Free Courses & Certifications

A capstone project enables an individual to design a problem, develop the solution, and tackle troubleshooting. It is an important milestone in any professional programme. The goal of the Capstone Project programme is to enable you to integrate theories, skills, and principles and encourage you to use them to solve real-world problems. While capstone projects come in various forms, this particular course will focus on various aspects of technology.

The curriculum of Capstone Project certification has been developed by the National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research or NITTTR, Kolkata. This massive open online course or MOOC has been approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) as a faculty development programme or FDP. The course instructor will be Dr. Prasanta Sarkar, professor and head of the electrical engineering department at NITTTR, Kolkata.

Capstone Project is an eight-week online course in the Teacher Education category. It also offers certification if you pay the necessary fee, submit all assignments and appear for an offline exam at the end of the term. Otherwise, enrolment is free.

Learning resources are available in abundance on different levels and in several forms such as books, journals, social media, audio and visual materials, databases, newspapers, digital and printed archives, and more. However, it is crucial to manage and organise these learning resources through planning and technology. The Managing Learning Resources by Swayam aims to teach how to maximise the utilisation of resources using minimum investment. 

The Managing Learning Resources certification has been compiled by NITTTR Kolkata for the welfare of current and aspiring teachers. This eight-week course has been termed an FDP course and is approved by the AICTE for the online learning platform. After finishing this course that consists of eight modules, you will be eligible to write the proctored exam and earn a course certificate.

Besides, the Managing Learning Resources program is a self-paced online learning MOOC. Hence, you can learn at your own time and leisure and gain new skills and valuable knowledge.

Swayam has designed a unique programme centred on student evaluation and question paper authoring in association with NITTTR. Question Paper Authoring and Student Evaluation  helps teachers construct different assessment procedures and testing methods that provide better learning outcomes. The curriculum discusses assessment methods that can judge the students’ quantitative and qualitative performance and incorporate 360-degree feedback. 

The Question Paper Authoring and Student Evaluation syllabus includes assessment procedures, designing question papers, performance assessment, two-dimensional learning and more. The MOOC will help you learn through interactive methods and develop a deeper understanding of the concepts. The modules help in self-learning, and the internal assessment method of weekly assignments will test your progress during the course.

The Question Paper Authoring and Student Evaluation programme comes under the teacher education series and is a valuable course for teachers at different academic levels. If you wish to obtain the certificate, you can register for the certification exam and qualify for it.

Technical education has witnessed considerable growth in the last two decades. However, its quality faces criticism as the educational system’s various subcomponents, like the input, instructional procedures, curriculum,  resources, etc., require improvement. To introduce change in this system, systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of data are crucial. This is where educational research comes into play, and the Research in Technical Education programme explains its numerous aspects.

The Research in Technical Education course by Swayam is an eight-week curriculum that helps teachers understand the essentials of teaching-learning and its relevant areas. The programme syllabus covers vital topics that will help you obtain the skills for defining and choosing research problems and describing research methodologies. You will be skilled in collecting data, formulating research proposals, and other critical activities.

Designed by the National Institute of Technical Teachers Training and Research, Chandigarh, the Research in Technical Education training is an AICTE-approved FDP. Upon satisfying all the eligibility conditions, you can also earn the verified e-certificates to display your acquired fluency in this domain and seek career opportunities.

Developed by NITTTR Chennai, the Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching program by Swayam focuses on the AICTE Technical Teacher Training module. This interactive MOOC will help you learn how technology is enhancing and transforming classroom instructions. Since incorporating technologies into classroom teaching is challenging, this curriculum provides all the critical learnings to help faculty members like you become fluent in technology-enabled learning.

The eight-week Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching training will also help you leverage your teaching skills and discover an ideal approach for your students, educational contexts, and yourself. The extensive syllabus will enable you to comprehend effective virtual teaching practices and progressively design your online learning activities. 

Furthermore, the Integrating Educational Technology into Teaching certification curriculum is a result of experts input, experiential sharing, and stakeholders interviewees. It also contains numerous case studies and examples, which will help you establish technology-enhanced instructions and what to address when you create these experiences. Upon fulfilling the required criteria, you can also obtain the course certificate.

Today, there are rapid changes in the world’s knowledge landscape. According to the National Education Policy 2020, an ideal educational institution is one where students feel cared for and welcome. Such an environment must provide stimulating and safe learning, diverse educational experiences, appropriate resources, and a robust physical infrastructure. Every educational institute must strive to attain these attributes for achieving NAAC’s accreditation, and the Quality Assurance through NAAC Accreditation Process program explains how to do that. 

