Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering: Open now for exam registration July 2021!

Dear Candidate,

Here is a golden opportunity for those who had previously enrolled in this course during the July 2020 semester, but could not participate in the exams or were absent/did not pass the exam for this course. This course is being reoffered in July 2021 and we are giving you another chance to write the exam in Sep/Oct 2021 and obtain a certificate based on NPTEL norms. Do not let go of this unique opportunity to earn a certificate from the IITs/IISc.

IMPORTANT instructions for learners - Please read this carefully

1. The exam date for this course: October 23, 2021
2. Certification exam registration URL is: https://examform.nptel.ac.in/   
Please fill the exam form using the same Enrolled email id & make fee payment via the form, as before.
3. Choose from the Cities where exam will be conducted:  Exam Cities
4. You DO NOT have to re-enroll in the courses. 
5. You DO NOT have to resubmit Assignments OR participate in the non-proctored 
programming exams.
6. If you do enroll to July 2021 course, we will take the best average assignment scores/non-proctored programming exam score across the two semesters

Our suggestion:
- Please check once if you have >= 40/100  in average assignment score and also participate in the non-proctored programming exams that will be conducted during this semester in the course to become eligible for the e-certificate, wherever applicable.
- If not, please submit Assignments again in the July 2021 course & and also participate in the non-proctored programming exams to become eligible for the e-certificate.
- You can also submit Assignments again and participate in the non-proctored programming exams if you want to better your previous scores.

RECOMMENDATION: Please enroll to the July 2021 course and brush up your lessons for the exam.

7. Exam fees: 

If you register for the exam and pay before Sep 13, 2021, 10:00 AM, Exam fees will be Rs. 1000/- per exam. 
If you register for exam before Sep 13, 2021, 10:00 AM and have not paid or if you register between Sep 13, 2021, 10:00 AM & Sep 17, 2021, 5:00 PM, Exam fees will be Rs. 1500/- per exam 

8. 50% fee waiver for the following categories: 

Students belonging to the SC/ST category: please select Yes for the SC/ST option and upload the correct Community certificate.

Students belonging to the PwD category with more than 40% disability: please select Yes for the option and upload the relevant Disability certificate. 

9. Last date for exam registration: Sep 17, 2021, 5:00 PM (Friday). 

10. Mode of payment: Online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking. 

11. HALL TICKET: 

The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively by 2 weeks prior to the exam date . We will confirm the same through an announcement once it is published. 

12. FOR CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LIKE TO WRITE MORE THAN 1 COURSE EXAM:- you can add or delete courses and pay separately – till the date when the exam form closes. Same day of exam – you can write exams for 2 courses in the 2 sessions. Same exam center will be allocated for both the sessions. 

13. Data changes: 

Last date for data changes: Sep 17, 2021, 5:00 PM: 

All the fields in the Exam form except for the following ones can be changed until the form closes. 

The following 6 fields can be changed ONLY when there are NO courses in the course cart. And you will be able to edit the following fields only if you: - 

REMOVE unpaid courses from the cart And/or - CANCEL paid courses 

1. Do you come under the SC/ST category? * 
2. SC/ST Proof 
3. Are you a person with disabilities? * 
4. Are you a person with disabilities above 40%? 
5. Disabilities Proof 
6. What is your role ? 

Note: Once you remove or cancel a course, you will be able to edit these fields immediately. 
But, for cancelled courses, refund of fees will be initiated only after 2 weeks. 

14. LAST DATE FOR CANCELLING EXAMS and getting a refund: Sep 17, 2021, 5:00 PM 

15. Click here to view Timeline and Guideline : Guideline 

Domain Certification
Domain Certification helps learners to gain expertise in a specific Area/Domain. This can be helpful for learners who wish to work in a particular area as part of their job or research or for those appearing for some competitive exam or becoming job ready or specialising in an area of study.  
 
Every domain will comprise Core courses and Elective courses. Once a learner completes the requisite courses per the mentioned criteria, you will receive a Domain Certificate showcasing your scores and the domain of expertise. Kindly refer to the following link for the list of courses available under each domain: https://nptel.ac.in/noc/Domain/discipline.html


Thanks & Regards, 
NPTEL TEAM

Thank you for learning with NPTEL!!

