 176501 39533 22 29272
2019 July 223186 48956 22 36864
MOU with AICTE for NPTEL Course as FDP
• Advanced courses will be approved as FDP
courses
• List is available on website - will be put up for
every semester.
• Notification from AICTE is expected shortly.
Procedure:
• Enroll to course, register/write exam, pass
• If interested, apply for AICTE-NPTEL FDP
certificate through separate link
• No hard copy: fee is Rs 100/-
 FDP – a comparison between NOC and
short term course at an institute
Short Term Course at other NPTEL Online Certification Course
Institutes
Registration Fee Typically between Rs. 10000 - Zero Registration Fee
Rs. 20000
Travel Typically involves travel and No Travel/Accommodation required. The entire lecture content is
Accommodation available right at our desktop
Leave of absence Typically involves 8-12 days of No Academic Leave required; No disturbance of regular duties
Academic Leave Learn anytime, anywhere
Exposure to All the participants are Registered Participants have complete/anytime access to video
Lectures exposed to lectures only once content and may watch the videos multiple times
Evaluation No examination at the end (a) weekly assignments and (b) end of the course examination
which helps the faculty apply the learnt skills
Interaction with Involves interaction only during Interaction is available with Course Instructor/Teaching
the Instructor the short term course assistants/Other participants via an Online Discussion Forum
during the entire duration of the course
Frequency of the Very Rare NPTEL re-runs Online Certification Courses that are in great
Offered Course demand

Table created by Prof. GVK Sharma, SPOC, GITAM University, Vizag

AICTE-NPTEL FDP certificate
 Criteria for FDP Certificate

No. of
Total No. of
weeks No. of Equivalence of
Hrs.
of lectures per NPTEL course
of
NPTEL week with regular FDP
engagement
Courses

½ FDP of
4 3 12 one week
Full FDP of
8 3 24 one week
12 3 36 1½ FDP
 FDP– update
July 2018: 141/269 courses as FDP; Jan 2019: 227/290 courses as FDP;
July 2019 : 275/359 courses as FDP
17-Jan 17-Jul 18-Jan 18-Jul 19-Jan 19-Jul
Enrolled 28969 83916 93828 157547 176501 223186
Registered 5419 12309 16024 27249 39533 48956
Gold (>=90%) 182 446 405 1241 2446 1972
Silver (>=75<90%) - - - - 8285 11912
Elite (>=60<75%) 2696 5914 7649 14484 11061 14467
Successfully completed
(40-59%) 1450 3172 4313 6671 9852 7641
No certificate (<40%) 395 815 993 1349 2201 4622

No. of faculty applied for FDP (Jan 2019) 29272

No. of faculty applied for FDP (July 2019) 36864

Selected Course Titles
Selection of courses
• Mathematical difficulty
• Based on duration of the course
• Rerun courses can be selected by colleges participating the
first time – content already available
UGC/AICTE gazette notification – Aug 2016
Use of NPTEL online courses by some Universities –
student activity points, credit transfer, B.Tech Honors
UNIVERSITY/COLLEGE
NAME
APJ Abdul Kalam Technological
University, Kerala (KTU)
Dr.APJ Abdul Kalam Technical
University – Lucknow (UPTU)
Gujarat Technological University
(GTU)
University Of Madras
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
University Of Technology,West
Bengal,Salt Lake,Kolkata
PROCESS OF CREDIT TRANSFER
As a part of STUDENT ACTIVITY POINTS , a student can gain a maximum of 50 points
from Online courses taken and completed as a self Initiative.
Courses taken through NPTEL and MOOCs are can be taken as a Pre-Ph.D course.
If a student earns 20 credits from NPTEL, he will get BTech (Honors).
As a part of Technical/ Research Skill, STUDENT ACTIVITY POINTS of 50 can be
gained on completion of MOOC with final assessment.
Inclusion of the UGC regulation for introduction of MOOCs courses NPTEL in the UG and
PG degree programmes offered in affiliated arts and science colleges.
1. B. Tech 8th semester students opting fully for MOOCs courses will not have to appear
for any internal examination of the 8th semester theory papers but have to submit the
MOOCs assignment completion documents.
2. They will also not have to appear for the end semester examinations of the B. Tech
8th Semester Theory papers but have to submit the final result obtained from MOOCs.
3. Students will have to submit to their respective colleges the certificates obtained
from NPTEL after completion of continuous assessments and end course evaluation
2. BTech (Honors) degree for students who complete 20 credits from MOOCs courses
specified by them.
NPTEL courses for credit at the IITs

