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The NPTEL has adopted the MOOC (Massive open online course) model so that students outside IIT system can also participate in learning quality content and get certified, provided they meet the assessment criteria in the exams conducted at the end of the NPTEL semesters. All courses are free to enrol and learn from.
Around the same time, a section of the media has reported that IIT Delhi, an elite institution is half-hearted about reservation and that it denied admission to the top ranking Scheduled caste student in its post-graduate programme. [8]
The institute was founded by Alladi Ramakrishnan in 1962 in Chennai. [6] It is modelled after the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, United States. It went through a phase of expansion when E. C. G. Sudarshan in the 1980s and R. Ramachandran in 1990s were the directors. The current director of the institute is V.Ravindran. [7]
SWAYAM has accumulated 203 partnering institutes, 2,748 completed courses, 12,541,992 student enrollments, 915,538 exam registrations, and 654,664 successful certificates. [ 7 ] SWAYAM (meaning 'Self' in Sanskrit ) [ 8 ] is an acronym that stands for "Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds" [ 9 ]
The Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are a network of engineering and technology institutions in India.Established in 1950, they are under the purview of the Ministry of Education of the Indian Government and are governed by the Institutes of Technology Act, 1961.
Indian Institute of Science (IISc) 1 [5] Indian Institutes of Science Education and Research (IISERs) 7 [6] National Institutes of Technology (NITs) 31 [7] Indian Institutes of Information Technology (IIITs) MoE funded 5 25 [8] Public private partnership (PPP) mode 20 National Institutes of Technical Teacher's Training & Research (NITTTRs) 4 [9]
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras or IIT-M) is a public technical university located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the eight public Institutes of Eminence of India. As an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), IIT Madras is also recognised as an Institute of National Importance .
IIT Madras was established in 1959. [1] The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT Madras has offered management education as an M. Tech. (Industrial Engineering) since 1959. The department started the MBA in 2001. The Department of Management Studies came into existence in April 2004.