Dear Learner,

Thank you for taking the course with NPTEL!!
Hope you enjoyed the journey with us.
The results for this course have been published and we are closing this course now. 
You will still have access to the contents and assignments of this course, if you click on the course name from the "Mycourses" tab on swayam.gov.in.
The discussion forum is being closed though and you cannot ask questions here.

For any further queries please write to support@nptel.iitm.ac.in.

Enrollments are still open for 500+ courses for the Jan 2021 Semester!!!
Enrollment for First set of courses will be closed by Feb 1,2021
Please Click here to see the Final course list for Jan 2021:

- Team NPTEL

Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering: Results Published!

Dear Candidate,

The exam scores and E Certificates have been released for Dec 2020 Exam(s).

Step 1 - Are the results of my courses released?

Please check the Results published courses list in the below links.:-

July - Dec 2020 Exam - bit.ly/Jul-Dec2020

Step 2 - How to check Results?

Please login to internalapp.nptel.ac.in/ and check your exam results. Use the same login credentials as used to register to the exam.

What's next?

Please read the pass criteria carefully and check against what you have gotten.
If you still have any issue please report the same here internalapp.nptel.ac.in/. We will reply within a week.

Last date to report queries: 3 days within publishing of scores.

Note : 
  • If You have filled G-Form for Name/DOB changes, it will be reflected in your login and  E-Certificate after Jan 15th, 2021.
  • As announced earlier, hard copies of certificates will not be dispatched.
 
- NPTEL Team
Thanks and Best wishes. 

Feedback for Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering

Dear student,

We are glad that you have attended the NPTEL online certification course.

We hope you found the NPTEL Online course useful and have started using NPTEL extensively.

In this regard, we would like to have feedback from you regarding our course and whether there are any improvements, you would like to suggest.
 
We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations. Your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.

The link to give your feedback is: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1aTnn1IH0RJmSjkQXqzW6xi3iBj4Nrft4f98hHWaceOM/viewform

We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.


Thanks & Regards,

-NPTEL Team

Live session with Dr. Rachit Agarwal for the course Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering. Dec 10 ,2020, 4pm-5pm

Hello everyone,
You can interact LIVE with the Course Instructor Prof. Rachit Agarwal IISc, Bengaluru of the course – Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering

Date: December 10, 2020

Time: 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM


Enter your questions at https://forms.gle/AD23LNnJQoUKqGgL7

You can also ask your doubts during the session through the chat window.

We are looking forward to interacting with you!

We would also like to hear from you after the session. Request you to share your thoughts in the forum. 

Exam Format - July 2020!!

Dear Candidate,

Type of exam will be available in the list: Click Here


You will have to appear at the allotted exam center and produce your Hall ticket and Government Photo Identification Card (Example: Driving License, Passport, PAN card, Voter ID, Aadhaar-ID with your Name, date of birth, photograph and signature) for verification and take the exam in person. You can find the final allotted exam center details in the hall ticket.

The hall ticket is yet to be released .We will notify the same through email and SMS.

Type of exam: Computer based exam (Please check in the above list corresponding to your course name)

The questions will be on the computer and the answers will have to be entered on the computer; type of questions may include multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks, essay-type answers, etc.

Type of exam: Paper and pen Exam (Please check in the above list corresponding to your course name)

The questions will be on the computer. You will have to write your answers on sheets of paper and submit the answer sheets. Papers will be sent to the faculty for evaluation.

On-Screen Calculator Demo Link:

Kindly use the below link to get an idea of how the On-screen calculator will work during the exam.

https://tcsion.com/OnlineAssessment/ScientificCalculator/Calculator.html

NOTE: Physical calculators are not allowed inside the exam hall.



-NPTEL Team

Revaluation of questions in assignments

Dear all,
Since the following questions were flagged as ambiguous, we have removed these questions from the final assessment.

