Amrutvahini College of Engineering, Approved by AICTE, Affiliated to Savitribai Phule University Accredited three times by NBA, New Delhi , NAAC 'A' Grade, ISO 9001:2015 Certified

September 30, 2020

Amrutvahini students complete 314 courses on Coursera, the world’s largest MOOC platform

During this challenging period of Coronavirus pandemic, the students of Amrutvahini College of Engineering were given an opportunity to learn from some of the best instructors in the world and earn credentials from the world’s top universities, including the University of California, University of Michigan, Yale University and Georgia Institute of Technology. Students have successfully completed 314 courses on Coursera, the world’s largest MOOC platform. Students acquired job-relevant skills in various domains like Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things (IoT), Android App Development, Python Programming. Students spent an estimated 3776 hours for completing the courses, solving graded assignments, quizzes and guided projects on the Coursera MOOC platform. Principal, Dr. M.A. Venkatesh, informed that the professional certificates from the world’s top Universities and leading industry educators like Google and IBM will certainly help students become job-ready with in- demand skills. Additionally, the institute has already setup NVIDIA GPU Teaching Centre, Microsoft Student Partner Program, IBM Academic Initiative and NPTEL Local Centre. While conventional on-campus education was interrupted during the Coronavirus pandemic, the institute kept the students engaged in academics by effectively using online platforms and ICT tools. In spite of the challenging situation, the institute has made enormous efforts to continue learning process by conducting online classes for the current semester of the academic year. Affiliated to Savitribai Phule Pune University, the institute has always worked for imparting excellence driven engineering education that builds the future of the budding Engineers and Entrepreneurs. The institute has maintained an excellent track record of placements for its students with total 577 placements for 2018-19 and 413+ placements till date for 2019-20. With three times accreditation by NBA, New Delhi, ISO 9001:2015 certification, Grade “A” by NAAC and Govt. of , the institute has made progress in leaps and bounds under the guidance of Hon. Balasaheb Thorat, President of the institute and Revenue Minister, Govt. of Maharashtra. Chief Executive Officer Mr. Anil Shinde, Principal Dr. M.A. Venkatesh, Vice Principal Prof. A.K. Mishra, Registrar Prof. V.P. Waghe and Dean Academics Dr. M.R. Wakchaure congratulated the students for their successful completion of MOOC courses on Coursera platform. Dr. S.B. Rahane and Prof. B.S. Sable worked as an administrator for the Coursera Amrutvahini programme.