NPTEL Free Courses & Certifications

Phonetics and Phonology: A broad overview program offers a foundation to develop one's knowledge of phonetics and phonology. It provides a conceptual framework and theoretical underpinnings of sound system analysis. Candidates joining this course will learn about articulation, phonetic properties, acoustic descriptions, International Phonetic Alphabet transcriptions of different languages in the world, phonological theory, and much more. It will include Indian language examples for relevance as well. 

Phonetics and Phonology: A broad overview certification is an elective undergraduate course in humanities and social sciences.  It is an eight-week course designed by the IIT Guwahati faculty in association with NPTEL. This online program will be available on Swayam, an online learning platform initiated by the Government of India’s Ministry of Education. 

The syllabus of the Phonetics and Phonology online course is designed by professor Shakuntala Mahanta of IIT Guwahati. The course has no prerequisites and is free for all to audit. It also offers a certification for interested candidates. There will be regular assignments and an optional offline exam at the end of the course for participants.

The Literature and Coping Skills certification course will be helping the students to explore the power in the field of literary experience. In the program, the students will be analyzing the strong coping resilience and strategies that matter the most in the present times. Over the course of eight long weeks, the Literature and Coping Skills certification syllabus will be covering details on - the psychology of fear and excitement. The online certification course module focuses on a wide array of human emotions namely - joy, pain, fear, happiness, anxiety and others.
The online certification program on Literature and Coping Skills by Swayam will be helping the applicants to overcome their- fatal strikes of fear, trauma, depression, anxiety and heartbreak. 

The session will be guiding the students to discover the beauty of life and overcome depression and anxiety through self-love and care. The program will be dealing with a range of human experiences that are universally accepted.

Indian Poetry in English Certification highlights the fundamentals and significance of poetry, which has historically served as a therapeutic medium to help humanity cope with life's stresses. India has such a rich history of literary expression, and those with the patience to listen have always been drawn to its lyrical voices.

Indian Poetry in English Classes aims to delve into the oceanic aesthetic of Indian poetry and spread its waves among poetry enthusiasts. The course was created with the learners' desire to comprehend in mind the journey of Indian English poetry, and how it began and continues to make its presence felt, struggling at times and overcoming hurdles while yet succeeding, in mind.

All students get an Indian Poetry in English Certification from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) under the Swayam Initiative by the Government of India. 

The Nuclear Astrophysics Certification consists of an 8-week online course. Even if Swayam is assigned to teach the course, IIT Roorkee advances and validates the course syllabus. This course certificate is licensed to be issued by the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, and NPTEL. Nuclear Astrophysics training is offered as a physics elective. Anil Kumar Gourishetty is the instructor for this certification program.

The goal of the course is to educate students on the newly developed subject of nuclear astrophysics, which has the ability to discover novel observational signatures probing the universe. It has been demonstrated that this field has the ability to classify the circumstances at the centre of stars and to provide details on stellar evolution, nucleosynthesis, and energy generation. 

In this era of globalisation and mongering threat of cybersecurity attacks, developing secure and efficient computer systems and the regime has become inevitable for every organisation touched by the digital revolution. Information Security - 5 - Secure Systems Engineering by SWAYAM discusses everything one needs to know about information security and the engineering of secure systems to build a strong conceptual idea of the same.

The syllabus deals with various challenges and issues in systems and mechanisms by which they can be mitigated. The first part will cover such security threats which can hamper the system health and can lead to major cyberattacks. To understand them in-depth, the course will also discuss how such vulnerabilities could arise from simple programming flaws like a buffer that overflows to complicated application runtime characteristics that are demonstrated through side-channels like the power consumption of the device and execution time. 

It will also deal with the case analysis of recent cyberattacks like Heartbleed, Stagefright, and Meltdown and Spectre. The course will be taught by adopting multimedia technology and aims to reach every person looking for quality education at minimal to no cost. It will be taught by a faculty from IIT Madras.

International Marketing Certification is about a social and managerial process by which individuals as well as corporate offices obtain what they need and want through creating and exchanging products and value with others internationally or across the borders.

International Marketing Classes will provide basic theories of Internal Business, various types of entry strategies to the International Market, International marketing management, understanding risk associated with expansion & risk mitigation plans. 

It will also help in making social & cultural exchange possible between different countries of the world alongside goods and services, cultural integration is achieved at global level.

All students enrolled get an International Marketing Certification by Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur) under the Swayam Initiative by Government of India. 