The Quality Assurance through NAAC Accreditation Process certification syllabus covers essential topics to understand how accreditation and assessment are used as external quality assurance mechanisms for higher education. These topics include curricular aspects, learning resources, student progression, institutional best practices, etc. To learn these concepts in the best way possible, the curriculum offers leading experts’ demonstrations, discussions, and lectures, who work in coveted NAAC-accredited institutions.

The AICTE-approved Quality Assurance through NAAC Accreditation Process is an eight-week FDP (faculty development program). It belongs to the ‘Teacher Education’ domain and also offers verified e-certificates if you clear all the eligibility prerequisites. The curriculum is divided into 8 modules, and you can also access books and references for further reading. 

Understanding Disciplines and Subjects Course is one of the core courses provided by the Indira Gandhi National Open University in the teacher education programme. The 8-weeks long course, included in the B.Ed programme as per the NCTE Regulations, 2014, allows candidates to understand the factors affecting the formation of an academic discipline.

Understanding Disciplines and Subjects Certification by Swayam aims at helping candidates understand the concept of knowledge and the ways of identifying specific categories of knowledge. It will further deal with the categorization of academic disciplines with the use of a knowledge base. The course will help candidates excel in the sphere of teaching and academics.

The Understanding Disciplines and Subjects Training course would assist aspiring teachers to frame school subjects and curriculum using their detailed insight about different aspects of academic disciplinary knowledge. The course will ultimately help candidates to make their teaching-learning process multidisciplinary and trans-disciplinary.

The ‘Accreditation and Outcome-based Learning’ online certification course is designed for the students to learn about the effective methods of teaching and to gain insights to develop an outcome-oriented curriculum for learning. This free online certification course is provided by the education portal, Swayam along with the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL). The classes are scheduled to be conducted for eight weeks and this is an undergraduate-level course for any individual who is interested in knowing more about effective pedagogic strategies to fulfill the knowledge needs.

The course instructors for this elective course and multidisciplinary program are assistant professor S K. Das Mandal from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and Prof. Anup Kumar Ray. The students of this program are given academic and industrial training by professionals through hands-on methodologies that impart a theoretical and practical understanding of the concepts.

The ‘Accreditation and Outcome-based Learning’ online training helps students get a course certificate and two credit points after completion of the course.

The Distributed Systems online course is an 8 weekly program offered by Swayam. A distributed system is a computerized system in which multiple components placed on computer networks communicate and coordinate their operations through the transmission of messages. Multiple components collaborate with each other to attain a common purpose.

Distributed applications or software that operate concurrently on numerous computers in a network and can be saved in the database or in the cloud. This Distributed Systems training gives an in-depth overview of the fundamental ideas and models underpinning distributed computing theory, methods, and systems.

The Distributed Systems syllabus covers some of the emerging topics such as distributed hash tables, peer-to-peer computing, google file system, spark, HDFS, security in distributed systems, and sensor networks. students who complete this course will have a thorough understanding of how things function in a distributed setting.

The Design of fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles online course is offered by the online course provider Swayam, an initiative by the Ministry of Education, Government of India. The 8 weeks AICTE approved undergraduate/postgraduate level elective course includes 2 credit points. This Design of fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles training presents the basic sizing and design process for fast expanding fixed-wing UAV technology, as well as prototype testing, stability, and performance analysis. The Design of fixed-wing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles syllabus introduces basic design parameters, design algorithm, and simulation. 

The Introduction to Airplane performance online course is an 8 weeks program offered by Swayam, an initiative by the Ministry of Education, Government of India. This course is intended to give an integrated basic study of airplane performance as well as a sense of flight testing and aircraft design. The Introduction to Airplane performance syllabus covers various topics such as airplane performance characteristics, standard atmosphere, the thrust required, range and endurance, cruise and manoeuvre, landing performance, control and stability, design basics, etc.

The ‘Organic Farming for Sustainable Agricultural Production’ online course is about the principles and techniques associated with organic farming. The course delves into discussing nutrient management, vermicompost processing, and the use of biopesticides and biocontrol agents. This course on organic farming is a National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning(NPTEL) online course offered by the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. This is a core course provided on the Swayam online education platform for the students belonging to the domain of agriculture and food engineering, agricultural science, and environmental science.

This program is approved by the AICTE and organized for eight weeks. The course educator for this online training is Dr. Dillip Kumar Swain from the department of agriculture and food engineering at IIT Kharagpur. 

The ‘Organic Farming for Sustainable Agricultural Production’ training program is a postgraduate level course that is categorized under the agriculture and food engineering domain. The students of this faculty development program can earn two credit points and a course certificate that consists of the NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur logos, after completing the course. 