Assignment 1 Question 2 Question: Aqueous solubility of three drugs was tested at different pH. Rank them in increasing order of solubilities at pH.
Assignment 3 Question 9 Question: What is true for bio-erodible matrix delivery systems?
Assignment 6 Question 10 Question: Consider that insulin-releasing cells are embedded in a scaffold made of collagen. The rate of release from the scaffold is given by the equation: R=2.2 mol/s
Assignment 8 Question 9 Question: Calculate the aerodynamic diameter of a polymeric spherical particle with a diameter of two microns and density g/cc.Shape factor is 1, report answer in microns
Assignment 9 Question 3 Question: Which of the following approaches can be employed to reduce complement activation on a biomaterial surface?

 Best,
Drug Delivery Team

Drug Delivery Principles and Engineering: Week 12 content and assignment

Dear Learners,  

The lecture videos for Week 12 have been uploaded for the course Drug Delivery Principles and Engineering. The lectures can be accessed using the following link with your NPTEL login credentials: 
https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc20_bt24/unit?unit=74&lesson=75  


 The other lectures in this week are accessible from the navigation bar to the left.  

Assignment for Week 12 is uploaded and can be accessed from the following link:  

The assignment has to be submitted on or before Wednesday, [09-12-2020 23:59 IST].  

As we have done so far, please use the discussion forums if you have any questions on this module.  

Team Drug Delivery

Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering Week 11 content and assignment

Dear Learners,

The lecture videos for Week 11 have been uploaded for the course Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering. The lectures can be accessed using the following link with your NPTEL login credentials: 
https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc20_bt24/unit?unit=67&lesson=68

The other lectures in this week are accessible from the navigation bar to the left.

Assignment for Week 11 is uploaded and can be accessed from the following link: 
https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc20_bt24/unit?unit=67&assessment=117


The assignment has to be submitted on or before Wednesday, [02-12-2020 23:59 IST]. As we have done so far, please use the discussion forums if you have any questions on this module.

Drug Delivery Team

Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering Week 10 content and assignment

Dear Learners,
 
The lecture videos for Week 10 have been uploaded for the course Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering.

The lectures can be accessed using the following link with your NPTEL login credentials:
 https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc20_bt24/unit?unit=62&lesson=63
The other lectures in this week are accessible from the navigation bar to the left.

Assignment for Week 10 is uploaded and can be accessed from the following link:
https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc20_bt24/unit?unit=62&assessment=116

The assignment has to be submitted on or before Wednesday, [25-11-2020 23:59 IST].
As we have done so far, please use the discussion forums if you have any questions on this module.

Drug Delivery Team

Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering Week 9 content and assignment

Dear Learners, The lecture videos for Week 9 have been uploaded for the course Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering.

The lectures can be accessed using the following link with your NPTEL login credentials:

Link - https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc20_bt24/unit?unit=57&lesson=58

The other lectures in this week are accessible from the navigation bar to the left.

Assignment for Week 9 is uploaded and can be accessed from the following link:

Link - https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc20_bt24/unit?unit=57&assessment=114

The assignment has to be submitted on or before Wednesday, [18-11-2020 23:59 IST].

As we have done so far, please use the discussion forums if you have any questions on this module.

Kind regards
Team Drug delivery

Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering- Assignment 6,Question 10

Dear Students,
We recently realized that there is an error in Assignment 6, Question 10.
This question will be cancelled and the marks will be rectified shortly.

Sorry for the trouble.

Regards,
Team Drug Delivery.

Drug Delivery course - Assignment 8 , Q9

Hello everyone, we have noticed that for Q9 of assignment 8, the value of density is missing. 

Please consider the density as 4 g/cc. Everything else remains same in the question. 

Thank you for bringing this to our attention and regret the inconvenience caused. 

You can interact LIVE with the Course Instructor Prof. Rachit Agarwal IISc, Bengaluru of the course – Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering

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You can interact LIVE with the Course Instructor Prof. Rachit Agarwal IISc, Bengaluru of the course – Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering
Date: November 05, 2020
Time: 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Link to login to: https://youtu.be/UignM3J3eVs

Enter your questions at https://forms.gle/AD23LNnJQoUKqGgL7

You can also ask your doubts during the session through the chat window.
We are looking forward to interacting with you!

