Basic course in Biomedical Research- Cycle 4: Result Published!

Dear Candidate,

The exam scores and E Certificates have been released for Sep 26, 2021 Exam(s).

Step 1 - Are the results of my courses released?
Please check the Results published courses list in the below links.:-
Sep 26, 2021 Exam - Click here

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 issues, 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 :

  • Hard copies of certificates will not be dispatched.
  • The duration shown in the certificate will be based on the timeline of offering of the course in 2021, irrespective of which Assignment score that will be considered.
Thanks and Best wishes.
NPTEL Team


Hall Ticket for September 26,2021 exam has been released!!

Dear Candidate,

This is applicable only for the Exam registered candidates!!!!

Hall Ticket for September 26,2021 exam has been released!!

Please login to https://internalapp.nptel.ac.in/ using your exam registered email id and download your hall ticket.

Please Note:
  • Please come to the exam centre with the printout of the same hall ticket, along with a valid govt. approved photo id card.
  • Please read the instructions that are given on the hall ticket before coming to the exam.

IMPORTANT:
  • Requests for changes in exam city, exam center, session, or course will NOT be entertained. 
  • Please write to noc21-md04@nptel.iitm.ac.in for any further queries.

You would have also received an Individual email regarding release of hall ticket if you have registered for exam.


-Warm Regards,

BCBR Team


BCBR cycle 4 : Exam Registration for October exams is Extended till September 22 - 5:00 PM - Register Today!!

Dear Learner, 

Please note that the Exam Registration for the exam to be conducted on October 23/24, 2021 is ongoing.

Read below for more details:

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. 

3Date of exam: October 23/24, 2021.
Certification exam registration URL is: https://examform.nptel.ac.in/ 
Choose from the Cities where exam will be conducted:  Exam cities

4. Last date for exam registration: September 22, 2021, 5:00 PM (Wednesday). 

EXAM FEES:
Exam fees will be Rs. 1000/- per exam. 
(We are not changing it to Rs 1500/- this time due to covid exemption ; it will be Rs 1000/- till September 22,2021)

Click here to view Timeline and Guideline : Guideline 

For more details please check our previous announcement on the course page.

Thanks and Regards,
NPTEL TEAM.


BCBR cycle 4: Exam Registration for September exams is Extended- Register Today!!

Dear Learner, 

Please note that the Exam Registration for the exam to be conducted on September 26, 2021 is ongoing.

Read below for more details:

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 the Swayam portal. Please note that Assignments submitted through the exam registered email id ALONE will be taken into consideration towards final consolidated score & certification. 

3Date of exam: September 26, 2021.
Certification exam registration URL is: https://examform.nptel.ac.in/ 
Choose from the Cities where exam will be conducted:  Exam cities

4. Last date for exam registration extended till : August 27, 2021, 5:00 PM (Friday). 

EXAM FEES:
Exam fees will be Rs. 1000/- per exam. 
(We are not changing it to Rs 1500/- this time due to covid exemption ; it will be Rs 1000/- till August 27,2021)

Click here to view Timeline and Guideline : Guideline 

For more details please check our previous announcement on the course page.

Thanks and Regards,
NPTEL TEAM.


BCBR-Cycle 4: Exam Registration is open now for July 2021 courses!

Dear Learner, 


Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the July 2021 NPTEL course certification exam. 

Note: You will get access to the exam form based on your eligibility criteria, you may have received an email about your eligibility to register fir exam, please check your email for more details


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: September 26, 2021, October 23, 2021,  October 24, 2021

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 choose September 26, 2021 as exam date:


If you register for the exam and pay before August 16, 2021, 10:00 AM, Exam fees will be Rs. 1000/- per exam

If you register for exam before August 16, 2021, 10:00 AM and have not paid or if you register between August 16, 2021, 10:00 AM & August 20, 2021, 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: August 20, 2021, 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 . 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: August 20, 2021, 5:00 PM.



If you choose October 23, 2021,  October 24, 2021 as exam date:


4. 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 


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: Sep 17, 2021, 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 . 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: 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. 


11. LAST DATE FOR CANCELLING EXAMS and getting a refund: August 20, 2021, 5:00 PM (If you chooseSeptember 26, 2021 as exam date)

      LAST DATE FOR CANCELLING EXAMS and getting a refund: Sep 17, 2021, 5:00 PM (If you choose October 23, 2021,  October 24, 2021 as exam date)


12. Click here to view Timeline and Guideline : Guideline  For any queries please write to noc21-md04@nptel.iitm.ac.in


 Thanks & Regards, 

NPTEL TEAM


Assignment evaluation changes

Assignment evaluation changes

Dear course participant,

This is to inform you about the changes in the evaluation of Basic Course in Biomedical Research cycle 4 assignment (Mar-June 2021). The following questions were identified to have issues in them and therefore they are not considered for scoring. For each lecture, the score obtained is calculated as a percentage based on the number of valid questions.
 
