NPTEL Free Courses & Certifications

Making financial decisions in a business requires detailed analysis and investigation. Maximising the value of investment requires a rigorous evaluation process. The Financial Management for Managers programme will teach candidates the various tools and techniques of financial management to help them with these analyses and evaluation of an investment.

Financial Management for Managers certification course is proved by AICTE as an FDP course. It is an elective course in management studies for undergraduates and postgraduates. This online course will be lucrative for individuals either working or studying financial management. The course work and syllabus has been designed by IIT Roorkee and will be taught by Professor Anil K. Sharma.

Financial Management for Managers offers certification to candidates along with a list of books and references to study from. There are no prerequisites to join this course. It employs a final exam, regular assignments, and video lectures to help gain participants a deeper understanding of financial management.

By attending the Financial Statement Analysis and Reporting certification programme the enrolled students will have their base cleared in the subject of “financial statement analysis” and they will become professionally efficient in guiding and training the corporate houses and business centers to manage their financial reports and also economically use their financial resources.

In the online certification course on Financial Statement Analysis and Reporting by Swayam the candidates over a period of twelve weeks will be guided across a domain of topics like-private companies, sole proprietorship, Indian economy, financial statements and others. The course will help the students to formulate plans and strategies so that they can guide their firms to overcome any financial crisis.

After completing the programme the students can apply for a diverse industry or companies. The online certification course is having the category of management studies and is structured as elective for all the registering candidates.

The ‘Appreciating Linguistics: A typological approach’ online course is developed for the students to study the language forms and functions, the process of language acquisition, and the description of natural language. This course will focus on the different languages and their linguistic attributes along with the grammatical implications. This free online certification course is provided by the Swayam online portal in association with the National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL).

The course instructor for this online program is Prof. Anindita Sahoo teaching linguistics at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. The elective program for the undergraduate level students is categorized under the humanities and social sciences domain and enables the students to gain a comprehensive understanding of the concepts through the online classes aided by videos, lectures, and other online resources.

The ‘Appreciating Linguistics: A typological approach’ online certification course offers the students the course certification with credit points after successfully completing the program according to the qualifying standards.

Swayam’s Introduction to World Literature online course introduces its candidates to the vast world of writings, produced in various languages, cultural contexts, and nations. While the program doesn’t claim to cover all time periods and every single one of their literary traditions, it does aim to familiarise learners with the English Language’s representative texts, available today. This short, 12-week training belongs to the English Studies’ and ‘Humanities and Social Sciences’ categories, set at the postgraduate level. 

An elective program, the Introduction to World Literature certification syllabus covers numerous vital learnings. These include classics such as Don Quixote, Beowulf, Indian literature from the likes of Tagore, Kamala Das, short stories, American literature like Toni Morrison, Alice Walker’s Everyday Use, critical theory, women writers, contemporary authors, and more. What’s more, IIT Madras’s renowned educator, Professor Merin Simi Raj, teaches this in-depth curriculum. 

Furthermore, the Introduction to World Literature program also furnishes course-end certificates to interested learners who sit for Swayam’s proctored exams. Upon clearing all the certification criteria and clearing the assessment, students can earn themselves an e-verifiable certificate to display their acquired knowledge in this subject.

Literary criticism is the analysis, study and interpretation of a literary text or school of thought. It is a medium for the critic to explain and defend her judgement and evaluation of a text and provide the readers with some relevant biographical and historical information. This enriches the reader’s understanding of a literary work and helps them appreciate it more. Literary Criticism (From Plato to Leavis) by Swayam is an attempt to provide students with an understanding of the subject by analysing some significant texts.

The Literary Criticism online course is an AICTE approved Faculty Development Programme (FDP). The training is designed by the accomplished faculty of IIT Madras. The course curriculum will take you on a journey through different literary works that have been studied and analysed for decades for their brilliance and relevance.

