List of Online Courses and Certifications

Sensors and Actuators program is an undergraduate and postgraduate level FDP course approved by the AICTE. The online course falls under the control and instrumentation domain which is a part of the broader category of electrical, electronics, and communication engineering. Designed by IISc Bangalore, this program will run for twelve weeks and equip students with knowledge on microtechnology and related topics.

The Sensors and Actuators certification by Swayam consists of a well-curated and comprehensive curriculum that focuses on sensors and actuators and their importance and function in the real world. Students can enroll for free in this interesting course that will consist of video lectures created for a thorough understanding of the subject. 

Furthermore, candidates can go through a list of texts referred to in the course by the instructor and prepare for the final exam. The proctored exam is held for those who wish to gain a Sensors and Actuators certificate to showcase their knowledge and accomplishment of completing the entire course. The training falls under the areas of control and instrumentation and electrical, electronics, and communications engineering.

The ‘Op-Amp Practical Applications: Design Simulation and Implementation’ online course is offered by the Swayam platform, an initiative by the ministry of education in India. This design-based program is developed and structured by the ‘National program of Technology Enhanced Learning(NPTEL) and the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore(IISC).

This is an elective course provided for the students and faculty in the engineering domain who will develop their skills and expertise in circuit designs. 

The course educator for this online training program on Op-Amps is Dr. Hardik J. Pandya who is an assistant professor from the department of electronics systems engineering which is under the division of electric sciences in IISC, Bangalore. The program is part of the electrical, electronics, and communications engineering that will fetch the students with three credit points. 

The ‘Op-Amp Practical Applications: Design Simulation and Implementation’ is a certification program that is scheduled for twelve weeks for the candidates of the course.

The Design of photovoltaic systems online course is a faculty development program advocated by the AICTE and is developed by the National Programme of Technology Enhanced Learning and the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore. This design-based program is an elective course and a part of electrical, electronics, and communication engineering.  

In this course, the learners gain an understanding of the functioning of the photovoltaic cell and its design system and structure. The program is organized for a period of twelve weeks and the course educator for this course is a faculty from IISC, Prof. L. Umanand from the department of electronics systems engineering. The course curriculum provides three credit points and levels of the undergraduate or postgraduate standard for the students. 

The Design of photovoltaic systems training provides an opportunity for the students to discuss the principles of electrical features and coordination in the PV cells and circuits through an experiential learning process.

The ‘Fabrication Techniques for MEMs-based sensors: clinical perspective’ online course is provided on the online education portal, Swayam by the ministry of education in India. This course is a faculty development program accredited by the AICTE and is developed and offered by the National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning(NPTEL) in partnership with the Indian Institute of Science(IISC), Bangalore.

The fabrication techniques program is an elective course that is scheduled for a period of twelve weeks and is part of the electrical, electronics, and communications engineering domain. The students of this course will get an opportunity to explore the aspects of fabrication and microengineering. The course instructor for this undergraduate-level training program is Prof. Hardik Jeetendra Pandya from the department of electronics systems engineering in the division of electrical sciences. 

In this course, the students will gain an experiential understanding of the techniques and principles while also receiving the three credit points and the Swayam course certificate that consists of the logos of NPTEL and IISC.

The ‘Enclosure design of electronics equipment’ online course is about the process and techniques of product designing of electronic equipment and devices. This program is a National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning(NPTEL) online certification course and is developed and offered on the Swayam online education portal by the Indian Institute of Science (IISC) Banglore. This faculty development program on electronics design is approved by the AICTE and aids in the skill development of the candidates in the field of electrical engineering, and electronics and communication engineering. 

The learners of this course will gain three credit points after completing the course study guided by the IISC faculty, Prof .V.Chalapathi Rao from the department of electronics systems engineering in IISC. The course on ‘Enclosure design of electronics equipment’ by Swayam aids in the discussion of issues in the mechanical aspects of electronic equipment design and prototyping. This online elective NPTEL course is conducted for twelve weeks for undergraduate and postgraduate level students.

The Network(RAN) Performance & Optimization Training Course is a 12 week long course that focuses on the concepts of LTE network design and LTE optimization. The course offered on the Skill-Lync platform provides a detailed understanding of different LTE KPIs and throughput KPIs.

The Network(RAN) Performance & Optimization Live Course is delivered with the help of video lectures and informative course content. The course makes use of technical projects and industry-relevant cases of Network (RAN) Performance and Optimization.

After successfully completing the Network(RAN) Performance & Optimization Certification Course, all learners will be rewarded with a course certificate and the top 5% will be granted a merit certification.

