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Introduction to Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things

NPTEL · IIT Kharagpur · July-December 2026 run · read 23 Oct 2026

Official course page · Lecture videos on nptel.ac.in (65 lessons)

Teacher
Prof. Sudip Misra, IIT Kharagpur
Discipline
Computer Science and Engineering
Level
Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Length
12 weeks
Runs
20 Jul 2026 – 9 Oct 2026
Enrolment closed
3 Aug 2026
Exam registration closed
17 Aug 2026
Exam date (as the course page prints it)
Fri 16 Oct 2026
Credit points (course page)
4
Learners enrolled (read 23 Oct 2026)
50,977
Exam registrations (read 23 Oct 2026)
33,434
Course id
noc26_cs160

Week by week (official course layout)

  1. Week 1: Introduction: Sensing & actuation, Communication-Part I, Part II, Networking-Part I, Part II
  2. Week 2: Industry 4.0: Globalization and Emerging Issues, The Fourth Revolution, LEAN Production Systems, Smart and Connected Business Perspective, Smart Factories
  3. Week 3: Industry 4.0: Cyber Physical Systems and Next Generation Sensors, Collaborative Platform and Product Lifecycle Management, Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality, Artifical Intelligence, Big Data and Advanced Analysis
  4. Week 4: Cybersecurity in Industry 4.0, Basics of Industrial IoT: Industrial Processes-Part I, Part II, Industrial Sensing & Actuation, Industrial Internet Systems.
  5. Week 5: IIoT-Introduction, Industrial IoT: Business Model and Referece Architerture: IIoT-Business Models-Part I, Part II, IIoT Reference Architecture-Part I, Part II.
  6. Week 6: Industrial IoT- Layers: IIoT Sensing-Part I, Part II, IIoT Processing-Part I, Part II, IIoT Communication-Part I.
  7. Week 7: Industrial IoT- Layers: IIoT Communication-Part II, Part III, IIoT Networking-Part I, Part II, Part III.
  8. Week 8: Industrial IoT: Big Data Analytics and Software Defined Networks: IIoT Analytics - Introduction, Machine Learning and Data Science - Part I, Part II, R and Julia Programming, Data Management with Hadoop.
  9. Week 9: Industrial IoT: Big Data Analytics and Software Defined Networks: SDN in IIoT-Part I, Part II, Data Center Networks, Industrial IoT: Security and Fog Computing: Cloud Computing in IIoT-Part I, Part II.
  10. Week 10: Industrial IoT: Security and Fog Computing - Fog Computing in IIoT, Security in IIoT-Part I, Part II, Industrial IoT- Application Domains: Factories and Assembly Line, Food Industry.
  11. Week 11: Industrial IoT- Application Domains: Healthcare, Power Plants, Inventory Management & Quality Control, Plant Safety and Security (Including AR and VR safety applications), Facility Management.
  12. Week 12: Industrial IoT- Application Domains: Oil, chemical and pharmaceutical industry, Applications of UAVs in Industries, Real case studies : Case study - I : Milk Processing and Packaging Industries Case study - II: Manufacturing Industries - Part I Case study - III : Manufacturing Industries - Part II Case study - IV : Student Projects - Part I Case study - V : Student Projects - Part II Case study - VI : Virtual Reality Lab Case study - VII : Steel Technology Lab

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Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course. Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100 Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score Please note that assignments encompass all types (including quizzes, programming tasks, and essay submissions) available in the specific week. YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

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