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Foundations of Cognitive Robotics

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Foundations of Cognitive Robotics

Foundations of Cognitive Robotics certification is an associate presentation by Swayam, NPTEL, and IIT Kanpur. The inclusion of robots directly from the industries to the social arena has been rapidly advancing with the functional requirements of corresponding behaviour of humans increasing day by day. To meet this demand, the course has been prepared. In order for the robot design complexities to be processed, the course has been made to give an overall idea of this topic.

Foundations of Cognitive Robotics training is a short 4-weeks duration course with 14-course modules that are designed for striking a balance between streams of engineering, biology, and control system design for attracting people towards the interdisciplinary fields. This certification has been curated free for the participants except for when they require certification. Also, this postgraduate level course is an FDP one that has secured the approval of the AICTE council under the government of India.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of engineering
Design Thinking A Primer

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Design Thinking - A Primer

Design thinking is a systematic method and a unique approach to problem-solving. It is an innovative process that offers a solution-based and hands-on approach to human-centric problems. Design Thinking- A Primer online program is an elective faculty development program that will introduce you to the concept of design thinking and its use to make our lives better and easier. 

You can learn this course for four weeks and there are no prerequisites attached to it. Hence, you only need to be interested in the subject to enrol in the free program. Moreover, the IIT Madras faculty has designed this comprehensive course, and it will be delivered in the form of video lectures.

The program also includes multiple live sessions that you can attend to learn more about the course curriculum. After completing the Design Thinking- A Primer training, you can earn the course completion certificate by qualifying for the written proctored exam with a valid score.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Design thinking
Systems and Usable Security

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Systems and Usable Security

4 Weeks
Free
Water, Society and Sustainability

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Water, Society and Sustainability

Water, Society, and Sustainability certification is a course for one month that is held directly using the Swayam platform. The course curriculum is designed by the 2 institutions NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur to help understand the global water scenario. The world consists of a number of people who do not have access to safe and clean water. Candidates will learn about certain lessons from small-scale community water conservation practices. 

Water, Society, and Sustainability training for the course exhibits all the characteristics across technology, water, society, and science The course is located at the intersections across the water, technology, science, and society towards a sustainable future. The context is important for understanding and addressing the need for water beyond the technical, and physical attributes of the water shapes designed by the society. Also, the students will be understanding the challenges associated with water like availability, severe drought, or floods. The certificate that is showered at the end of the course modules, assignments and an examination will be supported across different commerce industries.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Civil Engineering skills
Teaching And Learning in Engineering TALE

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Towards an Ethical Digital Society from Theory to Practice

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Towards an Ethical Digital Society: From Theory to Practice

The objective of Towards an Ethical Digital Society programme is to help you ask relevant ethical questions related to the design and implementation of technologies. The course will look at three facets of technology in detail from the perspective of ethics: Digital Infrastructure, Artificial Intelligence, and Digital Data.

Towards an Ethical Digital Society: From Theory to Practice certification has been designed and developed by IIIT Bangalore in association with NPTEL. The course material, lectures, and weekly assignments are available on Swayam's online learning platform.

The Towards an Ethical Digital Society course length is four weeks and comprises a well-researched curriculum. You will learn to look at technology as a complex sociotechnical collection and point out the different ethical considerations.

Prof Bidhisha Chaudhari from IIT Bombay will teach the Towards an Ethical Digital Society: From Theory to Practice. It is an AICTE approved course. You can even apply for certification if you are interested.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Artificial Intelligence
Python for Data Science

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Python for Data Science

Data Science has enabled many industries and organisations to make better business decisions by providing useful insights and information. Hence, this exciting branch of science can be used to test new techniques, theories and models. Python for Data Science online programme is an undergraduate-level course that falls under Computer Science and Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Data Science categories.

The Python for Data Science course curriculum has been curated by the prestigious IIT Madras faculty and delivered by Prof. Ragunathan Rengasamy. Also, the certification has been designed as a four-week-long course that will be divided into several modules. It will teach you the basics of the Python programming language and how it can be used to solve data science problems.