Advanced Linear Continuous Control Systems: Applications with MATLAB Programming and Simulink certification is an 8-week course developed with the associative efforts of institutions like Swayam, NPTEL, and IIT Roorkee. The main idea behind his certificate programme is to help the participants understanding the basics of the advanced concepts of linear continuous control systems. This e-certificate course is taught free but the exam is offline and chargeable.

Advanced Linear Continuous Control Systems: Applications with MATLAB Programming and Simulink training will be teaching the ways advanced control engineering is used in the multidimensional facets of engineering. Along with the above topics, the candidates will be controller design, observability, learning controllability, and observer design with the support of both practical, and numerical examples where the credit points designed is 2, and which is significant for both the certification or credit transfer.

The key connection between the hardware of a device and the programmes that run on it is given by operating systems [OS]. This enables us to write programmes without thinking a lot about hardware. It also guarantees that the resources of the computer, such as its CPU, memory and hard disc are used sufficiently. In this programme, it is concentrated on how the OS is able to do all this effectively. For candidates with previous computer organisational experience, this is an introductory programme. The Introduction to Operating Systems programme will focus on an OS called xv6, which is similar to the Linux operating system in many aspects.

For the Introduction to Operating Systems programme, SWAYAM is not charging any learning fee. Candidates can learn the programme for free but to get a certificate they have to pay a fee. Candidates will get an e-certificate with the logos of NPTEL and IIT Madras.

The curriculum of the Introduction to Operating Systems programme is designed by experts of IIT Madras and it will be containing all necessary details for a candidate. The programme will be having 8 weeks of duration and candidates will be able to learn from any where.

The Introduction to Launch Vehicle Analysis and Design certification course is an AICTE approved course which is available on the website at zero cost. The course deals with the topics of aerospace engineering which includes launch vehicles that are used in space for transporting objects. Participants will get deep knowledge and information on the topic as each topic is discussed separately with examples and activities throughout the Introduction to Launch Vehicle Analysis and Design certification syllabus. The course is available throughout the year in the online mode for the students. The course takes 8 weeks to get completed, however,  candidates will get access to the program after the mentioned time. 

Candidates get to be certified participants in the Introduction to Launch Vehicle Analysis and Design training. The certificate can be achieved through the registration fees for the exam and a qualified proctored exam. Students can learn from the program according to their conditions. Students do not have to meet any deadlines or requirements for this course and can study from the program without any limitations. The Introduction to Launch Vehicle Analysis and Design online course not only includes lectures but also provides discussion groups, tests, quizzes, etc. for a better understanding of the subject to the students. This is self-paced training and students are allowed to learn from the provided notes whenever they require.

Advanced Condensed Matter Physics certification course will help candidates learn about the different theories, the implementation and how it works in the real world and are involved in matter physics. The candidates will also be learning the higher-level concepts so that they are able to learn properly during the course.

The candidates can feel free to reach out to the experts for the queries they have. The course covers all the necessary headings and subheadings to have a crystal clear learning for the aspirants taking the course. Applications to the Hubbard model, Kane Mele model, and superconductivity are some of the important topics for discussion of the candidates.

The course will be beneficial for all the candidates who are looking forward to enhancing their skills in the Advanced Condensed Matter Physics program. There are various learning materials added in the course, the candidates will have the learning materials always with them during the course.

The ‘Globalization and Culture’ online course is offered for the students to build their understanding of the concept of ‘Globalization’ and its impact on society, culture, and the world as a whole. This course enables students to understand the multi-dimensional perspective of globalization such as capital markets, new media, and other technologies of communication. This is a free learning course provided by the Swayam online platform and the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL). 

The faculty for this training program is Prof. Anjali Gera Roy from the department of humanities and social sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. The students of this course will be able to discuss and analyze the theoretical and practical aspects of Globalization through videos, lectures, weekly assignments, and the final exam.

The ‘Globalization and Culture’ online certification course enables students to gain a certificate and credit points at the end of this elective course recognized by the All India Council for Technical Education.

The Manufacturing Guidelines for Product Design Certification course is an 8-week online program. The course syllabus is created and approved by the  IIT Roorkee, even if Swayam is employed to deliver the course. The organisations that grant this course certificate are the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, and NPTEL.

The Manufacturing Guidelines for Product Design training is a part of the mechanical engineering elective curriculum. Inderdeep Singh is the professor of this Manufacturing Guidelines for Product Design certification course. The training broadens the knowledge base of product and process designers and influences their thinking on how to combine manufacturing with the design stage of the product development cycle.

The Project Planning & Control program is a National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning(NPTEL) online course that offers free training for students by the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. This online course on construction projects is provided on the Swayam online education portal, an initiative by the ministry of education India, and is for those associated with construction and planning.

