NPTEL Local Chapter
Final year UG and PG students are encouraged to take part in various courses offered by NPTEL (National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning), which will either enhance the knowledge level in their areas of interest . NPTEL is a project of MHRD initiated by seven Indian Institutes of Technology (Bombay, Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, Guwahati and Roorkee) along with the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 2003, to provide quality education to anyone interested in learning from the IITs. NPTEL’s main goal was to create web and video courses in all major branches of engineering and physical sciences at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels and management courses at the postgraduate level.
Sacred Heart College became a NPTEL-local chapter (ID # 1275) in 2017 and since then we see a good number of students taking up the online certificate courses of their choice.
The Statistical data of the enrollment process in NPTEL is shown below:
| Academic year | Number of Enrollments |
| 2017-18 | 5 |
| 2018-19 | 26 |
| 2019-20 | 49 |
| 2020-21 | 19 |
| 2021-22 | 406 |
| 2022-23 | 163 |
| 2023-24 | 723 |
| 2024-25 | 256+149* |
* Registration is still open
We see a great increase in the number of students taking part in the NPTEL each year and in the 2022-23 91% of the registered students qualified for the exams. In 2022-23 Praveena Pradeep (20UCHE3944) was recognized with NPTEL Discipline Star for the Chemistry and Biochemistry Course.
In 2023-24: DEVI NANDANA S was the topper in the course Introductory Organic Chemistry I and Praveena Pradeep was the topper in the course Spectroscopic Techniques for Pharmaceutical and Biopharmaceutical Industries
In July-Dec 2024 – 256 Students enrolled 21 students received certificates from NPTEL/SWAYAM during the July-Nov 2024 session with the following list of top 3 Toppers:
| No. | Course | Name | Roll Number | Certificate | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Animal Physiology | Veronica Antony | 24PZOO16354 | Elite+Silver | Topper of 2% in this course |
| 2 | Soft Skill Development | Pavithra K S | 24HCHE13814 | Elite | Topper of 5% in this course |
| 3 | Brand Management | Dhanalakshmi Menon | Faculty (SF Comm) | Elite | Topper of 5% in this course |
The students who had appeared for the final exams were satisfied with the online platform offered by NPTEL.