OBE and Accreditation

By Prof. N J Rao, Prof K Rajanikanth | IISc Bangalore, MSRIT

Learners enrolled: 933 | Exam registration: 20

ABOUT THE COURSE:

Engineering programs in India need to be offered as per the guidelines given by the AICTE. These programs need to be accredited by the National Board of Accreditation (NBA). Higher Educational Institutions (HEIs) offering higher education programs including engineering are to be accredited by the National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC). All the three agencies require the programs to be conducted to attain stated outcomes at the program level and at the level of its curricular components (Outcome Based Education). The NBA requires, since 2015, all engineering programs attain the specified Program Outcomes and demonstrate that they are continuously improving their performance. All teaching and learning activities in HEIs should be planned and conducted to facilitate the students to attain well defined and measurable Outcomes (OBE). Every HEI should periodically demonstrate to all its stakeholders that it is continuously moving towards its stated vision. Accreditation is a process of quality assurance and improvement, whereby a program in an approved Institution is critically appraised to verify that the Institution or the program continues to meet and/or exceed the Norms and Standards prescribed by the regulator from time to time.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Aspiring/Newly Recruited/Practicing Engineering Teachers

PREREQUISITES: BE/ME

INDUSTRY SUPPORT: This course is relevant to engineering colleges

Summary

Course Status :	Upcoming
Course Type :	Elective
Language for course content :	English
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Multidisciplinary Faculty Domain for Experienced
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Postgraduate
Start Date :	21 Jul 2025
End Date :	10 Oct 2025
Enrollment Ends :	28 Jul 2025
Exam Registration Ends :	15 Aug 2025
Exam Date :	02 Nov 2025 IST
NCrF Level	4.5 — 8.0

Note: This exam date is subject to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: Overview of Outcome Based Education in Engineering in India

Week 2: Program Educational Objectives and Program Outcomes

Week 3: Program Specific Outcomes and Cognitive Levels of Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy

Week 4: Categories of Knowledge and Taxonomy Table

Week 5: Psychomotor and Affective domains, Emotional Intelligence, and Spiritual Intelligence

Week 6: Writing measurable course outcomes and computation of course outcomes

Week 7: Computation of attainment of POs and PSOs, and overview of NBA accreditation

Week 8: NBA Criteria 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6

Week 9: NBA Criteria 5, 7, 8, and 9

Week 10: NAAC Accreditation Criteria 1 and 2

Week 11: NAAC Accreditation Criteria 3 and 4

Week 12: NAAC Accreditation Criteria 5, 6, and 7

Instructor bio

Prof. N J Rao

IISc Bangalore

Prof. N.J. Rao ,Previously the Chairman of CEDT (Centre for Electronics Design and Technology, IISc during 1981 – 1996, and Chairman, Department of Management Studies during 1998 – 2006, and superannuated as Professor at CEDT in July 2006. Was a Consulting Professor at International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Bangalore, a member of several committees associated with NBA, and a member of the Core Committee that defined the new Accreditation processes of NAAC. Research areas included Control Systems and System Dynamics. Present research interests include higher education, pedagogy and education technologies, particularly assessment and metacognition. Presently working with Department of Higher Education, Kerala for improving quality of learning in Higher Education Degree Colleges, and several engineering colleges for curriculum design, pedagogy and quality of learning. Has designed and has been conducting a wide range of faculty development programs on NBA Accreditation, Curriculum Design, Course Design, OBE, and Assessment. Offered MOOC programs TALE (Teaching and Learning in Engineering) and TALG (Teaching and Learning in General Programs) through NPTEL.

Prof K Rajanikanth

MSRIT

Prof K Rajanikanth Former Advisor, Principal, Professor in Information Science & Engineering - M S Ramaiah Institute of Technology (MSRIT).

Academic Qualifications:

B E (Electrical): Govt College of Engineering, Ananthapur, Sri Venkateswara University
M.E & Ph.D: School of Automation, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore

Academic Experience (Reverse Chronological Order):

Advisor (Academics & Research), MSRIT, Bangalore
Principal, MSRIT, Bangalore
Vice Principal, MSRIT, Bangalore
Professor & Head, MSRIT, Bangalore
Professor & Head, Kakatiya Institute of Technology and Science, Warangal
Senior Scientific Officer, Center for Electronics Design and Technology, IISc, Bangalore
Scientific Officer, Center for Microprocessor Applications, IISc, Bangalore

Industrial Experience:

Chairman and Technical Director, Electro Systems Associates Pvt Ltd, Bangalore.

Services to the Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belagavi:
Former Member: Academic Senate, Staff Recruitment Committee, VIAT Implementation Committee, Faculty Advisory Committee, Finance Committee, Investment Sub-Committee.
Former Chairman: Board of Studies in Computer Science / Information Science/ MCA, Research Review Committee in Computer Science etc.
Continuing to serve VTU in various committees.

R&D:

1.As Technical Director of ESA, designed and developed a variety of Microprocessor / Microcontroller Based Products which are presently being used widely in the country; developed several Custom-Designed systems for ADA, BPL. IPA etc; and developed several developmental tools for industrial applications.
2.Technical Consultant for MSRIT project on Life Cycle Cost Estimation for Defence Equipment for DRDO.
Publications in Several International / National Conferences & Journals

Current Interests:

1.Software Engineering, Embedded Systems, Computer Networks, Mobile Networks.
2. Engineering Education

Course certificate

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: November 02, 2025 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

Please note that assignments encompass all types (including quizzes, programming tasks, and essay submissions) available in the specific week.

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

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