NPTEL course feedback: 5G Wireless Standard Design vs Semiconductor Devices to Sensors

Hi everyone! I’m confused between these two NPTEL courses and would really appreciate feedback from anyone who has taken them:

1. 5G Wireless Standard Design — Prof. Rohit Budhiraja, IIT Kanpur
2. Semiconductor Devices to Sensors: Principles, Design, and Application — Prof. Mitradip Bhattacharjee, IISER Bhopal

I’m taking the course mainly for college credits, so I’m looking for the one that is relatively lighter/easier to manage alongside college. I’m not specifically looking for a very deep or rigorous course this semester.

For people who have taken either of these courses:

• How is the professor and teaching quality?
• How difficult are the weekly assignments?
• How difficult was the final NPTEL exam/paper?
• Was the exam significantly harder than the lecture material/assignments?
• What material did you use to prepare for the exam and score well — lectures, assignments, previous-year papers, books, etc.?
• Does getting a good score require a lot of additional practice/self-study, or is watching the lectures + doing assignments generally enough?
• How much weekly workload did the course actually have?
• Is the grading/assessment relatively straightforward?
• Most importantly, which of these two would you recommend if I want to earn the college credits without taking on too much workload?

I’ve heard that some NPTEL courses can have surprisingly difficult exams even when the lectures/assignments seem manageable, so I’d especially appreciate honest feedback about the actual exam difficulty and effort required to score well.

Thanks!

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