Feedback for Engineering Economic Analysis

Dear student

We are glad that you have attended the NPTEL online certification course.

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.
 
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 :

https://docs.google.com/a/nptel.iitm.ac.in/forms/d/1OlesFl1J-mpI5s8NVwfxxXuG7QV1AXvWGwbSPkuXw8k/edit?usp=sharing

We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team


Release of Solution for Assignment 7 & 8!

Dear Students,

The solution of Assignment 7 & 8 have been uploaded. Solution can be downloaded from the Text Version Tab in the course outline UNIT-7/8 (Week 7/8) / Solution for Assignment 7/8.

You can also use the following link to directly download the solution for assignments:

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_me13/assets/img/Solution-Assignment%207.pdf

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_me13/assets/img/Solution-Assignment%208.pdf

You can cross check your solutions and answers.

This may be the last upload from our side before final exam. Hope you have enjoyed the course and enhanced your knowledge in the area of Engineering Economics.

Final exam will be held on 18 and 25 September 2016.

~~All the very best for End Exam~~

Best wishes and regards


Correction (regarding calculation mistake) in Lecture 39!

Dear Students,


Due to error in calculation, solved in 2nd question of lecture 39 (28:05 minutes), tax calculation for 5th and 6th year has been written as 15000 and 15750, while the correct value should be 150000 and 157500. Due to this, after tax cash flow values will also be changed to 350000 and 367500 for year 5 and 6 respectively.

We are thankful to Mr. A. Rajaraman for bringing this into our notice.

 

Best wishes


Submission due date for Assignment 8 has been Preponed!

Dear Students,

It is hereby inform you that the submission due date for assignment 8 has been preponed to
12/09/2016, 23:30. Since, the exam will start on 18 September and before that we have to close all the assignment works with their solution updates so, please submit your assignment before the new submission date.

Best wishes


Hall ticket for Sep 18/Sep 25th NPTEL Online Certification exams is now available for download.

Dear Candidate:

If you have registered for the Sep 18/Sep25th  NPTEL Online certification exam, your Admit Card/ Hall ticket link is at :
https://www3.digialm.com:443//EForms/configuredHtml/885/5168/login.html
 
Please login with your registered Google-enabled account email id (used to access the course on the portal and used for registering for the exam) and its password to access and download the hall ticket(s) for the Sep 18/Sep25th exams, from the link.  

Note that you will be able to login here, only if you have a valid registration for exams on Sep 18/Sep25th 2016.

Please download hall ticket, take a print out and along with a valid ID card, carry it with you to the venue (The exam centre address is there in the hall ticket). Read all instructions given in the admit card/ hall ticket carefully and follow them.

Note1:- If you are writing 2 exams - 1 on Sep 18th and another on Sep 25th, please ensure that you have downloaded 2 hall tickets.
 
Note 2: In case of the following problems with the hall ticket:
a. Name is spelt incorrectly
b. Date of birth is wrong
c. Photo/signature is wrong or not available in the hall ticket
Please go to https://docs.google.com/a/nptel.iitm.ac.in/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScykR5qTP-jIuGB_umIF9RYOG3g2VNpdb-FUNPXB_m7bLKMsA/viewform?c=0&w=1 and fill the form with the details.
We cannot change the hall ticket - you can carry the same to the exam with a valid ID card and your college ID. We will pass on these details to the exam partner so that they know your details will be incorrect on the hall ticket.


NPTEL Team wishes you the very best for the certification exam.

For any other queries: please write to nptel@iitm.ac.in.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL team


Release of content's for Week 8!

Dear Students,

We have released the video lectures and assignment of WEEK 8. Go through the lectures and submit the assignment before the submission deadline i.e. 16/09/2016, 23:30.
 
You can access the content from the home page of the Engineering Economic Analysis course, once you logged in. The content can be accessed from the Course outline tab on the left of the page under the header 'Unit-8 (Week 8).

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_me13/unit?unit=55&lesson=56

Hope you had gone through all the previous lectures and had great experience and learning. Solve the assignment questions of previous weeks as soon as possible and submit it before their deadline date.

With regards and best wishes


Release of Solution for Assignment 6!

Dear Students,

The solution of Assignment 6 has been uploaded. Solution can be downloaded from the Text Version Tab in the course outline UNIT-6 (Week 6) / Solution for Assignment 6.