• IIT Madras, IIT Roorkee, IIT Bombay, IIT Palakkad and IIT
Tirupati, have approved credit transfer for students take
NPTEL online courses.

• IIT Kgp has implemented it for Working Professionals

entering the PhD programme.
Internships for Toppers
Summer and Winter internship

2018 2019
Summer Winter Summer Winter
Institute Name (Completed) (Completed) Completed Shortlisted

10 Completed/1
IIT Madras 6 8 ongoing 1

IIT Kharagpur 4 5 13 -
IIT Bombay 1 1 1 -
IIT Roorkee 1 - 1 -
IIT Ropar 0 9 8 -

IISc Bangalore 1 1 0 -
IIT Kanpur 0 2 4 -
IIT Tirupati 0 1 0 -
IIT Delhi 1 -
Total 13 27 39 1
How colleges use NPTEL online
courses?
• For credit transfer within colleges

• For internship opportunities with faculty at IITs/IISc

• Some companies are starting to consider recruitment of the NPTEL

course takers.

• For internal assessment marks

• Faculty – for identifying research areas, to strengthen their

fundamentals, widen their knowledge base
Industry – NPTEL Co-offered Courses

1. With IBM - a course on BlockChain

Technology
2. With Glass Academy - a course on Glass
Manufacturing and use of glass in buildings
3. With Google - a course on Practical
Machine Learning with Tensorflow

Working with more companies on similar lines.

 Statistics of Completed
courses is available at

➢ nptel.ac.in/noc
 Nptel.ac.in/noc website
• Portal where the statistics of completed courses are
archived
• Time of course offering
• Syllabus, about the instructor
• Statewise enrollment and registration statistics
• Assignment submissions, exam scores

• Toppers in the course are highlighted

• Name, photo, organization of top 5% of exam registrants
are displayed as toppers
 nptel.ac.in/noc: Course toppers
Cloud computing course: toppers are students, faculty and industry people
 Steady State of Course Offerings
• What is a desirable steady state?
• Repeat core courses in all major disciplines in July and Jan semesters
• Offer interesting and new electives regularly
• By July 2019 – we should reach steady state
• Atleast 10 core courses/discipline every semester

• Where are we now?

• Not all core courses are available as MOOCs
• Electives are getting offered
• Our schedule of courses should be available ahead of time
• This helps colleges to plan credit transfer etc.
Timelines: Jan-April 2021
Students writing multiple Exams
17-Jan
1 exam – 38729 (92.70%)
2 exams – 2627(6.28%)
17-Jul
1 exam – 60683 (91.45%)
2 exams – 4859(7.32%)
18-Jan
1 exam – 63486 (89.52%)
2 exams – 5193 (7.32%)
18-Jul
1 exam – 129774 (89.98%)
2 exams – 12535 (8.69%)
19-Jan
1 exam – 146580 (89.93%)
2 exams – 14046 (8.61%)
5 exams – 93 (0.05%)
19-Jul
1 exam – 181530 (90.8%)
2 exams – 14699 (7.35%)
5 exams – 86 (0.04%)
3 exams – 287 (0.06%)
4 exams – 132 (0.03%)
3 exams – 571(0.08%)
4 exams – 241 (0.03%)
3 exams – 1473 (2.07%)
4 exams – 780 (1.09%)
3 exams – 1242 (0.86%)
4 exams – 664 (0.46%)
3 exams – 1629 (0.99%)
4 exams – 536 (0.32%)
6 exams – 94 (0.05%)
3 exams – 3137 (1.57%)
4 exams – 393 (0.2%)
6 exams – 80 (0.04%)
 Course topper in 4 and 5 courses: July–Dec 2019

