Free Teaching And Academics Courses & Certifications

The Water Quality and the Biogeochemical Engine course by Edx is an introductory course to environmental sciences. This course imparts knowledge to the candidate in concepts like urban metabolism, soil formation, water quality, heavy metals, atmosphere, rainwater, photosynthesis, and anoxic environments. 

In this programme, the candidate would learn about various biotic and abiotic mechanisms that control the quality of water that is used for industrial and drinking purposes. This course also talks about the role of microorganisms and soil in the maintenance of biogeochemical cycles. Case studies and real-time examples are also provided for better understanding. This course also speaks about the breakdown of mountains to the soil from where the civilization began.

The certificate provided at the end of the course is signed by instructors and verified by the institution. The certificate adds value to the resume of the candidate and it can be shared on LinkedIn. By pursuing this course, the candidates would gain intelligence in the natural water treatment process, biogeochemical cycling, microbial metabolisms, and aquatic chemistry equilibrium. 

The Interdisciplinary Teaching with Museum object course is available on the platform of edX which is designed to introduce the course takers to different teaching modes and strategies that they can integrate into the real world. 

The course ensures practical and in-depth knowledge for the learners by implementing pre-recorded sessions from educators at the National Museum of American History, the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian Centre for learning and digital access. The candidates will get a chance to observe different teaching ways by using objects from the museums and art objects which they can use to make students learning more effective and innovative. 

During the programme the learners will also become familiar with the usage of the Smithsonian learning lab. This 14-week programme is very suitable for teachers, especially those having subjective knowledge of humanities. On completion of the course, the verified candidates will receive a certificate that will benefit them professionally. The course can be learnt in a self-paced mode but in the Audit Track, the candidates will have only a limited period to finish off the course whereas they can have unlimited access during the Verified Track.

The Chemistry of Life course has been systematically planned in order to develop creative approaches within the candidates. The confluence of knowledge from multi-disciplinary fields empowers the candidates with the valuable skill to generate new ideas in the intersection of various science fields. 

Through the Chemistry of Life course, candidates get to understand the integration of biology and chemistry. Through detailed pioneering studies, they also get to analyse and reflect on how to control biological processes and events through chemical means. Detailed and pattern proof idea generation techniques, enlisted as a part of the course, give candidates a head-start with their research. Skills such as idea generation, drastically increase after the completion of the course.

As a part of the course, candidates get to learn almost everything that is required for an effective & meaningful idea generation in the field of chemistry and biology. Very broad multi-disciplinary knowledge such as about fluorescent molecules and proteins for tracking in biology to ideas helpful to fight against cancer and viruses, ideas for fooling fats and sugars, helps candidates develop a pattern proof idea. The mentioned techniques are useful in generating other aspects of life as well.

The Mastery of Math for Middle School - Decimals Online Course is a specialized course aimed at teaching professionals and aspiring teachers who wish to learn about innovative approaches to solve mathematical operations. The course offered by subject experts explores different strategies to solve mathematical problems involving decimals.

Through the Mastery of Math for Middle School - Decimals Training, learners will be introduced to new methods and strategies of solving maths questions through e-learning content and videos. After completing all course assessments steps, learners will receive a Mastery of Math for Middle School - Decimals Certification by TCS iON.

The Mastery of Middle School Mathematics - Number Operations Training Course is a self-paced certificate course that both experienced school teachers and freshers who wish to gain in-depth knowledge of number operations. The course is offered in an online format and the e-learning content provides learners with specialized strategies of teaching and learning numbers and number operations.

After completing the course steps including all module assignments and assessments, learners will be receiving a Mastery of Middle School Mathematics - Number Operations Certification by TCS iON. The course is provided completely free of cost in English medium. It can be completed within a duration of 13 weeks.

The Biochemistry certification course is designed in a manner that will engage students with elementary education about the field and later it will bring them to the main scope of the course. This curriculum is an initial study that focuses on fundamental principles of biochemistry. The Biochemistry - IITKGP certification reflects on the understanding of the biological biomolecules: carbohydrates, sugars, nucleic acids. 

