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MHRD - GIAN (Global Initiative of Academic Networks) course on “Cognitive Radio" at IIT Kanpur

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Open project positions for a brilliant research career at IIT Kanpur

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Feedback for Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory

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://drive.google.com/open?id=12Xvr62Vs42fWdbLTqImnBA57zYoUdhUB38u1uWz-YgY

We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team

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Hangout session TODAY at 5:30 PM: Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory

Dear Participants,

Following is the link to join the Hangout session:

https://hangouts.google.com/call/x2hylmggdnem7pkwcjcc326uaae

This will be the last Hangout session, so kindly ask your doubts freely regarding any kind of concept in the video lectures or the final examination.

Regards
Ishan Tyagi
TA, IITK

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Hangout session TODAY at 5:30 PM: Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory

Dear Students,

We will have a Hangout session TODAY from 5:30 PM till 6:30 PM.

Please keep your queries, regarding the Game Theoretic concepts and the final examination, ready to be asked during the session. It will be a chat based session.

You will receive an email with instructions on how to participate in the discussion a short while before the start of the Hangout.

We look forward to interacting with you soon!


Prof. Aditya K. Jagannatham
IIT Kanpur

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Solution to assignment 4

Please find the link to the solution of assignment 4.
I apologize for the inconvenience.

Thanks,

Gopal
Course TA

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Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory/ Solution to Assignments 7 and 8 Posted

Please find the links for solution to Assignment 7 and Assignment 8.

Regards,

Gopal Parashari
Course TA

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Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory: (Marks Calculation)

Dear Participants,

We will be considering 60% of the marks from the online examination which is scheduled on 20^th and 27^th of  March and 40% of the marks from the Assignments (Best of 5 out of 8 Assignments).

All the very best!

Thanks.
Regards,

NPTEL Team

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RE: Refund amount for failed transactions

Dear Student

We have refunded the money from our side for failed transactions, if the money is not credited to your account you can check with your bank with the reference number which has been generated during your payment.

Refunds are not being processed for successful registrations.

If the bank confirms that your amount is not refunded, then please write to us at nptel@iitm.ac.in

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NPTEL Certification exam: Hall tickets available for download

Dear candidate:

Hall tickets have been published for the courses that have exams on March 20 and 27. The link for the same is https://www3.digialm.com:443//EForms/configuredHtml/885/2759/login.html

Instructions for candidates to access the hall ticket:

• 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 March 20th/ 27th exams, from the link.
  
• Note that you will be able to login here, only if you have a valid registration for exams on March 20th/ 27th 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 March 20th and another on March 27th, please ensure that you have downloaded 2 hall tickets.
  
•  Note2: Exam time : 2 PM to 5 PM.
•  In case of issues - contact us at nptel@iitm.ac.in. 

Best of luck for your exams!

Thanks
NPTEL team

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Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory : Assignment - 8 Posted

Dear Participants,

Assignment-8 has been posted on the course website. The deadline to submit the assignment is 11:55 PM, Tuesday, March 15th, 2016.

Thanks,

Gopal Parashari
Course TA

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Discussion session (Hangout session) on 8th March: Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory

Dear Participants,

Following is the link to join the hangout session:
https://hangouts.google.com/call/pslwbkbckngs5mna4pac2i5mmue

We apologize for the delay.
Thanks

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Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory/ Solution to Assignment 6 Posted

Here is the link to the solution to assignment -6.

Regards
Ishan Tyagi
TA, IIT Kanpur.

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Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory : Week - 8 Lectures Released

Dear Participants,

The week 8 Lectures for the course "Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory" have been released in the portal.

Happy Learning!

Regards,
Gopal Parashari
Course TA

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Discussion session (Hangout session) on 8th March: Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory

Dear Students,

We will have a Hangout session on Tuesday, 8th March 2016 from 5:45 PM to 6:45 PM. Please send your questions/ doubts well before the scheduled time so that we can answer them during the discussion session on the Hangout.  

You will receive an email with instructions on how to participate in the discussion a short while before the start of the Hangout.

We look forward to interacting with you soon!


Prof. Aditya K. Jagannatham
IIT Kanpur

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Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory : Assignment - 7 Posted

Dear Participants,

Assignment-7 has been posted on the course website. The deadline to submit the assignment is 11:55 PM, Tuesday, March 8th, 2016.

Thanks,

Gopal Parashari
Course TA

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Hangout On Air Session/ Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory [ 5:30 to 6:30 PM ]

Hello,


Following is the link for Hangout on Air:

https://hangouts.google.com/call/k63zapfzcnhvnhwven7d6eh27ia

You can join in any time from 5:30 to 6:30 PM.