The Developing IoT Applications Online Course is a 12 week long course that provides specialized knowledge on Internet of Things (IoT) applications. The course provided on the Skill-Lync platform discusses the basic building blocks of IoT and the different technologies employed in IoT.

Through the Developing IoT Applications Training Course, learners will get a platform to develop end-to-end applications using IoT in various engineering domains. Through video lectures and technical projects, learners will be introduced to theoretical and practical applications of IoT.

After completion of the Developing IoT Applications Certification Course, learners will receive a certificate of completion and the top 5% of a class will get a merit certificate. There is a one-on-one course demonstration available for the course.

The online course on Biophotonics by Swayam introduces the rudimentary concepts of photonics and biology along with the discipline of medicine. The Biophotonics certification syllabus for a period of twelve months will be covering the following topics- basics of biology, light-matter interactions, biophotonics, biosensors, light activate therapy and other topics related to the domain. For the course, students from a multi-discipline can join. Candidates from electronics, biological sciences, bioengineering, communication engineering, and others can apply for the Biophotonics online course and have their existing skills developed. 

The course will be held over digital platforms. The applicants further can register for the course for free but for getting the certificate they can choose to apply for the exam. For the benefit of the participating candidates, the course type has been structured as an elective. The program will thus help the students to learn about the basics of light-matter interactions.

The online certification program on VLSI Physical Design by Swayam will be introducing the appearing candidates with the fundamentals and the principles that are involved in the basic design flaw in the VLSI physical design automation. The VLSI Physical Design training will also be covering the basic data structural designs and the algorithms used for implementing the designs in the solution statements. 

In the VLSI Physical Design certification syllabus, the candidates will be provided with- assignments and examples that will be helping them to comprehensively understand the primary concepts that are involved in the VLSI physical design.   

Over the course of twelve weeks, the concepts that will be involved are - Grid routing and global routing, Interconnect modeling and layout compaction, Detailed routing and clock design, Physical synthesis and performance-driven design flow, Clock routing, and power/ground, Static timing analysis, and timing closure. The program will thus help them to develop the students existing skills in digital circuits.

Engineering undergraduate first-year students from all disciplines are primarily eligible for The Principle of Electrical Sciences Certification. Nearly every aspect of fundamental electrical engineering is covered in the Principle of Electrical Sciences Classes, from electrical machines and transformers to DC and AC circuits.

Principle of Electrical Sciences Certification Syllabus will acquaint you with certain basic ideas, terminologies, and methods related to the steady state analysis of electrical circuits generated by sinusoidal or d.c. sources.

All students get a Principle of Electrical Sciences Certification by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) under the Swayam Initiative by the Government of India. 

The study of the 8085 architecture, functional diagram specifics, instruction kinds with straightforward programming, addressing modes, memory interface, and timing diagram is provided by Digital Electronics and Microprocessor Certification, interacting with auxiliary hardware like the 8155 and 8255.

Digital Electronics and Microprocessor Classes introduces the students to the fascinating world of microprocessors and its integrated circuit parts, their programmability for a certain application, etc. 

The 8085 microprocessor family is covered in depth in the Digital Electronics and Microprocessor Certification Syllabus, and you will also be introduced to additional cutting-edge microprocessor families. 

All students get a Digital Electronics and Microprocessor Certification by College of Engineering, Anna University, Chennai under the Swayam Initiative by the Government of India. 

The edX Solar Energy online course explains the basics of photovoltaic aspects, solar energy, and conduction physics. Through this course, learners can design solar cells and understand the optics needed to do so. Spread over 12 weeks, the course is set at an advanced level and covers engineering subjects.

The Solar Energy: Photovoltaic (PV) Energy Conversion course is taught by professors from the  Delft University of Technology or TU Delft. The programme requires an effort of at least ten hours each week to complete it successfully. Learners can access the course materials with limited tests and discussions to augment their learning process. 

Moreover, by paying a fee to receive a verified certificate, students also receive tools for experimentation and have unlimited access to materials and graded tests. The video transcripts are scheduled for the Solar Energy: Photovoltaic (PV) Energy Conversion course by edX and are in English. Corporate packages are also available for enterprises. The course provides two enrollment modes; paid and free. In the paid mode, the candidates will have unlimited access to the course and a certificate of completion whereas in the free audit mode, they will be given access only for a limited period. 

The Engineering Econometrics certification course is an elective course under the management studies category at IIT Kharagpur. This course is offered at both the undergraduate and postgraduate levels for students of management, engineering, or multidisciplinary subjects. And Prof Rudra P Pradhan instructs this online course. 

