Swayam Free Courses & Certifications

Swayam’s upcoming MCO-03: Research Methodology and Statistical Analysis online course teaches its applicants about research’s most significant aspect - research methodology. This extensive programme falls under the ‘Commerce’ purview and aims to help researchers gain the necessary skills to establish highly-efficient methodologies for their research studies. Through online videos, students can learn at a self-directed pace as well.

The MCO-03: Research Methodology and Statistical Analysis certification syllabus is a thorough curation by the Indira Gandhi National Open University. It covers numerous vital topics, including business research, random sampling, comparative scaling techniques, research design, variance, correlation, data processing, non-random sampling, Bayes’ Theorem, scatters plots, etc. It also explains research report writing, critical terminologies, and interpreting statistical data.

Spread across 16 weeks, the MCO-03: Research Methodology and Statistical Analysis training is entirely online, delivered by the University’s skilled faculty, Dr Subodh Kesharwani. The curriculum is set at the postgraduate level, teaching beginners about research skills and helping existing research improve their research quality.

Convective heat transfer is a very important physical phenomenon that finds its relevance in a wide variety of applications including micro/nanoscale systems to mega-scale systems like nuclear reactors. It is observed in metallurgical and chemical industries and is an important part of the school and college curriculum. Convective Heat Transfer: Fundamentals and Applications Certification by SWAYAM is a first-level, postgraduate course on Convective Heat Transfer. 

The modules have been so structured so as to start from the basics of the topic and proceed to methods and concepts that are generally seen in a PG curriculum. A powerful technique termed scaling is first taught to students that are typically covered in an undergraduate course. This has been done to teach learners why a particular correlation has a particular form. Further, the course gives a brief of the solution methodologies - Similarity method and Integral method that are quite powerful solution methods for many different problems.

Natural Convection has also been dealt with quite extensively in the Convective Heat Transfer: Fundamentals and Applications Certification programme. An encapsulated version of Two-Phase heat transfer is also presented in some modules. A part of the course also focuses on applications.

The Foundation course in Tourism from Swayam is a programme that is specially designed to cater to the requirements of candidates aspiring to make a career in Tourism. The programme covers a wider aspect of areas such as the basics of tourism, tourism destination, entire basics of tourism, geography, tourism marketing, communication and other areas under tourism. Being a multidisciplinary undergraduate programme, the course will be completed in a span of 16 weeks. 

The programme is an online programme and is being imparted by the experts in this industry possessing years and years of experience. The main objective behind this programme is to educate aspirants willing to make a career in tourism. 

The studies of tourism contain concepts from various fields such as economics, sociology, history, geography, management, marketing, anthropology, etc. With the help of the Tourism Development Products Operations and Case Studies course, the candidates can hope to cover concepts from these various disciplines, which come under tourism studies.

During the course, the candidates will understand the role of tourists and hosts in the industry of tourism, eventually venturing into a discussion about the presence of guides and escorts in the tourism industry. The candidates can achieve these goals of the course with the help of two different case studies, products & operations and promotional skills.

With the help of this course, the candidates get a clear idea of what constitutes the tourism industry and its practices. By integrating the themes from other disciplines, it becomes simpler for the candidates to understand the inner workings of the industry with the help of applications of the concepts learned from these various fields. 

The candidates also get some exposure to the industry during the course with the help of some experienced professionals who have, in some capacity or the other, worked in the tourism industry, whether it be directly or indirectly.

The Tourism Marketing Course provides students with a detailed understanding of the general principles of marketing with an emphasis on the tourism industry. It discusses the role of marketing with respect to the profit and non-profit organizations working in the field of tourism, one of the fastest-growing and revenue-generating industries in the current scenario.

The Tourism Marketing Course offered by Swayam is an 8 credit course that deals with marketing concepts, approaches, tools and applications in the tourism industry. The course is coordinated by Dr. Tangjakhombi Akoijam of Indira Gandhi National Open University. The course is guided by the School of Tourism and Hospitality Services Management.