In addition, the Literary Criticism certification by Swayam includes a digital certificate verified by NPTEL at the end of the course for those who qualify for the certification exam. Candidates can verify their certification online.  The programme belongs to the English literature studies domain.

The Literature, Culture, and Media certification by Swayam is a part of the NPTEL scheme that provides free learning programmes for interested individuals. This course's curriculum aims to introduce participants to the intersections of literature, culture, and media through an interdisciplinary framework. Literature, culture, and media are responsible for generating new ideas and perspectives in the consumers and play a massive role in determining identities.

The Literature, Culture, and Media certification syllabus will touch upon and highlight some of the new forms of media that have reinvented and transformed the literary forms. Theoretical approaches and literary criticisms such as Marxism, Feminism, and Deconstruction will further explain some of the literary phenomenon and cultural aspects of popular culture.

Additionally, the Literature, Culture, and Media certification course by Swayam is suitable for all individuals interested in learning about the subject. No prior knowledge is required for enrollment. Further, the 12-week learning course falls under the Humanities and Social Science category.

The ‘American Literature & Culture’ online course is developed for the students to discuss and study American literature and the important social and cultural movements in American studies. The students of this course will get introduced to the eminent poets and writers of American literature. The online National Program on Technology Enhanced Learning(NPTEL) training program is provided by Swayam, a free online education portal initiated by the Government of India. 

This online training is scheduled for a period of twelve weeks in this elective program for the postgraduate level students of the fields of humanities and social sciences, and English Studies.

The course instructor for this online program is Prof. Aysha Iqbal Viswamohan faculty of film studies, drama, and popular culture at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. The learners during the course of study in this program will develop a comprehensive understanding of the literary significance of American literature. 

The ‘American Literature & Culture’ certification course helps students get an E-certificate that can be downloaded and credit points at the end of this All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE) approved course.

Literature and Life Certification are designed and structured in such a way that it helps learners make sense of their own lives through the prism of literature and get a better understanding of the relation of literature to life.

A selection of essays, poems, plays, and short stories from British, American, and Indian literature will be examined in Literature and Life Classes in order to understand and appreciate the complex but fragile human relationships at various levels, including the individual, family, society, business, politics, etc.

All students get a Literature and Life Certification from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) under the Swayam Initiative by the Government of India. 

Elements of Literature and Creative Communication Certification is ideal for those who are interested in tasting the nectar of literature. Because literature is directly related to life and keeping that broad vision in mind makes students aware of the finer sensibilities of human existence.

Elements of Literature and Creative Communication Classes intend to teach the students by introducing them to literature, which represents profound and beautiful expressions of mankind, we hope to help them better comprehend and enjoy life. It includes carefully chosen readings of drama, fiction, and poetry. 

All students get an Elements of Literature and Creative Communication Certification from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur) under the Swayam Initiative by the Government of India. 

The MATLAB Programming for Numerical Computation certification is an eight-week elective course. This multidisciplinary program falls under the disciplines of chemical engineering and computational biology. IIT Madras has thoroughly curated this curriculum, which their renowned professor, Niket Kaisare will teach.

The MATLAB Programming for Numerical Computation certification syllabus discusses one of the most popular languages used for numerical computation and teaches about its scientific computation usage. Candidates will learn about the practical use of computational techniques through several coding problems and examples. Enrolled candidates will have access to MATLAB online, which is a browser-based version of MATLAB and consists of all its features. 

The MATLAB Programming for Numerical Computation training will offer weekly assignments, course lectures, and practical problems using this MATLAB software. The curriculum focuses on teaching undergraduate students to solve computational problems and familiarising them with the engineering problem’s numerical methods. Besides, candidates can also opt for the final exam and gain the course-end digital certificate.

The Immunology course is an online course being offered by Swayam. Swayam is an initiative of the Government of India to provide education to students who do not have the required resources. It intends to provide the resources to bridge the digital gap between the students.  

