Guidelines For Local Chapters
Guidelines For Local Chapters
Guidelines For Local Chapters
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NPTEL has been offering Open online courses along with certification since March 2014. Through this online portal, 10hr,
20hr and 30hr courses of 4, 8, and 12 weeks duration respectively in various engineering disciplines, sciences,
humanities and management that includes relevant exposure to tools and technologies are currently being offered
by NPTEL.
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Highlights of NOC
Number of exam runs completed as
of April 2016: 9
Number of courses completed as of
April 2016: 122
Number of candidates enrolled: 6.5+
lakhs
Number of candidates registered: 33
K+
Number of candidates certified: 28K+
Scholarships given till date: 12K+
Unique features such as online
programming exams and proctored final exam successfully deployed
Multiple course durations: 4/-, 8/- or 12/- weeks
At nptel.ac.in/noc, one can see statistics of completed courses, distribution of exam score and can also verify
the certificate
Incidental benefits
Enrolling and learning from the course involves no cost.
Flexibility for the student as he/she can prioritize his/her time and work at ones own pace.
Variety of programs and courses From engineering to humanities to management, students can try
pursuing learning in areas other than their expertise. Since there is no restriction to joining any course,
students can learn from any course they are interested in.
Clarify doubts with course instructors via email, discussion forum and other online media.
Networking Opportunities The peer group includes a mix of users from across the globe, from colleges
across India and professionals from the industry which will enrich the learning experience.
Inculcate mode of self-learning
Evaluate themselves on how they compare against the pool of students nationwide.
Registration Fee
Travel
Leave of absence
Exposure to
Lectures
Evaluation
Interaction with
the Instructor
Frequency of the
Offered Course
Very Rare
As of June 2016, there are 500+ colleges having NPTEL Local Chapter, from 23 states and Union Territories, across
the length and breadth of India!
12K+ students from local chapters received CSR scholarship for exams!
Each college that has a Local Chapter will have a page on nptel.ac.in/LocalChapter.
The statistics of their participation in each course run will be displayed.
During certification exam, NPTEL will try to ensure an exam centre, in the same city or the nearest city (as
decided by the exam partner, based on availability) if sufficient number of students from the college register
for the exams.
NPTEL encourages the SPOC to pay the online exam fee in bulk on behalf of students if they do not have a
bank account and cannot avail online payment mode, via a single DD.
Faculty from the college can also be nominated as mentors who can in turn follow progress of students and
help them during the course-run.
To encourage the toppers from the college, their photos will be displayed in each course page.
Credit Transfer for courses taken from NPTEL NPTEL will provide the raw scores obtained by the students in
assignments and the exam. Colleges and
universities may choose to award credit to
students taking the courses, as permitted
by their norms.
From July 2015 onward, some autonomous
colleges and deemed universities have
started using NOC courses for credit. Some
technical universities and AICTE have also
announced their intention to allow transfer
of credit from NOC courses.
As the graph here shows, students are
primarily taking up online certification
courses. Hence we urge SPOCs to help us
achieve our common goal of increasing
student participation.
SPOC Tasks
SPOC has to
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Ensure that details about your college are updated on the Local chapter portal
Publicize the online certification courses amongst the students and inform them about the courses being
offered currently
Encourage students to enroll in NPTEL online courses
Identify faculty members who can act as mentors for the enrolled students and encourage them to be active
in the course, submit the assignments on time and register for the exam
Talk to faculty members and students across departments and give suggestions to NPTEL regarding the
courses they wish to see offered and in which time frame
Aid the students in registering for the certification exam by assisting with the online exam registration
process, if necessary
Ensure that students enrolled in online certification courses have access to the content and computer
systems for studying so that can complete their assignments
Identify the objectives of the college - take courses for credit or for students to improve their understanding
Any faculty member of a college can be the mentor for a maximum of 2 courses - one mentor for every 50 to
60 students.
It is mandatory that the mentor be enrolled to the course which he is mentoring.
It is mandatory that the mentor complete all the assignments.
Weekly feedback about the contents/assignment/responsiveness in the course must be submitted on the
NPTEL website through the login.
Mentor will be recognized with certificates and recognition on the portal depending on the performance of
the students he/she mentored.
Mentor Tasks
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Consent of students
Students who register and give the exam are being asked for their consent:
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Once companies begin to see the talent pool here with skills specific to their job descriptions, the
certification score would come in handy.
Colleges that mention such courses taken in the transcript of the student or transfer equivalent credits will
be given access to raw scores. Colleges then can suitably moderate the same for internal use.
These courses and certificates can be quoted while applying to internships at companies. IIT faculty also
sometimes invite the toppers to interact with them or learn under them.
The assignment and exam scores will henceforth be printed on the certificates for all categories of
certificates. Students who get less than 40% will only have e-certificates generated - hard copies will not be
printed and dispatched.
Scholarship
Limited scholarships are available. The SPOCs can apply for the same and NPTEL will approve based on the amount
available. More details will be shared soon.
Students with bank accounts Encourage them to pay through the online mode
Students with no bank accounts SPOCs opt for collection of cash and make the payment to NPTEL as a DD.
Cash - We are trying to incorporate pay through cash directly. If so, encourage students to go for this option.
Active College
The mode of payment or the number of students enrolled to courses or registered to exams does not affect the
status of a college being tagged as an Active college. The factors contributing to it will be the performance of the
students registered for the exams and not the number of students registered or the mode of payment. So we
suggest that you put in efforts into helping students prepare and learn better.
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Together, let us make our collaboration fruitful for the career and advancement of students across colleges in India!
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