The Engineering Econometrics training syllabus will explore data modelling, spreadsheet, and analysis required to make significant business analytics decisions. This is quantitative training that will discuss problems related to business/management. Moreover, to enhance the students' decision-making and problem-solving skills, the course uses real-life cases and problem sets.  

Students can audit the Engineering Econometrics programme by Swayam for free if they meet the essential prerequisites. However, those who want to receive the course certificate on completion must complete all 12 in-course assignments and the end-term proctored exam. The cumulative passing score of the assignments and exam will determine the eligibility for the e-certificate.

The Engineering Mathematics II online course is a 12-week course and the second part of Engineering Mathematics training. This programme is an undergraduate-level core course, and a  part of the mathematics category, offered by IIT Kharagpur. The course will be instructed in English by Prof Jitendra Kumar.

The Engineering Mathematics II certification syllabus deals with the essential and fundamental aspects of mathematics required for undergraduate science or engineering studies. Some of the topics covered under the course in the first eight weeks are vector calculus, numerical and complex analysis, and Laplace Transform methods applied to several engineering-related problems. 

Towards the end, the last four weeks of the Engineering Mathematics II training deals with module five, including in-depth information about the Fourier Series Representation and Transform.  The course also has many reference materials to help the candidates do their research. Candidates may even register for the exam and receive an e-certificate based on their eligibility.

The Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science - Fundamental and Sustainability Concepts Certification consists of a 12-week online course. IIT Kharagpur develops and approves the course syllabus, even if Swayam is appointed to teach the course. The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and NPTEL are the organisations authorized to issue this course certificate.

The Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science - Fundamental and Sustainability Concepts Certification course is a 12-week online program. The course syllabus is prepared and verified by IIT Kharagpur even if Swayam is appointed to provide the course. This course certificate is presented by the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and NPTEL.

Introduction to Environmental Engineering and Science - Fundamental and Sustainability Concepts training is a part of the multidisciplinary core curriculum. This certification course is taught by Brajesh Kumar Dubey.

This online course's goal is to give a general overview of the environmental challenges that, per the directive of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, all of our working professionals should be aware of so that recycling, waste management, public health, and air and water pollution control can be improved.

This course covers the fundamental concepts of ecology, water pollution, water and wastewater quality and treatment, solid and hazardous waste management, soil and noise pollution, sustainability concepts including environmental impact assessment, life cycle assessment, waste minimization, the circular economy, and sustainable development insurance.

Are you interested in knowing the essential concepts of remote sensing? Here you have a chance to learn from one of the reputed IITs. Remote Sensing Essentials is a 12-week-long online course on remote sensing offered by Swayam in association with  IIT Roorkee. The online course will guide you through different aspects of remote sensing and will help you explore the fundamentals of satellite-based digital image processing and remote sensing technologies and tools. 

Remote Sensing Essentials Certification Course, administered by Swayam, is an FDP programme that is approved and recognized by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). The Remote Sensing Essentials online course is an elective programme that is prepared and supervised by Prof. Arun K. Saraf who is a professor at IIT Roorkee. The course is basically a free online programme and the learners can pursue it completely free of cost except for certification. To be eligible for the certificate of completion, the learners must appear for an exam that demands an exam fee of Rs 1,000. The expected candidates for the course are undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD students in the civil engineering field who want to learn more about remote sensing.  

The Microwave Remote Sensing in Hydrology Remote Sensing in Hydrology certification course is a three months online program. Even though the program is provided using the Swayam platform, the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay and NPTEL firms have established this certification program, which was created by IIT Bombay.

The  Microwave Remote Sensing in Hydrology training covers the fundamentals of passive and active microwave remote sensing with applications in civil engineering (hydrology, meteorology), as well as the ideas of processing microwave images using free and open-source programming languages like Python.

This course will give a general overview of how to get students ready to read and understand microwave data for difficult water-related scientific and policy problems. This course will be valued and commended by ERDAS, RMSI, and other companies with a remote sensing and GIS applications division. Prof. J. Indu explains this certificate course.

What makes the Soil-Structure Interaction program unique and compelling is that it discusses the details of the soil structure models in more detail than in any undergraduate degree courses. The course will explore the models for a shallow foundation under various subgrade characteristics and loading conditions. The training receives industry support from civil engineering companies.

Candidates enrolling for the Soil-Structure Interaction certification will learn about elastic foundation problems on beams and plates and using FDP methods to understand different foundation models. They will spend twelve weeks in this AICTE approved elective course in civil engineering and structural analysis. 

