NPTEL SWAYAM EXAMINATION METHOD REFERENCE NOC

1. NPTEL ONLINE
COURSES AND
CERTIFICATION
A project of NPTEL
Under NMEICT, MHRD
In association with NASSCOM
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2. NPTEL One of the largest online repositories of engineering course material and one of the
most successful multi-institutional projects in the country
URL : nptel.ac.in

3. What is relationship of NPTEL and SWAYAM?
• NPTEL is the National
Coordinator for
Engineering – UG and
PG
• NPTEL does the
technical maintenance
of SWAYAM portal
• SWAYAM is the
National MOOCs portal
of India
• Has 10 coordinators for
various education
categories

4. Components of a MOOC

5. Features of Final Certification Exam
● Proctored exam
○ Run by a partner
○ 170+ cities across the country
- a few cities outside India
○ Rs. 1000 per course exam
● Certificate
○ From IITs/IISc
○ E-verifiable – QR code or
through link
○ No hard copy dispatch- only
soft copies made available

6. Scoring, Certification and Credits
● Final score calculation for certification
○ Online assignments: 25% + Proctored exam: 75%
PASS CRITERIA: AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND
EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
● Types of certificates based on Final score
○ Elite + Gold certificate : >= 90%
○ Elite + Silver certificate : 75 - 89%
○ Elite certificate: >= 60%
○ Successful completion : 40 - 59%
○ No certificate < 40%
● Assignment Scores:
○ 4 weeks course: Best 3 out of 4 assignments
○ 8 weeks course: Best 6 out of 8 assignments
○ 12 weeks course: Best 8 out of 12 assignments

7. Certificate Model

8. Backside of the certificate
QR code since July 2017- can be scanned that takes you to the
e-certificate.

11. NOC Courses offered so far:
From March 2014: 3496 courses completed; 589 courses in Jan 2022

12. Discipline
No. of
Courses
Aerospace Engineering (AE) 61
Agriculture & Food Engineering
(AG) 24
Applied Mechanics (ME) 7
Architecture (AR) 62
Biological sciences &
Biotechnology (BT) 184
Chemical Engineering (CH) 167
Chemistry and Biochemistry (CY) 155
Civil Engineering (CE) 254
Computer Science and
Engineering (CS) 414
Design (DE) 42
Earth Science (CE) 8
Discipline
No. of
Courses
Electrical and Electronics
communication Engineering
(EE) 400
Humanities and Social
Sciences (HS) 370
Law (LW) 7
Management (MG) 307
Mathematics & Statistics (MA) 217
Mechanical Engineering (ME) 411
Metallurgy and Material
Science (MM) 137
Multidisciplinary (GE) 108
Ocean Engineering (OE) 21
Physics(PH) 101
Textile Technology(TE) 32
Mining Engineering (MM) 7
Courses by Department: Until Dec 2021 - 3496

13. Courses by Institute
Institute Count
IITM 650+223
IITKGP 837
IITK 519
IITR 437
IITB 238
IITG 275
IISc 130
IITD 118
Other institutes
IIT Ropar 25
IIT Mandi 7
IIT Patna 11
IIT Bhubaneswar 1
IIT(BHU) Varanasi 2
IIITD 10
IIITB 9
IIITH 3
IIT H 7
IIT Tirupati 3
IIT Palakkad 1
IISER Pune 33
IISER Mohali 16
Other institutes
IISER Bhopal 13
IISER Thiruvananthapuram 1
IIEST Shibpur (1 course by IIT KGP) 4
Institute of Chemical Technology,
Mumbai 1
ISI Bangalore 1
University of Hyderabad 3
University of Delhi 1
CMI 49
NIE 13
NIRT 4
CDSA,THSTI,DBT 6
KTH Royal Institute of Technology,
Sweden, TU Berlin 7
IMSc 10
Kerala School of Mathematics 4
National Law School of India
University 5
Texas A&M Univ. 3
University of Strasbourg 1

