List of Online Courses and Certifications

Fundamentals of electronic device fabrication certification is a 4 weeks course that is 100% online, conducted on the platform of Swayam. The design, and thought behind this course are by NPTEL and IIT Madras. The semiconductor industry uses different practices of fabrication that are used there, and this course exactly helps in understanding those practices along with their future opportunities, and challenges.

Basically, the Fundamentals of electronic device fabrication training caters to the undergraduate, and postgraduate students who may belong to separate backgrounds of  Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical, Materials Science, Metallurgy, Physics, and Chemistry. The certification course even provides an overview of the entire integrated circuit fabrication that uses the different practices and challenges for continuing to satisfy the law of Moore.

Welding of Advanced High Strength Steels for Automotive Applications certification is a 4 weeks small course that is developed under the joint association of NPTEL and IIT Madras, and they have chosen Swayam as their partner for providing the course. With this certification course, candidates will understand where the advanced high strength steel or AHSS is used, and why its use is increasingly rising in the automotive industry. The reasons identified will be enhanced strength-ductility, and crash energy management that will cause the building of safer, and greener vehicles.

Welding of Advanced High Strength Steels for Automotive Applications training will be ultimately responsible for teaching the weldability of AHSS. The certificate in this course is unique as it has the entire break up of marks that will be secured in the examination, and the assignments by the applicants. It will also be useful for seeking support from automotive manufacturers. Another important aspect is that learning up the content is free but the certificate is not.

Corrosion science explores the process of corrosion in metallic and non-metallic structures. The Cathodic Protection Engineering online programme attempts to dig deeper and explain some essential means of corrosion control in buried metallic structures. This is a free-to-learn curriculum by Swayam and IIT Bombay, accredited by AICTE.

Furthermore, the Cathodic Protection Engineering certification belongs to the 'Metallurgy and Material science and Mining Engineering' and 'Materials Joining' categories. If you are interested in learning this course, you should also note that this is a short-term FDP programme that runs for just four weeks.

This programme is suitable for undergraduates, postgraduates, and industry professionals. Aspirants will have to submit four assignments during the course tenure, which will help their understanding and progress.

What's more, after finishing the Cathodic Protection Engineering program, you will also get a chance to obtain a verified digital certificate offered by Swayam and NPTEL. This requires you to clear a proctored exam and fulfill other criteria to achieve certification.

The Business of Mining program covers the mining process and its varying fundamentals, from the exploration to closure of such operations. This introductory course proceeds at the student’s pace. Learners can access the video materials provided upon registration and review lessons to better understand the curriculum.

The duration of this online program is for four weeks. The Business of Mining certification syllabus lends a comprehensive learning perspective, starting from discovering mineral deposits to extraction and rehabilitation. It completes the study of mine’s life cycle. Students get to investigate the economic forces that influence the conditions and decisions relating to the mining industry.

The Business of Mining online course recently received an award in the Interactive Media Awards of the USA for the Best in Class University category. Offered by Curtin University, associate professors Bryan Maybee and Eric Lilford teach the curriculum. They are experts in Chemical Engineering, Energy, Minerals, and mines. What’s more? Students can verify their achievement with a certificate upon paying the necessary fee.

The Structural Analysis of Nanomaterials certification is a 4 weeks course that gets placed under the metallurgy category and is conducted on Swayam by the two institutions which are NPTEL and IIT Roorkee. This course on nanomaterials is an important part of Nanoscience & Nanotechnology which mainly deals with crystal structure studies, and also their defects. 

For the Structural Analysis of Nanomaterials training, candidates must have knowledge that is detailed in nature regarding the atomic/molecular structure to the crystal structure. This course has the main goal that deals with making a nanomaterial analysis that aims at investigating the relationship between structure, and property so that relevant suggestions can be incorporated in finding the new properties and improving the materials. Candidates do get to enrol in the course for free but certificates will require registering with Rs. 1,000 and attending a proctored final test.