We would also like to hear from you after the session. Request you to share your thoughts in the forum. 

Drug delivery: Principles and Engineering-Assignment 8


The lecture videos for week 8 have been uploaded for the course. The lectures can be accessed using the following link with your NPTEL login credentials: 

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc20_bt24/unit?unit=51&lesson=52

The assignment 8 for the course Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering is now live!

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc20_bt24/unit?unit=51&assessment=112

The assignment has to be submitted on or before 11-11-2020 23:59 IST.

As we have done so far, please use the discussion forums if you have any questions on this module.
 
Drug Delivery Team

Assignment 7 for Course Drug delivery: Principles and Engineering


The lecture videos for week 7 have been uploaded for the course. The lectures can be accessed using the following link with your NPTEL login credentials: 

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc20_bt24/unit?unit=45&lesson=46

The assignment 7 for the course Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering is now live!

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc20_bt24/dashboard?action=edit_assessment&key=111

The assignment has to be submitted on or before 04-11-2020 23:59 IST.

Drug Delivery Course - Lecture slides

Hello everone, please use this link for access to the lecture slides. 

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZnldXIQmvSbZId870tUFl1dvEZDtm3Ug?usp=sharing

Hope this solves the issue. Please ignore any previous links that have been sent. 

Best wishes. 

Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering - assignment 6 now live!

Dear Students,


The lecture videos for week 6 have been uploaded for the course. The lectures can be accessed using the following link with your NPTEL login credentials: 

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc20_bt24/unit?unit=39&lesson=40

Assignment 6 is now live. 
You can access this assessment at this link:

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc20_bt24/unit?unit=39&assessment=106
The assignment has to be submitted on or before 28-10-2020 23:59 IST.

Slides for the course Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering

Dear All,
On popular demand, we are releasing the slides for the course Drug Delivery- Principles and Engineering in the following google Drive link:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Garh0MnAYGmWdKmf72jlscwrixfkizX8?usp=sharing 

Regards,
Team Drug Delivery.

Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering - assignment 5 now live!

Dear Students,

The lecture videos for week 5 have been uploaded for the course. The lectures can be accessed using the following link with your NPTEL login credentials: 

Assignment 5 is now live. 
You can access this assessment at this link:

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc20_bt24/unit?unit=33&assessment=105
The assignment has to be submitted on or before 21-10-2020 23:59 IST. 


Regards,
Team Drug Delivery.

Interact LIVE with the Course Instructor Prof. Rachit Agarwal IISc, Bengaluru of the course – Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering

You can interact LIVE with the Course Instructor Prof. Rachit Agarwal IISc, Bengaluru of the course – Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering
Date: October 15, 2020

Time: 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Link to login to: https://youtu.be/t4AZU2wKRsA
 
Enter your questions at https://forms.gle/Y3fwSTjTBv7UTAZXA

You can also ask your doubts during the session through the chat window.

We would also like to hear from you after the session. Request you to share your thoughts in the forum. 

Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering Assignment 4 now live!

Dear All,

The assignment 4 for the course Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering is now live.

You can access the contents here:

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc20_bt24/unit?unit=25&lesson=26

and the assignment here:

https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc20_bt24/unit?unit=25&assessment=103


Regards,
Team Drug Delivery.

Exam Registration form is open now - Register today!

Dear Learner, 


Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the July 2020 NPTEL course certification exam. 

1. The registration for the certification exam is open only to those learners who have enrolled in the course. 
2. If you want to register for the exam for this course, login here using the same email id which you had used to enroll to the course in Swayam portal. Please note that Assignments submitted through the exam registered email id ALONE will be taken into consideration towards final consolidated score & certification. 
3. Date of exam: December 19, 2020 
Certification exam registration URL is: https://examform.nptel.ac.in/ 
Choose from the Cities where exam will be conducted: Exam Cities 

4. Exam fees: 

If you register for the exam and pay before Oct 28, 10:00 AM, Exam fees will be Rs. 1000/- per exam. 
If you register for exam before Oct 28, 10:00 AM and have not paid or if you register between Oct 28, 10:00 AM & Nov 02, 5:00 PM, Exam fees will be Rs. 1500/- per exam 

5. 50% fee waiver for the following categories: 

Students belonging to the SC/ST category: please select Yes for the SC/ST option and upload the correct Community certificate.