Furthermore, the course will equip you with skills to use Python and data science which are extremely important and valuable today. You will learn through video lectures and will be given regular weekly assignments during the tenure. When you finish all the modules in the Python for Data Science certification course, you further obtain a certificate by qualifying the eligibility criteria.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Python Data science knowledge Knowledge of Numpy Visualisation skills
Fundamental Algorithms Design and Analysis

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Introduction to Parallel Programming in OpenMP

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Introduction to Parallel Programming in OpenMP

The Introduction to Parallel Programming in OpenMP program's primary focus will be the shared memory programming paradigm. This course is available at the UG/PG level. The training has been designed for both computer science and non-computer science students interested in parallel programming. 

Learn to use parallel programming for the various Parallel/HPC applications in the Introduction to Parallel Programming in OpenMP online course. Throughout this online course, you will learn about core principles and programming concepts essential for developing scalable parallel applications. 

Besides, IIT Delhi has designed the Introduction to Parallel Programming in OpenMP syllabus while focussing on OpenMP and C programming applications. As such, this course is rife with programming assignments for practice. 

You will work on assignments like writing programs in C and OpenMP for multicore architectures for practical learning. The Introduction to Parallel Programming in OpenMP course also offers printable reading material, books & references, live sessions, and video lectures for an engaging learning experience.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Programming skills
Technology Forecasting for Strategic Decision Making-an Introduction

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IIT Madras (IITM) , EM Strasbourg Business School, Strasbourg via Swayam
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Technology Forecasting for strategic decision making - An Introduction

Technology Forecasting for strategic decision making - An Introduction programme is an introductory-level study. The course helps you make sound strategic decisions using technological forecasting. Using practical problems and case studies, you will learn about various technological forecasting methodologies and extrapolation techniques with S-curves.

Technology Forecasting for strategic decision making - An Introduction certification has been designed by professor Bala Ramadurai of IIT Madras and professor Dmitry Kucharavy of EM  Strasbourg Business School. The course uses a combination of video lectures, live sessions, case studies, assignments, and an exam to help motivate you and evaluate your progress. You need to have data management skills to extract maximum knowledge from this course.

Technology Forecasting for strategic decision making - An Introduction is a four-week course postgraduate course in Management Studies with the option of certification. The course material will be available on Swayam, the online learning platform. Technology Forecasting for strategic decision making is an AICTE approved Faculty Development Program course.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Technology skills
Human Molecular Genetics

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Human Molecular Genetics

Available at the UG/PG level, the Human Molecular Genetics programme on the Swayam portal provides an introductory understanding of genetic counselling and biomedical research. In just four weeks, you will cover the primary tools and techniques involved in genetic study.

The Human Molecular Genetics syllabus comprehensively touches upon the rapid advancements that define the human genome's role in understanding disease and health. Additionally, you will learn the core concepts of pedigree analysis, the inheritance of human traits, and chromosome organisation.

As the Human Molecular Genetics course progresses, you will become familiar with molecular biology tools for understanding gene structure, gene mapping, gene mutation, genome, and gene cloning strategies. The course concludes with an analysis of HapMap and the human genome project.

Besides, the Human Molecular Genetics certification course curriculum is rife with numerous learning aids. You will receive weekly lectures, books & references, and an online forum for discussions. If you meet the qualifying criteria, you can also obtain an e-certificate.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of genetics
Remote Sensing of Leaf Area Index and Primary Productivity

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Remote Sensing of Leaf Area Index and Primary Productivity

Belonging to the multidisciplinary category, the Remote Sensing of Leaf Area Index and Primary Productivity certification has a course duration of a month. This course is the responsibility of the institutes of NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur together who have submitted this course for being conducted on the platform of Swayam. This course is free, and also online which exhibits the importance of leaf area index in ecological, physiological, and climatological studies.

