The Open Notes vs IITM BS Students' Corner

Short answer: The Open Notes is a free notes library for many subjects, including IITM BS, JEE and programming, with an Android app. You have to log in to see all of its notes. IITM BS Students' Corner covers only the IITM BS degree, needs no login, and adds official lectures sorted by week and guides to the programme.

The Open Notes vs IITM BS Students' Corner at a glance

The Open Notes IITM BS notes

The Open Notes' IITM BS section lists notes by its contributors, for example week-by-week notes for Linear Statistical Models and Machine Learning Techniques and full-course notes for Deep Learning Practice and Programming in C. It also has tabs for question papers, tools and videos, and a notice that its course pages "will phase out soon".

Here, notes for every IITM BS level are sorted by course and week, and open without an account.

IITM BS Notes: Free Handwritten and PDF Notes for Every Course

Do you need to log in to The Open Notes?

Its homepage says you need to log in to see all notes, using Google. On IITM BS Students' Corner, everything opens without an account.

The Open Notes app

The Open Notes has an Android app on Google Play. We don't have an app; the website works in any phone browser.

Question papers

The Open Notes has a question papers tab. We don't host previous year papers. You can practise them on QuizSpace (opens in a new tab).

Lectures by week

We list every official IIT Madras lecture video, sorted by course and week, with a player on every page:

/resources/lectures

Which should you use?

• Use The Open Notes if you study other subjects too, such as JEE or programming, or want an Android app.
• Use IITM BS Students' Corner for IITM BS notes and lectures by week, and guides to the qualifier, fees and exams, with nothing to sign up for.