Students belonging to the PwD category with more than 40% disability: please select Yes for the option and upload the relevant Disability certificate. 

6. Last date for exam registration: Nov 02, 2020 5:00 PM (Friday). 

7. Mode of payment: Online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking. 

8. HALL TICKET: 

The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively by 2 weeks prior to the exam date - between December 10-15, 2020. We will confirm the same through an announcement once it is published. 

9. FOR CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LIKE TO WRITE MORE THAN 1 COURSE EXAM:- you can add or delete courses and pay separately – till the date when the exam form closes. Same day of exam – you can write exams for 2 courses in the 2 sessions. Same exam center will be allocated for both the sessions. 

10. Data changes: 

Last date for data changes: 02 Nov 2020, 5:00 PM

All the fields in the Exam form except for the following ones can be changed until the form closes. 

The following 6 fields can be changed ONLY when there are NO courses in the course cart. And you will be able to edit the following fields only if you: - 

REMOVE unpaid courses from the cart And/or - CANCEL paid courses 

1. Do you come under the SC/ST category? * 
2. SC/ST Proof 
3. Are you a person with disabilities? * 
4. Are you a person with disabilities above 40%? 
5. Disabilities Proof 
6. What is your role ? 

Note: Once you remove or cancel a course, you will be able to edit these fields immediately. 
But, for cancelled courses, refund of fees will be initiated only after 2 weeks. 

11. LAST DATE FOR CANCELLING EXAMS and getting a refund: 02 Nov 2020, 5:00 PM 

12. Click here to view Timeline and Guideline : Guideline 

 Thanks & Regards, NPTEL TEAM

Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering Week 3 content and assignment

Dear Learners, 

The lecture videos for Week-3 have been uploaded for the course - Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering. The lectures can be accessed using the following link with your NPTEL login credentials: 

Link - https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc20_bt24/unit?unit=17&lesson=18

The other lectures in this week are accessible from the navigation bar to the left.  

Assignment for Week-3 is uploaded and can be accessed from the following link:

Link - https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc20_bt24/unit?unit=17&assessment=101


The assignment has to be submitted on or before Wednesday, [07-10-2020 23:59 IST].  
As we have done so far, please use the discussion forums if you have any questions on this module.

Kind regards,
Team Drug Delivery


Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering Week 2 content and assignment

Dear Learners,

The lecture videos for Week-2 have been uploaded for the course - Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering. The lectures can be accessed using the following link with your NPTEL login credentials:

Link - https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc20_bt24/course

The other lectures in this week are accessible from the navigation bar to the left.  

Assignment for Week-2 is uploaded and can be accessed from the following link:

Link - https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc20_bt24/unit?unit=11&assessment=98


The assignment has to be submitted on or before Wednesday, [30-09-2020 23:59 IST].  
As we have done so far, please use the discussion forums if you have any questions on this module.

Kind regards,
Team Drug Delivery


Correction in Assignment 1 Question 2

Dear all,

There is a small typo in Question 2 of Assignment 1. You have to rank drugs in increasing order of solubility at pH 6. 

Apologies for the inconvenience.

Kind regards,
Team Drug Delivery

Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering : Feedback on Text Transcripts (English) of NPTEL videos

Dear Learners,

We have uploaded the English transcripts for this course already.

We would like to hear from you, a quick feedback for the same. Please take a minute to fill out this form.

Click here to fill the form

-NPTEL Team

Assignment 1 is now online - Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering

Dear students,

The lecture videos for Week-1 have been uploaded for the course. The lectures can be accessed using the following link: 
Course URL 
https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc20_bt24/unit?unit=5&lesson=6

The other lectures in this week are accessible from the navigation bar to the left. Please remember to login into the website to view contents (if you aren't logged in already). 
Assignment for Week-1 is also uploaded and can be accessed from the following link:
https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc20_bt24/unit?unit=5&assessment=94


The assignment has to be submitted on or before Wednesday, [30-09-2020 23:59 IST]. 

