About NPTEL

National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) is a Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) initiative to promote quality engineering education in the country through video and web based learning material. The seven Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore were requested to produce web-based and video-based courses in 5 disciplines of engineering as well as in Science, Humanities & Management areas. A total of 120 web-based courses and 115 video-based courses has been produced in these disciplines. These courses could be used as supplementary material, and also for training teachers in any institution.

The web-based courses are accessible through the NPTEL Website : http://nptel.iitm.ac.in .

Successful deployment and use of this considerable body of course material, however, would depend largely on the acceptance and use of the same by user institutions. It is to create awareness regarding use of these courses by all institutions that a number of national have been planned.