Instrumentation and Process Control in the Food Industry is an 8-week online programme. The course is meant for undergraduate-level students who intend to step into the food industry. The Instrumentation and Process Control in Food Industry Certification Course is an online free programme offered by Swayam in collaboration with  IIT Kharagpur. Though it is free to join and pursue, the learners are required to sit for the exam and secure a certification qualifying score to get a hold of the certificate. 

Instrumentation and Process Control in Food Industry Certification is a course that is approved by AICTE (All India Council for Technical Education). The courses will guide you through process control and instrumentation in the food industry. Plus, the learners will explore stability analysis, food process control, control tuning and the like. The course is led by Prof. Ashis Kumar Datta who is a faculty at the Department of Agricultural and Food Engineering at IIT Kharagpur. 

The ‘Agri-Food Systems Analysis’ online course is developed and offered on the  Edx online education provider platform by Doane University. The online programme will take approximately eight weeks to complete as the candidate has to spend ten to fifteen hours each week. This course is about the study of the economic, social, and environmental factors that influence the sustainability of food systems and deciphering solutions for policymakers and decision-makers in the industries.

The students of the ‘Agri-Food Systems Analysis’ training course will know about the role of the various departments like finance, agriculture, commerce, health and environment in different countries and the significance of them working together to face the challenges of sustainability. 

This business and management course in the intermediate level instructed by Amanda Mckinney (Associate dean and executive director at the Institute of Human and Planetary Health) will help the learners understand the economic and social aspects of health, climate change, living conditions which enable the policymakers and leaders in the business industry to frame relevant policies. The learners can join the programme either by paying the fee or free of cost. In the free mode, the students will have only a limited duration of access to the course. 

Engineering/Architectural Graphics - part I - Orthographic projection online course is a short-term core program offered by Swayam in association with IIT Roorkee. This eight-week-long course falls under the architecture and planning category. It aims to introduce the study of engineering graphics that architects and engineers use to design new products.

The Engineering/Architectural Graphics part I certification syllabus explores the grammar and vocabulary of engineering graphics and its distinct components that include 2D and 3D. This program's curriculum will mainly focus on the 2D section of graphics.  It will prepare you to use the techniques and tools necessary in engineering.

Further, the Engineering/Architectural Graphics part I training includes eight assignments during the course's tenure and a proctored exam at the end, which is optional. This exam along with the assignments will help you obtain a digital and verified certificate after finishing all the modules. You can attach the certificate to your resume after finishing the course.

In the Landscape Architecture and Site Planning - Basic Fundamentals certification course, the events that led to rapid urbanization and the recent trends that are there in the domain of urbanization will also be accessed. The course will be covering the reasons behind the - fast depletion of natural resources with special mention to the vegetation. The Landscape Architecture and Site Planning - Basic Fundamentals certification syllabus will also be covering the reasons for the depletion of the natural ground-cover along with the landscapes. And will be elaborating on topics such as the sources of natural hazards like- flood, landslide, soil, heat island, soil erosion, and others. 

The Landscape Architecture and Site Planning - Basic Fundamentals training will be held for the students who are willing to pursue a career in the field as- planner, architecture, or engineers. The twelve-week programme will thus be helping the students to develop their skills in the field of site planning and landscape.

The Structure, Form, and Architecture certification course is an eight-week course that throws light on the various aspects of creating robust, stable, and aesthetically pleasing architecture. It highlights the importance of the factors to be considered while designing architecture. This AICTE-approved FDP course falls under the architecture and planning domain. 

The Structure, Form, and Architecture curriculum is designed to satisfy the academic needs of both undergraduate and postgraduate students. Professor Shubhajit Sadhukhan, an assistant professor in the Department of Architecture and amp, IIT Roorkee, offers the training. He has several publications in reputed international journals under his name. 

Moreover, the Structure, Form and Architecture online training will touch upon the basic concepts of structural forms, the properties of the materials used and the pros and cons of choosing specific architectural forms. Learners are also introduced to relevant case studies from across the world, along with a few study model experiments for enhanced conceptual understanding.

The Contemporary Architecture and Design online course offered by Swayam, an initiative by the education ministry of the Indian government. The course will teach students about the historical context and current architectural trends and discusses primary stages of modernism, contemporary architecture, and postmodernism.

The Contemporary Architecture and Design training briefly discusses key characteristics with examples of both stages of modern architecture. For a more comprehensive understanding, these periods of the architectural model of philosophy will be expanded into the domains of fine arts and visual design. The contemporary Architecture and Design syllabus will assist students in developing critical thinking skills related to architectural appreciation as well as developing design vocabulary.