The LAI or the Leaf Area Index is nothing but a response parameter catering to the process of photosynthesis that is directly related to light perception. The Remote Sensing of Leaf Area Index and Primary Productivity training gives a deep understanding of the primary productivity of the Leaf Area Index. This certification also makes it possible for the participants to know that LAI is nothing but a biophysical variable that is dimensionless and is calculated by taking into account the unit ground surface area. This programme mainly is thought of for engineering, and science students or professionals.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Agricultural practices
Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory

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Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory

Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory certification is a one-month online course in the category of civil engineering. This online certification course is available on Swayam but is the design of two institutions namely NPTEL and IIT Bombay. The end certificate also possesses the logos of the aforesaid institutions for proving its authenticity factor. With this course, participants will be able to focus on learning the different tests used for testing soils.

Geotechnical Engineering Laboratory training is for performing experiments of testing soils that are presented with a small introduction that covers all the important details, and aspects of the conducted experiments. It also showcases the purpose, and theory along with the explanation of what apparatus, specimen calculations, or procedure is required to perform a certain experiment. This course easily allows the applicants to conduct experiments and then compare the results of these. All in all, the course certificate gets accepted in multinational companies like Larsen & Turbo, Simplex Infrastructure, and more.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Geology
Certificate

Modern Indian Art from the Colonial Period to the Present

The course in Modern Indian Art from the Colonial Period to the Present by Swayam delves into the socio-political, aesthetic, and cultural factors that have shaped the history of Indian art movements. Beginning from the colonial period, it traces the evolution of Indian art forms as a function of external and internal factors, such as shifts in patronage from kings to the erstwhile colonial rulers. 

The Modern Indian Art from the Colonial Period to the Present course is designed to look at vital moments in Indian history and correlate them with changing art styles. It also highlights how the art style changed from nationalistic to individualistic. The candidates will get to study the significant Indian artists, their works of art, and how they influenced the movement.

The Course in Modern Indian Art from the Colonial Period to the Present encourages art appreciation amongst the candidates and teaches them how to critique art forms. It is a 4-week long programme, offered by the expert faculty from Visva Bharati University, Santiniketan. 

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of history
Introduction to History of Architecture in India

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Introduction to History of Architecture in India

The Introduction to History of Architecture in India program will help you understand architectural works as material expressions of societies, polities, and aspirations of a region. The course also provides a broad perspective on India's five thousand years of rich architectural history.

Moreover, the Introduction to History of Architecture in India course by Swayam is available at the UG level. In just four weeks, you will have acquired knowledge of the various cultural, artisanal, technological, and philosophical processes of every period and place of architecture in India. 

Core topics covered in the Introduction to History of Architecture in India syllabus include Cave & Wooden architecture, Islamic architecture, Sultanate architecture, Medieval temples, Mughals and Rajputs, Neoclassical architecture, and more. 

As such, you will study the complete history of architecture in India, starting from the Bronze Age through the Vedic Culture period, early Buddhist period, early modernity in architecture, and colonial buildings. Finally, the Introduction to History of Architecture in India online course will culminate on the architecture from the Republic of India.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of history
Cost Accounting

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Cost Accounting

The ‘Cost Accounting’ online course is a study about the fundamentals of accounting and finance to learn and control costs we incur and enhance the efficiency of cost management. This online course also dwells on the concepts of decision-making as it provides effective information to make informed decisions. This online training program is provided by the free Swayam online education portal by the Government of India along with the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL). The course classes are conducted for four weeks.

The course instructor for this elective course is the academically and professionally trained, Dr. CA. Varadraj Bapat from the Indian Institute of Technology Mumbai. The students of this program are engaged with the financial concepts of costs, accounting, profit, budgets, and financial planning. 

The ‘Cost Accounting’ online training course equips students with the course certificate after completion of the course study and the certification exam according to the eligibility standards with the gain of academic course credit.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Financial Management Financial knowledge Accounting proficiency Budget management Decision making skills
Innovation by Design

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Innovation by Design

Understand what entails "innovation" and how it can solve specific problems and challenges in the Innovation by Design online course. This course will also touch upon how design plays a vital role in the innovation process, whether in the form of products, systems, or services.

By the end of the Innovation by Design syllabus, you will have covered the entire innovation journey as enabled by design, from conceiving a design idea to its final execution. And how the design solution can impact a large community of users positively.

