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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. NPTEL 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|date=12 February 2024 }}</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> The courses were designed for these students. Those who did not have the same background and training, found the courses hard to follow. NPTEL was then restructured to offer customized massive open online courses (MOOCs) with exams.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Digital interventions at scale: lessons from NPTEL and IIT madras BS degree program | URLurl= https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3550473 |access-date=2024-05-05|website= Communications of the ACM | date=November 2022| doi= 10.1145/3550473 }}</ref> In March 2014, NPTEL began offering courses along with in-centre and proctored certification examinations. These NPTEL online certification (NOC) courses are offered twice a year (Jan-Jun, Jul-Dec).<ref>{{cite web |title= NPTEL Online Certification(NOC) |url= https://nptel.ac.in/semester |access-date=2024-05-05|website=nptel.ac.in}}</ref>

==Certificates and assessments ==

The NPTEL has adopted the MOOC ([[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 assessment 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. Course credits can also be transferred to other higher education institutions student or the Academic Bank of Credits under the UGC guidelines. NPTEL courses aim for equitable access. They intended to be available, irrespective of ___location. Students in non-urban and rural areas can also study via supplementary DVDs and mobile delivered content. NPTEL exams can be written be students no matter where they are located. Assessments take place either at an exam site, or via remote proctoring.<ref>{{cite web |title= International NPTEL Learning |url= https://nptel.ac.in/international |access-date=2024-05-05|website=nptel.ac.in}}</ref> Plagiarism Detection Software, known as ShodhShuddhi,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pds.inflibnet.ac.in/about.php {{Bare URL inline|date title=AugustShodhShuddhi &#124; Enhancing Research Quality 2024}}</ref> assists Universities/Institutions with addressing academic integrity matters.

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