The online training program on construction management is conducted for eight weeks and is an elective course for the students in their senior-level undergraduate and postgraduate level. This faculty development program is guided by Dr. Koshy Varghese from the department of civil engineering at the IIT Madras and is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education.

The students of the ‘Project Planning & Control’ online course can earn two credit points after completing this course along with receiving the course completion certificate that holds the logos of NPTEL and IIT Madras. 

The Psychiatry - An Overview and How the Brain Creates Mind online course introduces Psychiatry’s fundamentals and teaches learners about the numerous mental health problems. The training is primarily focused on PG and UG-level medical students (belonging to any speciality). The curriculum is highly beneficial for Neurosciences and Psychology aspirants since it provides a holistic overview of varying Psychiatric illnesses and treating them alongside behaviour’s psychological/biological grounds. 

The eight-week Psychiatry - An Overview and How the Brain Creates Mind certification syllabus discusses the human brain, its intricate processes and their primary relation to electrochemical activities. It further touches upon consciousness and mind’s issues, research possibilities in the future, psychiatric disorders, EEG, memory, cognition, diagnostic procedures, and more.  This elective curriculum belongs to the Humanities and Social Sciences domain, built at postgraduate and undergraduate levels. 

Interested candidates seeking course certification can also acquire the Psychiatry - An Overview and How the Brain Creates Mind certificate. Since this programme is an IIT Kanpur offering, this accreditation will bear the institute and NPTEL’s verified logos. It will provide candidates with a massive career boost by displaying their skills to potential recruiters.

The multi-faceted field of psychology is centred around the study of the body and the mind. Analysing human behaviour through emotions, personality or feelings is a fascinating and complicated field of study. A psychologist is concerned about gaining knowledge over every theory and principle to apply the same in practical situations. Introduction to Psychology certification course by SWAYAM fulfils this objective under the pedagogy of IIT Kanpur.

The course has been crafted for acquiring a better understanding of oneself and others. Students of this course will be able to thoroughly determine how and why of feeling, action and thinking. This under-graduate, introductory-level psychology course will cover all the significant psychological constructs and principles. Introduction to Psychology certification syllabus will lay a pressing focus on perceptual processes, memory, learning, emotions, environmental and genetic determinants of one's behaviour and personality. All in all, this is a holistic teaching package for psychology scholars, enthusiasts, and professionals.

In this eight-week course, students will learn in an interesting way through the use of rich multimedia technology, discussion of case studies, regular quizzes to check their progress and online discussion forums to ask doubts and hold discussions on topics that interest them in this domain.

The Emotional Intelligence online course by Swayam talks about the numerous applications of this topic, accompanied by the theory and concept it resides upon. The emotional quotient is a critical value of any human being, whose utility and multiple uses at schools, workplaces, or homes have benefited countless people in varied disciplines. Therefore, this program encompasses all about this subject area, offering an AICTE-approved FDP study for a short eight-week span. 

The Emotional Intelligence certification syllabus aims to sensitize candidates with the necessary touchpoints to become fluent in this domain. Hence, undertaking it will enable learners to know about vital learning such as how EQ’S additional advantages, how our hearts rule us over our brains for creating anything innovative, the numerous emotional intelligence principles that help us navigate life’s various aspects, and so on. 

Furthermore, the Emotional Intelligence program will also explain its credo, making students aware of it to establish insights about their self-realization and regulation. Participants will familiarise themselves with life’s various unknowns, simultaneously realizing their optimum potential for performing better. The course also uses games, exercises, case studies, audio-visual instruments, etc., for an in-depth learning experience. Eligible candidates acquire e-certificates as well.

The Introduction to the Psychology of Language certification course by Swayam will focus on the process of language, language acquisition, and many more aspects. The course will provide a psychological understanding of language. The course is analysing the usages of language in our environment. The uniqueness of language will be discussed. The reasons which facilitate the acquisition of one language to another will also be discussed in the course.

The Introduction to the Psychology of Language training is verified by the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. It is an AICTE approved FDP course. The course can be accessed in online mode. The course is offered on the Swayam platform. The course is free. The financially weak candidates will be benefited from the free accessibility of this course. The lecture series for this course will be 5 days a week. The course will be taught by the faculty member of IIT Kanpur.

The Introduction to the Psychology of Language certification is offered by NPTEL. The candidates can share the certificate on all platforms such as Linkedin, Facebook, and other platforms. The certification will help gain better professional opportunities and academic recognition. 

