VIRTUAL
LABS

Virtual labs project is an
initiative of ministry of human resource development (MHRD), government of
India under the aegis of national mission on education through information and
communication technology (NMEICT). This project is a consortium activity of
twelve participating institutes and IIT Delhi is coordinating institute.

Virtual labs nodal centre is
established at CMR engineering college, Hyderabad in the year 2019 under the
able guidance and motivation of Dr.A. S. Reddy, principal, and CMREC. Dr.Anuj
kumarGoel, prof. and dean, IIIC is virtual lab nodal centre coordinator.

Virtual labs are intended to augment
the learning of engineering subjects through performing experiments. The
experiments are designed either as simulations or as remote triggered. a remote
triggered lab allows a user to connect to real equipment using a web browser.
There are currently around 150 and labs and 1500 experiments at various stages
of development and deployment. They are currently hosted at vlabs.ac.in.
Virtual labs are an initiative of ministry of human resources, India.

Simulation based virtual labs: in these virtual labs, the
experiments are modelled using mathematical equations. The simulations are
carried out remotely at a high-end server, and the results are communicated to
the student over the internet. This class of virtual labs, at best, mimics the
real-world scenarios/experiments. Simulation based virtual labs are scalable
and can cater to a large number of simultaneous users that can use the
experiments parallel.

Remote triggered virtual labs: in these virtual labs, the
actual experiments are triggered remotely. The output of the experiment (being
conducted remotely) is communicated back to the student over the internet. This
class of virtual labs, gives the student the output of real-time experiments.
Remote triggered virtual labs are difficult to scale and can cater to a limited
number of users. Typically, time-slots are booked before conducting such
experiments.

Objectives:

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To
make arrange    remote-access to labs in
various disciplines of science and engineering. These virtual labs would cater
to students at the undergraduate level and post graduate level.

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To
enthuse students to conduct experiments by arousing their curiosity. This would
help them in learning basic and advanced concepts through remote
experimentation.

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To
provide a complete learning management system around the virtual labs where the
students can avail the various tools for learning, including additional
web-resources, video-lectures, animated demonstrations and self-evaluation.

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To
share costly equipment and resources, otherwise available to limited number of
users due to constraints on time and geographical distance.

VIRTUAL LABS LINK