This course broadly encompasses the study of properties of ingredients of concrete, design of concrete mix, production of concrete and various concreting operations. Cementing material is the vital component of the concrete, hence study of process of manufacturing of cement, types of cement and their properties are covered in this course. Study of properties of aggregates and water also finds their due coverage in the course. Process of concrete production and concreting operations also forms an essential component of the course.

This one credit online course entitled, “Commercial Fruit Production: Pomegranate & Guava” will contain entire production technology of two fruit crops i.e. Pomegranate and Guava”. It will cover latest production technology of these two crops including its climatic requirements, varieties, planting techniques, fertilizer and irrigation requirement, inter culturing and special practices, maturity indices, harvesting techniques, etc. 
 

Week 1

Lecture 1: Importance, soil and climatic Requirements of pomegranate

Lecture 2: Varieties of pomegranate

Certificate course in Environmental Sustainability
By 1. Dr. M. Rajesh 2. Dr. Sindhu P Nair, 3. Dr. Jalajakumari VT, 4. Dr. P Unnikrishnan   |   IGNOU Regional Centre, Vatakara

The course is an unique effort to provide awareness about environmental issues from the perspective of social  sciences, technology,  education and law. It is expected that after going through the course, learners will have a comprehensive idea about the issue areas.

Course layout

Week 1

1.      Introduction to environment and society

This four credit course is a part of UGC curriculum, as a discipline centric elective and has given space in fifth semester of B.Sc. program. 

One of the major uses of Computers is in facilitating communication of secure information over the Internet. One of the major developments in this respect is the World Wide Web (WWW) - also called simply the Web. The WWW have made major inroads in development of web based communities, collaboration, services and applications such as social networking sites, video sharing sites, wikis, blogs etc. Today many technologies and services are available through the Internet. Internet has caused permeation of information at grass root level.

The basic objective of this course is to make the student aware that we are living in an information age. The course begins with the basics of Information and touches various aspects of Information Systems and information technology. (You may go through the CIT001: Fundamentals of Computer Systems to learn about the technology part viz. computer hardware, software and networking.)

This course comprises 7 audio-video spoken tutorials, using which you can self-learn from Linux for Sys-Ads spoken tutorials with ease. 

An essential component of marketing is consumer insight – both the obvious needs and wants that are on the surface of conscious thought, but also the deeper, possibly unconscious motives that drive human behavior at an implicit level.The course covers the major topics of consumer behavior, including attitudes, impulsive vs. deliberative purchase, psychographic profiling and assessment, brand loyalty, experiential marketing, self and identity, and product satisfaction. Focus of the course would be on the psychological and sociological elements and their impact on consumer decision making.

This course comprises 20 audio-video spoken tutorials, using which you can self-learn Linux commands with ease. 

This course comprises 23 audio-video spoken tutorials, using which you can self-learn Linux BASH Shell Scripting with ease. 

This course comprises 11 audio-video spoken tutorials, using which you can self-learn Linux AWK with ease. 

This course comprises 9 audio-video spoken tutorials, using which you can self-learn LibreOffice Writer (word processor component of LibreOffice Suite) with ease. 

LibreOffice Suite Impress
By Prof Kannan Moudgalya - Principal Investigator of Spoken Tutorial Project   |   Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
 
This course comprises 10 audio-video spoken tutorials, using which you can self-learn LibreOffice Impress (slide presentation component of LibreOffice Suite) with ease. 

LibreOffice Suite Impress
By Prof Kannan Moudgalya - Principal Investigator of Spoken Tutorial Project   |   Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
 
This course comprises 10 audio-video spoken tutorials, using which you can self-learn LibreOffice Impress (slide presentation component of LibreOffice Suite) with ease. 

LibreOffice Suite Draw
By Prof Kannan Moudgalya - Principal Investigator of Spoken Tutorial Project   |   Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
 
This course comprises 15 audio-video spoken tutorials, using which you can self-learn LibreOffice Draw (graphic component of LibreOffice Suite) with ease.