In addition to the principles of enzyme chemistry, the arrangement and functional functions of the macromolecules will be studied: kinetic models, pathways, resistance, structure, and process. The course will also discuss the fundamentals of membrane transportation and bioenergy concepts. After the end of the Biochemistry training, students are expected to grasp the chemical composition and the three-dimensional arrangement of these biomolecules in relation to their biological role. 

The course will take the modules of the whole curriculum one by one that will be engaged with the equally practical and theoretical studies for the program. The entire course will make the students more and more engaged with learning biochemistry with different assessments. 

It is important for students from the disciplines of chemistry, molecular biology, biochemistry, and the like to have the knowledge and skills in working with biomolecules in the laboratory. You can learn experimental biochemistry by joining Experimental Biochemistry, the online course offered by  IIT Kharagpur. The online courses offered by Swayam can be taken by undergraduate students who hail from the background of chemistry, biotechnology, and biochemistry. 

The Experimental Biochemistry Certification Course, provided by Swayam, is a free online programme that helps students to get familiar with biochemistry laboratories. Although experimental biochemistry NPTEL is free to join, the learners will have to pay the fee and sit for the exam to get a hold of the certificate of completion. The Experimental Biochemistry online course is a 12 weeks online programme that is taught jointly by Prof. Swagata Dasgupta and  Prof. Soumya De who are faculty members of IIT Kharagpur. 

The Plant Biochemistry and Plant Biotechnology programme by Manipur University will take you through the fundamentals of plant biochemistry and biotechnology. It will get into the study of biochemical processes, which includes photosynthesis, nitrogen cycle, secondary metabolism, respiration, and growth hormones. The course content is delivered by Dr K Sanatombi of the University of Manipur’s Department of Biotechnology.

The Plant Biochemistry and Plant Biotechnology certification course elucidates the requirements of plant growth. You will learn about genetic engineering and plant tissue culture. The training curriculum elucidates various aspects and applications of plant tissue culture. It also takes into account gene transfer methods for transformation of plants. The application of a transgenic plant is also a topic that this training will cover.

By the end of the Plant Biochemistry and Plant Biotechnology training programme by Swayam, you will learn about molecular markers and crop improvement applications, and covering topics in both Plant Biochemistry and Plant Biotechnology. You can receive a course certificate by completing the internal assessments and securing the minimum qualifying criteria for the end-term exam.

An in-depth understanding of how clinical studies of laboratory tests in people (such those using body fluids) are used to the diagnosis of disease and their therapeutic goals will be provided by Nutritional and Clinical Biochemistry Certification. 

Chemical processes involving elements, acids, bases, and the biochemistry of proteins, carbohydrates, and fats are all topics covered in Nutritional and Clinical Biochemistry Classes.

The food and nutrition section of the Nutritional and Clinical Biochemistry Certification Syllabus is covered, including the metabolic properties of proteins, carbohydrates, and fats that are fundamental to the comprehension of a healthful diet. 

All students get a Nutritional and Clinical Biochemistry Certification by Manipur University, Canchipur under the Swayam Initiative by the Government of India.

Do you want to know about the fundamental aspects of biology? Then, Basics of Biology is an excellent course you can enrol in. The course is an online free certification with a duration of 12 weeks. Basics of Biology Certification Course, offered by Swayam, is an undergraduate-level course that will provide the learners with a thorough understanding of basic knowledge about biology. Further, it will explore human physiology and mechanisms of different kinds of diseases. 

So far, 5594 students have enrolled in the Basics of Biology Certification that is administered by IIT Guwahati. The online programme on  biology is led by By Prof. Vishal Trivedi who is a professor of Bioscience and Bioengineering at IIT Guwahati. The course is open for admission to the learners free of cost; but, if they need certification, they will have to appear for the exam after paying the exam fee. 

