About NPTEL

NPTEL (National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning), is a joint venture of the IITs and IISc, funded by the Ministry of Education (MoE) Government of India, and was launched in 2003. Initially started as a project to take quality education to all corners of the country, NPTEL now offers close to 600+ courses for certification every semester in about 22 disciplines.
Some highlights of NPTEL are:
– Largest online repository in the world of courses in engineering, basic sciences and selected humanities and management subjects
– YouTube channel for NPTEL – most subscribed educational channel, 1.3 billion views and 40+ lakhs subscribers
– More than 56000 hours of video content, transcribed and subtitled
– Most accessed library of peer-reviewed educational content in the world
– Translation of more than 12000 hrs of English transcripts in regional Indian languages