Details are given below:

Assignment 18: Overview of Data Analysis

Question no: 10. In a nutritional survey conducted among 300 adolescent girls in Bhopal city, it was found that the mean energy intake was 1400 Kcal/day. Also, it was seen that 1/3rd of the girls were consuming <1300 Kcal/day (low energy intake). Half of the study population belonged to lower social-economic class and among them 90 were found to have low energy intake. Calculate the measure of association between lower socio-economic class and low energy intake.
 a) 12
 b) 21
 c) 6
 d) 9

Remark: Answer key is wrong

Explanation: This is an analytical cross-sectional study. The appropriate measure of association is prevalence ratio. 



Hence the correct answer is d) 9
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Assignment 13: Selection of Study Subjects

Question 8: State whether true or false. Biases can affect both internal and external validity.

 a) True

 b) True

Remark: Both the responses are given as TRUE. The correct answer is TRUE.
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- BCBR Team


4.14 Release of assignment score

Release of assignment score

Dear course participant,

1.      You can check your lecture wise assignment scores under the ‘Progress’ tab in your course page.

2.     Those who have not scored the minimum eligibility of 50% in the assignments are ineligible to appear for the final proctored exams in cycle 4. 
        They have to enroll in for the next available cycle and redo the course.

- BCBR Team


4.13 Announcement: SnapStats Session – Ask your Queries to Experts from BCBR


Dear course participants,


We hope you are staying safe.

 

The BCBR team at ICMR-NIE had initiated ‘SnapStats’ to augment the core learning among participants of BCBR. Accordingly, a series of live Webcasts are being streamed through YouTube Live.

 

As part of the SnapStats programme, we have planned for a special Q&A session, wherein Experts from BCBR clarify the doubts and queries from the participants in a live interactive session.

The live interactive session 'Ask the BCBR Experts' is tentatively scheduled on 2nd July 2021,

 

Use google form attached to pose questions on your own biomedical research projects to ICMR-NIE experts.

 

https://forms.gle/3KgP66FbmP78tdNh6

 

 

These will be answered by the experts during the designated SnapStats session.

 

Watch the sessions live at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOz-4lufxxfm4njksLDs9Cg

 

 

Wish you a happy learning experience!


- BCBR Team  


4.12 Reminder for assignment submission

Hurry up! Assignment submission window ends soon

1.      The last date for assignment submission is 30 June 2021 (2021-06-30, 23:59 IST, Wednesday)

2.      A minimum of 50% in total assignment score is essential to register for the final proctored examination

- BCBR Team 


4.11 Reminder for assignment submission

Reminder for assignment submission


1.      The last date for assignment submission is 30 June 2021 (2021-06-30, 23:59 IST, Wednesday)
2.      A minimum of 50% in total assignment score is essential to register for the final proctored examination.

- BCBR Team


4.10 Session feedback - Cycle 4

Session Feedback for BCBR – Cycle 4

Dear course participants,

1.    Kindly give your lecture-wise feedback by clicking on "CLICK HERE" provided under the session feedback section in the bottom of
      each lecture page.

      2.   Your feedback is completely anonymous and it will used for continuous improvement of the course.

- BCBR Team


4.9 Reminder for assignment submission

Reminder for assignment submission

 1.      The last date for assignment submission is 30 June 2021 (2021-06-30, 23:59 IST, Wednesday)
 2.      A minimum of 50% in total assignment score is essential to register for the final proctored examination.

- BCBR Team



4.8 Enrollment closes soon for "Basic Course in Biomedical Research - Cycle 4 (Mar-Jun 2021)

Enrollment closes soon for "Basic Course in Biomedical Research - Cycle 4 (Mar-Jun 2021)”

1. The last date for enrollment is 31 May 2021 23:59 IST (Monday)

2. To enroll please click on https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc21_md04/preview

3. No further extension of date for enrollment for the current cycle

4. Pass this information to your friends/colleagues who are not enrolled in this course


- BCBR Team


4.7 Enrollment closes soon for "Basic Course in Biomedical Research - Cycle 4 (Mar-Jun 2021)

Enrollment closes soon for "Basic Course in Biomedical Research - Cycle 4 (Mar-Jun 2021)”

1. The last date for enrollment is 31 May 2021 23:59 IST (Monday)

2. To enroll please click on https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc21_md04/preview

3. No further extension of date for enrollment for the current cycle

4. Pass this information to your friends/colleagues who are not enrolled in this course


4.6 Lecture 24: Manuscript Writing and Lecture 25: Grant Proposal Writing

Release of new video lectures
Dear course participants,

You can now access two new video lectures, Lecture 24: Manuscript Writing and Lecture 25: Grant Proposal Writing. These lectures are non-graded and do not form a part of your assessment. 

