List of Online Courses and Certifications

The ‘Sociology of Science’ online certification course is developed for the students of undergraduate and postgraduate level and is focused on delivering insights on sociological aspects and cultural influence with respect to science and technological developments. The online course is provided by the Swayam online education portal an initiative of the government of India with the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL). In this elective program, the course classes are conducted online for a period of four weeks.

The instructor for this certification program is Dr. Anindya J. Mishra who is an associate professor of the department of the humanities and social sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee.

The ‘Sociology of Science’ certification course enables the students to receive a course certificate and course credits after finishing the training and assessments successfully. This online program is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education and helps the students gain conceptual knowledge with practical understanding.

The Local SEO: A Definitive Guide to Local Business Marketing online course is offered by the online educational platform called the  FutureLearn and is one among the ‘How to Start Your Own SEO Agency: From SEO Basics to Turning a Profit’ ExpertTrack courses. The online training is tutored by Joshua George, the founder, and owner of the leading SEO agency ClickSlice.

This SEO guiding course will teach the theory behind the SEO strategies and also share techniques that bring your website to the first page of google search. In the programme, the course instructor will include the SEO tactics that are being practised by their agency which proves a hands-on experience with the methodology. Concepts like keyword search, googling the business, optimising the website for a particular keyword, citations, and building links, will be discussed in this business management programme. 

The online course instructor for the Local SEO: A Definitive Guide to Local Business Marketing course will guide the trainees with practical sessions on how to implement the SEO strategies and create better SEO content. The online assessments with applied learning of SEO techniques will equip the candidates for developing their local business online with advanced business marketing and business management strategies that increase client traffic, exploration and sales of their products and services.

The Multilingual Practices: Tackling Challenges and Creating Opportunities online course is offered by FutureLearn and is developed by the University of Groningen. The online certification programme about multilingual practices is held for four weeks with three hours of study every week. This certificate course focuses on the advantages and challenges faced by the situation of multilingual families and multilingual environments from a scientific lens. 

The Multilingual Practices: Tackling Challenges and Creating Opportunities training programme is a study about Multilingualism that has occurred due to migration, and through this, the learners can know more about minority languages, language policies and the scope for research in multilingualism. Linguistic theories on multilingualism are explored and understood along with faculty like Anna Pot (Applied linguist) and Nanna H Hilton(Asst Professor) during the course. This course allows the candidates to share ideas and discuss the problems that may arise due to multilingualism in societies.

We live in a world driven by data, and through the Introduction to R for Data Science course, you can learn how to make the most of it using the R platform. This programme will take you through the various essential concepts of R, starting from how to download, install, and run the platform on your machine. 

Introduction to R for Data Science course, you will work with airline data and learn how to manage data using R. This is an introductory programme in R and data science, created for beginners who want to pursue this field and gain the foundational knowledge. Purdue University, USA, has developed this Course which is entirely free of cost on Future Learn.

If you want to study more advanced concepts and theorems of data science and R, then the Introduction to R for Data Science programme by Future Learn will be the perfect beginner course for you. Moreover, you can avail of this module for free or choose to pay for upgraded services and enjoy enhanced benefits by Future Learn. 

The course Exploring Japanese Avant-garde Art Through Butoh Dance by Future Learn has a distinctive concept and approach. The course focuses on making the candidates understand the methods of Japanese art and how they are absorbed, re-created, and their impact on the western art culture seen in the 20th century through the way of hijikata Tatsumi's butoh dance. The course will enlighten the candidates on revolutionary cultural Avant-garde Japanese art.

The course will focus on elaborating on numerous aspects and the origin of significant Japanese art. Through this course, the candidates will get introduced to Japanese and foreign post-war art and culture by using ancient evidence to introduce the concepts of hijikata’s butoh.

The structure of the course is designed in a way by which the candidates will get a clear and detailed understanding of Avant-garde and butoh along with aspects of exploring inventive methods of exploring the art of dance education.

The certification course on Nanotechnology for Health: Innovative Designs for Medical Diagnosis is designed by the University of Twente. It is a young entrepreneur University in the Netherlands that prepares young people to tackle the world's challenges during the coming decades. 

