How is NPTEL implemented?
The Ministry has constituted two committees, the National Programme Committee (NPC) headed by the Joint Secretary, Higher Education, MHRD and the Programme Implementation Committee (PIC), headed by Professor M. S. Ananth, Director IIT Madras and Professor in Chemical Engineering. The MHRD committee (NPC) consists of expert members from academic bodies such as University Grants Commission (UGC), All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), Technical Teachers Training Institute (TTTI) and Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management Kerala (IIITM-K) besides other members. Two national coordinators (one for web courses and another for video courses) are also members of the NPC. It oversees policy matters and financial sanctions. The PIC has members from all IITs/IISc who are NPTEL Coordinators in each IIT/IISc and members from representative user institutions. It oversees implementation of the programme. Some of the NPC me