The psychological aspect of human behaviours will be covered in the Human Behaviour certification course by Swayam online course. The course consists of topics such as learning, perception, memory, language. The course will help the candidates to analyse the different reactions of the same people in different circumstances. The course will go skin deep and will provide a basic functioning of human behaviours. This course will uncover the reasons behind human actions. The human behavioural knowledge will help the candidates in making useful decisions based on human predictions.

The human Behaviour certification fee is negligible. The 8 weeks programme is conducted in association with the Government of India. The Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati verifies the course. It is also an AICTE approved FDP course. The course will be recognised by the institutions of India.

Human Behaviour certification is offered by Swayam. It will be provided only in the e-format. The certification will carry the photograph, final marks of the candidates. The logos of IIT Guwahati and NPTEL. The programme completion certificate can be further shared on Facebook, Linkedin and other platforms. 

In the Language and mind certification course, the students will be learning about language under three broad perspectives. They will be studying about the ways of pairing the syntax and lexicon to formulate the languages. The candidates in the Language and mind certification syllabus will be dealing with the set of rules and the word formation structures and will also learn the ways to define them and formulate them to generate words in language. The eight week online certification course will be covering details pertaining to- Sounds, Features of sounds, Vowels/consonants, Places and manners of articulation, D structure, Binding theory, Constraints, Passive morphology and NP movement and other topics that are related directly or indirectly to language and mind. In the programme, the students will be familiarized with the relationship that exists between the human mind and language. The session will further be helping the students to understand the concept of langue as a special purpose with respect to cognitive ability.

The ‘The Psychology Of Language’ online course is provided on the Swayam free online education portal initiated by the ministry of education in India. This program is a National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning online certification course offered by the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati for students who are interested in knowing about the nuances of the cognitive idea of language.

This is an elective course conducted by Dr. Naveen Kashyap who is an Associate Professor who teaches psychology in IIT Guwahati. The students of this undergraduate or postgraduate level course will gain two credit points after course completion. 

The ‘The Psychology Of Language’ training program is part of the humanities and social sciences and psychology category. The eligible candidates of this faculty development program approved by the AICTE will be provided with the course completion certificate with consists of the NPTEL and IIT Guwahati’s logo on it. 

The ‘Introduction to Advanced Cognitive Processes’ online course is provided on the Swayam online education platform, an initiative of the ministry of education in India. This is an elective course offered as the National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning online free course by the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur for the students interested in learning in detail about cognitive processes.

This course is a twenty-hour program conducted across eight weeks by the course instructor Prof Ark Verma, an assistant professor of psychology in IIT Kanpur. This online training course is an undergraduate and postgraduate level program that enables the students to gain two credit points after completing the course. The students can also take the certification exam to receive the course completion certificate after the required eligibility criteria have been fulfilled. The ‘Introduction to Advanced Cognitive Processes’ program is categorized under the humanities and social sciences and psychology courses that help the candidates to know about the modern cognitive psychological techniques.

This massive online open course on ‘Consumer Psychology’ is a study of the determinants and influencing aspects that lead consumers into buying certain products or goods from the markets. It is a discussion of psychological reasons that persuade a consumer into the market and an analysis of the consumer behavior and actions. This online certification course is provided by the education platform Swayam in association with the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL). 

This is an undergraduate level program that is categorized into humanities and social sciences with psychology are conducted for eight weeks through the online platform. The course curriculum is delivered through videos, online resources, books, and references. 

The ‘Consumer Psychology’ online certification program equips students with the E-certificate and credit points after completing the course of study in this All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE) approved program. This training is conducted by Prof. Naveen Kashyap, an associate professor of Psychology from the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati.

Retail Management Certification intends to provide the students enrolled with an introduction to the retail sector, its ideas, and procedures, as well as the chance to comprehend the responsibilities of a retail manager.

The various components of the retail mix, such as retailer types, multichannel retailing, consumer purchasing patterns, retail marketing strategies, choosing retail site locations, supply chain management, merchandising, pricing, store management, store layout & design, and customer service, will be emphasised in Retail Management classes.

All students enrolled will get a Retail Management Certification by Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur) under the Swayam Initiative by Government of India.

For anyone who is curious in venturing into the original manuscripts relating to different subjects from the conventional Indian knowledge systems, Sanskrit knowledge is very beneficial. However, this language is also perceived to many as a difficult language to learn and, moreover, as a classical language of the past that is not of particular significance in the modern age.

The purpose of this Intermediate Level of Spoken Sanskrit programme is to give candidates a more extensive base of Sanskrit as a distinct language. The programme will lead them to more grammatical constructs that will promote their comprehension of simple texts as well as enable them to use it in everyday life. This also intends to give candidates a better understanding of the beauty of Sanskrit language's various facets, from its sounds to its rich material, such that they feel sufficiently excited to dive more into it.

