Reminder:Feedback for Introduction to Operations Research

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/wIM1hD

We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team

Slides and solution keys uploaded

Dear participants,
This course has come to an end. Hope you learned the basics. The slides and the solution keys have been uploaded. Those can be found in the following links.

Slides
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B-wYRs4njTc1WV9rb190UTVidDg?usp=sharing


Solution keys
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B-wYRs4njTc1aXNoYnMwcVg5elE?usp=sharing

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The Team

New Announcement

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

Module 2 - Videos posted

Dear participants,
First three videos of the second module have been posted. To view those, please log in to the course portal.

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The Team
Introduction to Operations Research

Module-1: remaining videos and two assignments posted

Remaining two videos and two assignments of the Module-1 have been posted. Deadlines for the submission of the assignmnets are visible on the assignments.


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The Team
Introduction to Operations Research

Welcome to the NPTEL Online Certification Course Introduction to Operation Research

Dear student

Welcome to NPTEL Online Courses and Certification!

Thanks for signing up for our online course "INTRODUCTION TO OPERATION RESEARCH". 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 as soon as the course run starts. A form has to be filled and the certification exam has a fee, which needs to be paid at the time of registration. The criterion for obtaining the certificate (which will be a combination of the assignment and the exam scores) will be announced shortly.

Everyone who signed-up, 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:Introduction to Operations Research
Course url: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_mg10
Course duration : 8 weeks
Dates of exams : 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.