As a part of it, the educators at the University have designed a course on medical nanotechnology and its societal behavior. Nanotechnology is useful for the controlling and manipulation of nanometer-sized matter with the precision of a nanometer. The matter can be atoms, molecules, or other larger biological structures such as living cells or DNA.

This course on nanotechnology explores the potentials of nanotechnology products in medical applications. It helps create new devices that can be useful for diagnosing disease and monitoring medical treatment. Furthermore, it also considers the ethical impact of nanotechnology on societal behavior. 

Due to increasing data related to health, the possibilities for data analytics has increased the use of Artificial Intelligence in the healthcare sector. Through the course Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare: Opportunities and Challenges the candidates will be able to understand in what ways AI can be utilised in healthcare and its challenges. 

In this course the candidates will get to see why AI might be needed in healthcare, along with its possible applications, the various opportunities of AI in the healthcare sector, challenges due to AI in the healthcare sector, methods to overcome the challenges, how AI will assist and support to better healthcare and any issues that may be caused like is AI dehumanising the healthcare sector. At the end of the course, the candidates will be confident with their knowledge of AI and ways in which it can improve the present healthcare sector.

This course can be taken by anyone interested to know about AI working in healthcare but will be relevant for candidates with prior knowledge in healthcare such as students, healthcare professionals, and researchers.

The Robotics Process Automation course by the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology imparts intelligence to the participants in various concepts like RPA, OCR, error handling, programming, debugging, SAP, UiPath, state machine layout, reframe work, triggering events and types of bots.

This course provides knowledge to the candidate on various concepts in automation and robotics. By undergoing the Robot process automation course, the candidate will understand various dropping and dragging techniques. This program also helps the candidate to improve their knowledge of UiPath software. The course covers basic concepts like flowchart, sequence and workflow. This course provides hands-on practical sessions. It helps the candidate to gain practical knowledge.

The certificate offered by the National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology adds more value to the course. The program follows the bilingual mode of instruction. By pursuing this course, the candidate will understand in-depth concepts in robotics that would help them to excel in robotics and automation-related jobs.

The domain of Power BI falls under the Microsoft Tools that helps in visualizing and analyzing the data by the professionals. The Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Power BI course thus will be dealing with the Power BI tool and will help the participants in preparing data and dashboards along with reports. 

The course will be helpful if the applicant is- financial analyst, marketing analyst, beginner academic, data analyst or a researcher. Thus, the programme will be offering a wide plethora of options to work upon and develop. In the Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Power BI  training, the students will also get the opportunity to publish their own report. The four week programme will be helping the professionals in bringing their data to life and portray more meaningful stories. The Analyzing and Visualizing Data with Power BI online course will be gilded by the instructors and help students learn about the various types and methods of data visualization and report writing with data. 

There are two pathways in which enrolling in this course of edX is possible. One is the verified track, and the other is the audit mode. During the audit mode, the candidates shall have limited time access to the course, but access becomes unlimited during the verified track.

The ‘Gender justice and workplace security’ online course is organized to enable students to develop their understanding of aspects of gender justice such as gender equality and other significant laws that have been drafted over the years to support the position of women in society. This National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning(NPTEL) course is provided by Swayam and the course of study is designed to be completed in four weeks.

The course instructor for this elective course for the undergraduate level students is Prof. Dipa Dube from the Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. The students of this program will gain a comprehensive knowledge of gender-based concepts and theories in the context of a workplace.

The ‘Gender justice and workplace security’ online training program ensures the participants of the course with a course certificate and credit points after finishing the program with the assessments according to the qualifying criteria. This management studies program is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE).

The Online Educator: People and Pedagogy programme by FutureLearn spans a total of four weeks. To complete the course successfully, you will need to invest four hours every week for the classes. You can get accredited for the course by paying a fee and receive a digital certification for the same. 

Moreover, the Online Educator: People and Pedagogy course is developed by The Open University of the United Kingdom. It is one of the most prominent academic institutions in the UK, so an accreditation from the university holds an immense value from the employability standpoint. 