The Contemporary Architecture and Design training covers various Post-Modern Architecture's Stages, Master architects' works from the modern period. The course also offers participants a government-recognized certificate through Swayam. Students must register and take the course provider's proctored in-person test at one of the certified testing centres, which costs Rs 1,000.

The Culturally Responsive Built Environments online course is an 8 weeks program provided by Swayam, an initiative by the Ministry of Education of the Indian government. The goal of this course is to present cultural discourse theory, practice, education, and research in the built environment. 

The Culturally Responsive Built Environments training aims to lay the groundwork and re-orient learners to apply interdisciplinary and systems thinking approaches for putting together the ecological, scientific, technical, and political elements of the topic of the culturally relevant living environment under one roof.

The Culturally Responsive Built Environments syllabus includes culture risk and disaster, practices and principles of conservation, cultural economies, social change, architectural education, winter urbanism, etc.

The 8 weeks Housing Policy & Planning online course is offered by Swayam. For a long time, the Government of India has prioritized ‘Housing for All.' It has developed the Housing for All mission, which includes a sub-mission centred on ‘technology' to improve social housing delivery. The government has also been working to create an enabling environment for private companies by implementing changes in the land and finance sectors in order to boost the total housing supply.

As a result, the housing market is always changing. The Housing Policy & Planning training teaches about new conditions which helps academics and practitioners to deliver in the field of housing projects without a solid understanding of the rapidly changing housing planning practice and policy dynamics.

The Housing Policy & Planning syllabus includes current housing land and policy reforms, planning, and strategic intervention at the municipal and sub-regional levels. The program is highly engaging and full of best practices and important cases, as well as course resources that are extremely valuable for students at the bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. levels, academics, professionals/consultants, and policymakers at all levels.

Prof Anjali Gera Roy conducts the Speaking Effectively programme, a core course under the discipline of humanities and social sciences. IIT Kharagpur has organised this eight-week course which is taught at an undergraduate level of understanding. To comprehend the course content efficiently, candidates must have intermediate-level experience with the English language.

The Speaking Effectively online course introduces the working and formation of effective spoken communication. Candidates will learn that speech is an autonomous mode with a characteristic style, structure, syntax, vocabulary and how it is registered. The course focuses on mastering the principles of speech such as body language, pronunciation, vocabulary and the essential skills required to carry a conversation.

The Speaking Effectively certification course will also train students in advanced areas such as interview conversations, formal public presentations, participation in meetings, and so on. candidates will learn from practical experience because the course encourages one-on-one interactions, small group interactions, and speaking before an audience.

Offering 2 credits, and having a course level of postgraduate, the Big Data Computing certification is an 8-week course. This certificate course has been curated by NPTEL and IIT Patna, on the Swayam platform. The curriculum is the presentation of the IIT Patna faculty mainly for students. Or engineers or even scientists of all fields of studies who want to seek ideas related to Big Data Computing and its applications.

Big Data Computing training is very important in this world of gathering different data components of social media, transactions records of purchases made, cell phone GPS signals, climate information, and more. Big data computing will help participants to solve data problems related to such a big variety. This certificate course which is free will guide all the participants through the applications, problems, and technologies that are used by big data. Moreover, this certification has the backing of several big tech companies like Microsoft, Amazon, IBM, Google, and Facebook 

Under the guidance of the Ministry of Human Resource Development and NPTEL, Swayam is offering the course of plant cell bioprocessing. The course is a 100 percent online course. The duration for this course is 8 weeks and it is an undergraduate-level course. 

The course of plant cell bioprocessing is a government certified course and is taught by the experts free of cost. After completing this programme, candidates will learn about identifying industrial applications of Tissue Culture Technology and Plant Cell technology.

The candidate can receive certification for this course after they pay a fee as per the guidelines of the Swayam platform. The course of plant cell bioprocessing is highly recommended to students and researchers in the field of biotechnology, biochemical, plant biotechnology and bioprocess engineering. This course can give career support if studied with concentration and consistency.  The course provides industry support to various companies and firms in the field like Dabur, Himalaya private limited. 

The online Bioengineering: An Interface with Biology and Medicine certification benefits the registered students as the course offers a  basic biology course for all the first-year students with an engineering background.  The Bioengineering: An Interface with Biology and Medicine certification syllabus would be covering and providing the applicants with the basic and fundamental concepts of biology. The course has been structured to help the candidates study fundamental concepts of bioengineering. 

