Swayam Free Courses & Certifications

The Gandhi in the 21st Century course offered by Swayam is a 4 credit course and an integral part of the Master's programme in Gandhian studies, focusing on the visionary impact of our father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi. The course attempts to critically analyze the viewpoints and approaches of Gandhi hoping to use them effectively in the present circumstances of the world.

The Gandhi in the 21st Century Online course discusses the all-inclusive socio-economical and political theory put forward by Gandhi in the 20th Century and puts light on its significance in the modern world. It explains in detail the Gandhian ideology connected with topics like globalisation, democracy, diversities, multiculturalism and other contemporary concerns.

The Gandhi in the 21st Century Course is a postgraduate level course that is taught over 12 weeks. It is an important course for Humanities and Social Sciences students who wish to know the pragmatic ways in which Gandhian concepts can be implemented to solve the problems of the present world.  It is taught by Dr. Shubhangi Vaidya of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi.

The Gandhi: Ecology and Sustainable Development course is a postgraduate level course taught by Dr. Shubhangi Vaidya of Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi. The course attempts to analyse the practical capabilities of Gandhian philosophy relating to an eco-friendly living atmosphere.

The Gandhi: Ecology and Sustainable Development course offered by Swayam provides students with a detailed understanding of the Gandhian ideas surrounding the topic of ecology and sustainable development. It constitutes 16 units taught over 12 weeks by giving in-depth knowledge on various aspects of mother earth and its sustainable outlook.

The Gandhi: Ecology and Sustainable Development Online Course allows students of humanities and social sciences to gain knowledge about the conservation of natural resources and dimensions of ecological development. It introduces students to various environmental movements, green initiatives and case studies that root for a sustainable way of living.

India and the World Course provided by Swayam is a 4 credit course that discusses the interests, strategies and vision of Indian in the global sphere. The course puts forward a detailed overview of India’s foreign policy, its bilateral relations and the overall effects it has on its citizens. The course is apt for humanities and social sciences students who wish to study the Indian presence worldwide.

India and the World Course is a postgraduate level course that provides valuable insights on India's actions on a global level. It helps students understand the process behind different foreign policies and foreign trade. It imparts knowledge on the contemporary issues affecting the world and discusses its multiple consequences.

India and the World Online course is taught over a duration of 12 weeks through videos of expert lectures from Delhi University, JNU, Jamia and other parts of the countries, media personalities. The course is guided and instructed by Prof. Satish Kumar of Indira Gandhi National Open University.

The Talent Acquisition and Management certification course is a program that is designed in such a manner that it can be studied by graduates as well as postgraduates. The course comes under the category of management studies. Candidates who get admitted to this course learn the different processes and practices involved in the talent management industry. The course is provided to the students by the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. The course is available on the platform of Swayam for free for every student. The Talent Acquisition and Management certification syllabus can be completed in the given time of 12 weeks as well as more than the estimated time. 

The program is an online course and offers flexible timings for attending the video sessions. The program provides self-paced training so that students can take any amount of time to understand the concepts. The program offers certification to the students towards the end of the course which is optional as it comes with the payment of exam fees followed by an in-person exam. The Talent Acquisition and Management certification grants full-time access to the course to all its students and students can join or leave the session from anywhere at any time according to their willingness. 

HRM for non-HR Managers Programme is a noble offering under SWAYAM, an offering by the Government of India which focuses on achieving the three cardinal principles of education policy-equity, quality and access through various online education programs for the underprivileged students across the country. In furtherance of bringing the best teaching-learning resources to every student, this course compensates for the digital deprivation students were exposed to till now and trains them on using online education modes for the education.

As far as this course is concerned, learners will learn a lot in terms of acquiring the basic theoretical and practical skills of Human Resource Management. The field is rightly called People Management nowadays because of the strong communication skills it demands and the interactive job that it is. After successful completion of this course, candidates will gain insights on the processes and functions of HRM. 

Irrespective of their previous brush with the domain of HRM, candidates can derive a lot of the course due to its uniform pattern. Learners will learn how to conduct employee orientations, help their firm comply with legal compliance for managing discipline and addressing grievances, conduct employee surveys for securing employee trust and organise the training of fresh employees.

The HRD: Systems & Strategies program is a self-paced course as it is provided online for all the candidates who join it in Swayam. It aims to give education to all the students so that is why the course is given at zero cost. This also helps economically low candidates to learn the course. This is an elective course with transferable credits.