You can also use the following link to directly download the solution for assignment 6:

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_me13/assets/img/Solution-Assignment%206.pdf

You can cross check your solutions and answers. If you have any query regarding the solution, feel free to ask.

Best wishes


Release of Solution for Assignment 5!

Dear Students,

The solution of Assignment 5 has been uploaded. Solution can be downloaded from the Text Version Tab in the course outline UNIT-5 (Week 5) / Solution for Assignment 5.

You can also use the following link to directly download the solution for assignment 5:

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_me13/assets/img/Solution-Assignment%205.pdf

You can cross check your solutions and answers. If you have any query regarding the solution, feel free to ask.

Best wishes


Extension of submission date for assignment 5!

Dear Students,

As some of the students were not able to submit the assignment 5 due to some reasons and have requested to extend the submission due date for Assignment 5.

On their urge, the submission due date has been extended by 2 days.

So, now you can submit the assignment 5 till 29-08-2016, 11:30pm. Those student who have already submitted it but want to correct any of their answer can resubmit it after making required corrections.

Best wishes.


Release of content's for Week 7!

Dear Students,

We are releasing the video lectures and assignment of WEEK 7. Go through the lectures and submit the assignment before the submission deadline i.e. 11/09/2016, 23:30.
 
You can access the content from the home page of the Engineering Economic Analysis course, once you logged in. The content can be accessed from the Course outline tab on the left of the page under the header 'Unit-7 (Week 7).

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_me13/unit?unit=49&lesson=50

Hope you had gone through all the previous lectures and having a great experience and learning. Solve the assignment questions of previous weeks as soon as possible and submit it before their deadline date.

With regards and best wishes


Correction in Solution of Assignment 4!

Dear Students,

There was a small calculation mistake in solution of question 9 in assignment 4. The correction has been made in the solution, though it doesn't effect the final answer of the question 9.

The correction is being made during the calculation of CR(i) for the 5th year. Please check the new solution and update it in your solution record. If you have any query regarding it, then feel free to ask.

Best wishes.


Release of Solution for Assignment 4!

Dear Students,

The solution of Assignment 4 has been uploaded. Solution can be downloaded from the Text Version Tab in the course outline UNIT-4 (Week 4) / Solution for Assignment 4.

You can also use the following link to directly download the solution for assignment 4:

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_me13/assets/img/Solution-Assignment%204.pdf

You can cross check your solutions and answers. If you have any query regarding the solution, feel free to ask.

Best wishes


Release of content's for Week 6!

Dear Students,

We are releasing the video lectures and assignment of WEEK 6. Go through the lectures and submit the assignment before the submission deadline i.e. 02/09/2016, 23:30.
 
You can access the content from the home page of the Engineering Economic Analysis course, once you logged in. The content can be accessed from the Course outline tab on the left of the page under the header 'Unit-6 (Week 6).

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_me13/unit?unit=43&lesson=44

Hope you had gone through all the previous lectures and having a great experience and learning. Solve the assignment questions of previous weeks as soon as possible and submit it before their deadline date.

With regards and best wishes


Extension of submission date for assignment 4!

Dear Students,

Because of some holidays in present week, we are extending the submission deadline date for assignment 4 by three days. Now you can submit the assignment till 21-08-2016, 11:30pm. This is final extension of assignment 4 submission date so, please submit your assignment 4 at the earliest and before the submission deadline.

Best wishes.


Announcement on Certificate Fromat.

Dear student

Hope you are enjoying learning from the course.

To obtain a certificate from the IITs/IISc, you have to register for the exam by filling up the form, paying the exam fee and appear in person for the exams to be conducted on 18 and 25 September 2016.

Register for the exam today at http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

The final score = 25% assignment score + 75% final certification exam score

The final score will determine if you will/will not receive a certificate.

1. Final score < 40%: NO certificate
2. Final score between 40% -59%: Certificate of type "Successfully completing the course"
3. Final score between 60% -89%: Certificate with tag "Elite" printed at the top
4. Final score of 90% and above: Certificate with "Elite" tag and the gold medal printed on it.

The new formats are attached here for your reference:







Photos of Toppers in every course are published on the website http://nptel.ac.in/noc along with the name of the college/organization you belong to.