This course by Swayam has been built to provide the learners with a broad introduction of the fundamentals of Immunology. Participants of the course will learn about various concepts of immunology starting from cells of the immune system, antibody structure and function, innate and adaptive immune systems, hypersensitivity, TCR rearrangement, humoral immunity, basic immunological techniques, autoimmunity, monoclonal antibodies and vaccine production. 

This course is a blend of the basics of immunology as well as the advanced topics. This course will be useful for undergraduate students of Life Science and Biotechnology and students from any branch of life science keen on gaining knowledge about immunology.

The Patent Law for Engineers and Scientists certification course offers candidates a good understanding of the law of patent. The course offers the aspirants a better grip of learning on the fundamentals of the analysis. Experts will be conducting the sessions and exposing them to various industries based on their experience.

All the terms have been discussed with examples in the course. Discussion forums have been kept for every module so that the candidates are able to have crystal clear learning on every terminology. Quizzes comprises questions which are on the topic held by IIT Madras. Requirements of patentability have been laid emphasis on during the patent law for engineers and scientists nptel online course.

The Patent Law for Engineers and Scientists training also comes with certification where the candidates can use the certificate for applying in any of the industries. The candidates will gain skills on drafting a patent specification and several implementations of person skilled art. The video lectures can be watched depending upon the availability of the course.

The Global Marketing Management certification course focuses on making enrolled students more aware about the dynamics and dimensions of the global market and how to manage it through different methodologies and implementation of theories. The course will begin with the global market central module occupying a significant and growing portion of the overall business of the planet.

Today, almost all businesses, big and small, are influenced by world events and competition because most export output and secure suppliers from foreign countries. The Global Marketing Management training will help the students to grab the understanding of why it is necessary to consider the success of most managers, regardless of the scale of the sector, from a global viewpoint, to approach their operational strategies.

In view of the above, this course provides a fresh, updated analysis of the global business environment and successfully combines a comprehensive global business review with an exhaustive discussion of what is happening in the global market. The Global Marketing Management certification will give expressive and immense structure of the benefits.  This is a core programme that is structured within the duration of Twelve weeks along with the compilation of the course with certification.

Integrated Marketing Communication Certification is developed with a blend of theoretical lectures and various examples which will provide insights into real-life scenarios. It is the process of unifying a brand’s messaging for making it the same across all media platforms that the brand does use for its target audience.

Integrated Marketing Communication Classes will help participants get familiarized with the integration of marketing communication modes and strategies for building brands.

All students enrolling for the course get an Integrated Marketing Communication Certification from the Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) under the Swayam Initiative by the Government of India. 

The onset of globalisation and liberalisation in the Indian economy has increased the amount of competition faced by Indian industries. To ensure continuous improvement, there must be a focus on inventory/ material management systems. The Management of Inventory Systems certification course aims to provide training in this domain.

The course on Management of Inventory Systems by Swayam falls under the Management domain and is created by IIT Kharagpur. It is divided over 12 weeks and consists of 30 hours worth of lectures and video tutorials. The contents of the curriculum are highly comprehensive and relevant to the current industry scenario, as this is a core course at the university level.

This programme is an AICTE-approved FDP course and candidates can enrol for free. Throughout the course, students will work on 12 graded assignments, whose score will go towards calculating their final score. Candidates enrolled in the Management of Inventory Systems online course will learn about the various problem areas in inventory management, how to deal with risk, uncertainty, etc.

The Numerical Methods for Engineers course by Swayam is designed to give an overview of various numerical methods that are of great interest to scientists and engineers. This course focuses on the numerical techniques, its analysis and its properties. The theory behind numerical methods and applications of them are also discussed. Numerical methods are mainly used by computers to solve iterative and step-wise problems which are tedious to solve by hands.

This course covers concepts like curve fitting, interpolation, regression, linear systems and mathematical concepts like algebra, integration and differentiation. Various computational tools like FLUENT, Aspen, FORTRAN and MATLAB are used for teaching. Algebraic equations are solved using open and bracketing methods like Regula-Falsi, Bisection, Secant, Multivariate Newton’s method, Newton Raphson and Fixed point iteration.

