Spoc Felicitation Cum Awareness Workshop of NPTEL

19th February, 2023

Prof. Rajat Kumar (SPOC, NPTEL Local Chapter) from Dronacharya Group of Institutions, Greater Noida attended a one day “SPOC Felicitation Cum Awareness Workshop of NPTEL” conducted at IIT KANPUR, Outreach Centre, Noida on 19^th February, 2023. The awareness workshop is for the existing local chapters SPOC and for newly created local chapters SPOC, IIT Kanpur.

Inaugurating the workshop, Prof. Dr. Satyaki Roy and Prof. Dr. Vimal Kumar, IIT Kanpur, NPTEL along with Project Engineer Vaishali Bahl from IIT Kanpur welcomed all the SPOCs of the local chapters North Zone. Prof. Dr. Satyaki Roy told that it’s been 20 years since NPTEL’s first course came online and then shared the success stories and achievements so far.

Presentation by Prof. Dr. Satyaki Roy shows the recent progress of NPTEL platform and informed about the changes made in the current semester such as,

• Introduction of GATE Portal which would provide free material for Gate Exam preparations.
• New self paced courses available at NPTEL+.
• Analysis reports on different criteria, of the semester.

After the inaugural session, presentation and speeches were given by different SPOCs where they shared their experiences and problems faced by them in the past regarding NPTEL.

After the presentation session, Felicitation Ceremony started and certificates to mentors and SPOCs were distributed by Prof. Dr. Satyaki Roy and Prof. Dr. Vimal Kumar.

Prof. Dr. Vimal Kumar also asked the colleges SPOCs to motivate their students for increasing participation in NPTEL Courses.

The workshop ended with the Valedictory Session followed by singing National Anthem.