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NPTEL (National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning) is a joint initiative of the IITs and IISc. Through this initiative, we offer online courses and certification in various topics. Online course: Free for all, Certification exam: For a nominal fee. Learn anytime, anywhere! Only requirement: Interest and enthusiasm to learn :) Ongoing July-Dec 2018: 269 courses:  Click here to view  the course list. Tentative Course List for Jan-April 2019 courses:   Click here to view  the course list. Exam registration for 269 courses are Closed. AICTE Approved FDP Course List  :  Click here to view  the course list. For New Users: 1.Click on the tab "Login" seen on the top right-hand corner. 2.Use a Google account enabled email id to login. 3.Choose your desired course.Go through the details in the course page, fill the details and click on the "Join" button to Enroll 4.If the course has content uploaded, you will be able to see it. Once ...

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GATE Online Application Processing System (GOAPS) is open for receiving applications. https://appsgate.iitm.ac.in  is the only official GATE 2019 online application portal. !!! Important Notices ·          Do you have any  Corrections   to be Incorporated in the completed application? GOAPS Portal opens for  corrections  from 25/9/2018    ·          Increase in application fee will be effective during the extended period, from  September 24, 2018 (Monday)  to  October 1, 2018 (Monday)    Application Fee with Dates Examination Centres in India During Sept 1-23, 2018 During the Extended Period (Sept 24 – Oct 1, 2018) SC/ST/PwD/Female Candidates ₹  750 ₹ 1250 All other Candidates ₹  1500 ₹  2000 Examination C...

A look at India’s deep digital literacy divide and why it needs to be bridged We need to start by understanding digital literacy rates for the public and private sector, and also education sector. We need data for the status, the progress and the proliferation of digitisation across regions, gender and social strata. By:  FE Bureau  | New Delhi |  Published: September 24, 2018 1:22 AM Bridging the great Indian digital literacy divide Always on, always available, always enabled—this is the world of Generation C (“connected”) who will have grown up in a primarily digital world by 2020, according to a recent report by PwC. Computers, internet, mobile phones, texting, social networking are an integral part of their world. Their familiarity with technology and reliance on mobile communications will transform the way this generation works, entertains, collaborates, consumes and creates. Experts predict that 26 billion or more sensors and devices will be connec...

Opinion | Implications of data mirroring It remains to be seen whether such a policy will backfire when it comes to the potential threat of data colonialism Data is the new oil and a driver of growth and change. Indeed, India is a supposed to become data rich before becoming economically rich. This digital growth is being pushed by large foreign digital companies. They are largely fuelled by the data of their users. And they are being welcomed by the establishment as is evident by the visits of the prime minister and Union information technology minister to Silicon Valley over the past few years as part of the Digital India campaign. Important sectors such as e-commerce, social media, digital entertainment, online communication, and information and communication technology (ICT) hardware in India are predominantly served by foreign companies, or domestic companies funded by foreign capital. Indian users today are accessing digital technology-driven services not only within I...