A team of experienced professors from The Open University will hold the classes online to impart learning. In the Online Educator: People and Pedagogy certification programme, you will get to learn about various parts of online teaching, which consists of building an online presence, innovation, disruption, ethical values, design, accessibility, online identity, among others.

Moreover, this course provides you with flexibility concerning time and place. Anyone who is involved in online education or training can benefit. 

The short term Innovative Teaching: Engaging Adult Learners with Active Learning online programme is offered by the online education platform FutureLearn for a period of four weeks and weekly three study hours and is developed by the University of Padova and the University of Georgia. The course instructors for the training programme are Monica Fedeli(Professor at the University of Padova), Edward Taylor(Professor emeritus at Penn State University) and Laura Bierem(Professor at the University of Georgia).

Active learning has made the classroom more interactive and has transformed the conventional teaching methods into a student-centred learning process. The course engages with concepts of teamwork, collaboration and participation among students. In this programme, the learners explore their perspectives on teaching and share their ideas and plan to determine effective teaching strategies. Active learning, a powerful learning experience is structured into the potential of active lectures and engaging in small groups, technology in bringing participation, continuous feedback and assessments and affirmative student-teacher relationships which are dealt with in the course.

The Certification Course in Understanding Quantum Computers by Future Learn is an introductory course for candidates looking for career prospects in the field of quantum computing and applications related to it. The 4-week course in detail discusses the important algorithms and theories related to the subject of quantum computers. For a better understanding of concepts, students will be provided with a graphic description of the subject. 

The course while dealing with key concepts on- computational complexity and quantum chemistry will have minimum usage of mathematical concepts. The course will provide an opportunity for the candidates to learn at their own pace. Students who take up the course will be subjected to new concepts that will require mental stretching. The course is provided by Future Learn and is co-partnered by Keio University, Japan. To course will allow all the learners to work vividly in the field of Quantum computing. 

The course substantiates basic fundamentals of Quantum Computation like the no-cloning theorem, measurement, qubit, and others. Along with the basics, the course also throws light on the hardware aspect of Quantum computing. The Certification programme allows the learner to know the changing dynamics of computer science as a subject.

The career management for early-career academic researchers online course is provided by FutureLearn which is an online education platform and developed by the University of Glasgow, the University of Edinburgh, and the University of Sheffield. This course on career management is scheduled for a period of four weeks with three study hours per week and the learners can study at their own convenience. 

Future career decision-making is made easier for the early career researchers and the academic career researchers by analysing the values, motivation, and interests of the academic researchers using the insights provided in the online training sessions. The learners will explore their career options in the academic arena and the other professional job markets. An understanding of the questions of  ‘what one wants from a career and ‘what kind of career will suit depending on the skills possessed’ is gained through the course of instruction in the ‘Career Management for Early Career Academic Researchers' certification course.

It builds the confidence and grit in oneself to perform desirable in interviews and in the application procedures while seeking jobs while studying about how employers refer to the skillset and values earned by the researchers throughout their education. 

The Career Management for Early Career Academic Researchers online certification course is learned along with experts from the field who include Sharon Maguire (Careers consultant - University of Edinburgh), Katrina Gardner(Career guidance expert - University of Glasgow), and Rachael Roberts (Careers consultant - University of Sheffield). Through the weeks the candidates will explore topics like Individual influences on career decisions, career options, progress in an academic career and finally preparing for the job application process.

FutureLearn's How Food is Made. Understanding Food Processing Technologies course is designed to improve your knowledge about food processing technologies. Through this Food Processing Technologies certificate course, you will build confidence in the processed foods sold in the market and learn about the food processing industry. The programme is an offering of EIT Food, along with DIL and EIT (European Institute of Innovation and Technology).

In How Food is Made. Understanding Food Processing Technologies programme, you will overview the history of food processing right from its origin to modern food processing techniques. You will learn about the merits and demerits of food processing technologies and study their effect on safety, health, sustainability, and quality. 