Regards.

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Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory / Link to Download Week-6 Lectures (Offline Viewing)

Dear Participants,

The Week-6 lectures for this course can be downloaded from the following link and can be watched offline.

URL:
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/110104063/39

Happy Learning!

Thanks.

Regards,
NPTEL Team

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Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory : Assignment - 6 Posted

Dear Participants,

Assignment-6 has been posted on the course website. The deadline to submit the assignment is 11:55 PM, Tuesday, March 1^st, 2016.

Please note that the assignment can be submitted multiple times. All the best !!!

Thanks

Regards,
Ishan Tyagi
IIT Kanpur, TA.

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Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory/ Solution to Assignment 5 Posted

Here is the link to the solution to assignment -5.

Regards
Ishan Tyagi
TA, IIT Kanpur.

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HANGOUT SESSION

Dear Participants,

The link for today's hangout is:

https://hangouts.google.com/call/jp3h2v7ojzbidb5j54fedptsnma

You can join hangout any time. The official timing shall be 5:30 to 6:30 pm.
Feel free to raise your doubts. 
It's going to be a text based hangout. So it will be better if you mute your audio for avoiding cross talk.

Thanks and regards.

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REMINDER: Registration closes on 1st MAR 2016 5 PM (Tuesday) - Register today!!!

Dear students

Hope you are doing the course and are enjoying the learning process.

Already 5766 students have registered for the exams, are you one of it? If not Please register for the exam today!!

The certification exam registration URL is : http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/
(Only if you are enrolled in a 10 hr / 20 hr course that started on Jan 18th, you will be able to login here)

If you have any payment issue and internet connectivity problem, please try to register earlier instead of trying out in the last minute.

Exam registrations close on 1st MAR 2016 5 PM (Tuesday)!! The last date will not be extended!

Dates of exam: 20th March 2016 (or) 27 March 2016
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.
Registration fees: Rs 1000/-
Mode of payment: Only online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking

The hall ticket will be available for download from 2nd/3rd week of March 2016.

Certificate will be awarded to candidates who register and attend the certificate examination. The scores obtained by the student in the assignments and in the proctored exam will be used to compute the final score printed on the certificate. The certificate will also have a link to the NPTEL website, where on logging in, your assignment scores and your score in the proctored certification exam will be displayed. 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. Its not possible to pay later for the second course. Once the payment is made, the registration form will be non-editable.
Courses with exam on March 20th/ 27th : http://nptel.ac.in/LocalChapter/Assets/pdf/Courses%20with%20exams%20on%20March%2020-27%202016.pdf

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 using the DD option, ONLY After the SPOC of your college has finished uploading the Bulk-Payment details for the March exam, please come to this form and add your signature, photo and certificate (in case of SC/ST). This step is mandatory fr generating the hall ticket.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team

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Week - 6 Lectures Released : Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory

Dear Participants,

The week 6 Lectures for the course "Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory" have been released in the portal.

Happy Learning!

Regards,
Ishan Tyagi
Course TA

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Discussion session (Hangout session) on 23rd February: Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory

Dear Students,

We will have a Hangout session on Tuesday, 23rd February 2016 from 5:45 PM to 6:45 PM. Please send your questions/ doubts well before the scheduled time so that we can answer them during the discussion session on the Hangout.  

You will receive an email with instructions on how to participate in the discussion a short while before the start of the Hangout.

We look forward to interacting with you soon!


Prof. Aditya K. Jagannatham
IIT Kanpur

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Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory : Assignment - 5 Posted

Dear Participants,

Assignment-5 has been posted on the course website. The deadline to submit the assignment is 11:55 PM, Tuesday, Feb 23^rd, 2016.

Please note that the assignment can be submitted multiple times. All the best !!!

Thanks

Regards,
Ishan Tyagi
IIT Kanpur, TA.

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Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory / Link to Download Week-5 Lectures (Offline Viewing)

Dear Participants,

The Week-5 lectures for this course can be downloaded from the following link and can be watched offline.

URL:
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/110104063/

Happy Learning!

Thanks.

Regards,
NPTEL Team

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Week - 5 Lectures Released : Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory

Dear Participants,

The week 5 Lectures for the course "Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory" have been released in the portal.

Happy Learning!

Regards,
Ishan Tyagi
Course TA

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Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory/ Solution to Assignment 3 Posted

Here is the link to the solution to assignment 3.

Thanks,

Gopal Parashari
Course TA

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HANGOUT SESSION

Hello,

Here is the link for Hangout On Air :

https://hangouts.google.com/call/wmnfhi3pkbnzp7i6wbms236fo4a


The timing for the same shall be 5:15 to 6:15 pm.