Click here to take a look at a sample page: http://nptel.ac.in/noc/IndividualCourse/noc15-hs14

Best of luck for the exams.

- NPTEL team


Release of Assignment 5 for Week 5!

Dear Students,

Assignment 5 based on the video lectures uploaded under week 5 has been released. This assignment consists of ten MCQs. Go through the lectures thoroughly before solving the assignment. Please note that you can submit assignment multiple times and last submission will be considered for evaluation.

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_me13/assessment?name=70

Last date for submitting Assignment 5 is August 25, 2016 23:30.

With regards and best wishes


Release of content's for Week 5!

Dear Students,

We are releasing the video lectures for WEEK 5. You can access the content from the home page of the Engineering Economic Analysis course, once you logged in. The content can be accessed from the Course outline tab on the left of the page under the header 'Unit-5 (Week 5).

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_me13/unit?unit=37&lesson=38

Hope you had gone through all the previous week lectures and had a great experience and learning.

Solve the assignment questions of week 4 as soon as possible and submit it before the submission deadline date 18/08/2016 23:30.

With regards and best wishes


Release of Solution for Assignment 3!

Dear Students,

The solution of Assignment 3 has been uploaded. Solution can be downloaded from the Text Version Tab in the course outline UNIT-3 (Week 3) / Solution for Assignment 3. The link can also be found at the top of the questions in assignment section (Quiz : Week 3, Assignment 3).

You can also use the following link to directly download the solution for assignment 3:

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_me13/assets/img/Solution-Assignment%203.pdf

You can cross check your solutions and answers. If you have any query regarding the solution, feel free to ask.


Best wishes


Extension of submission date for assignment 3!

Dear Students,

On the request of many students, we are extending the submission deadline date for assignment 3 by two days. Now you can submit the assignment till 11-08-2016, 11:30pm. This is final extension of assignment 3 submission date so, please submit your assignment 3 at the earliest and before the submission deadline.

Best wishes.


Release of content's for Week 4!

Dear Students,

We are releasing the video lectures and assignment of WEEK 4. Go through the lectures and submit the assignment before the submission deadline i.e. 16/08/2016, 23:30.
 
You can access the content from the home page of the Engineering Economic Analysis course, once you logged in. The content can be accessed from the Course outline tab on the left of the page under the header 'Unit-4 (Week 4).

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_me13/unit?unit=30&lesson=31

Hope you had gone through all the lectures of week 3 and had a great experience and learning. Solve the assignment questions of week 3 as soon as possible and submit it before the deadline date 09/08/2016 23:30.

With regards and best wishes


Release of Assignment 2 - Solution!

Dear Students,

The solution of Assignment 2 has been uploaded. Solution can be downloaded from the Tab: UNIT-1 (Week 1) / Quiz: Week 1, Assignment 1. The link can be found at the top of the questions in assignment section.

You can also use the following link to directly download the solution for assignment 1:

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_me13/assets/img/Solution-Assignment%202.pdf

You can cross check your solutions and answers. If you have any query regarding the solution, feel free to ask.

We recommend you to register at the earliest. Sometimes, the server slows down and you may face problem if you wait for the last day to register. So get registered.

Best wishes


Extension of submission date for assignment 2!

Dear Students,

On the request of many student, we are extending the submission deadline date for assignment 2 by two days. Now you can submit the assignment till 05-08-2016, 11:30pm. This is final extension of assignment 2 submission date so, please submit your assignment 2 at the earliest and before the submission deadline.

Best wishes.


Reminder! Last day to submit assignment 2!

Dear Students,

We hope that you have gone through all the lectures of week 2 and understand the concept of uniform & geometric gradient series end year payments as well as compounding frequency of interest. We also hope that you have solved the assignment problems too. As today (03-08-2016) is the last day to submit the assignment 2, so hurry up and submit the assignment by 11:30 pm.

Also, we like to inform you that registration for the course has been started from 02-08-2016. So, get registered to the course Engineering Economic Analysis for successful completion with certification.

 

Best wishes


Reminder 1 -Engineering Economic Analysis:REGISTER TODAY - CERTIFICATION EXAM FORM IS NOW OPEN !

Dear Student:

Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the September 2016 certification exam. The registration for the certification exam is only open to students who have enrolled in the course.