The HRD: Systems & Strategies certification is achieved by the participants who score the required passing marks by submitting the assignments/assessments within the given time period and attending the exam conducted at the exam centers. This exam is proctored.  This sharpens their skills and enhances their knowledge.

The HRD: Systems & Strategies certification benefits the candidates with a hope to start or restart their career. They will learn the methods and techniques to improve the workforce and organization. The leadership and management quality of the participants is improved to a very high level.

The ‘Industrial Safety Engineering’ online course is a study about the different aspects and operations of safety involved in engineering systems in the industry. This training program is a National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning online course and is provided on the Swayam online education platform. The elective course for postgraduate level students is offered by the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.

This faculty development program is conducted for twelve weeks for the students belonging to domains of engineering, science, and management. The course on engineering safety systems is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education.

The course educator for the ‘Industrial Safety Engineering’ online training is Dr. Jhareswar Maity, faculty from the department of industrial and systems engineering at IIT Kharagpur. The students in this online course can earn three credits after completion of the program and will receive the course completion certificate fulfilling the required mandates.

This course teaches the basics of Industrial Pharmacy in a practical approach. It is done with easy and to-the-point explanation along with graphical, pictorial, and animated presentations. The objective of this course is to ensure the candidates who complete it can practice and identify dosage form, the manufacturing techniques, know the development of dosage form, formulate liquid, solid, and semisolid dosage forms, to inculcate the theoretical knowledge in the practical and professional need of the industry.

Under this course, the topics covered are the introduction, formulation, evaluation, and packaging materials science of tablets, performulation, liquid orals, capsules, parenteral, and ophthalmic products, the syllabus is approved by Pharmacy Council of India (PCI) and also adopted by the pharmacy universities and institutions throughout India. The pharmacy faculties looking to upskill themselves and Pharma professionals to perform better at their jobs can take up this course, even students from non pharmacy background can do this course.

To be certified in this course the candidates must take up the end of the term proctored exam.

Introduction to Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things program is the result of an initiative of the Ministry of Education, Government of India. It is an AICTE approved FDP course that focuses on how industrial processes have changed through the integration of modern technology. These modern technologies include sensors, computational processing, communication, machine learning, the internet of things data analytics, the industrial internet of things, and much more. the Introduction to Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things certification is designed by IIT Kharagpur, an esteemed institute of education. The educator of the course will be professor Sudhip Mishra, a highly reputed professor with numerous awards. 

Introduction to Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet of Things is an online course. Participants will be taught the syllabus for a duration of twelve weeks. Along with video lectures, the participants will also have case studies, periodic assignments, and a final exam to help them imbibe maximum information from the course.

The CIT-002: Introduction to Information Technology course is being provided by Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) and spread out over 12 weeks or three months. This course will give you the basics of information technology and touch upon various aspects of Information Systems.  

The CIT-002: Introduction to Information Technology programme covers the meaning of ICT and the emergence of the digital divide and cyberspace issues. This comprehensive course also explains the application of Information Technology. These applications include e-commerce, e-governance and education, which are thoroughly explained in this programme. 

Besides, the CIT-002: Introduction to Information Technology online course also has an extensive curriculum spread over 12 weeks, and the candidates will also receive a certification upon successful completion of the programme. Through this programme, you can learn about the uses and process of development of information systems. You will also understand the need for Management Information Systems (MIS) in the duration of this course.

The World Wide Web or WWW is a significant development, and it facilitates several technologies and services available through the internet. The aim of the CIT-003: Web-Based Technologies and Multimedia Applications programme by Swayam is to discuss the various technologies that form the basis of the internet on which services like WWW, Messenger, or Email are developed.

Computers are becoming smarter every day. After the internet was introduced, one of the major uses of computers has been, to aid the communication of secure information over the internet. The CIT-003: Web-Based Technologies and Multimedia Applications course discuss the methods of developing web pages and websites. It also focuses on the applications of multimedia. 

Furthermore, the CIT-003: Web-Based Technologies and Multimedia Application training programme is an online course. The course is rife with video lectures, self-assessment tests, and quizzes which are taken on a weekly basis. It will take you 12 weeks to complete this course. And this is a core course intended for undergraduate-level students.