This Intermediate Level of Spoken Sanskrit programme is an undergraduate level programme that lasts for 8 weeks. SWAYAM grants the learning free of charge to the candidates. For the final proctored test, which is for the qualification, the money will be required.

The Advanced Level of Spoken Sanskrit certification by IIT Kharagpur is an 8-week online course. This online certification course is focused on providing a strong foundation in Sanskrit. With this Advanced Level of Spoken Sanskrit online course available via Swayam, students will gain a comprehensive understanding and appreciation of Sanskrit as a living language with its different semantic and syntactic tools. They will also learn about the rich literary legacy and deep further into its treasures with a greater sense of confidence and independence.

The Advanced Level of Spoken Sanskrit certification syllabus provides learners with the practice of speaking Sanskrit along with its precise grammatical structure. The Advanced Level of Spoken Sanskrit classes will be delivered online by Dr Anuradha Choudry who is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kharagpur. The course is available for free and requires a student to sit for an examination if he/she wants to get a certificate. Get more details about this online certification course below.

Learning how to manage various large-scale complex health survey databases for in-depth analysis is made possible by Exploring Survey Data on Health Care Certification. The most recent statistical programs, such as SPSS and STATA, will be used to explain these ideas and this is the primary objective of this certification. 

Exploring Survey Data in Health Care Classes will be practically oriented and it covers everything from recognizing health-related variables to gathering, tabulating, and analyzing data.

All students get an Exploring Survey Data on Health Care Certification by the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) under the Swayam Initiative by the Government of India. 

Language, Culture and Cognition: An Introduction Certification discusses the relationship between language, cognition, and culture from three separate perspectives: language processing, cognitive linguistics, and cognitive neuroscience of language.

Language, Culture and Cognition: An Introduction Classes address a variety of topics, including how language interacts with other mental functions and does not operate in a vacuum. Together, they aid in our ability as humans to interpret our experiences. Experiences can vary from one culture to the next, adding a new dimension to the interaction between culture and the mind and cognition. 

All students get a Language, Culture and Cognition: An Introduction Certification by Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) under the Swayam Initiative by the Government of India. 

The Biostatistics and Design of Experiments programme is an 8-week elective programme. The course is curated by IIT Madras and is offered at the UG and PG level. The programme falls under the category of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering. It is AITCE approved FDP course with plenty of industry support from particular Biotechnology, biopharma and agriculture companies. 

Professor Mukesh Doble teaches the Biostatistics and Design of Experiments course by Swayam. It is focussed on the various applications of statistics in pharmacy, medicine and a number of other topics in Biology. The course syllabus covers some essential topics in Statistics such as sampling and distribution of data, regression analysis, tests of significance, design of experiments, etc. 

The Biostatistics and Design of Experiments training is relevant for all students pursuing either a UG/PG degree in Biotechnology or its allied fields. The course lectures are provided online via video tutorials, and internal assignments are also offered for self-assessment. If the candidate wants to get certified, they can also sit for the certification examination at the end of the course.

Descriptive statistics extracts the information hidden under any data. In the Descriptive Statistics with R Software programme, you will learn about descriptive statistics' various tools. You will be using the open-source R software to learn these tools based on mathematical and statistical functions. This course has been designed for undergraduate students studying mathematics and science or humanities students with a background in statistics. If you are a professional working in analytics, you will find this course useful.

Descriptive Statistics with R Software certification is an online course of eight-week duration in Mathematics. It is an elective undergraduate/postgraduate course taught by the faculty of IIT Kanpur and NIT Sikkim. There will be assignments and practical usage of the software to break the monotony of theoretical lectures. All the course material will be available for free on the online learning portal Swayam.

Descriptive Statistics with R Software also offers certification. For this, you must submit all assignments and appear for an offline exam that is conducted after the course conclusion.

The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, has developed the Statistical Inference program, an online course under the mathematics course category. The instructors teach this core course at an undergraduate and postgraduate level. The eight-week FDP training is approved by AICTE and permits credit transfer as well.

During the Statistical Inference training, candidates will learn about the fundamental knowledge related to statistical inference and probability. The course aims at providing in-depth information about the theory of estimation and testing hypotheses. Candidates will learn the course content through the theoretical and practical aspects by solving complex problems.

The Statistical Inference online course is valuable for practitioners or students in statistics at a UG or PG level. The training will act as a foundation course for the students working on areas related to machine learning. Candidates need to have a general knowledge of probability, data collection, and descriptive statistics to understand the content without any difficulty.