The Applied Entomology certification course enables learners to know the advantages and disadvantages of insects as applied to humankind. Students are exposed to in-depth information about insect orders that are economically important to humanity. The course is 100% online, and students are presented with PowerPoint presentations using vivid words, texts, and pictures to convey the concepts well.

Additionally, the Applied Entomology certification by Swayam also introduces students to metamorphosis in insects – the different ways in which highly beneficial insects like silkworms, honey bees, and lac insects can serve human needs. This course falls under the domain of Biological Sciences and Bio-engineering.

The Applied Entomology training, spread over 12 weeks, also lets students explore how predators and parasitoids are exploited to manage harmful insects and pollinators and improve crop yields. A detailed account of the management of such insects and the recommended practices will also be discussed.

This course on Enzymology will enable you to analyse scientific phenomena that enzymes form a part of. This knowledge will, in turn, help you to function effectively at both the academic and professional levels. This branch of biochemistry deals with the function of enzymes and their formation into their state of origin. 

As a multidisciplinary research field, Enzymology combines the fields of microbiology, biochemistry, molecular genetics, biology, and molecular biology. Hence, this subject is suitable for candidates belonging to various disciplines. The development in this subject is reflected in the advancement of the tools used by enzymologists. 

And this has created an increased demand for this subject. Tasks like genomic sequencing can be conducted with gene synthesis that is available at cheap prices. And this allows enzymologists to study any enzyme and produce pure proteins without much effort. 

Thorough knowledge of Enzymology can help you in building a career in biology as well as the other domains such as medical and environmental sciences. The course instructor has decades of experience in teaching this subject to the students belonging to the science department. This course will, therefore, help you in building a strong knowledge base on this subject. 

MOOC or Massive Open Online Courses are courses that are taught completely online by experienced faculty from various universities and institutions. This Endocrinology course provided by Swayam is taught by Dr. Manzoor Ahmad Mir who is currently working as the Senior Assistant Professor of the Department of Bioresources in the University of Kashmir, Srinagar. 

Swayam is a government-initiated programme that aims to strengthen the reach of free quality education to students from all walks of life. The course is a specific electric course that falls in the discipline of Zoology. It focuses completely on the human endocrine system and its various components. 

It also teaches the learner how the endocrine system is compromised by internal or external factors, and how that results in hormonal disorders. The course also aims to be an awareness educational module for the masses so that it can help them in identifying, controlling, and preventing hormonal disorders.

The Cell Biology online programme aims to give the candidates a basic idea about biochemistry, genetics, and molecular cell biology. Cell Biology is an interdisciplinary subject which provides detailed knowledge about the structure & functions of cells and cellular components. 

The Cell Biology certification course by Swayam, which is an undergraduate-level course, is divided into different modules. Each module will focus on a different area of cellular biology. Topics include the structure and function of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, cell organelles, cellular communication, membrane and organelle structure, and function, among others.

Moreover, the Cell Biology certification programme takes around 10 weeks to complete. Dr. K. Sanatombi, assistant professor in the Department of Biology at Manipal University, will instruct the course. It is an online course replete with video lectures, assignments, quizzes, and study material. You will also receive a certificate once you take the end term examination and secure the qualifying marks. 

The Microbial Physiology and metabolism course by Swayam has been structured to provide the learners an understanding of the physiology of microorganisms. The curriculum has been designed according to the recent developments in the field of microbial physiology.

Information about sources of energy and its utilization by microorganisms is provided by metabolism and microbial physiology. Microorganisms play a vital role in the environment as consumers, producers and decomposers. They are the only ones who are a part of all three important stages of the ecosystem.

A detailed understanding of the physiology of these organisms is necessary to know the specific parameters and to achieve a greater output of the metabolites of the choice Microorganisms are considered very special due to their ability to degrade different carbon sources and converting them to metabolites of commercial value, both aerobically and anaerobically.

This kind of metabolic activity is not usually found in any other group of living organisms. An understanding of this microbial physiology has varied applications in developing medicine, industry and even in agriculture. This course is ideal for students who wish to learn and upgrade their knowledge about the physiology of microorganisms.