Completion of the How Food is Made. Understanding Food Processing Technologies course will empower you to make informed decisions about your food intake. Besides, this Food Processing Technologies certificate course focuses on food technologies rather than the formulation of food products. The University of Reading and EUFIC provide the content for the course. It is a four-week programme.

Coursera’s Advanced Chemistry programme is an intermediate-level study in some key chemistry concepts, and it corresponds to typical high school chemistry courses. The training is designed to provide students with advanced knowledge in the field of chemistry, especially in inorganic and physical chemistry. You should know about fundamental topics like stoichiometry, molarity, thermochemistry, and chemical kinetics.

The Advanced Chemistry Training course is a 100 percent online experience, with flexible deadlines. Learnt professionals prudently curate the course curriculum. Besides, the programme is instructed by faculties having relevant experience in the subject. The course duration spans for five weeks.

The Advanced Chemistry course also features an abundance of reading material, which is rich in information, to peruse through. You also get to practice exercises and problems to help you keep your newly acquired knowledge intact. This particular course doesn’t provide a course completion certificate. However, Coursera gives you access to the entire course content, including the graded tests unlocked. 

The ‘Introduction to Human Behavioral Genetics’ certification course is developed by the University of Minnesota for the students to gain a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental concepts and theories associated with the behavioral genetic tools and techniques. This course also focuses on the practical aspects of the challenges faced regarding the behavioral aspects. This online course is provided by the Coursera education portal for an estimated period of eight weeks. The course contents are designed to be completed in twenty six hours and are offered with subtitles to enable easy access to the texts for those from various language backgrounds.

The candidates of this course are guided by Matt McGue, a Regents professor from the department of psychology. This online training program enables students to gain skills and knowledge based on psychology and human genetics. The ‘Introduction to Human Behavioral Genetics’ online certification program ensures students of this training receive a course completion certificate at the end of the course.

The ‘Classical papers in molecular genetics’ online certification course is designed for the students to get an opportunity to engage in discussions of the famous and significant historical landmarks of classical papers that describe important biochemical and genetic experiments. The students of this course will gain knowledge about philosophy and the process of discovery behind scientific experiments.

The online course is provided by Coursera with the curriculum and classes being developed by the University of Geneva (UNIGE). The participants of this program can complete the learning within an estimated time of twenty seven hours. The classes are conducted online and led by the course instructor, Dominique Belin from the department of pathology and Immunology at the University of Geneva.

The ‘Classical papers in molecular genetics’ online training program enable students to receive a course certificate at the end of the program which can be shared online for the benefit of the students after completing the course of study.

The Particle Dynamics Course covers concepts of particle dynamics, which is one of the most fundamental subjects covered under Mechanical Engineering. You will be able to organize your knowledge about various concepts such as force, motion, work, energy, impulse, and momentum, among others. Newton's 2nd Law of motion and its integration over time and displacement are also part of the curriculum. 

The Coursera Particle Dynamics Online Programme is the first of the two-part Engineering Dynamics module, the second part being Rigid Body Dynamics. It consists of pre-recorded video lectures that are each about 15 minutes long. These video lectures include problem-solving exercises. 

The Particle Dynamics Course is an intermediate-level programme offered by the KAIST ( Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology ). You will require approximately 14 hours to complete this course. Besides, you also have to appear for a final exam. You can also purchase a certification experience of the course. This certificate will add tremendous value to your resume.

Probabilistic Graphical Models (PGMs) is considered to be a strong foundation for encrypting probability arrangement over composite domains. Hence, Probabilistic Graphical Models 2: Inference is drafted to address the questions related to probabilistic inference. This course depends upon the concepts from graph algorithms, probability theory, and machine learning. These concepts are the base for the advanced methods used in various applications like speech recognition, medical diagnosis, natural language processing, etc. These advanced methods are also essential tools in composing various machine learning problems.

In an order of three, Probabilistic Graphical Models 2: Inference is the second one. While the first course, focused on description, this course would address the question occurs in probabilistic inference or in other words use of PGM in answering the questions. PGM is described as a very high dimensional diffusion but its framework is drafted in such a way that it can answer the questions efficiently. The course introduces both approximate and accurate algorithms for the variety of inference tasks, and also talks over the application of each algorithm.

