 I am Dr. Karan Kumar, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Vice-Principal Administration in Bouddhivalier Engineering College, Andhra Pradesh. I have successfully completed 7 NPTEL courses during the last three semesters in different but correlative domains of mechanical engineering, education and leadership. My sincere efforts could keep me in the doppers list in 4 courses and earn me elitist gold which is a factor of happiness. I am very happy to share my experiences in pursuing the NPTEL online certification courses. Exploring new domains of knowledge is my prime reason to pursue these courses. Also, I am enthusiastic in reinforcing the existing knowledge by sharing the enriching experiences of the successful faculty in the premier engineering institutions. I intend to lead by example as a senior faculty and one of the chief administrators of my college by taking up multiple NPTEL courses to strengthen multifaceted tasks of an authentic leader. I feel it a practical way of sensitizing and motivating student learners to enhance their knowledge and skills. By pursuing these courses, one can unveil the areas of deeper insights in conceptual understanding correlated design and delivery of the course content promoting the tendency of research and development. Earmarking and strictly adhering to the specified two hours of schedule every day in pursuit of NPTEL courses is my way of learning. I have found it quite useful and productive to listen to the NPTEL course audios through my mobile during my morning works and watching videos in my laptop during journey times to manage my time. I use it to download and view videos, go through the transcripts and the forum and prepare my own notes so as to answer the assignment questions on my own without any help from others. I feel NPTEL online courses have provided greater scope for reliable assessment through their proctored examinations. I am passionately recommending NPTEL courses to my colleagues and students for better learning experience and development of their academic skills. The satisfaction and motivation I derive through NPTEL courses helped me to enable my role as vice principal. Indeed, I am really fortunate enough to get the uncompromising support and encouragement of my college management and principal to pursue the NPTEL courses in realization of their vision and mission to sharpen the expertise of their faculty in general. I auditly believe that every faculty needs to commit himself or herself for excellence beyond perfection which is possible through NPTEL online courses. I wish everyone pursuing NPTEL courses all the best. Thank you NPTEL.