NPTEL Online Basic Biomedical Research Course Admissions 2019-20 - Dates, Application Form, Eligibility, Fees
NPTEL has opened the admission portal for Online Basic Biomedical Research Course which is a distance certificate course on the methodologies of medical research. Find out all the details about the NPTEL BBR course here.
The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) has now opened its application process for NPTEL Basic Course for Biomedical Research. This is one of the hundreds of Online NPTEL courses conducted through 8 IITs (IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Roorkee, IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur, IIT Guwahati) and Indian Institute of Science - IISc Bangalore. The Basic Course of Biomedical Research by NPTEL will be conducted in the National Institute of Epidemiology, Chennai and the course is approved by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). The NPTEL course of Basic Biomedical Research is a 5-months online course and a post-graduate level course in nature.
About NPTEL Online Basic Biomedical Research Course 2019-2020
To improve the research capabilities of Indian Postgraduate (PG) Medical students and faculties, the Medical Council of India (MCI) has prescribed a uniform methodology course for medical research. This NPTEL Online Basic Biomedical Research Course trains research candidates about the methodology of Biomedical Research beforehand. The course explains the methodology and fundamental concepts of researches. It also teaches to plan, outline and conducting research studies.
NPTEL Basic Biomedical Research Course Important Dates 2019-2020
The National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) has announced the dates for the Basic Biomedical Research Course which is for 5 months of duration. The important dates of 2019 and 2020 for NPTEL Basic Biomedical Research have been notified in the Swayaam portal. Which is as follows,
Event | Date |
2019 Admission Session | |
Enrolment Opens | 1st August 2019 |
Course Starts | 1st September 2019 |
Enrolment Closes | 1st December 2019 |
Submission of Assignments | 31st December 2019 |
Exam Registration Opens | 1st January 2020 |
Assignment Scores Available* | 1st to 31st January 2020 |
Exam Registration Closes | 1st February 2020 |
Issue of Hall Tickets | 19th March 2020 |
Examination Dates | 29th March, 15th April, 25th April and 26th April 2020 |
Declaration of Results** | 15th May 2019 |
Online Certificate Issue | 31st May 2019 |
2020 Admission Session | |
Starting of Course (*if declared ineligible in assignment scores 2019, Candidates can re-enrol now) | 1st March 2020 |
*re-enrolment closes | 1st June 2020 |
Assignment submission deadline | 30th June 2020 |
**Exam re-registrations open for candidates scoring less than 50% on 15th May 2019 | 1st August 2020 |
Assignment Scores Available | 1st to 31st July 2020 |
**Exam re-registrations close for candidates scoring less than 50% on 15th May 2019 | 1st August 2020 |
Issue of Hall Tickets | 17th to 27th September 2020 |
Examination Dates | 27th September, 7th October, 17th October, 18th October 2019 |
Declaration of Results | 15th November 2020 |
Online Certificate Issue | 1st December 2020 |
The examinations will take place in 6 sessions for NTPEL Basic Biomedical Research Course 2019. The examination for NTPEL BBR Course 2019 will be spread through March and April. The examination centres spread across 20 cities in India will hold the examinations. The candidates for NTPEL BBR Course 2019 can avail the sessions in the first-come-first-serve basis.
NPTEL Assignments for Basic Biomedical Research Course 2019-2020
The candidates will have to appear for online assignments in 23 Subjects of NPTEL Basic Biomedical Research Course. Each of the 23 subjects will have 10 multiple choice type questions (MCQs) of 1 mark. So, the total marks for all the assignments are 230. The candidates scoring more than 50% will only be considered passed, others can reappear for the examinations as mentioned in the date chart above. The assignments of the NTPEL Course of Basic Biomedical Research are as follows -
Category | Assignment |
Topics Conceptualizing Studies for a research |
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Epidemiological considerations in designing a research study |
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Bio-statistical considerations in designing a research study |
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Planning a research study |
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Ethical issues in conducting a research study |
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Writing a research protocol |
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NPTEL Online Basic Biomedical Research Course Eligibility Criteria (Intended Audience & Prerequisities) 2019-20
The eligibility criteria for 2019-20 Online Basic Biomedical Research Course of NPTEL is divided into two sections. One is ‘Intended Audience,’ which lists the type of audience for whom the course is designed and ‘Prerequisites,’ refer to the previous academic qualifications which the students must possess. Both are as follows,
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NPTEL Online Basic Biomedical Research Course Application Process 2019-20
The application process of NPTEL Online Basic Biomedical Research Course 2019-20 must be done on the Swayam portal of Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD). The student has to create an account using E-Mail ID/Facebook ID of the candidate and fill in some additional details of address, bio-data and etc. The candidate, from his personal account, can apply to a galaxy of NPTEL courses from the SWAYAM portal itself after the announcement of an admission session.
The candidate has to find out NPTEL from the institute's list and click on it, after clicking on it, the candidate will be shown the list of courses for which, admissions are being conducted. Candidate can directly apply in the course and the course will automatically fetch the candidate’s data saved in SWAYAM portal.
NPTEL Online Basic Biomedical Research Course Fees 2019-20
No fee is charged for NPTEL Basic Biomedical Research Courses just like other courses. The main aim to establish NPTEL was to provide education in different sectors for free of cost. The initiative does not charge anything from the enrolees for anything
Online Basic Biomedical Research Course of NPTEL 2019-20 is a skill-up-gradation course for future researchers who will indulge in the research projects as per their course curriculum. This course gives them the idea and methods of conducting research works fluently without any structural and methodical glitches.
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