Thursday, November 21, 2019

NPTEL Listing of online courses - 2020

NPTEL List of online Free Courses - 2020

Here is a complete list of 389 forthcoming courses offered by group of all IITs under NPTEL.

All courses are free to learners; if a certificate is required then there is an exam (written formal test  ) for a fee of RS 1000. Duration ranges from 4 weeks to 12 weeks. Courses cover all branches of engineering and technology. Quite a few are in multidisciplinary or humanities category all. 

Non-Engineers may benefit from courses like effective writing, spoken Sanskrit, German - basic & Advanced, Appreciating Indian Art, Cognitive psychology, Effective speaking etc. Ideal for learners among the elderly population. Go to the link to see the current catalog .





Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Empowerji App for Senior citizens to learn technology - smartphone



Empowerji App teaches a lot in a short time

Empowerji has come up with Empowerji App for senior citizens to learn technology using just a smart phone in their own homes at their own pace. Hundreds of useful "how to" type of videos - short ones - just 2 to 5 minutes each - are provided. Whether it is WhatsApp, OLA booking, locating train timings in mumbai, sharing your work - sories poems pictures etc with the community, shopping, booking cinema tickets - anything you can do with a smartphone -- you can find help on all of them in one place. See what the CEO has to say about empowering seniors through technology in this interview.