The Microwave engineering and antennas online course is offered by the education provider Coursera and developed by the Eindhoven University of Technology. The course study is about engineering involved in microwaves and the analysis of the working of antennas. The programme is scheduled for a period of eight weeks consisting of content worth thirty eight hours. The course is instructed by lecturers Bart Smolders, Ulf Johannsen, Domine Leenaerts who are from diverse backgrounds of academic and industrial nature from the Centre for wireless technology Eindhoven(CWT/e).

The Microwave engineering and antennas online training is done by experimental techniques and the course provides the learners with the knowledge about the process of designing microwave circuits and antennas and the design challenge where the students are given the opportunity to create an active phased array system. The modules in the course are delivered to the candidates through innovative web lectures, readings, online quizzes and a book is made available for the students for their study.

NIELIT provides education, consultancy, training, research and design in electronics and IT. It offers courses for cyber law, embedded systems, instrumentation, VLSI, bioinformatics, ITES-BPO, networking and other diverse areas in information technology.

DSP using MATLAB course by the National Institute of Electronics & Information Technology is being offered to educate the learners about MATLAB as a tool for designing hardware. DSP using MATLAB courses intends to give the learners in-depth knowledge and practical sessions, within a stimulating environment. Participants will be given the requisite hands-on experience of the MATLAB tool through the lab sessions conducted by the institute. It will train the participants in using MATLAB as a tool for building and assessing digital filters before implementing them in hardware. 

They will learn about the various features of MATLAB, plotting, grid lines, properties of Z-transform, image processing, how to perform column vector operations, rows, vector operations such as addition, subtraction and multiplications.

The Surface Modelling of an Aston Martin Car using SolidWorks programme by Skill Lync has been carefully structured in partnership with expert faculty. It will help you gain fluency in the surface modelling capabilities of SOLIDWORKS, by modelling a finished Aston Martin One-77. The course curriculum will consist of the key concepts such as curve generation, solid modelling applications, and assembly module. These will help you learn the entire process of modelling the car and discovering the true potential of surface modelling.

The Surface Modelling of an Aston Martin Car Course using SolidWorks features industry-expert faculty members, who will teach you the curriculum through pre-recorded videos, weekly assignments, and hands-on projects, to get a practical experience of how the industry professionals work. 

Moreover, the Surface Modelling of an Aston Martin Car using SolidWorks Course allows you to gain an in-depth view into the professional tools used for developing design variants, automate repetitive tasks, accelerate the designing process, and save time. After successful completion, you will be awarded the course completion certificate. 

The study of plant life and development is covered in the biological field of plant biology. This branch of biology, known as botany, encompasses a wide range of scientific fields that research plants. Understanding Plants - Part II: Fundamentals of Plant Biology online certification is created by Tel Aviv University (TAU) - Israel's largest institution of higher learning and taught by  Professor Daniel Chamovitz Ph.D., President, the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, which is offered by Coursera.

Understanding Plants - Part II: Fundamentals of Plant Biology online classes comprises 5 hours of video-based lectures which are geared toward candidates interested in learning the fundamentals of plant biology. Understanding Plants - Part II: Fundamentals of Plant Biology online course discusses topics like plant structure, plant organ, and plant cells and explain the process of the growth and development of the plant as well as discusses the process of sugar synthesis, photosynthesis and explains how plants convert carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and water from the soil into oxygen.

Belonging to the multidisciplinary category, the Remote Sensing of Leaf Area Index and Primary Productivity certification has a course duration of a month. This course is the responsibility of the institutes of NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur together who have submitted this course for being conducted on the platform of Swayam. This course is free, and also online which exhibits the importance of leaf area index in ecological, physiological, and climatological studies.

The LAI or the Leaf Area Index is nothing but a response parameter catering to the process of photosynthesis that is directly related to light perception. The Remote Sensing of Leaf Area Index and Primary Productivity training gives a deep understanding of the primary productivity of the Leaf Area Index. This certification also makes it possible for the participants to know that LAI is nothing but a biophysical variable that is dimensionless and is calculated by taking into account the unit ground surface area. This programme mainly is thought of for engineering, and science students or professionals.

Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory certification is a one-month online course in the category of civil engineering. This online certification course is available on Swayam but is the design of two institutions namely NPTEL and IIT Bombay. The end certificate also possesses the logos of the aforesaid institutions for proving its authenticity factor. With this course, participants will be able to focus on learning the different tests used for testing soils.

Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory training is for performing experiments of testing soils that are presented with a small introduction that covers all the important details, and aspects of the conducted experiments. It also showcases the purpose, and theory along with the explanation of what apparatus, specimen calculations, or procedure is required to perform a certain experiment. This course easily allows the applicants to conduct experiments and then compare the results of these. All in all, the course certificate gets accepted in multinational companies like Larsen & Turbo, Simplex Infrastructure, and more.

The recent technology of flying robots has been utilized for various applications like mini helicopters or quadrotors. They are widely used in 3D construction and aerial filming of industrial sites. The time calls for the need for machines that run without the supervision of pilots for hours. The Autonomous Navigation for Flying Robots certification course focuses on autonomous navigation for quadrotors. This course is provided by TUM for learners who are keen to learn the concept of autonomous navigation. 

Autonomous Navigation for Flying Robots training will be delivered by industry experts with the help of instructor-paced learning videos, quizzes, and a browser-based quadrotor simulator. The duration of the course is 4 weeks and the learner must give at least 4 hours per week to complete the course on time. The learner shall be trained extensively on the browser-based quadrotor simulator and will be given practical training. The candidate shall also receive Autonomous Navigation for Flying Robots certification by EdX after the completion of the course. 

Adaptive control refers to a set of techniques and approaches used to control plans whose dynamics are uncertain or keep changing. Using adaptive control techniques, you can reduce the unpredictability of such plans. The Nonlinear and Adaptive Control certification course will delve into such concepts in-depth and train candidates in essential and advanced features of adaptive control. 

The candidates interested in joining this program need to have an essential understanding of MATLAB and Simulink, along with Lyapunov Stability Theory. The Nonlinear and Adaptive Control syllabus deals with relevant topics in great detail and runs for four weeks. IIT Delhi has developed this online training which is available on Swayam for free. 

This is an elective course at the postgraduate level. Professor Shubhendu Basin, Associate Professor in IIT Delhi’s Department of Electrical Engineering will teach the Nonlinear and Adaptive Control online course with two teaching assistants. The candidates also have the chance to become certified in this course by option for the paid certification. 

Swayam’s Optical Sensors online course is an elective, four-week curriculum dealing with optical biosensors and their introductory working fundamentals. Developed in collaboration with IIT Roorkee, this program is set at PG/UG-level and belongs to the ‘Photonics’ and Electrical and Electronics Engineering categories. The entire training features weekly modules, evaluations, optional exams, and term-end notes for research. 

The Optical Sensors certification syllabus commences with the elementary components, performance parameters, characteristics, etc. It then proceeds with optical phenomena, sensing applications, tissues’ optical properties, biomaterials’ optics, and more. Through an extensive curriculum, the course familiarises candidates with the mesmerizing sphere of optics principles-based sensors. In doing so, it also helps them gain industry-relevant skills to pursue career growth in this domain. 

While a basic optics experience is enough to join this training, students must complete all in-course assessments and register for Swayam’s offline test (proctored) to acquire the Optical Sensors certificate. This will further help them display their skills and seek lucrative job opportunities in Photonic Sys and related organizations.

This Internship in the Design of DC Power Supply will familiarise the candidates with the way the jobs are carried out in the domain and what the different concepts of design are, which are the more popular and used ones among them and show them how the linear and switch supply modes function.

The 4-week long course covers every relevant topic in great detail so that the applicants are not left with any doubts about the industry. For this purpose, it also features a bilingual medium of instruction for the program in order to make comprehension of both the theoretical and practical aspects of the course easy and effective.

The candidates will be able to get some fantastic insights from the course that will make understanding complex and time taking topics easy to learn and carry out. The lab sessions will grant them the ability to solve twisted scenarios and the live classes will help them with the theoretical side of the program.

The Hardware Description Languages for FPGA Design course by Coursera has been conceptualized in a way to enable the learners to get an insight into Hardware Description Languages for Logic Design and work towards their career in that direction. This course will give candidates an extensive introduction of the VHDL and Verilog which are the most widespread design methods for FPGA Design.