The Sex from molecules to Elephants course is being imparted by edX and IsraelX. This course will provide the learners with knowledge about sexual reproduction amongst different organisms, from animals, corals, fish, insects, and spiders to birds and mammals. Participants will be given tools to understand sexual reproduction and its mysteries. 

Participants will be introduced to the organisms in their native habitats such as the ancient bacteria living in thermal geysers in Yellowstone National Park and the great mammals roaming in the African savannah. They will also learn about the history of life on Earth and its present state. This course covers the concepts of meiosis, heredity, the fundamental molecular event that is regarded as the basis of sex, the fertility cycle, germ cell development amongst males and females, the variability of sex determination amongst the animal kingdom, and fertilization. They will also understand primitive plants, plant evolution, and their influence on animal development and the environment. 

The candidates are allowed to select any one track from the Verified or Audit tracks. The main difference between the 2 tracks is that in the Audit mode, the candidates will be getting limited access to the course materials whereas in the case of the Verified track, the candidates will get unlimited access.

In the Interactomics: Basics & Applications certification course, various technological platforms such as - label-free biosensors, protein microarrays and next-generation sequencing (NGS) technology will be elaborately discussed and their applications will also be provided to the applicants. In the Interactomics: Basics & Applications training all the students and participants will gain professional exposure to all the above mentioned technologies.

The experts will be guiding the students over the course of twelve weeks. The course will help the applicants to build both academic knowledge and a deep industry perspective. The online certification course would be providing the biology applicants with an intensive lecture series, which will also be followed by demonstrations designed to provide the applicants with the training required to unveil the endless possibilities and applications in interactomics research using the features of genomics and proteomics approach. The online Interactomics: Basics & Applications certification by Swayam will thus help the applicants to develop a deep level understanding of interactomics.

The Biophysical chemistry certification course is an online 12 weeks course. The programme is offered through the platform of the educational provider Swayam. The certification is provided by the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, and NPTEL. The course syllabus has been rigorously researched, and designed by the professors at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. 

The Biophysical chemistry training is a very basic, and introductory course on the fundamental concepts of biophysical chemistry. This course emphasizes basic topics like protein structure elements, protein folding energy, it's mixing, and relaxation techniques. All these techniques are used to deeply study the fast-folding of protein. The syllabus ultimately ends with a discussion on tools in popular fields of protein Absorption, Fluorescence, and IR.

The course is a core course that belongs to the undergraduate level of the program. The Symmetry, Stereochemistry, and Applications online course deals with the concepts of isomerism, molecular symmetry, stereochemistry, etc. The course is provided by the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali. Candidates who decide to take up the course will gain amazing insights into the department of Chemistry. The course provides assignments and case studies in the Symmetry, Stereochemistry, and Applications certification syllabus so that candidates are clear with every topic. 

The course is offered to the students for free by the platform and the whole syllabus will be taught in the online mode. The Symmetry, Stereochemistry, and Applications program is a self-paced learning process and allows the students to complete the syllabus in their own time. However, a mentor will take only 12 weeks to complete the course. The course also provides a certificate on the completion of the program to the participants but the candidates have to fulfill the requirement of giving an offline exam to get the certificate for the course. The whole Symmetry, Stereochemistry and Applications training is free of cost but the candidates have to pay an exam fee for the registration process of the exam.

The Chemical Crystallography certification course is a 12 weeks online programme. This programme is held through online tutoring on the Swayam platform by the experienced Professor Angshuman Roy Choudhury of IISER Mohali. The course certification provider partners are NPTEL and IIT Madras. 

The Chemical Crystallography training course gives highlights of the different concepts that are used in X-ray crystallography techniques. This course will take all the students towards crystallography symmetry for defining the structure, and refinement of the different types of crystal structures that are done using x-ray diffraction. The programme will stand out to be beneficial for both organic and inorganic chemists on an experimental basis.