Soil-Structure Interaction is an online course available on the Swayam learning platform. The syllabus is designed by professor Kousik Deb from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He will also be the educator of the course. Candidates can either audit the course for free or opt for a certification. There are assignments and an end-of-the-term examination that they will have to successfully complete. 

The ‘Industrial Safety Engineering’ online course is a study about the different aspects and operations of safety involved in engineering systems in the industry. This training program is a National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning online course and is provided on the Swayam online education platform. The elective course for postgraduate level students is offered by the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.

This faculty development program is conducted for twelve weeks for the students belonging to domains of engineering, science, and management. The course on engineering safety systems is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education.

The course educator for the ‘Industrial Safety Engineering’ online training is Dr. Jhareswar Maity, faculty from the department of industrial and systems engineering at IIT Kharagpur. The students in this online course can earn three credits after completion of the program and will receive the course completion certificate fulfilling the required mandates.

The ‘Advanced Engineering Mathematics’ online course is a study about the analytical functions and applications of the various concepts and ideas that form the core of engineering mathematics. The National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning program (NPTEL) free online course is offered on the Swayam education platform for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of engineering and science.

The course curriculum is designed and provided by the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee for twelve weeks. This certification course is a core course for undergraduate-level students. The course educator for this program is Dr. P. N. Agarwal from the department of mathematics at IIT Roorkee. The students of the ‘Advanced Engineering Mathematics online training program can earn three credit points. The candidates will also receive a course certificate that is e-verifiable with the authenticated logos of NPTEL and IIT Roorkee. The twelve weeks of training on the theoretical principles of the mathematical aspects of engineering and sciences enables the students to develop expertise in this domain.

The Numerical Methods for Engineers course by Swayam is designed to give an overview of various numerical methods that are of great interest to scientists and engineers. This course focuses on the numerical techniques, its analysis and its properties. The theory behind numerical methods and applications of them are also discussed. Numerical methods are mainly used by computers to solve iterative and step-wise problems which are tedious to solve by hands.

This course covers concepts like curve fitting, interpolation, regression, linear systems and mathematical concepts like algebra, integration and differentiation. Various computational tools like FLUENT, Aspen, FORTRAN and MATLAB are used for teaching. Algebraic equations are solved using open and bracketing methods like Regula-Falsi, Bisection, Secant, Multivariate Newton’s method, Newton Raphson and Fixed point iteration.

The 12-week programme comprises weekly assignments and 2.5 hours of video tutorial every week. A discussion forum for clearing the doubts of the participants is also available. This course would greatly benefit the candidate to improve their problem solving ability.

This course is offered under NPTEL, funded by MoHRD, by IIT Kharagpur. It is aimed at teaching the basic mathematics that is essential in every stream of undergraduate studies in the categories of engineering and sciences. The course comprises topics in integral and differential calculus, linear algebra, and differential equations which students will be able to apply in a number of engineering problems. 

This course will contain topics like Taylor's and Maclaurin's Theorems, Indeterminate Forms, Mean Value Theorems, etc. Partial derivatives, Taylor's development of functions of several variables, minima and maxima, and differentiability are also part of the course. 

The course also teaches Leibnitz rule (differentiation under the integral sign), improper integrals, applications of multiple integrals and multiple integrals, their properties. Other topics incorporated in a series of 60 lectures over the course of 12 weeks, include Linear Equations’ Systems, Dimension and Basis of a Vector Space, Properties of a Matrix and its Rank, Vector Spaces.

Swayam's Solid Mechanics is a 12-week online programme. The training covers the fundamental concepts of strain and stress in 3-D deformable bodies, along with the extension, bending, and torsion of beams. The course belongs to the advanced mechanic's domain and offers a curriculum segmented in 12 sections.

The online Solid Mechanics programme includes extensive learning content about the one-dimensional theory of beams, Mohr's circle, Euler Bernoulli and Timoshenko beam theories, Castigliano's theorem, and more.

Students study the different theories of failure and its applications, critical to the design of machine elements in the industry. For those who are interested in receiving certification from IIT Madras and the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), must finish the assignments and qualify the test.

Applicants can register for the certificate programme in Solid Mechanics through a quick online process. Moreover, Ajeet Kumar, an associate professor from the Department of Applied Mechanics in IIT Delhi, will be your instructor, while you will get access to the all-encompassing curriculum free of cost.

Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications is an undergraduate course on the application of fluid mechanics. The 12 weeks online programme is meant for undergraduate students preparing for the Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE).  The Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications Certification Course will provide you with a deep understanding of concepts of fluid mechanics and its applications, elementary fluid dynamics, application of fluid mechanics in the medical field, application of fluid mechanics in daily life, application of fluid mechanics in human body and application of fluid mechanics in mechanical engineering. 

Offered by Swayam, the Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications online course is a free programme. To get the certification, the learners must appear for the exam by paying the fee and securing a certain percentage of the mark. The course is developed by  Prof. Vijay Gupta who is a faculty member of IIT Delhi. 

The Principles of Industrial Engineering program by Swayam aims to train its candidate in the different aspects of industrial engineering and its relevance in the industrial environment. It is a 12-week program curated by IIT Roorkee and is offered at an undergraduate level. This core course falls under the mechanical engineering and manufacturing processes and technology category. 

Designed to exclusively benefit engineering students and professionals in mechanical engineering, the Principles of Industrial Engineering training has been carefully curated by the reputed faculty of IIT Roorkee. It aims to familiarise candidates with all the different concepts and techniques related to the subject with the help of case studies. 

The Principles of Industrial Engineering course is an online program, rife with video tutorials and in-course assignments. A certificate will be awarded to eligible candidates upon completing the course and the end-term examination. Swayam offers plenty of study material and effective learning modes to ensure a wholesome learning opportunity for candidates who choose to participate in the program. 

The Failure Analysis and Prevention online course, developed by IIT Roorkee and offered by Swayam, details failure’s numerous aspects. Through this extensive curriculum, candidates will get the opportunity to learn about common failure principles and prevention methods which are vastly applicable to various engineering industries. The training falls under the ‘Mechanical Engineering’ purview.

The Failure Analysis and Prevention certification syllabus covers the topic comprehensively. This includes modules like the failure of mechanical concepts, failure analysis procedure, testing, micro and macro mode of fracture, observing the fracture, report writing, etc. The course has a duration of twelve weeks, and there are eight modules in total, built at the undergraduate/postgraduate level.

IIT Roorkee’s faculty member, Professor D. K. Dwivedi, explains the curriculum in great detail. This is an elective course with wide recognition across heavy engineering, power plants, and pressure vessel industries. Learners can enroll in the Failure Analysis and Prevention certification course for free and access all the study material. There is also a final exam, passing which candidates can receive the e-certificate. 

The ‘Joining Technologies for metals’ online course is about the process of joining metals which is a significant part of several manufacturing industries. This training course on metal joining technologies is a National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning Program(NPTEL) online certification course designed and conducted by the Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) Roorkee. The NPTEL course is provided for the students pursuing production engineering or mechanical engineering courses on the Swayam education platform.

This online certification course curriculum consists of eight modules divided into forty presentations which will take twelve weeks for the students to complete the course. This faculty development program on joining metals is instructed by Prof. D K Dwivedi from the department of mechanical and industrial engineering. This AICTE approved program is a core course for engineering students that will enable them to gain two credit points after course completion.

The ‘Joining Technologies for metals’ training program is categorized under the domain of mechanical engineering and materials joining division. 

Fundamentals of Surface Engineering: Mechanisms, Processes and Characterizations Certification we will be discussing the mechanisms related with wear of material processes that are used for modifying the surface properties and how to characterize the modified surfaces so that we can really check the extent of improvement which has taken place after the surface engineering of a particular component.

Fundamentals of Surface Engineering: Mechanisms, Processes, and Characterizations Classes include essential wear mechanisms such as adhesion, abrasion, erosion, cavitation, corrosion, etc., as well as controlling principles, material characteristics, and the significance of improving wear resistance in various climates.

All students enrolled will get a Fundamentals of Surface Engineering: Mechanisms, Processes and Characterizations Certification by the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) under the Swayam Initiative by the Government of India. 

The Fundamentals of Conduction and Radiation course can be accessed from the Swayam website. Swayam was created by the government of India to increase access to education among even the most disadvantaged sections of society. This course will be beneficial for students to analyse, solve, and model a broad range of engineering applications that involve conduction and radiation.

The Swayam courses are free. The courses are designed by experts in their respective areas. But candidates who want to get certified from Swayam have to submit the course assessments and sit for an end-term, in-person exam. There is an exam fee that has to be paid for the end-term exam. Course instructors Professor Amaresh Dalal and Professor Dipankar N. Basu, are faculty members of the Mechanical Engineering Department of IIT Guwahati.

The Fundamentals of Conduction and Radiation course by Swayam enables candidates to analyse, model, and solve a wide variety of engineering applications that are based on the theories of conduction and radiation. The course is focused on teaching candidates problem-solving skills.