The eight-week program will be covering the fundamental concepts that are related to the topics - Chromosomal basis of inheritance, Clinician’s perspective, Classical genetics experiments, Chromosomal disorders, Bacteria and viruses, Linkage. Upon completing the online course the students will have their skills developed in the genre of cloning. The applications that the students will be learning in the given course can be applied by the students in the professional fields. The core concepts of genetics and its applications will be learned by the students in the program.

The Biointerface Engineering training programme is an 8-week course curated by IIT Guwahati. It falls under the Bioengineering and Biological Sciences and Bioengineering category. Both undergraduate and postgraduate-level students can take the course, and they must either have or be pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in any engineering discipline.

The Biointerface Engineering online course aims to introduce a chemical approach to biomedical products and applications. Several vital topics in surface chemistry will be covered, like interactions with biomacromolecules and the role interfacial phenomena play in the behaviour of surface biomolecules. Professor Lalit M. Pandey,  a reputed course instructor from IIT Guwahati, teaches the programme. 

The Biointerface Engineering certificate programme is an online course. Plenty of video tutorials, study and reference material are available to the candidates completely free of cost. The candidates will have access to graded tests and assignments and can also sit for an end-term examination to get certified.

IIT Madras has curated the Bioreactor Design and Analysis online program. It is a core program intended for both undergraduate and postgraduate-level students. The course falls under the category of Bioprocesses and Biological sciences, and bioengineering. It is an FDP course and has plenty of industry support from biotechnology-based and fermentation industries. 

Taught by eminent faculty of IIT Madras, Professor Smita Srivastava, the Bioreactor Design and Analysis training has been designed to help interested students understand the topics under bioprocess or biological engineering. Students will be introduced to different bioreactor designs, topics like scale-up of bioprocesses and non-ideality in bioreactors. Discussions will also be held on the heat transfer and mass requirements for a given fermentation system. 

The Bioreactor Design and Analysis course by Swayam extends for eight weeks and is rife with video tutorials and study materials. Swayam also provides enough reference material for the candidates to consult during the course. Graded tests and assignments are also available for self-assessment. There will also be an end-term certification exam.

Ever wondered what biomaterial is? It refers to any material that is synthetic or natural, which replaces a particular body part. Over the years, biomaterial has been lauded for improving human health and bringing back the function of a living organ or tissue. The Medical Biomaterials course by Swayam dives deep into its functionalities and benefits. 

Besides, the Medical Biomaterials certification syllabus covers vital concepts like the history of biomaterials, mechanical properties, restorability, analytical instruments, classifications, applications, drug delivery systems, and the like. The course curriculum also discusses how the material is biocompatible and does not cause any adverse reaction to the host.  

Taught by Prof. Mukesh Doble from the prestigious IIT Madras, the Medical Biomaterials online course is excellent for candidates who have pursued UG/PG in Biotech or research scientists in biotechnology, metallurgy, material science, along with dentists, clinicians, and the like. Interested candidates will also benefit from acquiring the program certificates in acing their recruitment rounds.

The Cell Culture Technologies online course is an 8 weeks program offered by  Swayam, an Initiative by the Education Ministry, Government of India. The course provides a quick overview of how "animal cell culture technologies" have bolstered biomedical research from fundamental research to current medication development. 

Animal cell culture was invented in the first decade of the nineteenth century. Since then, there has been great progress in this sector. The Cell Culture Technologies training will assist researchers in appreciating the advances made over the previous century and in setting up cell culture facilities on their own. The course gets industrial support from the Biotechnology industry, Biomedical industries, Drug-discovery industry.

The Cell Culture Technologies syllabus will be an informal method to explain the fascinating paths of biomedical where cell culture is a highly "powerful instrument" for non-biologists. The syllabus includes the biology of cultured cells, safety protocols, aseptic techniques, culture vessels, cell separation, cytotoxicity & cryo-preservation, etc.

The Introduction to Biostatistics online course is an 8 weeks program provided by Swayam, an initiative by the Indian governments’ ministry of education. Clinical trials, biological laboratory research, and health surveys all include some degree of uncertainty. Because of the huge variety in data, it is often necessary to simply ignore this ambiguity in many situations, particularly in laboratory studies. 

The Introduction to Biostatistics training teaches about statistics tools that are extremely effective in evaluating uncertainty and noise removal from data. Research can also yield a wealth of data because of advancements in molecular and microscopy instruments. To make sense of all the data, a model must be incorporated using statistical methods.

The Introduction to Biostatistics syllabus covers many statistical techniques that are needed to assess the findings, plan new experiments, and integrate a huge number of observations into a single coherent model.