Registration is open from 2nd AUGUST 2016 (Tuesday) until 22nd AUGUST 2016 5.00 PM (Monday).

The certification exam registration URL is : http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

(If you want to register for the exam for this course that started on July 18th, login here using the same email id used to enroll to the course)

Dates of exam: 18th September 2016 / 25 September 2016 (You can choose either date according to your convenience for writing the exam)
Exam Session time: 2 PM - 5 PM
Examination Cities: The exam is to be conducted in several cities across India whose list is available on the registration form. Click here to access the list of exam cities: http://nptel.ac.in/noc/resources/List%20of%20examcities_September%202016.pdf
Registration fees: Rs 1000/-
(Students belonging to the SC/ST category can avail a 50% fee waiver - please select Yes for the SC/ST option and upload the correct certificate)

Mode of payment: Online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking or cash
Type of exam: Online (on the computer - MCQ/MSQ,Fill in the blanks) 

The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively from 9thSeptember 2016. We will confirm the same through an announcement.

Final score on certificate: 25% of assignment score + 75% of certification exam score.
Award of certificate:  Certificate will be awarded only to those candidates who register for the exam, attend the certificate examination and whose Final score > 40%

The final score, assignment score and exam score will be printed on the certificate. The certificate will also have a link to the NPTEL website (http://nptel.ac.in/noc), where on logging in, your scores and e-certificate will be available for verification  (Appropriate announcements will be made). Please do regularly submit assignments to get a good final score.

IMPORTANT NOTES

1) FOR CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LIKE TO WRITE MORE THAN 1 COURSE EXAM:- Once the 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, please choose suitably and make the payment for both courses at the same time. Its not possible to pay later for the second course. Once the payment is made, the registration form will be non-editable.

2) FOR CANDIDATES WHO HAVE GOT SCHOLARSHIP VIA YOUR LOCAL CHAPTER: - 
Students who have got scholarship via NPTEL local chapter can opt to pay individually using the above form. While doing so, the reduced fee will automatically apply.

3) FOR CANDIDATES WHO ARE PAYING VIA THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF YOUR COLLEGE:-
If you are paying fee via Local chapter of your college, ONLY After the SPOC of your college has finished uploading the Bulk-Payment details for the September exam, please access this form and add your signature, photo and certificate (in case of SC/ST), if not already given and verify if the details given are correct. This step is mandatory for generating the hall ticket.

If there are any changes/issues/concerns, please write to nptel@iitm.ac.in giving your Application number, email id, course registered for, name and mention the change required. No changes will be entertained in these details after August 22 2016.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team


Release of Assignment 1 - Solution!

Dear Students,

The solution of Assignment 1 has been uploaded. Solution can be downloaded from the Tab: UNIT-1 (Week 1) / Quiz: Week 1, Assignment 1. The link can be found at the top of the questions in assignment section.

You can also use the following link to directly download the solution for assignment 1:

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_me13/assets/img/Solution-Assignment%201.pdf

You can cross check your solutions and answers. If you have any query regarding the solution, feel free to ask.

Best wishes


Release of week 3 content!

Dear Students,

We are releasing the video lectures and assignment of WEEK 3. Go through the lectures and submit the assignment before the submission deadline i.e. 09/08/2016, 23:30.
 
You can access the content from the home page of the Engineering Economic Analysis course, once you logged in. The content can be accessed from the Course outline tab on the left of the page under the header 'Unit-3 (Week 3).

In this week we are also providing the Interest Factor table, which will help you while, solving the problems in present week as well as during subsequent course content. You can download it from link provided in the Header of video lecture of Week 3, Lecture 1.

It can also be directly downloaded from:

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_me13/assets/img/Interest%20factor%20values-Engg%20Economic%20Analysis.pdf

Hope you had gone through all previous lectures of week 1 & 2, and had a great experience and learning. Solve the assignment questions of week 2 as soon as possible and submit it before the deadline date 03/08/2016 23:30.


With regards and best wishes


Typographical error in assignment 2!

Dear Students,

We found some typographical error in Assignment 2 in question 1 & 2 only. Please consider the mistakes while submitting the Assignment 2. Those who have already submitted the Assignment 2, please resubmit it again after making required corrections.

