Start Enrolling for new 93 courses!!

Dear Students,

We are happy to announce that the next run of NPTEL online certification courses will start on July 18, 2016. This time around, we are offering 93 certification courses comprising of 10 hr, 20 hr and 30 hr courses across disciplines.

Enrollments for the courses are open now. Click on the link "All running courses" below to see all the courses to be offered in July.

List of NPTEL Open Online courses for certification - July 2016 : Please refer the Link: http://nptel.ac.in/upcoming_courses.php

For any queries contact nptel@iitm.ac.in


-NPTEL TEAM


NPTEL Open Online Certification Courses - 47 new courses open for enrollment!

Dear Students

Here is your chance to enroll and learn for free today from the faculty at the IITs!
NPTEL offers 47 new open online courses (10 hr course, 20hr course and 40hr courses) in various disciplines of Engineering&Science, Management and Humanities.

•    Duration of courses: 4 weeks, 8 weeks or 12 weeks
•    Online course start date: Jan 18, 2016
•    Last date for enrollment: Jan 25, 2016
•    Certification exam dates: Mar 20, 27 (for 10 and 20hr courses) and Apr 24, May 1(for 40 hr courses)

Anyone who is above 13 years of age can enroll for this course and learn for free at https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in.

This site uses your Google account for authentication. You can select the course and click the join button to enroll.

After enrollment you will be able to see the course contents as and when they are made available by the course instructors.

List of 10 hr courses:


1.Probability and Stochastics for finance - Mathamatics/management
2.Introduction to Reciprocal Space - Materials Science
3.Introduction to Research - Multidisciplinary

List of 20 hr courses:

1.Microwave Integrated Circuits - Electronics&Communication
2.Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory - Management
3.Estimation for Wireless Communications –MIMO/ OFDM Cellular and Sensor Networks - Electronics&Communication
4.Airplane Performance- Aerospace
5.Basics of NVH and Its Measurement - Mechanical
6.Marketing I - Management
7.Manufacturing Process Technology -Part I - Mechanical
8.MATLAB Programming for Numerical Computation - Chemical
9.Technical English for Engineers - Humanities
10.Introduction to boundary layers - Mechanical
11.Language and Mind - Humanities
12.Chemistry - II - Chemistry
13.Fundamentals of electronic materials and devices - Materials Science
14.Application of Spectroscopic Methods in Molecular Structure Determination - Chemistry
15.Analysis and Modeling of Welding - Materials Science
16.Fundamentals of optical and scanning electron microscopy - Materials Science
17.Information Security- II - Computer science
18.Project Planning & Control - Civil
19.Biostatistics and Design of experiments - Biotech
20.Principles of Human Resource Management - Management
21.Health research fundamentals - Humanities
22.Engineering Graphics - Civil
23.2016: Design and Analysis of Algorithms - Computer science
24.2016: An introduction to Haskell Programming    - Computer science
25.2016: Programming, Data structures and Algorithm - Computer science

List of 40 hr courses:

1.Stability and control of aircraft - Aerospace
2.Basics of Finite Element Analysis - Mechanical
3.Electromagnetic theory - Electrical
4.Geology and Soil Mechanics - Civil
5.Phase Diagrams in Materials Science and Engineering - Materials Science
6.Risk and Reliability of offshore structures - Ocean
7.HSE for offshore and petroleum engineers - Ocean
8.Discrete Mathematics - Mathematics
9.Fundamentals of Gas Dynamics - Mechanical
10.Artificial Intelligence: Knowledge Representation and Reasoning - Computer science
11.Introduction to Machine Learning - Computer science
12.Computational Fluid Dynamics - Chemical
13.Conduction and Convection Heat Transfer - Mechanical
14.Biochemistry - Chemistry
15.Probability and Statistics - Mathematics
16.Industrial Automation and Control - Electrical
17.Probability Methods in Civil Engineering - Civil
18.Applied Multivariate Statistical Modeling - Mathematics
19.Vibration of structures - Mechanical

Happy Learning!!!!