As we have done so far, please use the discussion forums if you have any questions on this module. 

Kind regards,
Team drug delivery
  

Videos for Week 01 - Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering

Dear Learner, 

The lecture videos for Week-01 is available  for the course Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering. The lectures can be accessed using the following link:


Happy learning!

With best wishes,
NPTEL Team

Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering : Course is now available for NPTEL Domain Certification

Dear Learner

Have you decided which NPTEL domain you wish to pursue and specialise in?

You would have seen an earlier post from us about what an NPTEL domain is.

Do you know that this course you are enrolled to is part of the domain " Bioengineering"??

We have other courses that are part of this domain also being offered this semester and are open for enrollment.

Please check the link https://nptel.ac.in/noc/Domain/discipline/102/102_1.html to know more, so that you can enroll to other courses and attempt at earning the prestigious NPTEL Domain Certification.

Visit the URL to know who have completed NPTEL Domains so far: https://nptel.ac.in/nptelStars/DomainScholars.html




-NPTEL team

Want to specialize? Complete an NPTEL Domain!!

Dear Learner

NPTEL Provides 41 Domains across 10 Disciplines which makes learners an expert in a particular area.

Gear up for the Future, acing the competitive exam or becoming Job ready by specialising in an area of study.

For more details visit: https://nptel.ac.in/noc/Domain/

Watch the short informative video on this: https://youtu.be/peIFYcP7zbI

Stay Tuned for more exciting things.

-NPTEL Team

NPTEL : Keep in touch with us via Social Media

Dear Learner

You already must know NPTEL is providing course certificates to those who complete the course successfully, with the learning happening right at your home or where you are. But NPTEL also keeps bringing out new initiatives and courses - which we would like to keep you posted on.

Click the below links to like and follow us on Social Media for instant Updates:

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NPTELNoc
Twitter: https://twitter.com/nptelindia
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nptel-india-085866ba/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/swayam_nptel/

 Like and Follow us on Social Media. Let's create a better future by learning and growing together.

 -NPTEL Team.

Welcome to NPTEL Online Course : Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering

Dear Learner

Welcome to SWAYAM-NPTEL Online Courses and Certification!

Thank you for signing up for our online course "Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering". We wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.

*****REVISED START DATE AND EXAM DATE FOR JULY 2020****

Details regarding the course:
Name of the course: Drug Delivery: Principles and Engineering 
Course url: https://swayam.gov.in/nd1_noc20_bt24/preview
Course duration : 12 weeks 

The course will begin on 14 September 2020 When content is released on the portal, you will get an email alerting you.

CONTENT AND ASSIGNMENTS

Every week, about 2.5 to 4 hours of videos containing content by the Course instructor will be released along with an assignment based on this. Please watch the lectures, follow the course regularly and submit all assessments and assignments before the due date. Your regular participation is vital for learning and doing well in the course. This will be done week on week through the duration of the course.
Please do the assignments yourself and even if you take help, kindly try to learn from it. These assignment will help you prepare for the final exams. Plagiarism and violating the Honor code will be taken very seriously if detected during the submission of assignments.

ANNOUNCEMENT AND DISCUSSION GROUPS TO CLEAR DOUBTS:

The announcement group - will only have messages from course instructors and teaching assistants - regarding the lessons, assignments, exam registration, hall tickets etc.
The discussion forum (Ask a question tab on the portal) - is for everyone to ask questions and interact.Anyone who knows the answers can reply to anyone's post and the course instructor/TA will also respond to your queries. Please make maximum use of this feature as this will help you learn much better.
If you have any questions regarding the exam, registration, hall tickets, results, queries related to the technical content in the lectures, any doubts in the assignments, etc can be posted in the forum section

TO GET A CERTIFICATE - PROCESS AND CRITERIA:
The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 19 December 2020 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IISc Bangalore.It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

- NPTEL team