NIT-T appointed as the National MOOCs Coordinator for offering Engineering Courses at UG & PG level by MHRD, GOI
Reference: NITTRICH/202603011907083489
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NIT Trichy
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Tamil Nadu
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01 Mar 2026
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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY: TIRUCHIRAPPALLI-620015 Press Release 15 May 2020 NIT, Tiruchirapalli appointed as the National MOOCs Coordinator for offering Engineering Courses at UG and PG level by MHRD, GOI Ministry of Human Resource Development has appointed NIT, Tiruchirappalli as the National MOOCs Coordinator for offering Engineering Courses at UG and PG level. This recognition comes at a time when teaching and learning is moving to digital platforms and there is great demand for good quality online courses. NIT Trichy is the first Engineering Institute to be added as a National Coordinator, after the consortium of NPTEL, for developing Engineering courses. Congratulating the Faculty, Students, Staff and Alumni of the Institute, Director, Prof. Mini Shaji Thomas informed that the courses planned by NIT Tiruchirappalli will cater to the needs of the Engineering students across India and the world. The Institute is planning to produce videos of international quality and will utilize the expertise of the faculty available in the NIT system. She attributed this recognition to the hard work put in by all stakeholders, Faculty, students, staff and alumni, which catapulted the Institute to the top 10 in Engineering and top 24 overall in the NIRF Rankings, which is bringing in laurels, including the Supercomputing facility, Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship and the SWAYAM National Coordinator position. SWAYAM is program initiated by GoI and designed to achieve the three cardinal principles of education policy viz., access, equity and quality. The objective of this effort is to take the best teaching learning resources to all, including the most disadvantaged. SWAYAM seeks to bridge the digital divide for students who have hitherto remained untouched by the digital revolution and have not been able to join the mainstream of the knowledge economy. SWAYAM has courses from 9th Class till This is done through a platform that facilitates hosting of all the courses, ta
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- Published 01 Mar 2026
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