Warm regards
NPTEL Team
(For any clarifications, please contact nptel@iitm.ac.in)


Reg:Feedback for Design and Analysis of Algorithms

Dear student

We are glad that you have attended the NPTEL online certification course "Design and Analysis of Algorithms" which was conducted by Prof. Madhavan Mukund of Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI) between July 1 2015 - Aug 31 2015.

We hope you found the NPTEL Online course useful and have started using NPTEL extensively.

In this regard, we would like to have a feedback from you regarding our course and whether there are any improvements, you would like to suggest. 

It would be great to have a video feedback from you too - where you can talk about your experience with our course , the portal and how the course helped you (maybe for GATE preparation, campus interviews or in your job, etc) . We request you to give your name, if you are a student or a working professional and other details (such as college name or work place, if you would want to), the course you took and your feedback about the same. You can record this using your mobile phone or your laptop/desktop using a webcam or with the help of a friend and upload the same on YouTube and put the link below. We would go through them and select the best videos for upload on our portal as testimonials and in other videos we create about NPTEL for publicity

We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations. Your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.

The link to give your feedback is :


We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team


NPTEL Open Online Certification Courses - 11 new courses open for enrollment!

Dear All,

2,70,000 registered users on the portal! 
3,83,000 enrollments!
7500+ certificates awarded! 
57 open online courses completed! 
Exams for 18 courses to be conducted in September!

Here is your chance to enroll and learn for free today from the faculty at the IITs!

NPTEL offers 11 new open online courses (1 20hr course and 10 10hr courses) in various disciplines of Engineering, Biotechnology and Humanities.


Anyone who is above 13 years of age can enroll for this course and learn for free at https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in.

Requirement: A google enabled email account


List of courses is:


10 hr courses: (Sep 14 - October 23 2015)

1. Principles of Downstream techniques in Bioprocess (Biotechnology)

2. Mass spectrometry based proteomics (Biotechnology)

3. Proteins and Gel-Based Proteomics (Biotechnology)

4. Basic Calculus for Engineers, Scientists and Economists (Mathematics)

5. Introduction to nonlinear dynamics (Electrical Engineering)

6. Probability and Random Variables/ Processes for Wireless Communications (Electrical Engineering)

7. Manufacturing Systems Technology part II

8. Language and society (Humanities and Social Sciences)

9. Brief introduction to Psychology (Humanities and Social Sciences)

10. Issues in Bioethics (Humanities and Social Sciences)


20 hr course (Sep 7 - Oct 31 2015)

Elements of Visual Representation (Humanities and Social Sciences)


Exam dates: 1 and 8 November 2015 (1-4 pm)

Enroll today at https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in and learn from the course you are interested in.


Regards,

NPTEL Team



Hall Ticket for Sep 6th/ 13th NPTEL Online Certification exam for registered candidates

Dear Candidate:

If you have successfully registered for the September 6th/ 13th NPTEL Online Certification exam, your hall ticket is available at: 
https://www.digialm.com/EForms/configuredHtml/885/2538/login.html

Please login with your application number and password that has been sent to you as part of the successful registration email. In the tab - "Hall Ticket" / "Hall ticket for offline exam" you will get your hall ticket. If you are writing 2 course exams, there would be 2 hall tickets available for you to carry for your respective exams. Under the "Hall ticket" tab - there would be a link as click "here", on clicking which your hall ticket will get displayed / downloaded into your system.The hall ticket will have the details of your exam venue. 

Please download, print your hall ticket and carry it with you to the exam center. NPTEL wishes you the very best for the exam.


Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL Team

nptel@iitm.ac.in
Contact: 91-44-22575905 / 08



NPTEL DAA: Correction

All the best for the certification exam. Reminder about the final weightage:

  • 25% for best 4 (not 3!) weekly quizzes
  • 25% for best 3 programming assignments
  • 50% for final exam


NPTEL DAA: Week 7 Programming Assignment

Week 7 programming assignment now available, due on Fri 11 Sep at midnight.

