The Government College for Women, Kumbakonam, has launched its own multimedia to host the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) services. In doing so, the college has claimed, it has become the first government arts and science college in the country to undertake the venture.
The institution has deployed its own repository for launching the NPTEL resources that include more than 250 video courses on arts, science and humanities, made available through a Network Attached Storage (NAS) in the local area network of the college.
Wireless access to the multimedia portal has also been provided so that the students could individually benefit from the knowledge packet to hone their skills. The facility was possible due to the munificence of the University Grants Commission (UGC) that made available adequate funds for commissioning the portal and related services.
The NPTEL Coordinator R. Radha noted that the NPTEL resources would be a boon to the students hailing from the rural areas in getting exposed to video lectures of eminent professors of premier institutions such as the Indian Institute of Technology, Indian Institute of Science and Indian Institute of Management.
Incidentally, the college has been Wi-Fi enabled at a cost of Rs. 3.25 lakh granted by the UGC, catering to the requirement of 100 concurrent users and monitored through firewall, according Prof. Radha.
Becomes first government arts and science college in the country to undertake NPTEL