14. Type of courses offered
MARCH 2014 – DEC 2021
(3496 courses)
JAN – APR 2022
(589 courses)
2074
1366
56
85
504

15. Duration of courses
MARCH 2014 – DEC 2021
(3496 courses)
JAN – APR 2022
(589 courses)
61
349
179
500
1719
1277

16. Exam attendance percentage

17. Pass percentage

18. Exam registration statistics - gender
98749

19. AICTE – NPTEL MOU to facilitate FDP for faculty (nptel.ac.in/AICTE_FDP/)
Duration Enrolled Registered
Reg%
(Enrolled Vs
Reg)
FDP applied
2017 Jan 28969 5419 19 -
2017 July 83916 12309 15 -
2018 Jan 93828 16024 17 -
2018 July 157547 27249 17 8081
2019 Jan 176501 39533 22 29272
2019 July 223186 48956 22 36864
2020 Jan 258392 10631 4 8729
2020 July 211930 21557 10 16069
2021 Jan 151712 33365 22 15839
2021 Jul 165792 34885 21 13258
UG-Elective,
PG-core/elective are
approved as FDP courses.

20. Exams outside India
Exam Date Other Countries UAE
December 2020 341 49
March 2021 59 29
Aug 2021 149 60
September 2021 76 44
October 2021 164 90
TOTAL 789 272

21. Students writing multiple Exams
Number of
exams Jan - Dec 2021 Jan - Dec 2020 Jan - Dec 2019 Jan - Dec 2018
1 320119 (78.83%) 172360 (84.21%) 279853 (78.69%) 160797 (80.61%)
2 69558 (17.13%) 25713 (12.56%) 59074 (16.61%) 31958 (16.02%)
3 11293 (2.78%) 4797 (2.34%) 11294 (3.18%) 4497 (2.25%)
4 3184 (0.78%) 1214 (0.59%) 3187 (0.9%) 1601 (0.80%)
5 952 (0.23%) 318 (0.16%) 1386 (0.39%) 343 (0.17%)
6 581 (0.14%) 174 (0.09%) 499 (0.14%) 172 (0.09%)
7 186 (0.046%) 45 (0.02%) 146 (0.04%) 51 (0.03%)
8 91 (0.022%) 32 (0.02%) 85 (0.02%) 67 (0.03%)
9 55 (0.014%) 10 (0.004%) 41 (0.01%) -
10 32 (0.008%) 9 (0.004%) 40 (0.01%) -
11 20 (0.005%) 4 (0.002%) 16 (0.004%) -
12 31 (0.008%) 9 (0.004%) 24 (0.01%) -

22. Multiple Course takers: Jan-Dec 2021
Name Role College/Organization No. of courses
registered
RAHUL MADHAVAN PhD IISc 12
ANTHONY DA PIEDADE
FERNANDES student St. Xavier's College of Arts, Science and Commerce 12
PRASHANT DAIGAVANE faculty
GOVERNMENT COLLEGE OF
ENGINEERING,NAGPUR 12
NATASHA SHARMA faculty ALAKH PRAKASH GOYAL SHIMLA UNIVERSITY 12
SHYAM SUNDAR SARMA faculty Gauhati University 12
RAJIV K RAMAN employed Indian Institute for Human Settlements 12
GIRI T faculty SAN academy of architecture 12
TYAGI SANJEEVKUMAR
RAMESHCHAND employed
PUBLIC HEALTH ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT,
HARYANA 12
CHANDANKRISHNA
MUKHERJEE faculty
SHRAMA SADHANA BOMBAY TRUST'S COLLEGE OF
ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY 12
PRABHAKAR NIGAM employed SEIPL 12
BALACHANDRA
KUMARASWAMY faculty BMS College of Engineering 12
MUKUNDAN SANTHANAM employed Tata motors 12
DR S HENRY KISHORE faculty SRI KRISHNA ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE 12