This is the fifth and final programming assignment. 

All the best for the certification exam. Reminder about the final weightage:

  • 25% for best 3 weekly quizzes
  • 25% for best 3 programming assignments
  • 50% for final exam


NPTEL DAA: FInal exam pattern

The final exam will have 40 multiple choice questions. The pattern will be similar to the weekly quizzes.  There are no programming questions in the final exam.


NPTEL DAA: Week 8 Quiz

Week 8 Quiz now available.  Due by midnight, Wed, 2 Sep 2015.

A final programming assignment based on dynamic programming will be released shortly.


NPTEL DAA: Week 7 quiz, Week 8 lectures

Week 7 quiz now available, due on Wednesday, August 26, midnight.

Week 8 lectures now available: linear programming, network flows, intractability


NPTEL DAA: Certification score breakup

Here is the weightage for the different components in the final score for certification:

  • 25% for best 4 out of 8 weekly quizzes
  • 25% for best 3 out of 5 programming assignments
  • 50% for marks in the final certification exam


Registration deadline extended till August 19th Midnight!

Dear candidate:

Hope you have registered for the NPTEL Online Certification exams on Sep 6th/ 13th 2015! 
If not, here is your last opportunity to register for the same. The deadline for registration has been extended till August 19th 2015 Midnight!

Registration link: https://www.digialm.com/EForms/configuredHtml/885/2538/application.html 

Best wishes for your NPTEL Online certification exam.

Warm regards,
NPTEL Team


NPTEL DAA: Week 5 programming assignment , update

Please note: the output format has been changed.


NPTEL DAA: Week 5 programming assignment

The programming assigment for Week 5 is now available. The deadline is Friday, 28 August, midnight.


REMINDER: LAST 5 DAYS LEFT FOR REGISTERING FOR THE CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION - REGISTER TODAY!

Dear student

The registration form for the NPTEL Certification exam for 18 courses on Sept 6th / 13th 2015 - 1 PM to 4 PM is still open! You can register for a maximum of 2 courses. Please note that - Once this registration form is submitted after payment, no changes like adding or removing the chosen course, exam date, city is possible. 

To register, please fill your complete details and make payment online at:https://www.digialm.com/EForms/configuredHtml/885/2538/application.html 

So, if you are choosing to write 2 course exams,either use the same form and pay together for both exams or you can pay for one exam by filling the form, and then login and use another new form and pay again for the second course. NOTE: Please ensure you do not choose the same date for both the exams! 

The last date for registration is August 17 2015, Monday.

If your college is a study centre (http://nptel.ac.in.studycentre) and registration is through them, please contact your college SPOC for any clarifications you may have.

QUESTION PAPER FORMAT: It will be an online computer based exam of objective type - with questions being either multiple choice or fill in the blanks or short answer type. The questions will be similar to the questions posed in the assignments.

Earn your certificate from the IITs today!
- NPTEL team


NPTEL DAA: Week 6 quiz, Week 7 lectures

Week 6 quiz now available, due on Wednesday, August 19, midnight.

Week 7 lectures now available: dynamic programming.


NPTEL DAA: Programming Assignments

Two programming assignments have been released corresponding to the material covered in Weeks 3 (Graphs) and 4 (Weighted Graphs).  The deadlines are midnight on 16 August and 20 August, respectively.


NPTEL DAA: Week 5 lectures, Week 5 quiz, Week 6 lectures, Programming Assignments

I inadvertantly forgot to release to lectures on Divide and Conquer as part of the Week 5 lectures.  These are now available.  The Week 5 quiz includes questions on material from these lectures so please go through the new lectures before you take the quiz.  The quiz deadline is Thursday, August 13 rather than Tuesday, August 11 to account for this.

Week 6 lectures have also been released: search trees and greedy algorithms.

A couple of programming assignments will also be released later today.


