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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 Course Duration : Sep-Nov 2020

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 Enrollment : 20-May-2020 to 21-Sep-2020

 Exam registration : 14-Sep-2020 to 02-Nov-2020

 Exam Date : 18-Dec-2020

Enrolled

1233

Registered

26

Certificate Eligible

20

Certified Category Count

Gold

0

Silver

2

Elite

11

Successfully completed

7

Participation

1

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

DR SUNITA GOYAL 79%

INDERPRASTHA ENGINEERING COLLEGE

YASH YATIN KONDKAR 75%

SARDAR PATEL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING,MUMBAI

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 1233

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 26

Assignment Statistics




As I have been a history student and taught the subject in college(contractual post), I opted for this course as it is a very interesting and novel topic.The contents though I have been earlier familiar with but never have I studied them in such detail. I got to add a lot more to my knowledge on the said topic. It was quite informative. 


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