Course Name: Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology

Course abstract

This course is designed for undergraduate students, interested in learning about the ancient Indian Technology which is the hallmark of glorious Indian civilization, only living civilization of the world that exists till today. The main emphasis is placed on nature centric aspects of ancient Indian technologies that can be adopted in modern time. As this is an introductory course, care has been taken to present the materials in a gradual manner to instill confidence in the minds of the students. Attempts have been made to keep the deliberation as simple as possible with intriguing questions so that students can take exploratory route to learn more about it in future. Adequate emphasis is given in this course for exposing the students to ancient science and technologies which can be adopted for modern technological development. The tenets of various technologies which are essential for human living are discussed in details to encourage the students to develop a feel for ancient Indian and technologies.


Course Instructor

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Prof. D.P.Mishra

Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering
IIT Kanpur

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Teaching Assistant(s)

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 Course Duration : Jul-Sep 2019

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 Syllabus

 Enrollment : 15-May-2019 to 05-Aug-2019

 Exam registration : 01-Jun-2019 to 26-Aug-2019

 Exam Date : 29-Sep-2019, 29-Sep-2019

Enrolled

1530

Registered

172

Certificate Eligible

128

Certified Category Count

Gold

0

Silver

5

Elite

35

Successfully completed

88

Participation

21

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold





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AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75 AND FINAL SCORE >=40
BASED ON THE FINAL SCORE, Certificate criteria will be as below:
>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 6 out of 8 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score
Introduction to Ancient Indian Technology - Toppers list
Top 1 % of Certified Candidates

ABHISHEK SOHANLAL JAIN 81%

INDIGO AIRLINES


Top 2 % of Certified Candidates

HARSH DAVE 79%

INDUS UNIVERSITY

VANGA CHANDRASHEKAR YADAV 76%

CHAITANYA BHARATHI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY,HYDERABAD


Top 5 % of Certified Candidates

PRIYA THAKUR 75%

TUMKUR UNIVERSITY

SONAWANE NITIN DNYANESHWAR 75%

MET BHUJBAL KNOWLEDGE CITY INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING

ROSHAN BAHADUR 73%

BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 1530

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 172

Assignment Statistics




Assignment

Exam score

Final score

Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.