Wish you a happy learning experience.         

- BCBR faculty


Announcement: SnapStats postponed until further announcement

Dear course participants,

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic situation we are not able to telecast the next Snapstats session as planned. Hence, it’s postponed until further announcement.

- BCBR team


4.5 Announcement: SnapStats Session 2 - Confidence Intervals

Announcement on Webcasting Programme 



Dear course  participants,


We hope you are staying safe. 

We are happy to announce the second session of SnapStats on YouTube Live.

Join us tomorrow for a brief talk on “Confidence intervals”.

Don't miss the opportunity to interact with the speakers with your queries and doubts.

Kindly share this information with your friends as well.

Date: 30-04-2021, Friday

Time: 04:00 - 04:30 P.M.

Webcast link:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOz-4lufxxfm4njksLDs9Cg

If you missed our first session on "What is p-value?", kindly watch it here (https://youtu.be/vR3UsqayhU8)

Details of future sessions will be communicated later.

Wish you a happy learning experience!

- BCBR Team   


4.4 Announcement: First Session of SnapStats on “What is p-value?”

Announcement on Webcasting programme



Dear course participants,


We hope you are staying safe.

 

To support the core lectures on biomedical research, we are launching SnapStats: a series of short interactive webcast on YouTube Live on topics of interest to you.

 

Join us for the first SnapStats session on “What is p-value?”  tomorrow.

 

Date: 16-04-2021, Friday

 

Time: 04:00 - 04:30 P.M.

 

Webcast link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOz-4lufxxfm4njksLDs9Cg/featured

 

Details of future sessions will be communicated later.

 

Wish you a happy learning experience!



- BCBR Team     


4.1 Welcome to Basic Course in Biomedical Research




Dear course participants,

We thank you for joining the online course Basic Course in Biomedical Research Cycle 4 (March-June 2021).  You can now access the course lectures.

Before you start the course we would like you to go through the points mentioned below to have a smooth experience till you complete the course.

1. Use a single email ID for this course till completion. Make a note of the password of your email. We do not store your password and hence it will not
        be possible for us to retrieve your password if you forget it or lose it. The password can be retrieved using the ‘forgot password’ option of your email
        provider (for e.g., Gmail). However, in case you forget your login ID we will be able to retrieve your email ID based on the unique mobile number you
        used while registration.

2. While registering for the course, enter the 10 digit mobile number that you use personally which is unique to you. Do not leave it blank or use
        another person’s mobile number. You will get important updates in the entered mobile number.

3. Kindly go through the tutorial videos on how to - enroll, edit your profile, enter the details correctly in your profile, access the course contents,
        submit assignments, use discussion forum, give feedback and how to handle issues on forgot email ID/ password.

4.      Kindly go through the FAQs.

Wish you a happy learning experience!

- BCBR Team     
    


4.3 Release of assignments (Lectures 1-23) for Basic Course in Biomedical research Cycle 4

Assignments for lectures 1 to 23 are now available for your access

1.       The assignments consist of Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs)

2.       Each topic has 10 MCQs

3.       Each MCQ carries one mark

4.       There is no negative marking

5.       The deadline for submission of assignments is 23:59 pm on 30 June 2021 (Wednesday)

6.       You may submit the assignments any number of times before the deadline. i.e., 23:59 pm on 30 June 2021 (Wednesday)

7.       The final submission will be considered for scoring

8.       Your score will be shown only after the assignment submission deadline (i.e., after 30 Jun 2021)

Kindly watch this video on
how to submit the assignments.


-- BCBR Team



4.2 Do not use more than one email id to enroll in the course

The participant who enroll in this course should use the same email id as the course undergoes the following process

1.       Enrollment

2.       Submission of Assignments

3.       Receiving the eligibility mail for examination registration

4.       Examination registration

5.       Receiving hall ticket

6.       Proctored examination results

7.       Collecting e-Certificates

          Do not use more than one email id for enrollment and assignment submission to avoid receiving multiple confusing information
        for proctored examination

          You will receive all notifications related to the course to your enrolled email id only

          The responsibility of keeping the email id valid till the end of the course lies with the participant. Hence, it is recommended that
         the participant preserves the enrollment credentials (i.e., username and password) securely throughout the course

 

- BCBR Team