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Feedback for Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology

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://goo.gl/forms/MhAp9Go69PuGX5Om1

We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team

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Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology - Assignment (Re-evaluation)

Dear Participants,

We have correctly configured the answers for the following assignment questions:

Assignment-6, Q-2 --> Answer "a"
Assignment-7, Q-7 --> Answer "c"
Assignment-7, Q-8 --> Answer "a"
Assignment-7, Q-9 --> Answer "b"
Assignment-7, Q-13 --> Not considering this question for evaluation since all the options given are wrong. The correct answer is "Lemon".

Due to this re-evaluation, there will be an update in the scores of your progress page.

Regards,
NPTEL Team.

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Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology - Assignment-8 Solution Released

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Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology - Exam Pattern

Dear Participants,

The online examination to be held on 23^rd April for the course "Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology" will have 100 questions of 1 mark each. Also, no negative mark for the wrong answers.

All the very best!

Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL Team

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Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology - Assignment-8

Dear Participants,

The Assignment-8 for the course "Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology" has been released in the portal. The last date to submit the assignment is 18/04/2017, 11:59 pm.

Happy Learning!

Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL Team

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Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology - Assignment-7 Solution Released

Dear Participants,

The Assignment-7 Solution for the course "Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology" has been released in the portal.

Happy Learning!

Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL Team

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Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology - Week 8 Videos Available

Dear Participants,

The week-8 video lectures for the course "Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology" have been released in the portal.

Happy Learning!

Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL Team

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Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology - Assignment-7

Dear Participants,

The Assignment-7 for the course "Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology" has been released in the portal. The last date to submit the assignment is 11/04/2017, 11:59 pm.

Happy Learning!

Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL Team

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Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology - Assignment-6 Solution Released

Dear Participants,

The Assignment-6 Solution for the course "Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology" has been released in the portal.

Happy Learning!

Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL Team

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Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology - Week 7 Videos Available

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Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology - Assignment-6

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Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology - Assignment-5 Solution Released

Dear Participants,

The Assignment-5 Solution for the course "Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology" has been released in the portal.

Happy Learning!

Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL Team

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Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology - Week 6 Videos Available

Dear Participants,

The week-6 video lectures for the course "Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology" have been released in the portal.

Happy Learning!

Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL Team

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Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology - Assignment-5

Dear Participants,

The Assignment-5 for the course "Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology" has been released in the portal. The last date to submit the assignment is 28/03/2017, 11:59 pm.

Happy Learning!

Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL Team

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Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology - Assignment-4 Solution Released

Dear Participants,

The Assignment-4 Solution for the course "Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology" has been released in the portal.

Happy Learning!

Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL Team

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NPTEL: APRIL EXAM FORM EXTENDED TILL 24th MARCH 10:00 AM

Dear Student:

Based on requests we received, the following has been decided.

Exam Registration extended till 10 AM, 24th March 2017 (Friday).

Payment can be made till 4 PM, 25th March 2017 (Saturday).

Data changes possible till 10 AM, 24th March 2017 (Friday).

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

For other details about exam registration, please check our previous announcement.

For Checking your payment status:

Login to the exam form,

1. If your Status is "Completed successfully or Success" then your registration is successful.

2. If your payment status is showing as "Confirmation Pending or Payment not authorized" please try to pay again since we didn't received your payment.

Any excess payment done till today has been refunded from our side. It takes about 5-8 bank working days for it to come to your account. Please check by 3rd April for the same. If you still don't receive it, write to us at nptel@iitm.ac.in

-NPTEL TEAM

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Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology - Week 5 Videos Available

Dear Participants,

The week-5 video lectures for the course "Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology" have been released in the portal.

Happy Learning!

Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL Team

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Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology - Assignment-3 Solution Released

Dear Participants,

The Assignment-3 Solution for the course "Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology" has been released in the portal.

Happy Learning!

Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL Team

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Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology - Assignment-4

Dear Participants,

The Assignment-4 for the course "Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology" has been released in the portal. The last date to submit the assignment is 21/03/2017, 11:59 pm.

Happy Learning!

Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL Team

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Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology - Week 4 Videos Available

Dear Participants,

The week-4 video lectures for the course "Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology" have been released in the portal.

Happy Learning!

Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL Team

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Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology - Assignment-2 Solution Released

Dear Participants,

The Assignment-2 Solution for the course "Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology" has been released in the portal.

