Over 3,000 students have been targetted for the course. He said the master's course will be a great blessing for NRI students since the costs are considerably cheaper. Students will only have to appear in person for the final examination at the Anna University. The web course has been recognised by theAll India Council of Technical Education, New Delhi. Bhatkar said the possibilities of ETH portals were immense and many universities could use it to launch its various graduate and post graduate degree courses.
Portals are gateways in cyberspace which usher the user to a particular site.
With new features being continuously added, the ETH will emerge as India's most complete education portal, according to Bhatkar, who is also one of the brains behind India's supercomputers.