The Tourism Marketing Online course helps students understand the role of various organizations, local bodies and NGOs working closely with the tourism industry. The massive open online course is taken through expert video lectures and informative e-content.

The Management in Tourism course is an 8-credit course taught by By Dr. Sonia Sharma of Indira Gandhi National Open University. The course deals with management concepts and principles relating to the field of tourism services. It aims at making candidates professional tourism service providers who own sound knowledge at all levels.

The Management in Tourism Certification course offered by Swayam equips students to excel at service industries like the tourism industry by instilling the concepts and principles behind various management spheres including human resource management, financial management, operations management and marketing management.

The Management in Tourism Training course helps make the candidates aware of the immense possibilities of the entrepreneurship arena. The course would be covered through a series of 80 video lectures spread over 12 weeks. The candidates are provided with e-content to help them understand the subject thoroughly.

This course in Digital Forensic is being offered by Swayam, a government of India initiative to provide educational resources to all students. This course can be accessed anytime, anywhere by the students. This course is a four-credit elective course and is based on the UGC framework. 

Due to the increasing use of technology, the number of cybercrimes being committed using digital devices and the Internet has also increased. 

This course will enable the learners to understand the process of investigation and recovery of the data found in digital devices like computers, cell phones, and network devices, the importance of hardware, memory, software, and decoding of computers. They will be trained to use the various tools/technologies to deal with and investigate computers and cybercrimes. 

This course will be beneficial for lawyers, students, investigating officers who are interested in protecting themselves from internet crimes by gaining knowledge about the various concepts of digital forensics and working towards their career in this domain. 

The digital media industry in India has grown by over 38% in the last five years. India is the second country globally with the largest number of internet users, more than 600 million. However, more than half of the Indian population does not have access to the internet. The Digital Media online programme addresses the aspects of digital inequality and representation in media. 

During the MJM028: Digital Media online course by Swayam, candidates will explore topics such as the emerging trends in communication, the aspect of access to digital media, social media in the Indian milieu, the internet as a tool for social empowerment, and much more. This programme will run for 16 weeks, and candidates can earn four credits by completing the course. 

The Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) provides this training on Swayam. The Digital Media online course will help candidates analyse the role of the internet and social media in India. Dr K S Arun Selvan from IGNOU teaches this programme via online mode.

The Cyber Security Programme by Swayam is essential for the candidate to learn more about the dangers of cybersecurity. Due to the dependency on e-platform, the Certification in Cyber Security Course by Swayam becomes very vital for the students to become proficient in using technologies like IoT, IIoT, IoT and others.

 The Cyber Security training course is comprehensive and is designed to give detailed knowledge on Cyber Security to the candidates. This certification programme is an inclusive course that acknowledges all the essential topics required for the understanding and study in the domain of Cyber Security.

Upon completion of the course, the learner will develop his/her skills in the area of- cyber frauds, scams, cyber-attacks and others. The Cyber Security Programme by Swayam is important because it will allow the individual to better understand the world of “cybersecurity” and protect the individual, government, organization and others from “cyber-crime”.

Shakespeare remains the most staged, filmed, studied, and translated author amidst world literature. Stages, books, and other media from various cultures have localised, domesticated, and adapted this icon in several languages. To shed a holistic light on this writer, the Central University of Kerala has curated the Shakespeare Across Cultures programme, explaining how the world’s varying languages and cultures have influenced him and how he’s influenced them.

India’s numerous Shakespeare experts teach the Shakespeare Across Cultures certification syllabus, which deals with analysing Shakespeare through language discourses, geopolitics, identities, gender, race, how he’s negotiated on pages, screens, stages, classroom discourses, outlining his adaptations, etc. The training also touches upon vital concepts such as how Shakespeare’s adaptations evoke diverse cultures' responses, how they transfigured him in their cultural and literary terrain, and many more.