Happy Learning!

Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL Team

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Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology - Assignment-3

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Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology - Download Link

Dear Participants,

The lectures for the course "Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology" can be downloaded (Formats: MP4, FLV, 3GP, MP3) from the link given below under Video Download Tab for offline viewing.

URL:
http://nptel.ac.in/courses/101104065/

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team.

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Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology - Week 3 Videos Available

Dear Participants,

The week-3 video lectures for the course "Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology" have been released in the portal.

Happy Learning!

Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL Team

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Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology - Assignment-2 (Due date extended)

Dear Participants,

The last date to submit the assignment-2 has been extended till 09/03/2017, 11:59 pm due to technical issues in the portal experienced on 1^nd and 2^nd of March 2017.

Happy Learning!

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team

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Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology - Assignment-1 Solution Released

Dear Participants,

The Assignment-1 Solution for the course "Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology" has been released in the portal.

Happy Learning!

Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL Team

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Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology - Assignment-2 Released

Dear Participants,

The Assignment-2 for the course "Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology" has been released in the portal. The last date to submit the assignment is 07/03/2017, 11:59 pm.

Happy Learning!

Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL Team

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Reminder 2: REGISTER TODAY - CERTIFICATION EXAM FORM IS NOW OPEN!

Dear Student:

Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the April  2017 certification exam. The registration for the certification exam is only open to students who have enrolled in the course.

Registration is open from 28th FEBRUARY 2017 (Tuesday) until 21st MARCH  2017 10:00 AM (Tuesday). 

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

(If you want to register for the exam for this course, login here using the same email id used to enroll to the course)

Currently, we do not have any provision to conduct certification exams outside India. If you want to take the Certification exam, you need to come to the allotted center in India.

Dates of exam: 23^rd April 2017(Sunday) [Forenoon-Shift 1/Afternoon Shift 2] (You can choose any one shift according to your convenience for writing the exam). You can register for a maximum of 2 course exams (same day of exam – 2 sessions. Same exam center will be allocated for both the sessions) through this form.

Exam Session time: Shift 1 - 9.00AM -12.00PM ; Shift 2 - 2.00PM - 5.00PM
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/LocalChapter/Assets/spoc_refdocs/April%20-%20Tentative%20Exam%20cities.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 Community certificate)

Mode of payment:  Online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking.

HALL TICKET:

The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively between 12 -16th April 2017. We will confirm the same through an announcement once it is published.

Final score on certificate: 25% of assignment score + 75% of certification exam score.
Award of certificate:  Hard and soft copy of 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 shift, 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. It is 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:- 
There are 2 modes of operation:

Option 1

1. You will pay fees to your SPOC.

2. Your SPOC will pay the fees to NPTEL on your behalf and also will provide us all details including photo, signature.

3. We will populate all the fields in the exam form.

4. Your responsibility will be to come to the exam form and verify that the details in the exam form are correct.

Option 2

1. In the exam form, you will fill all the details and also upload photo, signature.

2. Ensure that you had selected your college name correctly from the drop-down list in the form.

3. Payment of exam fees - click on the tab - 'PAY VIA SPOC'.

The SPOC has to now confirm to NPTEL that he/she will pay fees on your behalf.

If the SPOC says NO, you will be intimated via email.

Then it becomes your responsibility to come back to the exam form and make the payment.

If you do not pay the exam fees within the prescribed time, you will not be able to write the exam.

 After submitting the form, in case you wish to change the name, date of birth, address, photo and signature Please login to http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/edit_details.php and make the changes till March 21, 2017.

The following data initially submitted cannot be changed by you once the form is submitted –email id, course selected, shift, exam city, SC/ST. For changes in any of this email us at nptel@iitm.ac.in giving your Application number, email id and name. No changes will be entertained in these details after March 21 2017.

Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL TEAM

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Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology - Week 2 Videos Available

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Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology - Assignment-1 Released

Dear Participants,

The Assignment-1 for the course "Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology" has been released in the portal. The last date to submit the assignment is 28/02/2017, 11:59 pm.

Happy Learning!

Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL Team

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Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology - Week 1 Videos Available

Dear Participants,

The week-1 video lectures for the course " Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology" have been released in the portal.

Happy Learning!

Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL Team

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Welcome to the course: Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology

Welcome to NPTEL Online Courses and Certification!

The course will begin on February 20, 2017. 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: