The '''National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning''' (NPTEL) is an Indian e-learning platform for university-level [[science, technology, engineering, and mathematics]] (STEM) subjects. ItNPTEL is the largest e-repository in the world of courses in engineering, basic sciences and selected humanities and management subjects.<ref> {{cite web |title= About Us|url= https://nptel.ac.in/aboutus |access-date=2024-05-05|website=nptel.ac.in}}</ref> The platform and materials have been jointly developed by [[Indian Institutes of Technology]] (IITs) and [[Indian Institute of Science]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ananth|first=M. S.|title=2011 IEEE International Conference on Technology for Education |chapter=National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL): The Vision and the Mission |date=July 2011|chapter-url=https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6004353|pages=8 |doi=10.1109/T4E.2011.9|isbn=978-1-4577-1521-1 |s2cid=7045958 }}</ref> The initiative is funded by the central [[Ministry of Education (India)|Ministry of Education]]. The project's central idea is to put recorded lectures taught by its member institutes online for open access. It operates an educational [[YouTube]] channel covering engineering, basic sciences, and some humanities and social science subjects.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Pulakkat|first=Hari|title=How NPTEL is democratising education and going into the next level|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/education/how-nptel-is-democratising-education-and-going-into-the-next-level/articleshow/46615577.cms|access-date=2020-08-06}} </ref>Popular NPTEL courses are being translated into popular local languages. The local languages which the translation are available in include Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu. <ref>{{cite web |title= NPTEL Courses Now Available in Local Languages |url=https://stories.nptel.ac.in/index.php/2024/02/12/nptel-courses-now-available-in-local-languages/ |access-date=2024-05-05|website=nptel.ac.in}}</ref>
