In order to increasing employability with industry focused courses, School of Management Sciences (SMS), Varanasi has taken an initiative to connect their students & faculty members with NPTEL, and establish an NPTEL-Local chapter in October 2016 in its Varanasi Campus.

NPTEL is a joint venture of seven IITs (IIT Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras and Roorkee), Indian Institute of Science Bengaluru (IISc), and funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India. The project also originated from many deliberations between IITs, IIMs and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU).

NPTEL is the largest repository of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOC) that contains hundreds of courses in video formats. It provides Video lectures in Engineering, Sciences, Technology, Management, Mathematics and Humanities Streams. NPTEL is a curriculum is also adhering to the syllabi of All India Council for Technical Education, and also curricula of major affiliating Universities with slight modifications.

The lectures are of various kinds, some with students and some with the instructor speaking directly to the camera. The courses closely mimic the traditional classroom model. The process is about learning through series of video lectures followed by quizzes and a written examination for certification. It could be summaries as:

1. Enrollment to the Course
2. Learning Through Video Lectures
3. Complete the Weekly Assignments
4. Registration for the online exam with a nominal fee
5. Examination & Certification

Certificate are provided for those candidate who have consolidated score of 40% and above, however Elite and Gold certificates are also provided for higher score.

• To cater to the contemporary needs of the new generation and for value addition through earning credit courses from various IITs and IISc.
• To full the gap between industry requirement and classroom teaching in order to enhance the employability of students.

SMS Varanasi promotes all of its students, staff and faculty members to enroll and appear in NPTEL Examination. As per policy our management also has provision to reimburse the examination fee to the faculty and Staff members of SMS Varanasi. Our resources are also open to online learner of nearby locality; who chose SMS Varanasi as their Local Chapter for appearing in examination. We are happy to assists them however; a prior permission from SPOC is mandatory in such cases.

Contact Person:
Dr. Aditya Kumar Gupta
Organizer & SPOC
NPTEL Local Chapter (College ID – 533)
Email: akgupta@smsvaranasi.com