IBM experts to conduct free technical sessions for IITM’s online BSc degree programme

IBM experts will also co-offer a quantum computing course on the NPTEL platform and augment select NPTEL courses such as data science and artificial intelligence (AI) with technical inputs that will help provide students with a current industry perspective.  

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras is going to collaborate with IBM (NYSE: IBM) on the institute’s online BSc degree programme and augment select courses on the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) platform.  

IBM experts will conduct technical sessions for NPTEL partner colleges through their local chapters and for the IITM’s online BSc degree programme. These sessions will be free of cost and made available on the NPTEL and IIT Madras’ online platforms. The engagement will further strengthen IBM’s and NPTEL’s commitment on various initiatives to bring top-tier courses and new-collar employability skills to any student from a rural or non-urban area in India. 

Mona Bharadwaj, Global University Programmes Leader, IBM India, said, “IBM has been working with various government and academic institutions to improve the technical education avenues and the engagement with IIT Madras and NPTEL is a significant milestone in this journey. The collaboration will help equip students with 21st-century skill sets that can build new career paths.” 

Prof Andrew Thangaraj, Coordinator, NPTEL, IIT Madras, said, “IITs and IISc are able to reach out to a large number of learners through the NPTEL platform. NPTEL currently works with more than 4,000 colleges in engineering, arts, commerce, science, and management disciplines across the country. Many students are taking NPTEL certification exams as it helps them in improving their employability. NPTEL has been working towards bringing in an industry perspective to its technically rich courses and is partnering with companies to co-offer the courses. Experts and senior leaders from companies are contributing through their LIVE sessions on various technologies and are giving career guidance to the NPTEL learners. We are very happy to partner with IBM in this outreach initiative.”  

Online technical sessions will provide industry insights to students 

Prof Prathap Haridoss, Dean (Academic Courses), IIT Madras, said, “Online technical sessions from the IBM experts will provide industry insights to our students in the online BSc degree programme. Online mode of learning is making it very convenient for industry-academia partnerships. We are happy to partner with IBM and look forward to collaborating in more such areas.” 

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