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 Basic Electrical Circuits

Dear student

We are glad that you have attended the NPTEL online certification course "Basic Electrical Circuits" which was conducted by Prof. Nagendra Krishnapura of IIT Madras 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

Solutions to assignment 7 and 8 of Basic Electrical Circuits is uploaded

Solutions to assignments 7 and 8 are uploaded. It appears as a lesson "Solutions" under the respective assignment units.

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


Basic Electrical Circuits: Exam pattern and syllabus

The exam will consist of 25 questions. There will be 5 multiple choice and 20 numerical answer type questions. All questions carry equal marks. On the exam paper, each will be shown as carrying 1 mark. This will be scaled up to 4 to get a total of 100. 

You will need a calculator for the exam. 

Exam syllabus consists of the first 8 weeks. Exam questions will be similar to what you have seen in these 8 assignments. 

The remaining lessons, which consists of additional material, will posted in the following weeks.

Nagendra

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


Answers to questions 1,2 and 4 in assignment 7 are corrected

The answers to questions 1,2 and 4 were wrongly entered earlier and have been corrected now. The error is regretted

"Basic Electrical Circuits": Eighth week's lectures

Hello all, The lectures and assignment for the eighth week are released at https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc15_ee01/ Enjoy! Please use the discussion forum for any doubts, queries, and discussions.

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

Basic Electrical Circuits: Clarifications on certification

Calculation of final score:

The final score will be calculated as follows. 

Assignment score: All assignments carry equal weight(10 marks each). The total of best 5 of 8 assignments will be taken.

Exam score will be scaled to 50 and added to the total assignment score, also out of 50, to get the final score for the course, out of 100.

Assignment score for those who enrol late or submit fewer than 5 assignments:

If you enrol after the 4th week or for some other reason submit fewer than 5 assignments, those assignments will be counted and the remaining set to zero. i.e. if you submit only three assignments, your assignment total will be the total of those three plus zeros for two more. Total score will be calculated as above. If you did not submit any assignments at all, your assignment score will be zero and the total score will be calculated with that assignment score. 

Who will be given a certificate:

All those who enrol and write the exam will get a certificate. Depending on the total score the certificate will reflect just participation or an appropriate higher level of achievement.

Basic Electrical Circuits; Seventh assignment

The seventh assignment has been released. It is due next Thursday(August 27th). Hopefully you have watched at least a fraction of the lectures by now. If you face any difficulties post questions on the forum. (It is best if you create a new post with an appropriate subject line rather than reply to this message)

Nagendra

"Basic Electrical Circuits": Seventh week's lectures

Hello all, 

The lectures for the seventh week are released at https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc15_ee01/ Enjoy! The assignment will be posted shortly.

Please use the discussion forum for any doubts, queries, and discussions. 

Lectures and assignments will be released every week according to the schedule posted earlier in a separate announcement. 

Enjoy!
Nagendra

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

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

Basic Electrical Circuits: Accessing course content

There are a number of questions on accessing the course content on the course forum. You can find short videos(silent) at the links below which will tell you how to access them. 

Course URL: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc15_ee01/

Video(silent) showing how to access course content:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyj9xGuwtFM

OR

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B1581UKHpla4WFZqMW01eDZPOHc

Registration form for Sep 6th /13th certification exam

Dear Candidate

Congratulations on enrolling to NPTEL Online Certification course -Basic Electrical Circuits.
 
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

Lecture and assignment schedule

The schedule for release of lectures and assignments are given below. Basically lectures will be released on or before a Monday and assignments will be due on Wednesdays of the week following that Monday so that there is at least one weekend between the release of the lectures and the corresponding assignment. 

Nagendra

Week Weekly lectures and assignments on the web (on or before) Assignment due (1155pm on that date)
1 6-Jul-2015 15-Jul-2015
2 13-Jul-2015 22-Jul-2015
3 20-Jul-2015 29-Jul-2015
4 27-Jul-2015 5-Aug-2015
5 3-Aug-2015 12-Aug-2015
6 10-Aug-2015 19-Aug-2015
7 17-Aug-2015 26-Aug-2015
8 24-Aug-2015 2-Sep-2015
9 31-Aug-2015 9-Sep-2015
10 7-Sep-2015 16-Sep-2015
11 14-Sep-2015 23-Sep-2015
12 21-Sep-2015 30-Sep-2015

Welcome to "Basic Electrical Circuits"

A warm welcome to all of you to "Basic Electrical Circuits" from our team. Here are a few basic points about the course. Feel free to use the online forum for any queries you have. Enjoy!

Nagendra Krishnapura

About the course

  • The course officially starts on 1st July 2015
  • The course lasts 12 weeks
  • For certification, completion of assignments for the first 8 weeks(basic concepts; analysis of circuits without storage elements) will be considered. 

Lectures
  • Each week, two units, with a number of lessons under each unit, will be released. The total duration of lectures will be about 2.5 hours per week. The lectures will be released as per a schedule which will be announced separately
  • The first time around, it is best to watch the lessons in sequence. After that, you can go back to any (part of any) lesson as you need. You can plan to finish the weekly dose of 2 units in several sessions. 
  • For offline viewing, lectures can be downloaded from the links below each lecture. 

Activity questions
  • These are important. Work these out immediately after each lesson to ensure that you absorbed what was covered in that lesson. 

Assignments
  • The assignment covering the contents of a particular week will be due the following week. The schedule for assignments will be posted along with the schedule for lectures.  
  • After the deadline, the correct answers to assignment questions will be displayed. 

Announcements and Forum
  • Important announcements will be put up under this section. The forum is for general discussion. Make sure to follow both of these regularly. 

Welcome to Basic Electrical Circuits

Dear student

Welcome to NPTEL Online Courses and Certification!

Thank you for signing up for our online course "Basic Electrical Circuits". 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:Basic Electrical Circuits (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_ee01/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