NPTEL-NOC IITM Courses

The Politics of the Governed

Explore how marginalized populations navigate political systems and challenge traditional governance structures through resistance and negotiation strategies.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Nationalism in the Colonial World

Explore how nationalist movements emerged and evolved across colonized territories, examining their impact on independence struggles and political transformation.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Michel Foucault - Governmentality

Explore Foucault's concept of governmentality and how power operates through governance, discipline, and the management of populations in modern society.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Discipline and Punish

Explore Foucault's groundbreaking analysis of how modern society shifted from public punishment to disciplinary control through surveillance and normalization techniques.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Computation as Rewriting - Lazy Evaluation and Infinite Lists

Explore computation through rewriting systems, lazy evaluation techniques, and infinite list structures in functional programming paradigms.

• YouTube
• 50 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Recursive Data Types - Lists - 1

Discover how to implement and work with lists as recursive data structures in functional programming.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Recursive Data Types - Trees - 2

Explore tree structures and their recursive properties through practical examples and implementation techniques.

• YouTube
• 40 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Michel Foucault - From Archaeology to Genealogy

Explore Foucault's intellectual evolution from archaeological method to genealogical analysis, examining his shift in studying power, knowledge, and discourse formation.

• YouTube
• 31 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Statement Transformation Across Stages - Oral to Written Shift, Register Modification, Structural Compression, and Meaning Drift

Explore how statements evolve from oral to written forms, examining register changes, structural compression, and meaning drift in language transformation.

• YouTube
• 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Linguistic Distortion in Criminal Trials

Explore how selective quotation, media framing, and regional prejudice create linguistic distortions in criminal trials and discover essential safeguards.

• YouTube
• 11 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Code Switching and Translation Challenges

Explore multilingual proceedings, semantic loss, evidentiary ambiguity, and linguistic sensitivity in code switching and translation contexts.

• YouTube
• 12 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Testimonial Language and Inconsistency

Examines how narrative shifts and translation effects create testimonial inconsistency in forensic assessment and cross-examination.

• YouTube
• 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Introduction to Film Studies

Discover the fundamentals of cinema analysis, exploring film theory, narrative techniques, and visual storytelling methods in this comprehensive introduction.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Introduction to Machine Learning (Tamil)

Discover machine learning fundamentals explained in Tamil, covering core concepts and applications for beginners in this comprehensive introduction.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 1 minute
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Basic Course in Ornithology

Discover the fascinating world of birds through fundamental ornithology principles, covering bird anatomy, behavior, ecology, and identification techniques in this comprehensive introduction.

• YouTube
• 59 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video