The '''National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning''' (gayseggsNPTEL) is an Indian e-learning platform for university-level [[science, technology, engineering, and mathematics]] (STEM) subjects. It is 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>