 A four-credit, elective programme for 15 weeks, the Shakespeare Across Cultures course by Swayam belongs to the ‘Humanities and Social Sciences’ purview. It’s intended for English literature postgraduates, featuring internal assessments and an external proctored test. Clearing these, the candidates can also obtain the curriculum certificate. 

Animations Certification by Swayam is a free and unique offering by Swayam with a view to providing accessible and quality education to everyone irrespective of their financial disabilities. This course has been designed specially and exclusively for students majoring in Design Engineering, Animation, and Game Technology. The curriculum furnishes learners with an opportunity to learn about design theories and histories through experts themselves.

The Animations certification course will explore animation production pipeline (CG modeling, texturing, lighting, rigging, Animation, and rendering) techniques as well as gaming, Designing Engineering, Visual effects, etc. You will learn about the design histories and theories to develop creative, technical, and analytical skills in animation film production.

Further, the Animations certification by Swayam will provide the opportunity for self-assessment to students so that they can analyze their weak points and work on them. Video modules can be revisited to strengthen the weak areas. Project-based assessment relevant to the media and entertainment industry will polish the practical skills of course takers. Besides this, they can refer to a lot of books dealing with topics like character animation, 3D animation, and animated films for a better understanding.

Swayam is a programme launched by the Government of India whose aim is to provide education to bridge the digital gap among the youth of India. They have courses in various nine categories, covering all sectors for students across India. Their courses are free of cost. Candidates only need to pay for the certification. 

One such course they offer is biomass characterization. Biomass feedstock has huge anticipation. It recognizes the demands of growing energy and minimizes the use of fossil fuels which increases global warming.

This course sheds light on various resources of biomass available to us and how sustainable they are for future generations. They cover various topics under this course such as biomass as a resource, forms of biomass, it properties and much more. They mainly teach you techniques using which you can biomass food stock into different forms of energy using their lectures and videos. 

The instructor for this course is Prof. (Dr.) K. Arunkumar, who is head and professor in the department of plant science, University of Kerala. Has many books, research papers, and other achievements under his name. It is a 15 weeks course at the level of a postgraduate, belonging to the category of biological sciences and bioengineering.

This course is taught by Dr. Balaji who works as an Associate Professor in the Department of Biotechnology, Jawaharlal Nehru University. The whole course is for 15 weeks and contains 40 modules; it’s a course carrying 4 credits for students doing M.Sc. in Chemistry. The students will work on their procedural, factual, metacognitive, and conceptual knowledge, and use images, presentations, 3D-animations, white board demonstration, chemical structures, paper 3D-models, figures, tables, mirrors, use of molecular models, etc for scientific explanation.

The course also talks about various theories such as Malcom  Knowels Andragogy, Dick and Carey model,  the Feynman Technique, modified Bloom’s taxonomy, neuro slide design principles, ADDIE model,  etc. Doing this course will benefit PG students, young scientists, research scholars, and faculty members looking to enhance their knowledge in this field, it is also helpful for students taking competitive exams like CSIR-NET, SSC-CGL, IIT-JAM, GATE, various CET, UPSC, and SLET.

After completing this course the candidates job prospects will widen in various industries such as petrochemical, agro chemicals industries, perfume, pharmacy, and dye.

The Corporate Law Programme course is taught by Professor Dr. Harpreet Kaur from National Law University Delhi and is for five weeks holding 4 credits. The topics covered under this course are Business organisation its features and types, Raising Capital for businesses, Corporate Management and Governance, Business Reuse Proceedings, Investigation and Adjudicatory Mechanisms, Shareholder’s Remedies, Winding up of Company and the Insolvency Proceedings if the business is bankrupt,  Foreign Direct Investments in Companies, and the corporate restructuring policies.

There has been immense growth in the corporate sector which makes it important for the people in this sector to know about the legal aspects of corporate law. This course is for postgraduate level individuals, people from business and law backgrounds and will help learners meet their lifelong needs. Professionals who wish to gain knowledge in the field of Corporate Governance can also take up this course. 

