DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING Indian Institute Of Technology Madras

|NPTEL Course Approval Procedure


NPTEL courses do not require prior enrollment or registration through the Institute. Credits earned through NPTEL courses shall be outside the 66-credit limit per semester . A maximum of 21 B.Tech elective credits may be earned through NPTEL.
 Only B.Tech Free Elective credits* shall be permitted through NPTEL. Core courses and Dual Degree / M.Tech-level elective credits shall not be permitted through NPTEL.  
 *One Humanities(H) elective may be credited through NPTEL.
Procedure:
  • Upon obtaining the NPTEL pass certificate, the student shall upload a copy in the Workflow under General → Student Ticket.
  • For NPTEL credits under the Free Elective category, approval of the Faculty Advisor (auto-mapped in the workflow) shall be sufficient. Such requests shall not be routed through the HoD.
  • For NPTEL credits under the Humanities (H) category, the concerned HoD (Department of Humanities and Social Sciences) shall approve the offline copy of the certificate prior to uploading.
  • Under the Humanities (H) category, a maximum of 9 credits may be permitted. Out of the total 27 credits prescribed for the H category, a minimum of 18 credits shall be earned from IIT Madras or through an approved exchange semester.