Look forward for the hangout.

Regards.

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Announcement regarding exam and certificate format.

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Solutions for Assignments 1 and 2 Released: Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory

Dear Participants, 

The Solutions for the Assignments 1 and 2  have been released in the portal. Please follow the links for Assignments first and second respectively.

Kindly go through the solutions and feel free to contact us in case of any queries.

Happy Learning! 

Thanks. 

Regards,

Ishan Tyagi

TA, IITK

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Discussion session (Hangout session) on 12th February: Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory

Dear Students,

We hope that you are finding the lectures interesting.

We will have a Hangout session on Friday, 12th February 2016 from 5 PM to 6 PM. Please send your questions/ doubts well before the scheduled time so that we can answer them during the discussion session on the Hangout.  

You will receive an email with instructions on how to participate in the discussion a short while before the start of the Hangout.

We look forward to interacting with you soon!


Prof. Aditya K. Jagannatham
IIT Kanpur

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Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory : Assignment-4 Posted

Dear Participants,

Assignment-4 has been posted on the course website. The deadline to submit the assignment is 11:55 PM, Tuesday, Feb 16th, 2016.

Please note that the assignment can be submitted multiple times. All the best !!!

Thanks

Regards,

Gopal Parashari
Course TA

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Registration open for certification exam

(Only if you are enrolled in a 10 hr / 20 hr course that started on Jan 18th, you will be able to login here)


The hall ticket will be available for download from 2nd/3rd week of March 2015.

Certificate will be awarded to candidates who register and attend the certificate examination. The scores obtained by the student in the assignments and in the proctored exam will be used to compute the final score printed on the certificate. The certificate will also have a link to the NPTEL website, where on logging in, your assignment scores and your score in the proctored certification exam will be displayed. Please do regularly submit assignments to get a good final score.

IMPORTANT NOTES

1) FOR CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LINK 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. Its not possible to pay later for the second course. Once the payment is made, the registration form will be non-editable. 
Courses with exam on March 20th/ 27th : http://nptel.ac.in/LocalChapter/Assets/pdf/Courses%20with%20exams%20on%20March%2020-27%202016.pdf

NPTEL Team

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Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory / Link to Download Week-4 Lectures (Offline Viewing)

Dear Participants,

The Week-4 lectures for this course can be downloaded from the following link and can be watched offline.

URL::
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/110104063/

Happy Learning!

Thanks.

Regards,
NPTEL Team

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Multiple Submissions Allowed for Assignments

Dear Participants,

Submission strategy for the assignments has been revised. From now on, multiple submissions shall be allowed for each assignment before the deadline and final submission shall be considered for grading.


Regards,
Ishan Tyagi
TA, IITK.

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Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory : Assignment-3 SubmissionD eadline Extended

Dear All,

Submission deadline for assignment 3 has been extended to February 12, 2016, 23:55 IST.

Good Luck!

Thanks,

Gopal Parashari
Course TA

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An Introduction to Game Theory / Week 4 Lectures Released

Dear Participants,

The week 4 Lectures for the course "Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory" have been released in the portal.

Good Luck!

Regards,
Gopal Parashari
Course TA

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Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory : Assignment-3 Posted

Dear Participants,

Assignment-3 has been posted on the course website. The deadline to submit the assignment is 11:55 PM, Tuesday, Feb 9th, 2016.

Please note that the assignment can be submitted only once. All the best !!!

Thanks

Regards,

Gopal Parashari
Course TA

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Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory / Week 3 Lectures Released

Dear Participants,

The week 3 Lectures for the course "Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory" have been released in the portal.

Happy Learning!

Thanks.

Regards,
Gopal Parashari
Course TA

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Hangout Discussion

Hello,

Here is the link for Hangout On Air :

https://hangouts.google.com/call/f5uiavdnrvc2ntg73v4stye5nqa

Look forward for the hangout.

Regards.

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Discussion session (Hangout session) on 29th January: Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory

Dear Students,

We hope that you are finding the lectures interesting.

We will have a Hangout session on Friday, 29th January 2016 from 6 PM to 7:30 PM. Please send your questions/ doubts well before the scheduled time so that we can answer them during the discussion session on the Hangout.  

You will receive an email with instructions on how to participate in the discussion a short while before the start of the Hangout.

We look forward to interacting with you soon!


Prof. Aditya K. Jagannatham
IIT Kanpur

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Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory - General guidelines

Guideline 1:

Go to: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/explorer

Login with your registered email id and password, then on the left side of the page you can able to see the course contents and assignments.

