Arora is putting to use the Video on Demand (VOD) facility that is now available at IIT-B.

Introduced by the Centre of Distance Engineering Education Programme (CDEEP), a VOD is a recording of a classroom lecture, uploaded within 24 hours, which can be viewed on the institute's in tranet.

Started as a pilot project early this year with three VOD courses, followed by another project to check its effectiveness, CDEEP has now been extended to 37 courses and can benefit 1,500 oncampus students of BTech, MTech and PhD.

"I missed lectures when I was ill. Accessing lec tures on the in tranet allows me to take my own notes and recap concepts," said Arora. "Ideally, the entire class should participate in a discussion. But while some stu dents can't make it to class due to other commitments, others are sleepy VOD helps students catch . up with any lecture," said Kan nan Moudgalya, CDEEP head.