The candidates who want to get certified in this course should successfully complete the proctored examination at the end of the course which provides credits to the students. 

Over the past few decades, the world saw some unfortunate and unprecedented situations. With urbanization and globalization peaking throughout the years, we witnessed a drastic decline in environmental quality and an increase in natural emergencies. It is essential to be aware of the consequences of our actions in our communities and surroundings. With Swayam’s Urban Disaster Risk Mitigation & Climate Resilient Development Course, learn about urban development and its relationship with disaster risks, emergency management, and climate change.

With a Certificate in Urban Disaster Risk Mitigation & Climate Resilient Development Course, you will be able to analyze the factors behind climate emergencies, disaster management, and urban development. The course will also take you through resilient methods of community development in urban sectors.

Moreover, you will also understand the strategies to make surroundings anti-fragile and contribute to a risk-free environment. With each passing day, people are becoming more conscious and aware of their actions and their consequences. Get your certificate today to attain knowledge and spread insight about the situation to others as well.

This Basics of Macro Economics Course by Swayam provides aggregate knowledge of the economy and its various aspects. With self-paced classes and weekly assignments, this course is an easy and great way to understand different topics such as cash flow in international trade, the role of banks in the company, demand-supply & equilibrium in markets for goods & services, theories of foreign exchange determination, etc. 

This course is a great way to get to know the economic conditions in every aspect including marketing situations. The course also deals with IS-LM Analysis, concept, and determination of GDP and gives the proper training required with it. 

This course is completely for learning purposes; however, the certification exam has a fee amount to be duly paid. This course tries to help candidates to help in every way it could and is also a great way to learn and be educated about the terms and nature of the economy. 

The Mathematical Economics course by Swayam has been structured to make the study of Economics easier and simpler for the learners to understand using Mathematics. It covers the historical background and the application of the various economic concepts. This course will help the participants in solving Engineering and Architecture, Finance, Management, Policy-making, Analytics, and Medicine problems.

Various real-life examples, recent researches and news about the world economy have been included to enrich the learning process of the participants. This course will enhance the logical, scientific and critical thinking skills of the participants required in their daily economic activities. They will develop a new perspective towards logical, scientific and critical thinking, which will assist them in solving personal, social and professional problems and guide them towards wise decision making.

They will be capable enough to take quick and wise decisions saving their time, energy and money. Various web links and links of YouTube videos have also been shared to keep the participants motivated throughout.

The Instructional Design programme will assist a candidate to understand the concept of instructional design and utilise multimedia and technology as instruments to strengthen teaching. This Instructional Design programme allows candidates to gain an understanding of the history and evolution of instructional design, models and modes of instructionals design, the design and development of e-learning materials the concepts and characteristics of teaching material design and production, the different competencies and skills in instructional design and the role of teachers as instructional designers.

This Instructional Design programme is part of the authorised university level Master in Education (M.Ed.) curriculum. Candidates at any stage of teacher education and professional teachers from various departments can enrol for the programme. This will cause all the ideas of instructional design to be mastered. Candidates will learn and understand the production of instructional experiences through the programme, which makes the gaining of knowledge and skills more successful, productive and attractive.

The stream of academic writing is pretty much in demand across the globe. As it comes up with a promising career, the candidates are looking forward to pursuing a formal programme in academic writing. Hence, this course of Academic writing from Swayam became the most registered course among all SWAYAM MOOCs and even made it to the top 30 MOOCs list globally.

However, there has never before been an understandable setup, institutionally or otherwise, for the candidates and the aspirants to learn academic writing and research from. This course makes that happen by providing the applicants with the setup and teaching them all the basics of academic writing and research to help them along with their careers. 

It has impressively closed this gap by not only offering fundamentals of academic writing but also providing insights into the industry.