No. of
courses Total Total
Name Role College Name Taken certified Topped
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF
DR. SACHIN GUPTA Student MEDICAL SCIENCES 6 6 4
GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING
RASEEK C Faculty COLLEGE, PALAKKAD 6 6 4
GUDLAVALLERU ENGINEERING
MODUGULA ANJI REDDY Student COLLEGE 5 5 5
POTTI SRIRAMULU CHALAVADI
MALLIKHARJUNA RAO COLLEGE
OF ENGINEERING AND
SURENDRA BABU KOGANTI Faculty TECHNOLOGY 5 5 5
CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF
SUDHANSHU KUMAR Student KARNATAKA 5 5 5
ZAHID AHMED ANSARI Faculty P.A. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING 5 5 4
CHANDANKRISHNA SSBT COLLEGE OF ENGG & TECH.
MUKHERJEE Others , BAMBHORI 4 4 4
JYOTHY INSTITUTE OF
PADMASHREE ANAND Faculty TECHNOLOGY 4 4 4
SRI KRISHNA ENGINEERING
VIJAY SRINIVASAN Faculty COLLEGE, CHENNAI 4 4 4
 Courses taken by multiple courses’ toppers

No. of
Name courses Course Name
Programming, Data Structures and Algorithms
using Python
Programming In C++
Problem solving through Programming In C
Programming in Java
MODUGULA ANJI REDDY 5 Joy of computing using Python
Effective Engineering Teaching In Practice
Product Design and Development
Entrepreneurship Essentials
Product Design and Manufacturing
SURENDRA BABU KOGANTI 5 Teaching And Learning in Engineering (TALE)
Programming, Data Structures and Algorithms
using Python
Design and Analysis of Algorithms
AI: Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
Discrete Mathematics
SUDHANSHU KUMAR 5 Social networks
 Course topper in 4 and 5 courses
July-Nov 2019

No. of
No. of coursecourses Total
Name Role Organization taken Certified Topped
SAYAK ROY Other MARVELL INDIA PVT. LTD. 6 5 5
GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING
YOGESH CHAUHAN Faculty COLLEGE, PALANPUR 6 5 5

BUDGE BUDGE INSTITUTE OF

DIPAK KUMAR SHAW Faculty TECHNOLOGY 5 5 5
GEORGE COLLEGE OF
NILIM MANNA Faculty MANAGEMENT AND SCIENCE 4 4 4
INSTITUTE FOR EXCELLENCE IN
PAWAN SAHU Student HIGHER EDUCATION, BHOPAL 4 4 4

DHAVJEKAR
TUKARAM ALIAS
SAURABH PRADIP Other KONKAN RAILWAYS 4 4 4
 Multiple exam takers –July 2019
Programming, Data Structures And Algorithms Using Python
SAYAK ROY
Design and analysis of algorithms
Introduction to Machine Learning (IITM)
Reinforcement Learning
Data Science for Engineers
Artificial Intelligence Search Methods For Problem Solving
YOGESH CHAUHAN Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures
Reinforced Concrete Road Bridges
Design of steel structures
Structural analysis-I
Geosynthetics Testing Laboratory
Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory
DIPAK KUMAR SHAW Power Electronics
Electrical Machines - I (IITKGP)
Fundamentals of Electric Drives
Electrical Machines (IITD)
Introduction to Electromagnetic Theory
NILIM MANNA Introduction to Research
Marketing research and analysis
Human Resource Development
Performance and Reward Management
Designing Learner-Centric MOOCs
PAWAN SAHU Sustainable and Affordable Sanitation Solutions For Small Towns: Policy,
Planning and Practice
Population Studies
Water, Society and Sustainability
DHAVJEKAR TUKARAM ALIAS Power Electronics
SAURABH PRADIP Electrical Measurement and Electronic Instruments
 Multiple exam takers – July 2019