Coursera has collaborated with instructors from world-wide universities and companies. The learners will get access to quizzes, online videos, community discussion forums, and practice exercises.

Coursera in collaboration with the University of Colorado Boulder is providing this course. The natural learning process is utilized to make the learning of the languages easy. In the beginning, only simple examples are presented. The course also covers language rules and syntax and followed by more complex examples.

They will develop the skills required to design circuits using VHDL and Verilog and sufficient knowledge to continue gaining expertise in Verilog and VHDL further. This course is a part of the FPGA Design for Embedded Systems Specialization and can be taken for academic credit as ECEA 5361, part of CU Boulder’s Master of Science in Electrical Engineering degree.

The Introduction to Electrical and Electronic Engineering course introduces basic concepts of electronic and electrical engineering along with a variety of examples. Japan’s leading research-intensive national university, Tokyo Institute of Technology, also known as Tokyo Tech, offers the program. The introductory course spans over four weeks.

The EdX’s Introduction to Electrical and Electronic Engineering certification syllabus includes topics such as portable cell phones, solar cells, and batteries. The curriculum also comprises various applications from top Japanese companies like the high-speed railway and more. Students also get familiar with the advanced work being done in Japanese high-tech laboratories.  

Introduction to Electrical and Electronic Engineering by edX will allow students to gain expertise in broad aspects of electronic and electrical engineering. Applicants learn from experienced Tokyo Tech instructors and skilled engineers currently employed in the Japanese industry. 

Candidates can access all the lecture videos, examples, fundamental research, introductory content, and practical applications in Japanese and English. All the material, including the reports, slides, and quizzes has English transcripts too. Learners can choose anyone from the audit or the verified track to finish studying the programme. Both these tracks are self-paced and can be pursued at their own pace. The verified track offers paid but unlimited access to the materials of the course and the audit track offers free but limited course access.

Basics of software-defined Radios and Practical Applications is a 4 weeks programme that is a joint initiative of NPTEL and IIT Roorkee. This course offers an electronic copy of the certificate for its participants. The course teaches that SDR is a very important part of modern communication where processes used for hardware implementation are defined using the domain of software regarding flexibility.

Basics of software-defined Radios and Practical Applications training are used for providing the description of the several components of software-defined radios along with their significance, and relevance. The participants shall also understand the interrelationship between digital, and analog power processing and spectrum transmission of signals. At the final stage of this course, candidates will understand what kind of term solutions are used for industrial datasheets, and the motivation for appropriate transceiver design.

A Brief Introduction of Micro – Sensors course by Swayam introduces learners to micro - and nano-sensors fabrications. This elective study is based on communications and electrical engineering. An e-certificate is available with the course. For the certificate, candidates must submit all assignments and write a final proctored examination.

Set at a postgraduate level of study, the Brief Introduction of Micro – Sensors certification syllabus integrates online learning through video lectures and practical application of concepts through assignments. Learners will understand the principles of strain-stress in energy dissipation used to design such sensors. Other topics include pressure sensors, lithography, MEM sensor applications, microfabrication, and accelerometers.

The Brief Introduction of Micro – Sensors training is curated by IISER Bhopal. Students will interact with the video lectures recorded by Professor Santanu Talukder from the institute. Any student interested in learning more about such sensors can apply for the course. Companies based around semiconductor and processing technology prefer students who have completed the study.

There is a substantial requirement for electrical energy around the world. Several countries, including India, are adopting UHV (ultra-high voltage) AC and DC transmission. The main objective of the Recent Advances in Transmission Insulators online course by Swayam is to understand the significance of basic principles of insulation design.

Recent Advances in Transmission Insulators programme will also discuss different kinds of insulators and recent developments in insulator technology up to UHV levels. During this course, you will also know about vital components in a transmission system such as conductors, earth wire, accessories, insulators, towers, foundations, and hardware fittings.

The Recent Advances in Transmission Insulators certification course will provide you with knowledge on major challenges faced by utilities in the design of overhead transmission insulators for UHV-DC/AC, especially in contaminated circumstances. You will learn through practical examples, 11 hours of video content, and assignment exercises. The course also provides an e-certificate on the fulfillment of some eligibility criteria.