NPTEL DAA: Week 4 Quiz, Week 5 lectures

Week 4 quiz now available, due on Tuesday, August 4, midnight.

Week 5 lectures now available: data structures - heaps and union find.


Gentle Reminder: Regarding Registration form for Sep 6th /13th certification exam

Dear Candidate

The registration form for the NPTEL Certification exam(s) on Sept 6th / 13th 2015 - 1 PM to 4 PM is now open!

You can enroll for a maximum of 2 courses. 

Please note that - Once this registration form is submitted after payment, no changes like adding or removing the chosen course, exam date, city is possible. 

So, if you are choosing to write 2 course exams,either use the same form and pay together for both exams or you can pay for one exam by filling the form, and then login and use another new form and pay again for the second course. 
 
NOTE: Please ensure you do not choose the same date for both the exams! 

To register, please fill your complete details and make payment online at:https://www.digialm.com/EForms/configuredHtml/885/2538/application.html 

The last date for registration is August 15th 2015! 

Only for the 18 courses listed below, this registration form can be used (For the courses with exams in November, the form will open in September 2015):-

Chemistry - I
Principles of Modern CDMA/ MIMO/ OFDM Wireless Communications
Analog Circuits
Basic Electrical Circuits
Design and Analysis of Algorithms
Sustainable River Basin Management
Foundation of Computational Fluid Dynamics
Introduction to Data Analytics
Infrastructure Economics
Computer Architecture
Fundamentals of database systems
Introduction to Airplane performance
Manufacturing Systems Technology
Introduction to Programming in C
Managing Services
Quantitative Finance
Practical English: Learning and Teaching
Appreciating Carnatic Music

Certificate Formats:

We have made a small modification in the certificates.

1. The certificate for a student scoring lesser than 60% - no changes

2. A student who scores above 60% gets the tag "Elite" printed at the top of the certificate. 

3. A student who scores above 90% will have "Elite" tag and the gold medalprinted on it.

The new formats are attached here for your reference







Happy Learning! Happy Certification!

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team


NPTEL DAA: First programming assignment

The first programming assignment (based on Week 2, Searching and Sorting) is finally here!  The due date is Wed, 5 August, midnight.  Look under "Week 2 Programming Assignment".  The problem is called "Shoemaker's Problem".


NPTEL DAA: Week 4 lectures available, weighted graphs

The fourth week of lectures, on weighted graphs (shortest paths, minimum cost spanning trees), have been released.


NPTEL DAA: Week 3 Quiz, Week 2 Programming Assignment

The Week 3 Quiz for Design and Analysis of Algorithms is now available.  The deadline is midnight on Tuesday, 28 July.

The programming assignment related to the Week 2 material is delayed because of some technical issues with the server. It should be released within a day.


NPTEL DAA: Week 3 lectures available, graphs

The third week of lectures, on graphs and basic graph algorithms, have been released.


NPTEL DAA: Change in quiz policy

Since NPTEL now hides the quiz result till the deadline, you may submit solutions as many times as you like and the final submission will be used for evaluation. This applies to Quiz 2 onwards (since the deadline for Quiz 1 has passed).


NPTEL DAA: Week 2 Quiz and Programming Assignment

The Week 2 Quiz for Design and Analysis of Algorithms is now available.  The deadline is midnight on Tuesday, 21 July.  Please note that you can only submit your solutions once, so please check carefully before you submit.

There is also a programming assignment related to the Week 2 material. This will be released in a day or two.


NPTEL DAA: Week 2 lectures available, searching and sorting

The second week of lectures in Data Structures and Algorithms, on searching and sorting, has been released.

This week there will be an objective quiz as well as a programming assignment.


NPTEL DAA: Week 1 Quiz

The Week 1 Quiz for Design and Analysis of Algorithms is now available.  The deadline is midnight on Tuesday, 14 July.  Please note that you can only submit your solutions once, so please check carefully before you submit.


