Lucknow: This is good news for the engineering undergraduate students of UP Technical University (UPTU), for soon they will be able to access around 500 web-based and video courses on various engineering streams.
Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore and seven Indian Institute of Technology (IITs), along with the National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) have designed all these courses. This course is basically designed for BTech students, and has been compiled into 18 segments. Central Government has asked the UP State Government to implement these courses in all the engineering colleges affiliated under UPTU, to enhance the quality of teaching. In response of this proposal, the state government has requested the Centre to develop these courses in Hindi.
J P Pandey, Additional Examination Controller of UPTU, said that these courses will first be introduced in the university campus. A virtual lab for the same is being developed, which is expected to be operational by the month of July. He further elaborated that all colleges under UPTU have been directed to introduce these courses for BTech students, as these web and video based courses developed by faculties of the best institutes in country. Moreover, these courses will prove to be extremely beneficial for engineering students in the long run.
