Reminder:Feedback for Principles of Casting 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/MULR7n

We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team


Solution of Assignment 8

Dear students,


The solution of assignment 8  has been uploaded, solution can be found under the course content of week 8.


You can also download the pdf version of the solution from the text version tab on the right top corner or  from the links given below


https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_me11/assets/img/Solution%20of%20Assignment%208.pdf


Best Wishes for your final Examination

Ambrish Maurya & Shaik Mozammil
             ( Course TA)


Solution of Assignment 7

Dear students,


The solution of assignment 7  has been uploaded, solution can be found under the course content of week 7.


You can also download the pdf version of the solution from the text version tab on the right top corner or  from the links given below


https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_me11/assets/img/Solution%20of%20Assignment%207.pdf


Best Wishes


Hall ticket for March 26th NPTEL Online Certification exams is now available for download.

Dear Candidate:

If you have registered for the March 26th  NPTEL Online certification exam, your Admit Card/ Hall ticket is now available inside your application form:

1. Please visit the link: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

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 the link and click on March exams to download the hall ticket(s) for the March 26th exams, from the link.

2. You can also download it from the alternate link given below:

https://www3.digialm.com//EForms/configuredHtml/885/51559/login.html

Please try to access both the links to download your hall ticket, if you are not able to find your hall ticket in both the links., kindly write to us at nptel@iitm.ac.in.
 
Note: that you will be able to login here, only if you have a valid registration for exams on March 26th 2017.

Please download hall ticket, take a print out and along with a original 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 – Forenoon and Afternoon sessions, please ensure that you have downloaded 2 hall tickets which will be hosted inside the login.
 
In case of the any problems with the hall ticket kindly write to us nptel@iitm.ac.in

IMPORTANT:


1. Change of shift, course, exam center, exam city will not be encouraged.
2. You will not be allowed to write the exam if you are showing up in the exam center which is not allocated to you by mistake or by intention.
3. Entry beyond 09:30 AM in FN and 2:30 PM in AN will not be entertained.
4. Candidates will not be allowed to write the exam without Hall ticket and proper id proof.


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

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL team


Release of Eighth Week's Content

Dear Students,

The Eighth week's lecture videos and assignment has been uploaded. After watching the lecture videos solve the assignment questions and submit it on or before the submission due date i.e. 2017-03-22, 23:59 IST. You can submit the assignment for a multiple number of times but only the last submission will be evaluated. 

Please make use of the forum for any doubts regarding the released content. Post your queries regarding the lecture material and general queries regarding the course.


Best wishes,

Ambrish Maurya & Shaik Mozammil
(Course TA)


Solution of Assignment 6

Dear students,


The solution of assignment 6  has been uploaded, solution can be found under the course content of week 6.


You can also download the pdf version of the solution from the text version tab on the right top corner or  from the links given below


https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_me11/assets/img/Solution%20of%20Assignment%206.pdf


Best Wishes


Release of Seventh Week's content

Dear Students,

The Seventh week's lecture videos and assignment has been uploaded. After watching the lecture videos solve the assignment questions and submit it on or before the submission due date i.e. 2017-03-15, 23:59 IST. You can submit the assignment for a multiple number of times but only the last submission will be evaluated. 

Please make use of the forum for any doubts regarding the released content. Post your queries regarding the lecture material and general queries regarding the course.


Best wishes,

Ambrish Maurya & Shaik Mozammil
(Course TA)


Solution of Assignment 5


Dear students,


The solution of assignment 5  has been uploaded, solution can be found under the course content of week 5 .


You can also download the pdf version of the solution from the text version tab on the right top corner or  from the links given below


https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_me11/assets/img/solution%20of%20assignment%205.pdf


Best Wishes


Release of Sixth Week's Content

Dear Students,

The Sixth week's lecture videos and assignment have been uploaded. After watching the lecture videos solve the assignment questions and submit it on or before the submission due date i.e. 2017-03-8, 23:59 IST. You can submit the assignment for a multiple number of times but only the last submission will be evaluated. 

Please make use of the forum for any doubts regarding the released content. Post your queries regarding the lecture material and general queries regarding the course.


Best wishes,

Ambrish Maurya & Shaik Mozammil
(Course TA)


Solution of Assignment 4

Dear students,

The solution of assignment  4 have been uploaded, solution can be found under the course content of week  4.
You can also download the pdf version of the solution from the text version tab on the right top corner or  from the links given below

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_me11/assets/img/Solution%20of%20Assignment%204.pdf

Best wishes.


Release of Fifth Week's content

Dear Students,

The Fifth week's lecture videos and assignment have been uploaded. After watching the lecture videos solve the assignment questions and submit it on or before the submission due date i.e. 2017-03-1, 23:59 IST. You can submit the assignment for a multiple number of times but only the last submission will be evaluated. 

Please make use of the forum for any doubts regarding the released content. Post your queries regarding the lecture material and general queries regarding the course.


Best wishes,

Ambrish Maurya & Shaik Mozammil
(Course TA)


Last 1 week for Exam Registartion - Hurry up!!!

Dear student

The certification exam will be conducted at designated centres in the city chosen by you. You have to register for the exam by filling up the form, paying the exam fee and appear in person to get the certificate.

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

Exam registration form closes on 22 February 2017 at 10:00am.