The Organising and Managing Information Course is the third course among the 9 courses required for the Bachelor's Degree in Library and Information Science. The course provides candidates information about organising and managing information at both digital and virtual libraries along with other information centres.

The Organising and Managing Information Online Course offered by Swayam aims at making the candidates capable of managing both printed and digital information in the most effective ways. The course explains different types of library classification and cataloguing techniques along with features of the online cataloguing process.

The Organising and Managing Information Training course is a 12-weeks long course spread over 14 units provided by the Indira Gandhi National Open University. The course discusses the impact of information technology in the present world and aids candidates in gathering knowledge and preparing for a career in library information science.

The Swayam website hosts the Fundamental of Insurance course. Swayam is a program initiated by the government of India to make education accessible to every Indian, irrespective of their economic standing. The course imparts basic knowledge to a student who requires knowledge to get into the insurance industry.

Swayam gives all its courses free of cost, although the course materials are created by leading experts in different fields. But candidates who want to have a certificate from the course have to write an end-term exam for which they need to pay a small exam fee. The highly acclaimed course instructor, Dr. K. Uma, is a faculty member of Madurai Kamraj University.

In a risky environment, insurance is an absolute necessity because it protects individuals and businesses from unexpected losses. But due to a lack of awareness among people, the insurance penetration and density in India is very low. The Fundamental of Insurance course by Swayam hopes to spread awareness about the basic concepts of insurance and make it more widespread throughout the country.

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.

This Online Refresher Course in Law certification course will help to trace the recent development in the legal field and train the candidate on various innovations in the technical world to equip themselves as law teachers or instructors practicing critical teaching in law. The growth of legal specializations in a rapid way has led to fragmentation in understanding the legal world and Online Refresher Course in Law training helps to address that by enhancing the understanding of law in generic ways.

The Online Refresher Course in Law program helps to inform about the legal controversies and developments which is essential knowledge for law scholars in all specializations. This course also helps the candidate to advance interdisciplinary learning on how knowledge from other areas can help in deepening understanding of law as well as using interdisciplinary knowledge to illustrate how development in a given field can impact its associated field.

The ‘Constitution of India and Environmental Governance: Administrative and Adjudicatory Process’ online certification course is an interdisciplinary course developed for the students to discuss and learn about the different legal aspects associated with environmental management and the governance of natural resources. This National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning(NPTEL) free program is provided by the Swayam online education portal by the government of India. The participants of this course can complete the course of study in twelve weeks. 

The instructor for this core course is Dr. Sairam Bhat, a professor teaching law at the National Law School of India University, Bengaluru. The students of this course will gain insights from a wide range of disciplines environmental economics, ecological sciences, biochemistry, human rights, sociology, anthropology, and political aspects. 

The ‘Constitution of India and Environmental Governance: Administrative and Adjudicatory Process’ online training enables students to get a certificate and credit points after completing the course.

Every aspirant, law student and activist must know the laws that describe human rights. This course covers all the areas that are a must for everyone to know and learn. It goes over to great depths on these topics and teaches them not only what one has to know in this domain but also provides them with useful insights.

Human rights and humanitarian laws is a course that deals with laws that take effect when armed conflicts appear and the functions of agencies that play a great helping hand role for others like the Red Cross Society.

 It teaches the candidates about how humanitarian laws are now amalgamating with human rights and is being backed by world communities. It gives in detail contents about the evolution of these laws and their role and functions. The course has been made by expert faculties of India and is taught in the best law universities all over the world.

This 12-week diploma course in Information Sources and Library Services by Swayam will educate you about different information sources and their uses. The expert training programme will polish your ability to extract requisite information and employ it to derive the optimal results. 

Moreover, the Information Sources and Library Services training course will teach you about the uses of these information sources in the library. You will learn about providing library services based on these sources. Also, the online course will allow you to know about the relevance of circulation services, reference services, and awareness services.

Incidentally, the Information Sources and Library Services curriculum is robust and features six units replete with videos and reading material. This will help accentuate the learning experience and contribute to your specialisation. 

Moreover, Dr Archana Shukla will instruct the Information Sources and Library Services training programme, who is an expert in her profession with years of industry experience.

The BLI-011: Libraries: An Introduction online course will help you to learn the concepts of libraries through the lens of society. It provides a deep dive into the types of libraries and the functions of libraries amongst us.

