SPOC Felicitation Workshop at IIT Kanpur Outreach Centre, Noida

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I had attended SPOC Felicitation Workshop at IIT Kanpur Outreach Centre, Noida on 21st July 2018. Objective of the workshop was to felicitate SPOCs of those colleges in which students were top scorer and also to look for the feedback of the January 2018 NPTEL courses. 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 and Jammu & Kashmir were present.
Before beginning of the session, Prof. Satyaki Roy warmly welcomed the gathering. Prof. Satyaki Roy 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 Dec 2017. He also communicated how these courses helped students in their placements.

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July

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2018

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Saturday, July 21, 2018

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Dr. Vidushi Singh requested Prof. Satyaki Roy to consider Ghaziabad also for the Examination Centre of NPTEL Online Examination. Prof. Satyaki also informed that AICTE has signed a MOU with NPTEL that faculty members doing 4 weeks, 8 weeks and 12 weeks NPTEL courses will be considered as faculty member has attended 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.