Orientation Session on

“SWAYAM ONLINE COURSES”

Date : 27.06.2020
Dr. N. Vaijayanthi
Professor/ECE, Dean R & D,
Indra Ganesan College of Engineering
WHICH PHONE WOULD YOU
CHOOSE? WHY?
ANSWER

QUALITY
 SWAYAM

• SWAYAM is a programme initiated by MHRD

• Best quality online courses

• Facilitates online courses for all the students from Class 9 till Post
graduation

• Facilitates online courses for faculty members also.

 SWAYAM-NATIONAL COORDINATORS

• AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education) for self-paced and international courses
•  NPTEL (National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning) for Engineering
•  UGC (University Grants Commission) for non technical post-graduation education
•  CEC (Consortium for Educational Communication) for under-graduate education
•  NCERT (National Council of Educational Research and Training) for school education
•  NIOS (National Institute of Open Schooling) for school education
•  IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University) for out-of-school students
•  IIMB (Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore) for management studies
•  NITTTR (National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research) for Teacher Training
programme

SWAYAM-NPTEL has been offering many self study courses on Engineering &
Humanities and Science
SWAYAM- BENEFITS FOR STUDENTS
• SWAYAM offers elective courses not offered in the
institution
• Credit transfer
• Better resume
• Internships at IITs
• Placement assistance
• Better understanding
EVIDENCE OF SUCCESS

• Rakesh Ranjan is a 2020 pass-out from a small

Private Engineering College in West Bengal

• Done 3 certification courses in NPTEL

• NPTEL has arranged for placement assistance

for toppers

• Through NPTEL he got selected in Infosys.

SWAYAM- BENEFITS FOR FACULTY

• Advanced NPTEL online certification courses are approved

for Faculty Development Programme (FDP) by AICTE.

• Considered under Career Advancement Scheme –

Performance Appraisal

• Quality Improvement in Teaching learning

• Required for NAAC

NPTEL course-FDP certificate conversion
S.No No. of Weeks No. of lectures Total No. of Equivalence of NPTEL
of NPTEL per week Hrs of course with regular FDP
courses engagement

1 4 3 12 ½ FDP of one week

2 8 3 24 One full FDP of one week

3 12 3 36 1½ FDP
 Eligibility for NPTEL Certificate

• Average Assignment Score >= 10/25

• Exam Score >= 30/75

• Both Criteria must be met

• Final Score >= 40/75

 NPTEL Certificates

Score Types Of Certificate

>=90 Elite+gold Medals  

60-89 Elite

40-59 Successfully Completed the Course

<40 No Certificate
 REQUIREMENT FOR NAAC

• 6.3.4 Average percentage of teachers attending professional

development Programmes viz., Orientation Programme, Refresher
Course, Short Term Course, Faculty Development Programmes during the
last five years (5 Marks)
SWAYAM - NPTEL
LOCAL CHAPTER
 SWAYAM-NPTEL LOCAL CHAPTER
• Our Institution has established SWAYAM-NPTEL Local Chapter
What is SWAYAM-NPTEL local Chapter?

• Through SWAYAM-NPTEL SPOC our students can register for online certification
courses and write the exam

• Mentors are appointed to monitor the students’ progress in learning and in the
assignments given.

• Mentors encourage the students to write the examination to earn the certificates.

• Our Students are advised to go through the list of online certification courses available
in NPTEL Website (https://nptel.ac.in)
 LOCAL CHAPTER RECOGNITION

•Overall score for NPTEL Local Chapters

•R = 0.1*Number of learners from LCwriting exam (Capped at 10) +

1*Successfully completed (capped at 100)+ 2*Elite + 5*Silver + 8*Gold +
10*Toppers

•The top 100 local chapters will be awarded AAA, AA, A ratings.
 ACTIVE LOCAL CHAPTER CRITERIA

• There should be a minimum of 25 exam takers from

the LC

• There should be a minimum of 13 exam takers

getting certified (Overall Score>40)
 COURSE REGISTRATION
• https://nptel.ac.in/noc/

• Select Tentative Course list (Jul-Dec 2020)

(or)
• https
://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vTDp7Tc1jHmOcE82rml9F
j1wgdERMb8yMMyUMZC6B2I1VOVO8zt-BBbPRhvoTBTuOgN87FC
UDasHEZ-/
pubhtml?urp=gmail_link

• Register for the course you are going to handle next semester-If Possible
ASSIGNING MENTOR
 What to do now?
• https://nptel.ac.in/
• https://nptel.ac.in/noc/
• Tentative Course List (July - Dec 2020) : Course List
• A Excel spread sheet will open
• In that Select one course that is considered as FDP.
• Click NPTEL URL corresponding to that course in the
excel
• Learn from video Lectures, do the assignments
 TASKS TO BE ACCOMPOLISHED

• All Faculty members to register for the course

• Mentors assignment

• Mentors in turn encourage the students to register for

the course enrolled by the mentor