The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras has taken a unique initiative to make its high-quality Computer Science Courses available to everyone. Faculty from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering have built a portal with the core courses that Educational Institutions, Students, and others can access.
According to the official press release, the Computer courses have been made free while keeping in mind the vision of the IIT Madras Director, Professor V Kamakoti to make high-quality education easily accessible to rural India, as quoted in DNA India.
C Chandra Sekhar, head, Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), IIT Madras, said, “The recordings of live lectures for CSE core courses at the undergraduate level and the graduate level by the faculty of the Department are expected to be helpful to the students in engineering colleges to learn the underlying concepts and principles of the subjects of these courses in the right manner.”
Students can access any of the following courses:
- Programming
- Data Structures
- Computer Organisation and Algorithms
Those interested in participating in IIT Madras’ free educational courses can visit the official website.