Chemistry: Atomic Structure and Chemical Bonding is a 12-week-long core program offered by  IIT Madras. The online course will help the students explore the principles of quantum chemistry in depth and will provide them with a thorough understanding of atomic structure and chemical bonding. The course is worth taking as it is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE). Chemistry: Atomic Structure and Chemical Bonding Certification Course is recommended for undergraduate and postgraduate students of chemistry who are interested in quantum chemistry. 

Though Swayam offers the Chemistry: Atomic Structure and Chemical Bonding online course free of cost, the learners must have to make the payments of the exam fee and crack the certification qualifying exam to get hold of the certificate. The course is designed and taught by Prof. K. Mangala Sunder who is a professor at IIT Madras.  To be eligible for the course, Swayam specifies certain prerequisites including mathematical understanding and introductory ideas of modern physics. 

Electrochemical impedance Spectroscopy is an AICTE-approved online programme that is offered by Swayam and  IIT Madras. The programme is a 12-week programme that is free to join and learn. But, if you intend to be certified, you must score a prescribed percentage of marks in the qualifying exam that needs a fee.  Electrochemical impedance Spectroscopy Certification Course will help you to explore electrochemical impedance spectroscopy, its techniques, electrochemical impedance spectroscopy principle, impedance spectroscopy, and the correct methods of data acquisition and analysis. 

Administered by Swayam, the Electrochemical impedance Spectroscopy online course is developed and taught by Prof. S. Ramanathan from IIT Madras. Swayam specifies that the learners must have completed B.Sc. or B.E. to be eligible for the online programme. 

The Advanced Transition Metal Organometallic Chemistry course by SWAYAM is designed to show the usefulness and impact of organometallic chemistry in society as a whole. The program will also discuss how the organometallic compounds act as intermediaries in various catalytic cycles and also utilized in many organic transformations. 

The Advanced Transition Metal Organometallic Chemistry online program is developed by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay. It explores how the results achieved within the confines of a laboratory or lab research is translated to industry-scale productions and applications. The course teaches the principles behind these compounds and how they influence society as a whole.

This 12-week-long program aims to connect the laboratory discoveries to its wide-scale utility in industrial procedures. You will learn many implementation dimensions of organometallic compounds in commercial processes.

The Chemistry Of Main Group Elements Programme by Swayam, offers deep coverage on the subject of chemistry. It covers different topics such as systematic understanding of chemical reactivity, bonding concepts, structure concepts, p-block elements, c-block elements and others. Various applications of main group elements and their compounds will also be added into the lectures. The intended audience for this training include the teachers, students and PhD scholars. The only prerequisites to join this course is 12th grade chemistry knowledge. This course will be very useful for those who are working in Pharmaceutical industries.

The duration of the Chemistry Of Main Group Elements Training by Swayam, is 12 weeks. This programme does not cost anything and can be enrolled for free. But the certificates are provided only if the learners register and write a proctored examination conducted by Swayam in person at any of the designated exam centres. This course will be instructed by Prof. M. S. Balakrishna (IIT Bombay). The course certification will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

The Essentials of Oxidation, Reduction, and C-C Bond Formation by IIT Bombay and IISER Thiruvananthapuram, emphasizes concepts like selectivity, mechanism, stereochemistry, and their applications in synthetic problems. This postgraduate course falls under the domain of chemistry. Candidates registering for this course can also obtain a highly valuable accreditation from NPTEL and IIT Bombay.  

The Essentials of Oxidation, Reduction, and C-C Bond Formation certification is also an FDP course approved by AICTE. Spread over twelve weeks, the program is taught by Prof. Yashwant D Vankar, who professor in Chemistry from IIT Kanpur. The Essentials of Oxidation, Reduction, and C-C Bond Formation certification syllabus outlines all the essential concepts related to C-C bond formation. The course contents include all the topics like selectivity, swern oxidation, IBX, microbial oxidations, Sharpless epoxidation, Simmons-Smith cyclopropanation, Tamao fleming oxidation, and photosensitized oxidations.