The objective of the workshop was to felicitate SPOCs of those colleges in which students were top scorer, and participation of the faculty and students was good in a number. Ms. Bharti, Program Manager, NPTEL, Ms. Lalty Dutta, Project Manager, NPTEL, IIT Kanpuralong with SPOC’s of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Jammu & Kashmir, and North-East states were present.

Before the beginning of the session, Ms. Bharthiwarmly 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 to date like 30,000+ video hours, 371+million NPTEL website view, 271+ million youtube views, etc. She also shared the statistics of a number of students and faculty participation from the initial years to December 2019. He also communicated how these courses helped students in their placements.

Ms. Bharti also informed that like the 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 National Coordinator, NPTEL, IIT Kanpur, Ms. Bharti, Program Manager, NPTEL and Ms. Lalty Dutta, Project Manager, NPTEL, 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 the masses.

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