Wednesday, June 27, 2007

study materials

Engineering students now access lectures and study materials of experts from top institutes, including the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore.IIT-Kanpur has been working on a Rs-13-crore National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) that aims at spreading quality education among engineering colleges across the country through video and web-based learning material in some popular disciplines.The programme is an initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development. Altogether 120 video and 120 web courses in disciplines, including computer sciences, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering etc, have been created. the study material is already available for use, the website (www.nptel.iitm.ac.in) is open to all and there is no cost involved in using the learning material.

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