Objective of the workshop was to felicitate SPOCs of those colleges in which students were top scorer, and participation of the faculty and students were good in number. Ms. Bharti, Program Manager, NPTEL, Prof. Satyaki Roy National Coordinator, NPTEL, IIT Kanpur, Ms. Lalty Dutta, Project Manager, NPTEL, IIT Kanpur, Ms. Angana Sengupta Coordinator, Local Chapter, IIT Kanpur along with SPOC’s of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir and North East states were present.

Dr. Vidushi Singh received Certificate of Appreciation for Active SPOC for the Swayam-NPTEL Local Chapter for I.T. S Ghaziabad for January-April 2019 by Prof. Satyaki Roy National Coordinator, NPTEL, IIT Kanpur.

Before beginning of the session, Prof. Satyaki Roy warmly welcomed the gathering. Ms. Bharti briefed about details of NPTEL, how and when it has been formed, before it was planned to just deliver video lectures, later on it has been shifted to online certification. He also briefed about achievements of NPTEL till date like 30,000+ video hours, 371+million NPTEL website view, 271+ million you tube views etc. He also shared the statistics of number of students and faculty participation from initial years to April 2019. He also communicated how these courses helped students in their placements.

Ms. Bharti also informed that like previous semester this semester also  4 weeks, 8 weeks and 12 weeks NPTEL courses will be considered as ½ FDP of one week, Full FDP of one week and 1 ½ FDP of one week respectively.

At the end SPOC of various colleges were felicitated by Prof. Satyaki Roy National Coordinator, NPTEL, IIT Kanpur, Ms. Lalty Dutta, Project Manager, NPTEL, IIT Kanpur and Ms. Angana Sengupta Coordinator, Local Chapter, IIT Kanpur.

It was totally an interactive session where SPOC from various universities and institutes of repute discussed about the various courses provided by NPTEL and also gave their suggestions to make these courses more effective for masses.

Overall it was a good learning experience about operation of NPTEL online courses.