Whereas each module will have 12 lectures, which sums up to 36 classes over 12 weeks. And in the later stages the core engineering courses like VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) embedded systems, and others, and general sciences will be part of online academia. Persons who enrol into the courses will be eligible to write proctored exams for a minimal fee and get certificates, and for the computer science courses, IIT will give certification.

It will have about 15 faculty members from the seven older IITs who will form the faculty of the online course set up, and are currently designing the course.

The search giant Google is providing its Course Builder platform for hosting MOOCs, HackerRank will provide their web portal, to practise programming assignments and get them verified and graded. Cognizant will make available infrastructure at its training facilities during off-peak times, such as weekends, to enable students to take tests and get certified.

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