The 12-week programme comprises weekly assignments and 2.5 hours of video tutorial every week. A discussion forum for clearing the doubts of the participants is also available. This course would greatly benefit the candidate to improve their problem solving ability.

The Real Analysis I programme by Swayam is a 12-week programme, available at the undergraduate level. The course instructor is Prof. Jaikrishnan J, who is an assistant professor at IIT Palakkad with expertise in Complex analysis. 

The online Real Analysis I course aims to the students who want a deeper understanding of the subject calculus or for students who wish to pursue more complex subjects like Statistics, Computational Complexity, Theoretical Physics, among others. 

Moreover, various top companies such as DeepMind, Microsoft Research, and Google, support the Real Analysis I certification programme. With a comprehensive curriculum, candidates will become familiar with the set theory and logic behind the real analysis, along with necessary computational functions. 

While the online course is available to candidates free of cost, they must have studied mathematics up to class XII to enrol in Real Analysis I course. Moreover, if candidates want a certificate upon course completion, they need to pay for a certification exam and clear it. 

The intention behind learning the Advanced Partial Differential Equations program is to understand the physical phenomenon occurring in nature. In this course, candidates will explore the basic ideas, inner workings, and characteristics of first-order equations. They will then progress to three fundamental second-order equations. 

As mentioned before, the Advanced Partial Differential Equations certification syllabus will begin with the study of first-order equations such as the Burgers equation, entropy solutions, Reinmann problem, etc. After that, the course will explore the Laplace equation, Wave equation, and Heat equation in detail. 

This course is an AICTE approved faculty development program. Individuals participating in the Advanced Partial Differential Equations Certification will go through a twelve-week process where they will learn through online lectures and weekly assignments under the guidance of Professor Kaushik Bal from IIT Kanpur. Participants of the course will be eligible to achieve a certificate by scoring well in assignments as well as a final offline exam.

The Applied Linear Algebra for Signal Processing, Data Analytics and Machine Learning certification is offered by Swayam. The course will provide you with fundamental knowledge about the core concepts of Linear algebra. Linear algebra plays a significant role in a wide range of fields and has multiple applications, including data analysis, wireless communication, machine learning, finance and control, and signal processing. 

The Applied Linear Algebra online programme is approved by AICTE and has been designed as an attempt to teach the cutting edge and diverse applications of linear algebra. If you are from the IT and engineering field, you will be interested in learning about the advanced concepts as they are extremely significant in multiple industries today. Thus, you can increase your knowledge and hiring prospects by enrolling on the course offered by Swayam in association with IIT Kanpur. 

Besides, the Applied Linear Algebra certification will run for 12 weeks for free, and you can earn an e-certificate by taking a proctored exam. The training is a part of IIT Kanpur’s Faculty Development Programme (FDP). Apart from UG and PG students, practising scientists, engineers, and managers from various fields can purse the FDP.

Advanced Probability Theory program is a core course in mathematics designed for undergraduate and postgraduate students who want to learn probability concepts from Kolmogorov’s Axioms. This financial industry-supported course will cover a variety of topics in 12 weeks.

Advanced Probability Theory certification will be conducted through a series of online lectures and regular assignments. Participants of the course can also appear for the final exam in person and gain a certificate upon passing all the criteria.  The educator for this course is Professor Niladri Chatterjee from IIT Delhi. 

Advanced Probability Theory will go through topics such as cumulative function distribution, probability density function and provide an introduction to the concept of a random variable. Participants will also learn about probability distributions, the function of one or two random variables, and the overview of order statistics. This is an AICTE approved program that also provides a list of books and references for the benefit of the participants.

This Basic Calculus – 1 online course is offered by the Swayam online learning platform. It is coordinated by NPTEL. This course aims to guide basic calculus to all types of candidates irrespective of their social standing. The duration of this course is 12 weeks. The course will follow the referenced book chapters 1 to 5. The candidates will revise certain notions they learned in school and also will get introduced to new notions.

