By pursuing SWAYAM online credit courses Engineering students will be able to expand their horizons in terms of their knowledge domain
The All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE ) has recently introduced SWAYAM online credit courses on Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and Remote Sensing to increase high-tech culture among students. Non-engineering students can also pursue these online credit courses, which will be taught by professors of eminent institutes in the country.
While pursuing the two online credit courses on IPR and Remote Sensing, students will study the introductory aspects of IPR and the basics of Remote Sensing and applications related to Geographic Information System (GIS) and Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology, respectively. The duration of the online credit courses would be of 15-16 weeks. AICTE is focusing on educating more students living in the rural belt.
Speaking to Education Times, Rajive Kumar, member secretary, AICTE, says, “The latest SWAYAM online credit courses on IPR and Basics of Remote Sensing that has been introduced by us can even be opted by the non-engineering students. However, students from an engineering andScience background would be more inclined to take up these online credit courses as they are interrelated with Science and engineering streams. Remote Sensing is an emerging technology, which is taught by professors from the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing (IIRS), Dehradun , while professors from IIT Kharagpur will teach the course on IPR.” Students can register on the SWAYAM portal.
Buddha Chandrasekhar , chief coordinating officer, AICTE, Ministry of Education , says, “The new online credit courses that are introduced have been conceived and designed to provide engineering students with an opportunity to learn beyond their technical curriculum. By pursuing these online credit courses, students will be able to expand their higher-order thinking skills. The online credit course on IPR is crucial for innovators and research-oriented engineers who intend to deep dive into product development and establish start-ups. Courses on Remote Sensing and Geospatial technologies are specialised technical areas with a multidisciplinary target audience. It would help all engineering students to familiarise themselves with the fundamentals and diverse future practical applications like IoT , 5G, etc. In the IPR online credit course, students will be given an introduction to understanding the significance of Intellectual Property Rights in the global business domain. While studying the course on Remote Sensing, students will get to study the basics of Remote Sensing and the applications related to GIS and GNSS technology. The duration of the newly introduced online credit courses would be of 15-16 hours.”
While pursuing the two online credit courses on IPR and Remote Sensing, students will study the introductory aspects of IPR and the basics of Remote Sensing and applications related to Geographic Information System (GIS) and Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) technology, respectively. The duration of the online credit courses would be of 15-16 weeks. AICTE is focusing on educating more students living in the rural belt.
Speaking to Education Times, Rajive Kumar, member secretary, AICTE, says, “The latest SWAYAM online credit courses on IPR and Basics of Remote Sensing that has been introduced by us can even be opted by the non-engineering students. However, students from an engineering and
Source: educationtimes.com, 8/02/23