The course is one of the multidisciplinary ones and is a foundational programme delivered via an online platform. Furthermore, it focuses on bringing the results through the writing process and as such, is quite effective. The course allows the candidates to be able to make new opportunities for their careers. It also helps them gain more potential in their research and hit the top of their abilities.

The Communication Technologies in Education course by Swayam provides knowledge to all participants on various communication technologies that are involved in educating an individual. Communication technologies are very important mainly in digital India as the new technologies help to lead our life in a comfortable manner. Therefore, it is necessary for all individuals to learn this course. This course begins with a description of basic models and media that are involved in communication. 

This course also speaks about different barriers to communication and provides solutions to communicate effectively. This course falls under the teacher education category. It provides a better understanding of data communication, network systems, internet tools, social networking sites, and recent trends in technologies in the communication field to the participants.  

It also provides details on concepts like e-learning, offline learning, and blended learning methodologies. Modern technologies like artificial intelligence and computer-aided learning are also taught by tutorials. This course concludes by revealing the role of CIET and NCERT in the development of technology. 

Students today are more comfortable with e-learning platforms than the traditional ones. Recently, there has been tremendous growth in online learning among students. This provides the facility of anytime-anywhere learning for the students. In this trend of massive open online courses and integration of ICT in teaching and learning, there has been a demand for improvisation in the assessment. 

Nowadays, students are in need of an assessment model that suits not only traditional learning but also emerging learning settings such as online learning, blended learning, virtual learning, flipped classrooms, and technology-enabled learning. The teachers of this generation need to know how to plan, construct, and execute the assessments suitable to test a particular subject. They need to have a grip over the infrastructure facilities required for the assessment. 

Therefore, there is a need for such a course that would make the teacher skilled in these aspects, eligible to take e-assessments. This course offers subject expert videos, interviews with technical experts, reading materials, and question-answer forums to clarify doubts each week. It consists of 2 to 3 modules, 1 quiz, and an assignment along with one final assessment and assignment. 

The brains of children grow at the most extraordinary speed when they are still in the first six years of their life. It draws experience from the environment, and the synaptic connections of their brain are made based on those experiences. Hence, it is important to provide such experiences to children that would help them lay a strong foundation as well as nurture the right qualities in them. 

This course of Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) offered by Swayam helps the interested candidates to explore these aspects with the help of different pedagogical methodologies such as designing portfolios, gaining experiences through thorough practice as an intern as well as assignments and discussions, that would help the candidates to become the best early childhood care, providers. 

Along with that, the candidates also make use of several study materials provided by Swayam such as the online Q&A forum, which not only solves their doubts but also inculcates higher-order thinking skills.

The Online Refresher Course in Education certification course is associated with the National Resource Centre for Education, Central University of South Bihar, Gaya. The course aims to bring a change to the existing practices in the education sector. Students who enrol into this course gain an understanding of descriptive research, fundamentals of samplings, central limit theorem, hypothesis, etc. 

The entire Online Refresher Course in Education certification syllabus takes forty hours and can be completed in fifteen weeks. The course can be availed at zero cost in the online mode. The programme is an AICTE approved FDP course available at the platform of Swayam. The provider allows the candidate to be a certified user of the Online Refresher Course in Education programme if they fulfil the eligibility criteria of the exam. 

The experts use different teaching methods in order to make the sessions more interactive and interesting for the students. The study material of the programme includes modern audio as well as video lectures, quizzes, assessments, discussions, etc. The Online Refresher Course in Education certification can be pursued through the self-paced method according to the students' preferences.

Cyberworld enthusiasts, as well as people seeking employment opportunities in the digital industry, must know the networks in use today and protocols that define and allow them to function. This course will pull you through everything that you need to know about TCP/IP protocols and networking which are a must in the current times and more.

Introduction to Computer Network and Internet Protocol has been made a tailored fit for emerging IT students and engineers by providing them insights into the industry that will be very valuable. The course goes into great details for the candidates about all the essential topics like the Internet of Things(IoT), Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS), Software Defined Networks and other significant points as well.