23. Multiple Course takers: Jan-Dec 2021
Name Role College/Organization No. of courses
registered
KALIDINDI RAGHAVENDRA
RAJU employed M/s Jamipol LTD 12
PRAGYAN BHARADWAJ student
GIRIJANANDA CHOWDHURY INSTITUTE OF
MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY,AZARA 12
R GANESH student
GEETHANJALI COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND
TECHNOLOGY 12
DR S HARI KRISHNA faculty
VIGNANA BHARATHI INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY,HYDERABAD 12
RAMAKRISHNA M V faculty SURVEY,SETTLEMENT TRAINING INSTITUTE, MYSURU 12
K SRINIVASAN faculty RAJARSHI SHAHU MAHAVIDYALAYA 12
CHAITANYA ROOP TEJASWI student
BIRLA VISHVAKARMA MAHAVIDYALAYA ENGINEERING
COLLEGE 12
SREEKANTH KAVURI faculty
RAJIV GANDHI UNIVERSITY OF KNOWLEDGE &
TECHNOLOGY, NUZVID 12
ATREYEE MOHESH student NEW HORIZON COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING 12
RAKESH KUMAR SRIVASTAVA faculty GAUTAM BUDDHA UNIVERSITY 12
ANANDA KUMAR employed BHEL 12
NAGENDRA SINGH faculty INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY, AGRA 12
ABINASH MOHAPATRA employed Caterpillar India Private Limited 12

24. NPTEL STARS Jul-Dec 2019 Jan-Dec 2020 Jan-Apr 2021
NPTEL DOMAIN
SCHOLARS
8 50 75
NPTEL
SUPERSTARS
20 51 22
NPTEL
EVANGELISTS
25 34 -
NPTEL
MOTIVATED
LEARNERS
189 135 113
NPTEL
ENTHUSIASTS
304 150 139
NPTEL
DISCIPLINE
STARS
1288 497 396
NPTEL
BELIEVERS
369 957 315

25. Number of courses - registered and present (all-time)
Number of
courses
Number of
candidates
1 561680
2 142015
3 48425
4 20714
5 8186
6 3356
7 1525
8 745
9 401
10 254
11 172
12 99
13 95
14 55
15 41
16 30
17 18
18 25
Number of
courses
Number of
candidates
19 11
20 10
21 8
22 5
23 2
24 9
25 6
26 3
27 1
28 3
29 1
30 2
31 1
32 3
33 1
34 1
47 1

26. Highest Number of NPTEL Course Takers
Name Role College/Organization No. of courses
P K P AADITYA VIGNESH other DRDO Bhubaneshwar 47
SIKINAM VENKATESWARLU employed TSGENCO 34
SHUBHAM AWASTHI faculty GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING COLLEGE BANSWARA 33
SENTHIL KUMAR B faculty ST.JOSEPHS COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING 32
JISHNU V S student COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING PERUMON 32
ASHOK P Faculty
PRINCE SHRI VENKATESHWARA PADMAVATHY
ENGINEERING COLLEGE 32
VIJAY MORE Faculty SHRI SHIVAJI COLLEGE 31
ASHWANI KUMAR KANSAL faculty Kasturba Institute of Technology 30
BODABALLA SAI VENKATA
KRISHNA faculty
MEGHA INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND
TECHNOLOGY FOR WOMEN 30
DABGAR MILAV JAYESHKUMAR faculty Government Polytechnic Palanpur 29
WAYPHALE NILESH SHIVAJI other PLATEMASTERS 28
DR S HARI KRISHNA faculty
VIGNANA BHARATHI INSTITUTE OF
TECHNOLOGY,HYDERABAD 28
MAYUKH DAS student NETAJI SUBHASH ENGINEERING COLLEGE 28
S V PHANINDRA NATHA NAIDU faculty
St. AUGUSTINE P.G. COLLEGE, GHATKESAR,
MEDCHAL DIST, TELANGANA 27
DR AJAY SAHEBRAO DESHMUKH faculty SHRI MUKTANAND COLLEGE 26

