The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) was initiated by seven Indian Institutes of Technology (Bombay, Delhi, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, Guwahati and Roorkee) along with the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 2003 has been offering self-study courses across engineering, humanities and science streams for more than a decade. From March 2014 NPTEL has been offering online certification for its courses, the highlight being the certification exam through which the faculty and student gets an opportunity to earn a certificate from the IITs! Guru Tegh Bahadur Institute of Technology, Rajouri Garden, New Delhi is partnering as SWAYAM-NPTEL Local Chapter (LC-4326) since 9th February, 2021.