The course goes on to training candidates about all the theoretical skills including data traffic engineering and layer designing. The contents of the course are lined one after the other with industry-relevant skills and have been designed in such a way that each of the doubts that the candidates may get could easily be solved and every requirement attended to.

The Society and Media expert programme by Swayam will introduce you to the consequences of media on the societal structure. You will be able to identify the possibilities for developing the community through media, and the future challenges affecting it. Additionally, this course will help you understand the conflict arising between the dominant and alternative paradigms. 

The Society and Media certification course will foster an interdisciplinary understanding which will widen your perspective. Thus, you will develop an understanding of the contemporary trends emerging within the society and in the media. 

You will become a certified expert after you complete the Society and Media curriculum. The external and internal assessments will help make you certificate-worthy. Moreover, your training will be for 40 hours, spread over 15 weeks, so that you have enough time to grasp the concepts succinctly. 

The Society and Media certification course does not charge a registration fee, and any UG certificate holder can register. Candidates interested in social science research and social entrepreneurship can sign up for the course.

The media Content Production on Multiple Platforms course has been designed by Swayam to provide the learners with an insight into the media production techniques and standards. The rise of digital media platforms has raised the demand for new aesthetics, newer production techniques, circulation, distribution, and sharing of the media content.

This course will provide the learners with a broad introduction to the various aspects of the changing media trends in terms of production and development of media content. They will understand the working of several digital media platforms, the uniqueness of different media platforms, and their content specifications, different stages of video production programmes for digital media platforms. 

They will be trained to produce short video content for different digital media platforms. This course will be beneficial for Mass Media, Journalism, and other students who have media studies as a part of their learning. Individuals who wish to learn and broaden their knowledge about digital media content can also pursue this course.

The Pedagogy of Teaching English online course helps candidates to acquire a broader view of language teaching. It essentially covers the various developments that have come about in the field of language teaching and how they can be included in the teaching methods that people follow. The course is also excellent in improving critical thinking skills. 

Besides the Pedagogy of Teaching English certification syllabus covers various critical concepts like the pedagogy of interaction, paradigm shift in ELT, and the implication of multiple intelligences in a classroom. Participants learn about the pedagogy of reading, pronunciation, producing speech sounds, academic sounds, and the like. The course is also equipped with rich reading and study materials to enhance the knowledge of the candidate. 

The Pedagogy of Teaching English certification by Swayam is taught by Prof. V Sudhakar Venukapalli, who has 32 years of teaching experience. The course has numerous assignments and a final assessment to help candidates assess their learning and improve their critical thinking abilities. 

The course is about Environment sociology for knowing the relation between the environment and society. The duties and responsibilities of the citizen for controlling the dangerous phenomena in the environment that take place. The course impacts the core knowledge of the environment and its history to the students by delivering a learning experience for both practical and theoretical knowledge as well. 

With the development and technological advancements in the world all through there is an utmost responsibility for every individual to safeguard the environment and fulfill their social responsibility for the environment. The future resources are the main reliable resources that make living possible for humankind. Therefore there is a need for social environmental study through which Swayam takes the  part to deliver the course

Swayam is an online digital learning platform that is initiated by the government to improve and learn the skills for many streams online. 

The corporate Tax Planning course provided by SWAYAM aims to educate individuals on matters relating to tax in our country. Corporate Tax Planning has become an undeniably crucial component of students’ syllabus and hence candidates must opt for this course which is free of cost.

Corporate tax planning is a peculiar & differentiated aspect on which every citizen must have knowledge about. This course is made interesting by including learning of various mechanisms through which corporate assesses its plan to pay tax. This course also gives in-depth information about the Income Tax Act of 1961 and how it aimed to minimize tax liability.

The corporate Tax Planning course keeps the students updated about the Finance Acts that were applicable in the past years and are applicable currently. During the course of the programme candidates will learn about different approaches to tax planning and methods of cutting down the tax liability inside the acceptable laws.