Swayam is a program which is created by the Government of India. It is designed to get the three cardinal principles of Education Policy viz., access, equity and quality as explained on the Swayam site. The goal is to take the best teaching learning resources to all. NPTEL is one of the nine National Coordinators of Swayam. What courses are available from NPTEL? Let’s find out the answer.
NPTEL Courses List 2021
According to the Swayam website, here is the NPTEL Courses List 2021.
- Advanced Dynamics
- Advanced Engineering Mathematics
- Advanced Machining Processes
- Advanced Materials and Processes
- Advanced Microwave Guided-Structures and Analysis
- Advanced computer architecture
- Aircraft Propulsion
- Aircraft Stability and Control
- Algebra – I
- Algorithms for protein modelling and engineering
- American Literature & Culture
- Analog Electronic Circuits
- Analog communication
- Analytical chemistry
- Animal Physiology
- Applied Econometrics
- Applied Electromagnetics for Engineers
- Applied Linguistics
- Applied Thermodynamics
- Applied Thermodynamics for Engineers
- Appreciating Carnatic Music
- Appreciating Linguistics: A typological approach
- Aqueous Corrosion and Its Control
- Architectural Acoustics
- Artificial Intelligence Search Methods for Problem Solving
- Aspen Plus simulation software – a basic course for beginners
- Automation in Manufacturing
- Automation in Production Systems and Management
- Basic Electrical Circuits
- Basic course in Biomedical Research – Cycle 3
- Basic course in Biomedical Research – Cycle 4
- Basics of Materials Engineering
- Big Data Computing
- Biological Inorganic Chemistry
- Biomechanics of Joints and Orthopaedic Implants
- Biomedical nanotechnology
- Biomicrofluidics
- Biophysical chemistry
- Bioreactors
- Bonds and Bands in Solids
- C-Based VLSI Design
- Calculus for Economics, Commerce and Management
- Calculus of Several Real Variables
- Chemical Crystallography
- Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
- Chemical Process Control
- Chemical Process Intensification
- Chemical Reaction Engineering – I
- Classical Mechanics: From Newtonian to Lagrangian Formulation
- Classical Sociological Theory
- Cloud computing
- Cognition, Transformation and Lives
- Combinatorics
- Complex Analysis
- Computational Commutative Algebra
- Computational Complexity
- Computational Continuum Mechanics
- Computational Electromagnetics
- Computational Fluid Dynamics
- Computational Fluid Dynamics using Finite Volume Method
- Computational Physics
- Computer Methods of Structural Analysis Of Offshore Structures
- Computer Vision
- Computer architecture and organization
- Concentration inequalities
- Concepts of Thermodynamics
- Concepts of chemistry for engineering
- Conservation Geography
- Constitution of India and Environmental Governance: Administrative and Adjudicatory Process
- Contemporary Architecture and Design
- Control and Tuning Methods in Switched Mode Power Converters
- Control engineering
- Control systems
- Culturally Responsive Built Environments
- Current regulatory requirements for conducting clinical trials in India for investigational new drugs/ new drug (version 3.0)
- Dairy and Food process and products technology
- Decision-Making Under Uncertainty
- Deep Learning for Computer Vision
- Deep learning – IITRopar
- Descriptive Statistics With R Software
- Design Of Reinforced Concrete Structures
- Design Practice – II
- Design and analysis of algorithms
- Design of Mechatronic Systems
- Design of fixed wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
- Design of photovoltaic systems
- Design of steel structures
- Design, Technology and Innovation
- Developing Soft Skills and Personality
- Development Research Methods
- Digital Circuits
- Digital Image Processing
- Digital Switching – I
- Discrete Mathematics
- Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering
- Dynamic Behaviour Of Materials
- Dynamics of Ocean Structures
- Dynamics of Structures
- Ecology and Environment
- Ecology and Society
- Basic course in Biomedical Research – Cycle 5
Review of Some NPTEL Course
Now, let’s find out reviews of some NPTEL courses.
- Advanced Dynamics
This course is by Prof. Anirvan DasGupta. The length of this course is 12 weeks and it was held on October 15 October 2021 to October 24 2021. The categories are mechanical engineering, advanced dynamics and vibration, computational mechanics and advanced mechanics. The intended audience of this course is mechanical engineering, aerospace engineering and physics. Prerequisites for this course are undergraduate mechanics, dynamics and engineering mathematics. - Advanced Engineering Mathematics
This course is by Prof. P. N. Agarwal. The category is mathematics and the level is undergraduate. The intended audience is UG and PG students of technical institutional / universities / colleges. In the first week, some materials that are learned are Analytic Functions, Harmonic Functions, Cauchy-Riemann Equations, Harmonic Conjugates and Milne’s Method, Application to the problems of potential flow-II, and Applications to the problems of potential flow-I. - Advanced Machining Processes
This course is by Prof. Manas Das. The duration of this course is 8 weeks. The category of this course is mechanical engineering and the credit points is 2. Some materials that are learned are magnetorheological finishing (MRF), laser beam machining (LBM), abrasive flow finishing (AFF) and its modelling, plasma arc machining (PAM), and electron beam machining (EBM). - Aircraft Propulsion
This course is by Prof. Vinayak N. Kulkarni. The length of the course is 12 weeks and the category of this course is mechanical engineering, propulsion and energy systems. Some materials of this course are aircraft propulsion, ideal and real cycle analysis, real cycles, engine performance and engine components, axial compressors, centrifugal compressors and some more. - Algebra – I
This course is by Prof. S. Viswanath and Prof. Amritanshu Prasad. The duration of this course is 12 weeks and the category is mathematics. The intended audience is any interested learners and the prerequisite is BSc-level linear algebra. Some materials which are learned in this course are permutation groups, group axioms, order and conjugacy, subgroups, orbit counting theorem, fixed points, Sylow’s theorems, generators and relations, rings, euclidean domains, ideals and factorization and many more. - Analytical Chemistry
This course is by Prof. Debashis Ray. The category of this course is chemistry and materials characterization. The credit points are 3 and the level is undergraduate. Some materials in this course are chemicals and materials analysis methods, role of analytical chemistry and techniques, chemical equilibria and basis of chemical analysis, thermal methods – I, thermal methods – II, and many more. - Applied Linguistics
This course is by Prof. Rajesh Kumar. The category of this course is humanities and social sciences. Some materials in this course are introduction to language, structure of language, language and society, first language acquisition, second language acquisition, language and cognition, direct method, audio-lingual method, computer assisted language teaching, language learning and errors, critical period hypothesis, cohesion and coherence and many more. - Big Data Computing
This course is by Prof. Rajiv Misra. The category of this course is computer science and engineering. The prerequisites of this course are data structure and algorithms, computer architecture, operating system, and database management systems. Some materials in this course are introduction to big data, introduction to enabling technologies for big data, introduction to big data platforms and many more.
About NPTEL
What is NPTEL? According to Swayam website, it is the abbreviation of National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning where this is a project of MHRD that is created by seven Indian Institutes of Technology including Bombay, Kanpur, Delhi, Madras, Kharagpur, Guwahati and Roorkee) together with the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 2003. This project is aimed to provide quality education to people who are interested in learning from the IITs. The main purpose of this project was to make web and video courses in all major branches of engineering and physical sciences at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels and management courses at the postgraduate level.