27. Students writing multiple Exams
17-Jan
1 exam – 38729 (92.70%) 3 exams – 287 (0.06%)
2 exams – 2627(6.28%) 4 exams – 132 (0.03%)
17-Jul
1 exam – 60683 (91.45%) 3 exams – 571(0.08%)
2 exams – 4859(7.32%) 4 exams – 241 (0.03%)
18-Jan
1 exam – 63486 (89.52%) 3 exams – 1473 (2.07%)
2 exams – 5193 (7.32%) 4 exams – 780 (1.09%)
18-Jul
1 exam – 129774 (89.98%) 3 exams – 1242 (0.86%)
2 exams – 12535 (8.69%) 4 exams – 664 (0.46%)
19-Jan
1 exam – 146580 (89.93%) 3 exams – 1629 (0.99%)
2 exams – 14046 (8.61%) 4 exams – 536 (0.32%)
5 exams – 93 (0.05%) 6 exams – 94 (0.05%)
19-Jul
1 exam – 181530 (90.8%) 3 exams – 3137 (1.57%)
2 exams – 14699 (7.35%) 4 exams – 393 (0.2%)
5 exams – 86 (0.04%) 6 exams – 80 (0.04%)
20-Jan
1 exam – 46901 (92.74%) 3 exams – 354 (0.7%)
2 exams – 3176 (6.28%) 4 exams – 105 (0.21%)
5 exams - 22 (0.04%) 6 exams - 12 (0.02%)
20-Jul
1 exam – 143284 (86.72%) 3 exams – 2606 (1.58%)
2 exams – 18601 (11.26%) 4 exams – 488 (0.3%)
5 exams - 146 (0.09%) 6 exams - 95 (0.06%)
21-Jan
1 exam – 189532 (84.69%) 3 exams – 3783 (1.69%)
2 exams – 29126 (13.01%) 4 exams – 887 (0.4%)
5 exams – 214 (0.1%) 6 exams – 260 (0.12%)
21-Jul
1 exam – 202382 (89.88%) 3 exams – 2069 (0.92%)
2 exams – 19849 (8.82%) 4 exams – 573 (0.25%)
5 exams – 157 (0.07%) 6 exams – 143 (0.06%)

28. Internships for Toppers
Institute
Name
2018 2019 2021
Summer Winter Summer Winter Summer
(Completed) (Completed) Completed Completed Completed
IIT Madras 6 8 11 8 5
IIT Kharagpur 4 5 13 4 10
IIT Bombay 1 1 1 1 2
IIT Roorkee 1 - 1 1 5
IIT Ropar 0 9 8 1 -
IISc
Bangalore 1 1 0 - 3
IIT Kanpur 0 2 4 1 -
IIT Tirupati 0 1 0 - -
IIT Delhi - - 1 - 4
IIT Guwahati - - - - 15
IISER Pune - - - - 1
Total 13 27 39 16 45
2020: No Internships due to COVID

29. GATE coaching portal is launched: https://gate.nptel.ac.in/
Phase I: Mapping of GATE questions to NPTEL videos, solution videos to GATE problems
Phase 2: Putting together courses with relevant videos for GATE preparation, Practice tests

30. 7 day/ 14 day training in soft skills for LC students - batch size 30
Completed for 20 LCs so far; 300 students+
Target in Nov/Dec 2021: Complete training for atleast 30-40
colleges per month
Group discussion sessions: 1930 students+
Mock interviews for NPTEL stars and toppers: 950+
New CSR partners: Sutherland (fee waivers), LKQ (soft skill
training), Delhivery, Amadeus (GATE portal)
Other activities: Soft skill training, CSR

31. T-shirts for NPTEL stars/Merchandise site
NPTEL MERCHANDISE: https://nptelmerch.in/

32. 4 weeks
(SET 1)
8 weeks
(SET 1)
12 weeks 4 weeks
(SET 2)
8 weeks
(SET 2)
Start of course Jan 24, 2022 Jan 24, 2022 Jan 24, 2022 Feb 14, 2022 Feb 14, 2022
End of course Feb 18,
2022
Mar 18, 2022 Apr 15, 2022 Mar 11, 2022 Apr 8, 2022
Exam dates Mar 27, 2022
2 Sessions on each date
9am-12 noon; 2pm-5pm
April 23/24, 2022
2 Sessions on each date
9am-12 noon; 2pm-5pm
Open enrollment to
the course
Nov 14, 2021
Close enrollment to
the course
Jan 31, 2022 - 5pm Feb 14, 2022 - 5pm
Open exam
registration form
Dec 13, 2021 - 10am
Close exam
registration form
Feb 14, 2022 5pm /
Feb 18, 2022 5pm
March 7, 2022 5pm /
March 11, 2022 5pm
Timeline for Jan 2022

33. THANK YOU