Date:April 5th and 6th, 2011

Venue: IIT Madras

Participants profile: Faculty from various Engineering & Management colleges across India

Number of participants :47

Participant List:

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Speakers Profile:

1. Prof K. Mangala sunder – National coordinator of NPTEL
2. Prof. G. Srinivasan- Institute Coordinator NPTEL, IIT Madras.

Session Speakers:

1. Prof. M. Madhumathi,Dept of Management & studies, IIT Madras.
2. Prof. Biswajit Mahanty,Dept of Management & studies, IIT Kharagpur.
3. Prof. G. Srinivasan,Dept of Management & studies, IIT Madras.
4. Prof. Krishna Kumar, Dept of Mechanical Engineerng, IIT Madras.
5. Prof. S. K. Som, Dept of Mechanical Engineerng, IIT Kharagpur.
6. Prof. B.Maiti, Dept of Mechanical Engineerng, IIT Kharagpur.

Agenda:

Venue: Venue: ICSR , IIT Madras

DAY I - April 5th, 2011 Morning session

No	Time	Agenda
1	10.00-10.20 am	Registration
2	10.20-10.25 am	Welcome address by : Prof. G. Srinivasan, Institute NPTEL Coordinator, IIT Madras
3	10.25-10.40 am	History of NPTEL: Prof. M. S. Ananth, Chairman, PIC, NPTEL & Director, IIT Madras
4	10.40-11.00 am	Walk through of NPTEL Website and  Updates : Prof. K. Mangala Sunder, National Web Courses Coordinator & NPTEL Coordinator, IIT Madras
5	11.00-11.15 am	Tea break
6	11.15 -2.45 pm	Group I - Introduction to Finite Element Method by Prof. Krishna Kumar, IIT Madras Group II - Introduction to Financial Management  by Prof. Madhumathi, IIT Madras
7	12. 45-2.00 pm	Lunch

DAY I - April 5th, 2011 Afternoon session

No	Time	Agenda
8	2.00 - 3.30 pm	Group I - Introduction to Finite Element Method , continued by Prof. Krishna Kumar, IIT Madras Group II - Introduction to Financial Management,continued  by Prof. Madhumathi, IIT Madras
9	3.30 - 3.45 pm	Tea break
10	3.45 - 4.45 pm	Session feedback form submission
11	4.45 - 5.00 pm	TA Form Submission

DAY II - April 6th, 2011 Morning session

No	Time	Agenda
1	8.30 - 9.30 am	Group I -  Basic Thermodynamics by Prof. S. K. Som, IIT Kharagpur Group II -  Management Information System by Prof. Biswajit Mahanty, IIT Kharagpur
2	9.30 - 9.45 am	Tea break
3	9.45 - 10.45 am	Group I - Basic Thermodynamics by Prof. S. K. Som, IIT Kharagpur Group II - Management Information system by Prof. Biswajit Mahanty, IIT Kharagpur
4	10.45-12.45 pm	Group I - Design of Machine Elements – I by Prof. B. Maiti, IIT Kharagpur Group II - Fundamentals of Operations Research & Advanced Operations Research by Prof. G. Srinivasan, IIT Madras
5	12.45 - 2.00 pm	Lunch

DAY II - April 6th, 2011 Morning session

No	Time	Agenda
6	2.00 - 2.45 pm	Q & A session followed by feedback from participants
7	3.00 pm	High Tea

Summary:

NPTEL Course - Specific Workshop was organized by NPTEL, IIT Madras at the IC &SR Conference Halls (Hall 1 & Hall3), IIT Madras on April 5th and 6th, 2011.

Prof. G. Srinivan, Institute Coordinator NPTEL, IIT Madras welcomed the gathering and gave insight  about the workshop. Dr K. Mangala Sunder, National Coordinator - Web Courses gave his inaugural address. He gave a brief summary of the vision and mission of NPTEL. He stressed the importance of the purpose and intent of any such e-content development programme and how one should make the best use of them in the absence of a good teacher/peer group.

The workshop brought several college faculty members under one roof to discuss the coverage of NPTEL courses, learn from the workshop and gain experiences and plan actions for rolling - out similar learning experiences in respective colleges. It aimed at evolving a model through which a pool of highly capable and talented faculty who might be young and inexperienced otherwise be motivated to teach well and take up the career as a permanent opportunity. Plenary Session speakers were SMEs who have developed the course under NPTEL Phase I. There were 6 Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) who took part in this workshop. This workshop focused 6 courses from Mechanical Engineering and Management branches. The participants were grouped in their respective branch session and the sessions were held parallel for two days.

On 5th April, In the post lunch session, Prof. K. Mangala Sunder expressed his happiness and thanked SMES for their extended wholehearted support and participants were provided with certificates and TA reimbursement, followed by the collection of feedback forms.