NPTEL has been offering self-study courses across engineering, humanities and science streams for more than a decade. To take this initiative forward and to encourage students in PESTIM, Shivamogga, we have started SWAYAM NPTEL Local Chapter on 7th January 2018 and engaged in a fruitful relationship with NPTEL in the college. This local chapter is led by Dr. Sunitha B. S HOD, Data Science, PESITM, Shivamogga, faculty member of the College, who is the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) to NPTEL center at IIT Madras. NPTEL resources are loaded with a total of 518 video courses and 426 web courses and shared on the Intranet on an Internal Server. PES Institute of Technology and Management – NPTEL Local Chapter College ID is 1498 as given by NPTEL.

Our college is recognized as an ACTIVE Local Chapter. Every year many students were motivated to register for NPTEL courses with the help of video lessons and web content to improve their employability and widen their knowledge base. The faculty members are also encouraged to do online courses to enhance their skills and improve the teaching-learning process. The NPTEL’s local chapter in the college has a coordinator in each department. The coordinators regularly interact with the students and to register for the courses. Every year the number of participants are increasing in this NPTEL Online Courses Certification (NOCs). The institute is extending financial aid to those faculties, who have completed the NPTEL course. Also, these additional certifications are considered as one of the factors for their annual increments.