Guideline 2:

Lecture Notes can able to downloaded from the following link

Guideline 3:

If you have limited internet access

Go to the Nptel website: http://nptel.ac.in/courses/110104063/

Thanks.

Regards,
NPTEL Team

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Message from Prof. Aditya K. Jagannatham

Dear students,

I take this opportunity to inform and welcome you all to the online MOOC on "Estimation for Wireless Communications –MIMO/ OFDM Cellular and Sensor Networks" which I am teaching currently. As pointed in the description, Estimation plays a very important role in MIMO (Multiple-Input Multiple-Output), OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing) based 3G/ 4G wireless systems as well as Wireless Sensor Networks (WSNs). Many of you will find this course variously useful in your respective projects/ thesis/ research.

More information about the course can be found at

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_ec01/preview

Thanking You,
Prof. Aditya K. Jagannatham
IIT Kanpur

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Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory / Link to Download Week-2 Lectures (Offline Viewing)

Dear Participants,

The Week-2 lectures for this course can be downloaded from the following
link and can be watched offline.

URL:
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/110104063/

Screenshot:
https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_mg01/assets/img/week_2_video_download.jpg

Happy Learning!

Thanks.

Regards,
NPTEL Team.

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Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory : Assignment - 2 Posted

Dear Participants,

Assignment-2 has been posted on the course website. The deadline to submit the assignment is 11:55 PM, Tuesday, Feb 9^th, 2016.

Please note that the assignment can be submitted only once. All the best !!!

Thanks

Regards,
Ishan Tyagi
IIT Kanpur, TA.

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Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory / Week 2 Lectures Released

Dear Participants,

The week 2 Lectures for the course "Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory" have been released in the portal.

Happy Learning!

Thanks.

Regards,
Ishan Tyagi
IITK, TA

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Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory / Assignment 1 - Submission Due Date

Dear Participants,

The Assignment-1 Submission due date has been extended till 09/02/2016, 11:55 pm IST.

Happy Learning!

Thanks.

Regards,
NPTEL Team

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Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory / Exam (Negative Mark)

Dear Participants:

We wish to bring to your attention an important change in the evaluation pattern for the MOOC "Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory". Please note that "there will NOT be any negative marking for wrong answers" in the exams. Therefore please ignore our earlier announcement on the negative marking.

Best wishes,
Prof. Aditya K Jagannatham / Prof. Vimal Kumar

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Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory / Link to Download Week-1 Lectures (Offline Viewing)

Dear Participants,

The Week-1 lectures for this course can be downloaded from the following
link and can be watched offline.

URL:
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/110104063/

Screenshot:
https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_mg01/assets/img/screenshot_video_download.jpg

Happy Learning!

Thanks.

Regards,
NPTEL Team.

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Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory : Assignment - 1 Posted

Dear Participants,

Assignment-1 has been posted on the course website. The deadline to submit the assignment is 11:55 PM, Tuesday, Feb 2^nd, 2016.

The link to Assignment-1 is: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_mg01/assessment?name=75 .

Please note that the assignment can be submitted only once. All the best !!!

Thanks

Regards,
Ishan Tyagi
IIT Kanpur, TA.

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Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory / Week 1 Lectures Released

Dear Participants,

The week 1 Lectures for the course "Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory" has been released in the portal.

Happy Learning!

Thanks.

Regards,
NPTEL Team

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Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory: Important announcement

Dear Participants:

Please note the following with regard to the course "Strategy: An Introduction to Game Theory"

1. The exam for the course will be online, instruction for the same will be
communicated to you shortly.

2. The exam question paper would be 40 multiple choice questions (MCQ; only
one correct option), with 1 mark per correct answer .

3. The duration of the exam is 3 hours

4. Wrong answer  will carry 1/4 negative marks, details for which will be
posted shortly.

5. Assignments carry 40% weightage towards final grading. Exam carry 60%.
Therefore you are advised to give equal importance to assignments as well
as exams.

With best wishes,
NPTEL Team

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Welcome to NPTEL Online Certification Course: Strategy: An Introduction to game Theory

Dear student

Welcome to NPTEL Online Courses and Certification!

Thank you for signing up for our online course Strategy: An Introduction to game Theory". We wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.

The course will begin on January 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 2 weeks 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 - 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:Strategy: An Introduction to game Theory (8 weeks : 20 hrs)
Course url: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc16_mg01/
Course duration : January 18 2016 - 11 March 2016
Dates of exams : 20 March 2016 and 27 March 2016
Time of exam : 2pm - 5pm
Tentative list of exam cities: http://nptel.ac.in/noc/pdf/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