The online course gives a holistic perspective by giving us insights into how libraries can impact and benefit society. Though libraries have existed for long, it has evolved and changed to be more modern for the youth of today. Hence, the course also discusses the current landscape in detail.

The BLI-011: Libraries: An Introduction programme is tutored by Dr Archna Shukla, who has immense experience in libraries through research and professional experience. This will invoke new perspectives and ideas on enhancing the role of libraries efficiently.

The BLI-011: Libraries: An Introduction course is also beneficial for anyone who wants to understand what it entails to be a librarian. The course is also equipped with weekly quizzes to learn the course thoroughly and evaluate the improvement.

By making use of the latest technologies, this course of Library Automation and Digitisation by Swayam aims to improve the facilities and the services of libraries that exist today. This course will help the candidate in being well-versed with all the major concepts required to master the same.

Nowadays, the world is shifting more towards digital means. The use of print, paper and books are declining, and at the same time, the use of e-learning and e-books are steadily rising. At a time like this, a course which teaches the candidates the basics of library automation with reference to digitisation is very relevant in fetching jobs as librarians or even for personal convenience.

This course is an ongoing, core course. It belongs to the category of Library and Information Sciences. The duration of this course is 12 hours, and it is a diploma level course. With the help of an encouraging and guiding faculty, the candidates will master the concepts easily and apply for different posts where they find themselves eligible.

The Library Information and Society Course is a 12-weeks long course provided by the Indira Gandhi National Open University. It is the first among the 9 courses constituting the Bachelor's Degree in Library and Information Science. The course will introduce candidates to the role of library and information in a society.

The Library Information and Society Online Course offered by Swayam and coordinated by Prof. Kunwar Singh discusses the core features of library science and information systems that play a definite role in shaping the world. This postgraduate-level course explains the basic functions of libraries and information networks along with their legislative framework.

The Library Information and Society Certification Course is spread over 14 units wherein the final sections give an overview of the professional nature of librarianship. The course will discuss various organizations involved in the progress of library and information services and thus aid candidates who are wishing to pursue a career in library science.

The ICT Fundamentals Certification Course is a course that prepares candidates to pursue a career in Library and Information Science. The course provides knowledge about the basics of computer technology and communication technology that will aid in forging a bright career with professional gains.

The ICT Fundamentals Training Course is a 12-weeks long course that teaches candidates about the working of multimedia systems and network applications in the digital world. The course introduces the usage of Office Tools along with discussions on sections like word processing, presentation, and spreadsheets.

The ICT Fundamentals Online Course offered by Swayam teaches the fundamentals of information and communication technology in a detailed manner. The course is spread over 16 units offering 4 credits and is taught under the guidance of Prof. Uma Kanjilal, Professor of Library and Information Science, Indira Gandhi National Open University.

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.

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.

Discrete mathematics is a branch of mathematics and a language of Computer Science used in fields such as data science, software engineering and machine learning. This branch involves the usage of algebra and arithmetic and involves discrete elements. The Discrete Mathematics online course by Swayam intends to explore and explain the topic of discrete mathematics over the course of 12 weeks.

The Discrete Mathematics program will introduce you to various mathematical concepts and theories to help you solve problems and apply proof techniques. The programme endeavours to help you grasp some of the essential ideas in discrete mathematics. The IITB certification also features concepts such as Graph theory, Cardinality theory, Combinatorics, basic number theory, etc. in detail.

The Discrete Mathematics certification course is an undergraduate and postgraduate level course. It falls in the ‘Computer Science and Engineering’ and ‘Foundations of Computing’ categories. Designed by IIT Bangalore, the course has been approved by AICTE and offered by Swayam as a free online learning source.

Discrete Mathematics is known as the language of computer science. Learning discrete mathematics is going to be useful in many fields like data science, software engineering and machine learning. 

In this course, students will be solving math puzzles with proofs and their explanations to understand the concept of Discrete Mathematics thoroughly. The concepts of discrete mathematics today are used in various ways to understand different scenarios and the problems in all branches of computer science, such as programming languages, automated theorem proving, software development, computer algorithms and cryptography.

Swayam Discrete Mathematics Course is designed in a way to make sure students learn the concept of discrete mathematics in a fun way so they can understand its applications easily. 

Students don't need to have any prerequisites for this course, just a basic understanding of high school level algebra and arithmetic is required.

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 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.