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NPTEL Courses Propelled an Engineer’s Research in E-Governance for Process Safety

by NPTEL Teamprofessionals March 1, 2024No Comments

Dheerajkumar R Narang is a seasoned corrosion, reliability, and process safety engineering specialist. He is presently employed with the integrated asset management department and digital manufacturing services unit of L&T Technology Services Limited. DheerajKumar is also a PhD Student at the Information Systems Engineering & Management Department of Harrisburg University of Science & Technology, Pennsylvania, …

NPTEL Courses Now Available in Local Languages

by NPTEL TeamBlog February 12, 2024February 28, 2024No Comments

In an initiative to widen the reach and accessibility of NPTEL courses, courses are being made available in 11 regional languages, including Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindi, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu. NPTEL, India’s largest online education platform, has started translating popular courses into local languages. Along with regional language subtitles, the courses …

DRDO, IIT-Madras and more – How NPTEL courses helped Raghavendra in his accomplishments

by NPTEL TeamKnowledge-quest, professionals February 5, 2024February 5, 2024No Comments

DRDO and IIT-Madras are dream places for most people that they hope to work or study at, one day. But for Raghavendra Chowdery, these are already impactful points on his resume. He completed B.Tech in Aeronautical Engineering from Guru Nanak Institute Technical Campus, Telangana and graduated in 2019. After completing his final year project with …

From being a Motivated Learner to motivating everyone with her journey – A Tale of how Dr Swagata Sarkar has dabbled in multiple fields while doing over 20+ courses with NPTEL

by NPTEL Teamprofessionals, Starstruck February 5, 2024February 5, 2024No Comments

With two Masters, a Doctorate, a Diploma, an MBA degree and an MSc in Psychology in her list of accomplishments already, Dr. Swagata Sarkar insists that it is her good fortune that has given her opportunities to learn more and more. Her passion for delving into subjects and learning in depth and hard work are …

90 years young!- the tale of how her love for learning has made Dr Sarada Ramani take up NPTEL courses to master German

by NPTEL TeamExpert February 5, 2024March 11, 2024No Comments

We are merely specks of stardust in this vast Universe and there is so much that we do not know. However, learning stops after a Bachelor or Master degree for most people , for they equate learning with studying in college. This misconception causes a lot of people to not pursue the subjects closer to …

Gaining Competitive Advantage With Continuous Learning

by NPTEL Teamprofessionals February 2, 2024February 5, 2024No Comments

Though Abhijit Sinha completed his MBA from Pune University in 2003, it was not until 2017 that his “bring up-to-date” journey began. When his IIT-Kharagpur alumnus brother made Abhijit understand the need and importance of upskilling and updating, it made him thinking. The first step was an Executive Development Programme in Human Resources Management from …

NPTEL Courses are now being offered in Vernacular Languages

by NPTEL TeamBlog February 2, 2024February 5, 2024No Comments

Course details: For more details, please visit: https://nptel.ac.in/course.html Transcript of the Interview with the faculty members offering the courses is given below. Where did it all start? What motivated you to start a technical course in vernacular languages? Dr. Kushal: I have been teaching since 2010, first in JNU and later in IIT Delhi and IISER Bhopal. …

NPTEL Introduces Japanese course in Hindi

by NPTEL TeamBlog, Knowledge-quest February 2, 2024February 5, 2024No Comments

Ms. Vatsala Misra is in talks with the NPTEL Team on her new initiative of offering a Japanese course in Hindi medium; Japani Bhasha – Saral swaroop (Japanese course taught in Hindi). Ms. Vatsala, who learned her Japanese as a Foreign language at Tokyo University, has been teaching the Japanese language at the Foreign Languages Program …

1,273 Students across 119 Colleges got Internships through NPTEL

by NPTEL TeamStories of change February 2, 2024February 5, 2024No Comments

Internships, once restricted to only heavily skill-intensive jobs involving high-risk situations (such as in the medical field), have now expanded their scope to all fields, including engineering, law, commerce and the humanities. Internships have become a way for undergraduates to launch themselves easily into their careers. To cater to the ever-growing needs of the job …

Future Ready Talent Program: Transforming Learners into Cloud-ready Professionals

by AnirudhKnowledge-quest January 17, 2024February 2, 2024No Comments

Microsoft’s (MS) Future Ready Talent (FRT) program is a free internship offered to students and Young professionals. In this program, learners are trained in cloud computing and related technologies that are aligned to industry and market requirements. Learners also gain practical knowledge in cloud computing, Azure, and GitHub and full-stack development, helping them to elevate …