Learn how digital images and videos are produced, altered, processed, and used from the Image and Video Processing: From Mars to Hollywood with a Stop at the Hospital programme offered by the Duke University. From how computers and digital cameras shape pictures to the use of special effects in Hollywood movies to how the Mars Rover has been able to send photos through millions of miles of space, candidates will be introduced to the vast world of digital imaging.

The Image and Video Processing: From Mars to Hollywood with a Stop at the Hospital programme begins by looking at how the human visual system functions and then shows you how digital images work in mathematics, engineering and computer science. Candidates will learn the basic algorithms used for image adjustment and explore the standards of JPEG and MPEG for video image encoding and compression. They will learn about image segmentation, filtering and noise reduction. Finally, the programme will finish with methods of image processing used in the medical field.

Academic research methodology conducts an innovative, high-caliber study that develops new knowledge and advances current comprehension. As an academic researcher, you will utilize the knowledge and abilities you have acquired via research and exploration.

Applicants will get the opportunity to learn a variety of crucial academic research abilities for producing a brilliantly written project at the master's level. Academic Research Methodology for Master’s Students certification is developed by Coventry university which has received the No.1 ranking in the world for Massive Open Online Courses in MoocLab’s World University Ranking 2021, and the course will be explained by Joanne Carlier which FutureLearn offers.

Academic Research Methodology for Master’s Students certification online training offers two weeks of digital lessons and a digital certificate after eligibility. Academic Research Methodology for Master’s Students online course focuses on concepts and techniques such as research process, planning and exploration of research techniques, and how to do academic research for a written project, as well as strategies for developing a variety of essential academic research skills, the ability to define features, and the application of inductive reasoning to the research process. Participants will get the opportunity to examine, develop, and define research challenges, as well as build a research plan describing the necessary steps to achieve their objectives. 

The ‘Professional Certificate in Essential skills for self-learning and development in India’ online course is a study about the methods and strategies to acquire skills and knowledge to develop self-study abilities to inculcate effective learning. The professional certificate course is provided by the Metropolitan School of Business and Management UK. This short online course is designed for the students to complete the course in two weeks. 

This is an advanced-level course that enables the learners to study the concepts and theories on their own through the pre-recorded lectures as part of the course curriculum. The students of this self-paced learning course will benefit from the low fee structure and the other skill development aspects of the program. The ‘Professional Certificate in Essential skills for self-learning and development in India’ training program is independently accredited and conforms to the guidelines provided by the Continous Professional Development (CPD) while offering the students the course certificate after course completion.

The ‘Professional Certificate in Introduction to Critical Thinking Skills in India’ online course is framed for the students to develop critical thinking abilities to solve problems in business and organizational contexts. This short online certificate course is provided by the Metropolitan School of Business and Management UK and will take two weeks to complete the training by the candidates of the program.

This is an advanced-level certification program that can be learned by the students on their own with the help of the pre-recorded lectures included in the course curriculum. The critical thinking course by MSBM UK helps students to gain theoretical and practical skills for decision making. The ‘Professional Certificate in Introduction to Critical Thinking Skills in India’ training program issues the students with a course certificate after completion of the course study. This professional certification course is independently accredited and follows the guidelines of the Continous Professional Development(CPD). 

The Professional Certificate in Effective Information Research for Zero Plagiarism Online Course is a specialized course that aims at improving the writing skills of learners with a special focus on producing content with no plagiarism.

The Professional Certificate in Effective Information Research for Zero Plagiarism Live Course is available as a 100% online course that would equip learners with excellent research skills.

After successfully completing the course, all learners will receive a Professional Certificate in Effective Information Research for Zero Plagiarism. The course will provide unlimited 24/7 access to learning materials.

The Advanced Optimization Techniques and Hands-on with MATLAB/SCILAB course is being offered by the Electronics and ICT academy at National Institute of Technology Patna. It has been set up under the scheme of Department of electronics and information technology. It is a Joint Online Faculty Development Programme.

