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The '''National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning''' (NPTEL) 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>Popular NPTEL courses are being translated into popular local languages. The languages to which the translation is being carried out are: Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Tamil, Marathi, Telugu, Assamese, Oriya, Urdu. <ref>https://stories.nptel.ac.in/index.php/2024/02/12/nptel-courses-now-available-in-local-languages/</ref>

== History ==

NPTEL was launched in 2003 by seven IITs: [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay|Bombay]], [[Indian Institute of Technology Delhi|Delhi]], [[Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur|Kanpur]], [[Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur|Kharagpur]], [[Indian Institute of Technology Madras|Madras]], [[Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati|Guwahati]] and [[Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee|Roorkee]], in conjunction with the [[Indian Institute of Science]] (IISC).<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nptel, online courses and certification, Learn for free|url=https://nptel.ac.in/about_nptel.html|access-date=2020-08-06|website=nptel.ac.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2017-07-24|title=What makes NPTEL India's EdTech hero — without newsy fundings and valuations|url=https://factordaily.com/nptel-india-edtech-mooc/|access-date=2020-08-06|website=FactorDaily|language=en-US}}</ref> In March 2014, NPTEL began offering courses along with in-centre and proctored certification examinations. Course credits can also be transferred to other higher education institutions student or the Academic Bank of Credits under the UGC guidelines. It is the largest e-repository in the world of courses in engineering, basic sciences and selected humanities and management subjects.<ref> https://nptel.ac.in/aboutus</ref> The initiative runs through MOOCs ([[Massive open online course]]) model so that students outside IIT system can also participate in learning quality content and get certified provided they meet the passing criteria in the exams conducted at the end of the NPTEL semesters. All courses are free to enrol and learn from. The certification exam is optional and comes at a fee of Rs&nbsp;1000 per course exam.

The headquarters of NPTEL is located inside [[IIT Madras]].