Registration form for Sep 6th /13th certification exam

Dear Candidate

Congratulations on enrolling to NPTEL Online Certification course -Design and analysis of algorithm.
 
The registration form for the NPTEL Certification exam(s) on Sept 6th / 13th 2015 - 1 PM to 4 PM is now open!

You can enroll for a maximum of 2 courses. 

Please note that - Once this registration form is submitted after payment, no changes like adding or removing the chosen course, exam date, city is possible. 

So, if you are choosing to write 2 course exams,either use the same form and pay together for both exams or you can pay for one exam by filling the form, and then login and use another new form and pay again for the second course. 
 
NOTE: Please ensure you do not choose the same date for both the exams! 

To register, please fill your complete details and make payment online at:https://www.digialm.com/EForms/configuredHtml/885/2538/application.html 

The last date for registration is August 15th 2015! 

Only for the 18 courses listed below, this registration form can be used (For the courses with exams in November, the form will open in September 2015):-

Chemistry - I
Principles of Modern CDMA/ MIMO/ OFDM Wireless Communications
Analog Circuits
Basic Electrical Circuits
Design and Analysis of Algorithms
Sustainable River Basin Management
Foundation of Computational Fluid Dynamics
Introduction to Data Analytics
Infrastructure Economics
Computer Architecture
Fundamentals of database systems
Introduction to Airplane performance
Manufacturing Systems Technology
Introduction to Programming in C
Managing Services
Quantitative Finance
Practical English: Learning and Teaching
Appreciating Carnatic Music

Happy Learning! Happy Certification!

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team


NPTEL Design and Analysis of Algorithms, Week 1

Dear Students,

The first set of lectures has been released. This covers an introduction to the course and an overview of algorithm analysis (big O notation etc).

The course wil run for 8 weeks.  There are approximately 2 hours of lecture material per week, in 6-8 modules of 15-20 minutes each.

Each week there will be an objective type quiz with 5 questions.  You can only attempt the quiz once, so take your time before you submit.  The deadline will be 7-10 days after the quiz is announced.

There will also be 5-6 programming assignments related to the algorithms being covered in the course, starting from the second week.  You can submit programs in C, C++, Java and Python, as many times as you like. Your code will be automatically evaluated using hidden test cases that check for correctness and efficiency.  Note that Java and Python are slower and may not pass the larger test cases.  The deadline will be 10-15 days after the assignment is announced.

Do use the online forum to post queries and comments.

Enjoy!

--Madhavan


Welcome to Design and analysis of algorithm

Dear student

Welcome to NPTEL Online Courses and Certification!

Thank you for signing up for our online course "Design and analysis of algorithm". We wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.

The course will begin on July 1 2015. When content is released on the portal, you will get an email alerting you. Please watch the lectures, follow the course regularly and submit all assessments and assignments before the due date. Your regular participation is vital for learning.

We will open registration for the exam soon. A form has to be filled and the certification exam has a fee, which needs to be paid at the time of registration. Everyone who has signed-up for the course, including those who do not register for the exam, will continue to have access to the course contents.


There are two sections on the portal apart from the course content and assignment sections: 

  • The announcement list which will only have messages from course instructors and teaching assistants - regarding the lessons, assignments, exam registration, hall tickets etc.       
  • The discussion forum which is for everyone to ask questions and interact - If you have any questions regarding the technical content in the lectures, any doubts in the assignments or any question related to the exam, registration, hall tickets, results, etc, kindly write about this in the forum and the course instructor/TA will respond to it. Please use this well and participate to benefit from the course.

Details regarding the course: 
Name of the course: Design and analysis of algorithm (Short term - 20 hrs)
Course duration : July 1 2015 - Aug 31 2015
Dates of exams : 6 Sep 2015 and 13 September 2015 
Time of exam: 1pm - 4pm
Tentative list of exam cities:https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc15_cs10/assets/img/Exam%20City-list.pdf
Final List of exam cities will be available in exam registration form
Exam registration url - Will be announced shortly 


Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.


- NPTEL team