We are also extending the submission deadline date by two days. So, now you can submit the Assignment 2 till 03-08-2016, 23:30.

 

Best wishes


Submission of assignment!

Dear Students,


The last day to submit the Assignment 1 is 29/07/2016 23:30. Each assignment has some fraction of marks to be included with the end exam marks, during final grading for certification. So, if you wish to have good grades on the certificate then submit all the assignments before the submission deadline time.


Those who have submitted the assignment and if you think that you have answered any question wrong then you can resubmit the corrected assignment again.


The multiple submission will be allowed for all week assignments and only last submitted assignment will be evaluated.


Best wishes


Multiple submission of assignment!

Dear Students,

Now you can submit the assignment for multiple times however, the assignment submitted last will be evaluated and rest other previous submission will be ignored. So, if you think that you have answered any question wrong then you can resubmit the complete corrected assignment again.

The multiple submission will be allowed for all week assignments.

Best wishes


Link to download video lectures

Dear Students,

F
irst week video lectures of Engineering Economic Analysis have been uploaded on the NPTEL website. You can download the lectures in MP4, FLV, 3gp and MP3 format for offline use. Use the link given below and download the videos from Video Download Tab. From the menu Modules / Lectures in the left, you can switch to different units or lectures to download.

Please Bookmark or Save the page to download the videos of other Week / Unit in future.

 

Best wishes


Release of second week's content

Dear Students,

We are releasing the video lectures and assignment of WEEK 2. Go through the lectures and submit the assignment before the submission deadline i.e. 01/08/2016, 23:30.
 
You can access the content from the home page of the Engineering Economic Analysis course, once you logged in. The content can be accessed from the Course outline tab on the left of the page under the header 'Unit-2 (Week 2).

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_me13/course


Hope you had gone through all the lectures of week 1 and had a great experience and learning. Solve the assignment questions of week 1 as soon as possible and submit it before the deadline date 29/07/2016 23:30.


With regards and best wishes


Assignment 1 Uploaded

Hello Everyone!

Assignment 1 for Week 1 has been uploaded.
The submission deadline is 22/07/2016 23:30.

Best wishes


Release of first week's content

Dear Students,

Welcome to the Engineering Economic Analysis course! The first week's lecture videos have been uploaded and the first week assignment will be uploaded soon. We are releasing the contents early to give you extra time to get used to the online platform. Subsequent content will be released according to a weekly schedule.

You can access the content from the home page of the Engineering Economic Analysis course, once you have logged in. The content can be accessed from the Course outline tab on the left of the page under the header 'Unit-1 (Week 1).

Please make use of the forum for any doubts regarding the released content. Post your queries regarding the lecture material under the 'Week 1' category and general queries regarding the course under the 'Admin' category.

Hope you have a great experience with this course!

Regards,
Pradeep K. Jha
(Course Instructor)


Hello and Welcome you all !!!

Dear Participants,

Greetings for the Day!

We, Ambrish Maurya and Shaik Mozammil (PhD Research Scholar, IIT Roorkee) will be your course TAs for the course Engineering Economic Analysis. During the course if you have any queries/doubts regarding course video, assignments or other, kindly post them on forum .Your queries/doubts will be answered on forum itself. 

Feel free to ask and enjoy learning.

With Regards and Best Wishes

Ambrish Maurya

Shaik Mozammil


Welcome to NPTEL Online Course: Engineering Economic Analysis

Dear student

Welcome to NPTEL Online Courses and Certification!

Thank you for signing up for our online course "Engineering Economic Analysis ". We wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.

The course will begin on July 18, 2016. 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 after the course starts. 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, the course instructor/TA will respond to your queries- Forum is divided into categories like admin, week 1, week 2.......... and so on.

If you have any questions regarding the exam, registration, hall tickets, results, etc can be posted under the admin section and queries related to the technical content in the lectures, any doubts in the assignments - please post under each week appropriately.


Details regarding the course:

Name of the course: Engineering Economic Analysis


Course duration : 8 (In weeks)

Start date and end date of course: July 18, 2016 - September 09, 2016

Dates of exams :18 & 25 September  2016

Time of exam : 2pm - 5pm

Final List of exam cities will be available in exam registration form.

Exam registration url - Will be announced shortly

Once again, thank you for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning - NPTEL team.