This course is primarily intended for those candidates who are at the undergraduate level pursuing Bsc. The calculus taught in this course will be an updated version of the calculus taught in schools. This course is accredited by NPTEL. The lectures of this course will be around 40-45 minutes. The instructor will solve about 100 problem exercises and show usage of graphs.

The Basic Calculus – 1 certification will have the logos of NPTEL and the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. The certification will benefit the candidates academically and professionally. The certification will be provided in the e-format. This makes it easily shareable on all platforms such as LinkedIn.

The Basic Real Analysis certification course has been designed with the aim to cover several basic concepts such as real line, differentiation as well as integration. The course prepares candidates for future courses. The theorems have been well explained so that the basics are clear for the aspirants. Theories and logics have been covered in every module of the basic real analysis course. 

The course will also be enhancing the skills of the individuals registering for the course. Discussion forums boosts up the confidence level, by offering rigorous learning during the learning phase of course. Assignments, reading sessions, video lectures and quizzes have been designed which ensures that the participants are having smooth learning.

Aspirants registering for the Basic Real Analysis online course will be able to solve the problems easily after the learning they acquire. Different terminologies such as limit superior and limit inferior have been included in the course.

Mathematical concepts are often complicated, and you might get bored learning them through the traditional chalk and board method. Hence, IIT Ropar has developed an innovative and creative course to teach discrete mathematics through the Discrete Mathematics certification course. The 12-week-long online programme lays emphasis on problem-solving skills and logical thinking.

Discrete mathematics is a significant branch of mathematics used in machine learning, data science, and software engineering. The Discrete Mathematics- IIT Ropar online course has been designed to make learning mathematics fun for students. You can learn through a series of video lectures that include several illustrations, animations and anecdotes to ensure full understanding and retention.

Furthermore, Discrete Mathematics training by Swayam assumes no prerequisites and is open for anyone interested in learning the programme. You can attain an official certificate awarded by Swayam and NPTEL at the end of the programme by qualifying for the final certification examination and all the assignments.

The online course on Integral and Vector Calculus by Swayam will be offering a detailed introduction to the topic of - integral and vector calculus.  The program will deal in a descriptive way with the concepts of- Riemann sum, partition, and Riemann Integrable functions and their applications as well as their properties. The online course will also discuss the fundamentals of- anti-derivatives. 

The online certification course will teach the students over the course of twelve weeks about the classical theorems of integral calculus that also includes the - fundamental theorem of integral calculus. The Integral and Vector Calculus online course curriculum includes the concepts of-  differentiability, gradient, divergence, directional derivative, and their geometrical interpretation and curl of vector functions in real-world functions. 

The important and fundamental topics of - theorems of vector calculus: Gauss’s, Green’s, and Stoke’s theorem will also be discussed in the course. To help the applicants understand in a more comprehensive manner the course has been structured as - core.

The Introduction to Commutative Algebra program by Swayam is a twelve-week online course, designed for individuals who want to research areas such as algebraic geometry, commutative algebra, algebraic number theory, etc. It is an AICTE approved FDP curriculum, intended for postgraduate-level students.

Curated by IIT Madras, the Introduction to Commutative Algebra certification syllabus covers crucial topics such as ring homomorphism, prime and maximal ideals, Jacobson radical, module homomorphisms, submodules, and tensor product of modules. The exact properties of the tensor product and Noetherian rings are also a part of this comprehensive course. The Institute’s Professor A. V. Jayanthan will teach this course.

Moreover, the Introduction to Commutative Algebra training requires learners to have the necessary knowledge of linear algebra, basic ring theory, and group theory. Students will receive assignments and study through Swayam’s video lectures during the course. In the end, learners need to pass the final exam and meet all the certifying criteria to obtain their course certificates.

The Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations and Applications certification course is designed with complete overview of the differential equations and its relative significance. This course is a standard curriculum that is offered to UG/PG engineering or science students. It requires the presence and uniqueness of an ODE solution, homogeneous and non-homogeneous linear differential equation systems, second-order homogeneous differential equation power series solution. 

The Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations and Applications training will undertake both aspects of the curriculum in an analytical and practical manner that will help the candidate to be more productive and effective in their respective major. This course has considerable applications in numerous engineering and science areas, such as control theory, numerical analysis, dynamic systems, etc. The main motive will be focused towards the core elements of the major that have a significant role in the functioning of the problem-solving areas. 

This course will provide a quick overview of the whole curriculum in the beginning and then later it will be directed to the new modules, framework, theorems, challenges and limitations that are associated with this particular programme along with that, the candidate will be provided Ordinary and Partial Differential Equations and Applications certification that will help them to pursue further courses in same field. 

The Numerical Linear Algebra online course has been structured as a basic and fundamental course for the students who are pursuing their postgraduate or undergraduate level degree course from the stream of science or engineering. 

The Numerical Linear Algebra certification benefits the registered students by providing them the core concepts regarding- stability of numerical algorithms, matrix algebra, stability of nonlinear systems, conditioning and condition number,  vector and matrix norms, convergent matrices, computer arithmetic, sensitivity analysis, singular value decomposition (SVD), least square solutions, algebraic and geometric properties of SVD, Power method and applications, Householder matrices and applications, QR method, Jacobi method for finding the eigenvalues of a given matrix. 

The Numerical Linear Algebra certification course will be dealing with all the real world applications of the numerical linear algebra concept in the diverse fields of - sciences and engineering. The twelve weeks course will be emphasised on topics like- control theory, numerical analysis, image processing and dynamical systems.

The Optimization from Fundamentals certification course is a structural framework set for improving the learning of the field in a more effective way. From its fundamentals, this course will cover the subject of Optimization. A summary of actual analysis and convexity will begin with it. Linear programming, convex optimization and nonlinear programming, complementarity concerns and algorithms for the same will cover this basis. 

With dynamic optimization, the Optimization from Fundamentals training will stop. The course will give a complete framework of what's the level of optimization in different sectors and now where it stands and what are the problems and challenges, it suffers.  

The Optimization From Fundamentals certification will give an assurance that the candidate is more effective in the respective field, which will help him to undertake the same major in their respective upcoming future. The course is more tilted towards the understanding of the core elements that play the main role in the functioning of optimization principle. The students who will get enrolled in the programme will study various elements that are so vital for the functioning of the fundamentals and Optimization from Fundamentals certification syllabus will mainly consulate with that only. 

The Transform Calculus and its applications in Differential Equations online course will help candidates learn about the basic techniques involved in the integral. The simpler ways of dealing out with the equations and coming up with the solution in a quick span of time will be taught to the candidates.

The candidates will be exposed to high-level concepts as well so that there is no difficulty in the process of learning. The course will train the students with the basic Integral Transform techniques. The candidates will be learning everything this topic covers within this time. The high-level concepts will also be touched by the experts.

The Transform Calculus and its applications in Differential Equations training come with certification, so the learning is a fun process. The candidates will have all the learning materials with them prior to the starting of the course and can carry on with their learning anytime they wish to.

The ‘Combinatorics’ online certification course is created for the students to engage and discuss the various aspects of counting and the study of patterns in this course. The students of this course will engage in enhancing their knowledge of mathematics and algebra. The free online learning course is provided by Swayam in collaboration with the National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL). The classes for this program are conducted online aided by lectures, videos, books, and reference materials for about twelve weeks.

The instructor for this program is Prof. Narayanan N from the department of physics at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. The students of this undergraduate level mathematics and algebra course will gain insights into the concepts of combinatorics.

The ‘Combinatorics’ online training program equips students with the E-Certificate and credits points after successfully completing this core course approved by the All India Council for Technical Education. The students are evaluated based on their weekly assignments and final examination for the certification.