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

Type of exam: Online


Online:

You will have to appear at the allotted exam centre and produce your Hall ticket and Government Identification Card(Example: Driving License,Passport, PAN card, Voter ID, Aadhaar-ID with your Name, date of birth, photograph and signature) for verification and take the exam in person. You can find the exam allotted exam center details in the hall ticket.

The questions will be on the computer and the answers will have to be entered on the computer; type of questions may include multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks, essay type answers, etc

The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively around 15th March 2017.


FINAL CERTIFICATE:

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 sample format is 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/individual_course.php?id=noc16-ce12

Best of luck for the exams.

- NPTEL team


Solution of Assignment 3

Dear students,

The solution of assignment  3 have been uploaded, solution can be found under the course content of week  3.
You can also download the pdf version of the solution from the text version tab on the right top corner or  from the links given below

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_me11/assets/img/Solution%20of%20Assignment%203.pdf

Best wishes.


Release of Fourth week's content

Dear Students,

The Fourth week's lecture videos and assignment have been uploaded. After watching the lecture videos solve the assignment questions and submit it on or before the submission due date i.e. 2017-02-22, 23:59 IST. You can submit the assignment for a multiple number of times but only the last submission will be evaluated. 

Please make use of the forum for any doubts regarding the released content. Post your queries regarding the lecture material and general queries regarding the course.


Best wishes,

Ambrish Maurya & Shaik Mozammil
(Course TA)


Solution of Assignment 1 and 2

Dear students,

The solutions of assignment 1 and assignment 2 have been uploaded, solutions can be found under the course content of week 1 and week 2 respectively.
You can also download the pdf version of the solutions from the text version tab on the right top corner or  from the links given below

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_me11/assets/img/Solution%20for%20assignment%201.pdf

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_me11/assets/img/Solution%20for%20assignment%202.pdf

Best wishes


Reminder for submission of assignment 1 and 2

Dear students,

Due date for submission of assignment 1 and 2 is on 08/02/2016, IST 23:59 that is today. So kindly submit the assignments before time.


Best wishes. 


Release of Third Week's content

Dear Students,

The Third week's lecture videos and assignment have been uploaded. After watching the lecture videos solve the assignment questions and submit it on or before the submission due date i.e. 2017-02-15, 23:59 IST. You can submit assignment for multiple number of times but only the last submission will be evaluated. 

Please make use of the forum for any doubts regarding the released content. Post your queries regarding the lecture material and general queries regarding the course.


Best wishes,

Ambrish Maurya & Shaik Mozammil
(Course TA)


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

Dear Student:

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

Registration is open from 2nd FEBRUARY 2017 (Thursday) until 22nd FEBRUARY 2017 10:00 AM (Wednesday). 

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)

Dates of exam: 26th March 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 city 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/March%202017%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 March 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 February 22, 2017.

The following data initially submitted cannot be changed –email id, course selected, shift, exam city, SC/ST. For changes in 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 February 22 2017.


Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL TEAM


Release of Second week's content

Dear Students,

The Second week's lecture videos and assignment have been uploaded. After watching the lecture videos solve the assignment questions and submit it on or before the submission due date i.e. 2017-02-8, 23:59 IST. You can submit assignment for multiple number of times but only the last submission will be evaluated. 

Please make use of the forum for any doubts regarding the released content. Post your queries regarding the lecture material and general queries regarding the course.


Best wishes,
Ambrish Maurya & Shaik Mozammil
(Course TA)


Link to download video lectures !!!

Dear Students,


The video lectures of week 1 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.

http://nptel.ac.in/courses/112107215/1

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

Best wishes


Release of first week's content

Dear Students,

Welcome to the course “Principles of Casting Technology”. The first week's lecture videos and assignment have been uploaded. We are releasing the contents early to give you extra time to get use 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 Principles of Casting Technology 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 Week 1- Introduction to Casting Technology, Mechanism of Solidification. After watching the lecture videos solve the assignment questions and submit it on or before the submission due date i.e. 2017-01-31, 23:59 IST. You can submit assignment for multiple number of times but only the last submission will be evaluated.

Please make use of the forum for any doubts regarding the released content. Post your queries regarding the lecture material and general queries regarding the course.

Hope you have a great experience with this course!

Best wishes,
Ambrish Maurya & Shaik Mozammil
(Course TA)


Hello and Welcome you all !!!

Hello Everyone,

Greeting for the Day!

We (Ambrish Maurya & Shaik Mozammil) will be T.As. for the course "Principles of Casting Technology".
We are delighted to have you all enrolled in this course. Our mission is to provide effective learning and long term benefits from this course through step by step assistance.

Feel free to ask any queries related to the course through the forum. We are always ready to help you and clear your doubts.

Prepare yourself to be challenged, excited and inspired.

With Kind Regards & Best Wishes
Ambrish Maurya, Shaik Mozammil
Teaching Assistant (
Principles of Casting Technology)


Welcome to the NPTEL Online course: Principles of Casting Technology

Dear student

Welcome to NPTEL Online Courses and Certification!

Thank you for signing up for our online course Principles of Casting Technology. We wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.

The course will begin on January 23, 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:

•    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:  Principles of Casting Technology
Course duration :8 weeks
Dates of exam:26 March 2017
Time of exam :Shift 1: 9am-12 noon; Shift 2: 2pm-5pm
Any one shift can be chosen to write the exam for a course.
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.