Coronavirus Lockdown: IIT Gandhinagar starts online courses

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar will offer online courses amid the ongoing lockdown period, to keep students engaged with their studies through their stay at home.

With the colleges and universities closed across the country, Online education has become the need of the hour. Many students and young professionals are opting for online courses to keep up with their academics. To avoid any academic loss, the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Gandhinagar has started online courses for the students.

Talking about these courses, Professor Kabeer Jasuja, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Studies, IIT Gandhinagar said that "the institute has taken two approaches to impart online learning. In the first approach, the students will be allowed to take up courses on online platforms,  where they can get a certification and earn credits at IIT Gandhinagar. The institute has selected 180 courses to help students from these platforms. There are 85 courses for Undergraduate students and 95 courses for Post Graduate students. These all courses are pre-approved and students can choose any course from this list and can earn up to 16 credits at IIT Gandhinagar.

In the second approach, the institute will offer seven courses that would be taught by the institute faculty online. A total of 155 students have registered for at least one course from the set of online courses offered by IIT Gandhinagar faculty, he added.

Earlier, Initiative for Geotechnical Research and Innovative Practice (iGrip) at the IIT Gandhinagar had launched a webinar series on Geostructures. The webinar series will be held on a weekly basis with the world experts of Civil Engineering, said an official statement.

Several IITs, IIMs and other educational institutions around the country are making use of online platforms to reach out to students and help them with their academics.

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