2/3/4/5/6 course takers - July 2019

Gender 2 3 4 5 6
Female 10898 3294 80 13 11
Male 18500 6117 313 73 69
Role
Faculty 7945 1661 171 35 39
Student 19605 7189 165 33 19
Other 1848 561 57 18 22
Highest Number
Number of Courses Taken
of NPTEL Course
Number of Candidates
Takers
1 386386
2 97540
3 32630
4 13364
5 4787
6 1720
7 815
8 425
9 212
10 149
11 92
12 58
13 44
14 27
15 16
16 9
17 7
18 8
19 4
20 2
21 1
22 2
23 1
24 1
25 2
27 1
31 1
32 1
37 1
 Highest Number of NPTEL Course Takers
Name Role College Name No. of courses
P K P AADITYA VIGNESH Student KONGUNADU COLLEGE OF ENGG AND TECH 37
PRINCE SHRI VENKATESHWARA PADMAVATHY ENGINEERING
P ASHOK Faculty COLLEGE 32
MORE VIJAY RAOSAHEB Faculty SHRI SHIVAJI COLLEGE 31
SIKINAM VENKATESWARLU Others TSGENCO 27
ASHWANI KUMAR KANSAL Faculty KASTURBA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 25
DR PANDIT B NIRMAL Faculty SHRI SHIVAJI COLLEGE 25
VIVEK JAIN Student SCHOOL OF PLANNING AND ARCHITECTURE, NEW DELHI 24
DR AJAY SAHEBRAO DESHMUKH Student SHRI SHIVAJI COLLEGE 23
ARUN PRAKASH H Others ADE DRDO 22
A.BALASUBRAMANIAN Faculty SRI SIVASUBRAMANIYA NADAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING 22
VINAYAKA MISSIONS UNIVERISTY /AARUPADAI VEEDU INSTITUTE
SUBRAMANIAN P Faculty OF TECHNOLOGY 21

RASKAR RAHUL BHUSAHEB Faculty SHRI CHHATRAPATI SHIVAJI MAHARAJ COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING 20
RANJEET KUMAR Student IGNOU 20
MR. INDRAJIT APPASAHEB KAMBLE Faculty SANJAY GHODAWAT GROUP OF INSTITUTIONS 19
SANTHOSHKUMAR R Others INDIAN SPACE RESEARCH ORGANISATION 19
GUNASEKARAN GOPALAN Faculty VELAMMAL ENGINEERING COLLEGE 19
SRI JAGADGURU CHANDRASHEKARANATHA SWAMIJI INSTITUTE
YESHWANTH Student OF TECHNOLOGY (SJCIT) 19
CHETAN SIKARWAR Student THE AERONAUTICAL SOCIETY OF INDIA 18
JISHNU V S Student COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING PERUMON 18
VIVEKANAND EDUCATION SOCIETYS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ,
MANDAR ANIL KARNIK Others UNIVERSITY OF BOMBAY 18
MAYUKH DAS Student NETAJI SUBHASH ENGINEERING COLLEGE 18
PAMIR ROY Student NERIST 18
PRABUSANKAR.R Faculty SRI KRISHNA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY 18
DHAVJEKAR TUKARAM ALIAS SAURABH
PRADIP Student GOA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING 18
UMAPATHY R Student PANIMALAR ENGINEERING COLLEGE 18
Candidates from Abroad ( July 2019)

3 Candidates from South Africa

4 candidates from Colombian / Portuguese

1 candidate from Russia

1 candidate from France

FAQ -
http://nptel.ac.in/noc/faqnew.php
• Where do I get information about up-coming certification courses?
• How many courses can I enroll for at a time? How many course exams can I
write in one semester?
• How old should I be to register for an online course?
• I just came to know that an online course that I wanted to join has concluded its
run. Is there any chance of this course being offered again?
• Will exams be offered for completed courses in the next run?
• If I enroll to a course this time and miss writing the exam, next time the course is
offered, do I have to enroll again?
• If I don’t submit any assignment, can I register for the exam?
• What if I have limited internet access? How do I watch videos online?
• Will supplementary exams be conducted for courses taken for credit transfer?
THANK YOU