National Institute of Technology Patna, provides an opportunity of educational training, development and research in science, humanities and engineering technology along with education at UG, PG and PhD level. This course has been designed to provide the learners with an understanding of the various concepts of optimization. 

They will learn the fundamentals of optimization and the various methods used for optimization such as the graphical method, the simple method, Multi-modal function Optimization, Multi objective Particle Swarm Optimization, Hybridization of optimization techniques with Neural Networks and Deep Neural Networks and Benchmark mathematical function optimization.

This course is beneficial for the students who wish to gain knowledge about optimization techniques and advance their career in this field of industry.

PDPM IIITDM Jabalpur’s Social Robotics training provides exposure to the essentials of Artificial Intelligence and the field of Robotics. During the programme, you will learn about the dynamics of industrial manipulators and kinematics, path planning, trajectory planning, robot design, and other key concepts. 

Furthermore, the Social Robotics course syllabus covers topics like Robotics’ basics, Robot kinematics, Reinforcement learning, Rehabilitation Robotics, Robots in healthcare, Wheeled Mobile Robots, etc. The curriculum also emphasises the application of Robotics in the Healthcare industry. Hence, you will learn how robots help in the rehabilitation of heart and stroke patients. 

Moreover, the Social Robotics programme also explores how robots are being used in the current Covid-19 crisis. Experts are formulating ways of robotic treatment for patients to reduce human contact during the pandemic. The course is open to faculty, students, Research scholars, and industry personnel working in this particular field. 

IITDM has collaborated with NIT Patna and MNIT Jaipur to curate the Social Robotics online course. Hence, esteemed faculty members are the educators who will help you grasp the curriculum concepts efficiently. 

The Department of Civil Engineering and the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, jointly present the Recent Advances in Environmental Biotechnology programme. It is a short-term course that has coursework of roughly 30 hours. The instructors of the course will mostly constitute IIT Kharagpur faculty members. 

Biotechnology is playing a significant role in tackling modern-day environmental issues through progressive and innovative solutions. Incidentally, the IIT Kharagpur Recent Advances in Environmental Biotechnology course will expose the current advancements in this field, including the novel biotechnological tools, processes, and techniques. Further, the training will uncover the latest trends in bioanalytical trends, food security, and genetically modified microorganisms.

Through the Recent Advances in Environmental Biotechnology online course, the candidates will acquire knowledge about how biotechnology has advanced electronic waste management, cleaner production, greenhouse gas abatement, air pollution control, and more in a holistic way. Besides, the focus of the course is on painting an overall picture of sustainable development. The interested participants can apply for the course and can make the fee payment upon being shortlisted.

The Leading in the Changing Times online course aims to create transformational, humanistic, responsible, innovative, and value-led educators. The focus of the programme will be on key issues faced by principals, deans, faculty, and teachers in the day-to-day functioning of schools and colleges. Leading in the Changing Times certification by IIM Amritsar is designed to address the challenges faced by educational institutions in the rapidly evolving world.

It will provide insights into educational change, establishing norms for continuous quality improvement, and creating learning organisations. The Leading in the Changing Times certification course will cover a range of topics, including technology's impact on education, pedagogical leadership, data-driven decision-making, curriculum design for 21st-century skills, stakeholder management, and more. The sessions will be delivered online by experienced faculty from prestigious institutions such as IIMs, IITs, and Central and State Universities. There are also many  Leadership Certification Courses available online.

The Python for Artificial Intelligence Course is a 5 day long online short-term course that introduces the core concepts of the Python programming language to beginners. The course will explore the applications of Python language in the domains of artificial intelligence and machine learning.

The Python for Artificial Intelligence Certification Course is administered by the Center for Continuing Education & Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Warangal, a premier institute of higher learning and technical education.

After completing the Python for Artificial Intelligence Course through expert lectures and hands-on practical sessions, all learners will receive an e-certificate. The sessions will be handled by experts from IITs, NITs, central universities, and experts from the software industry.