 Hi, I am Zeba Maneem, NPTEL learner has completed almost 10 courses on various topics of literature. Professionally, I am a pharmacist employed in the department of Dr. M.A. N. Sali Hill Center. Jamia Millia-Slamia have been working in Jamia for the past 28 years, but my passion and interest has always been with literature since childhood. My interest in joining NPTEL is to enhance my knowledge about literature. The concepts taught at NPTEL were really helpful for me to understand many complex and rich texts of literature during my masters and to satisfy my creative urge to learn and understand those literary concepts and also help me in developing my perspective, which would have not been possible without the help and guidance of the professors teaching at NPTEL. The biggest advantage of studying at NPTEL is that one can get to know a fair amount of good stuff from IIT professors and you can listen to those lectures at the time most suitable to you. The best part of learning is that one can pause lectures in between and can prepare notes and also can clear doubts by posing queries. The professors were really helpful, always reverted back whenever I wrote them means regarding regarding my doubts about a certain topic. Thank you professors for that. Also NPTEL have helped in securing first division in masters in English literature, got highest in the subjects like post-colonial and American literature. Now I am looking forward for my PhD in English this year also preparing for my UGC NET exam in July 2019. NPTEL familiarizes me with the UGC NET exam, in fact which I appeared in December 2018. I fall short of few marks only. The concepts taught in the way the various topics were clubbed together in the course courses like history of English language and literature, language for competitive exam, literature for competitive exam helped me a lot during my exam. I enjoy the bit of lectures taught at NPTEL as a famous saying that where there is a will there is a way. Initially it was difficult for me to continue with these courses along with my 9 to 5 job and family but over the time I managed it somehow as I found this mode of learning so interesting and it also fulfilled my dream of attending such prestigious classes from the professors of the best institute of India as I was mostly enrolled in more than three courses at the same time. So I had to study for 4 to 5 hours daily that is between 10.30 pm to 2.30 am sometimes up to 3.30 am sometimes between lunch times at the office. I could not study for a day if I could not study for a day I try to make up on weekdays by studying for almost 10 hours continuously. I took my lectures very seriously I considered then to attending lectures as just like my prayers I completed 40 minutes lectures in almost 3 hours pausing in between preparing my own notes with my own understanding of the concept taught. I assist all my videos in my pc and on my lapi and pc and I rarely use mobile for lectures no I did not study from transcripts I revised sometimes from them just before the exam I always did my assignments after listening to all my lectures carefully I never assessed those lectures on my mobile I never googled out my answers of the assignments I always prepared my own notes and from the understanding of the concepts I prepared my assignments no I never used any other platform except NPTEL the most significant process is that I have written some papers on the topics.NPTEL for instance on ADHD which are still in the pipeline my immediate boss has encouraged academic activities in our institution even he mentioned my association with NPTEL in the annual report sent to the Jamia administration I do share my learning experiences with my family friends and colleagues I do suggest and encourage them to go for NPTEL I suggest NPTEL that the courses duration should be more than 12 weeks maybe up to 24 weeks if possible or at least 16 weeks there should be a time gap of at least 15 days from the last module that is last week and the exam date that would provide time for the preparation for the exam preparation do share my course with my parent department if I'm worthy of it to my boss on the mail id cmo at the rate jmi.ac.in or to my official mail id zmonim at the rate jmi.ac.in I congratulate and thank my NPTEL team admin the coordinators and all the professors for doing this wonderful and noble job I wish them all happiness contentment and success in the future and the worst happy learning thank you