In a span of four weeks, you will have video lectures from a top faculty of IIT Bombay, Prof. B. K. Chakravarthy. The Innovation by Design certification course will also focus on the seven concerns of innovation through various case studies.

You will understand how meticulous effort, empathy, effective collaboration, and constant user interaction are essential to the innovation process. So, by the Innovation by Design course end, you will have a sound knowledge of the design-based innovation process.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Designing skills
Understanding Design

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Understanding Design

Design is used to translate the ideas of an object to fulfill a functional need. The Understanding Design programme is an online course where you will be given a broad introduction to design. You will learn about how valuable and relevant design is in this society. The course will also explore the impact of design on the environment, industries, and society.  

The Understanding Design certification course is an online programme where you will gain access to case studies, assignments, and video lectures to understand the course material. There will be an optional exam at the end of the course for participants. You can take this exam and gain a verifiable e-certificate as proof of successful completion of the programme. 

Understanding Design online course is an undergraduate programme in design engineering. The faculty of IIT Bombay has designed the curriculum for this programme. Professor Nita Sabnani, IIT Bombay, is the primary instructor for this four-week online training. The programme also offers a list of books and references if you are interested in additional studying. 

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Designing skills
Gender justice and workplace security

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Gender justice and workplace security

The ‘Gender justice and workplace security’ online course is organized to enable students to develop their understanding of aspects of gender justice such as gender equality and other significant laws that have been drafted over the years to support the position of women in society. This National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning(NPTEL) course is provided by Swayam and the course of study is designed to be completed in four weeks.

The course instructor for this elective course for the undergraduate level students is Prof. Dipa Dube from the Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. The students of this program will gain a comprehensive knowledge of gender-based concepts and theories in the context of a workplace.

The ‘Gender justice and workplace security’ online training program ensures the participants of the course with a course certificate and credit points after finishing the program with the assessments according to the qualifying criteria. This management studies program is approved by the All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE).

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of law Knowledge of Sociology Knowledge of gender studies
C Programming and Assembly Language

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C Programming and Assembly Language

The C Programming and Assembly Language certification is a 4 weeks programme designed for the students of engineering in the fields of electrical, and computer science by NPTEL and IIT Madras on the Swayam platform. The students of these fields work a lot on Microprocessors, and also in C programming but often their curriculum lacks these two topics. Hence this course was made to build a link between these two concepts.

C Programming and Assembly Language training are for establishing an understanding of how assembly language is translated for benefitting a microprocessor. The course uses different animations that show how C programming is executed based on the data, stack, and code segment of a microprocessor. Established as an FDP course sanctioned by the Government of India, under the computer science engineering category, candidates obtain course completion certificates as and when they attend final exams and secure passing marks.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Programming skills
Introduction to Experiments in Flight

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Introduction to Experiments in Flight

Swayam hosts the Introduction to Experiments in Flight online course at the undergraduate level. It is a course in aerospace engineering and flight mechanics spread across four weeks of extensive instructor-led learning. 

In the Introduction to Experiments in Flight certification syllabus, you will learn how to conduct various aircraft experiments to determine specific parameters. As such, you'll build a robust foundation in designing aircraft experiments. 

The Introduction to Experiments in Flight certification course combines theoretical and practical learning seamlessly. This is because the concepts you cover during the online video lectures will be demonstrated practically from inside the aircraft cockpit by the course instructor. 

Besides, there will be weekly assignments, printable/downloadable reading materials, an online discussion forum, and a list of books & references for you to enjoy a smooth learning experience. Upon successfully completing the Introduction to Experiments in Flight course, you can also take the final exam and obtain the e-certificate.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of engineering
Principles and Applications of Building Science

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Principles and Applications of Building Science

Principles and Applications of Building Science certification is an AICTE approved course that is conducted for a period of 4 weeks. It is held on the Swayam platform by two renowned institutions IIT Roorkee, and NPTEL. Both the construction and design professionals need command over the fundamental principles in the building of physics for ensuring efficiency functionally in already built environments. Hence this course is ideal for providing a holistic solution for professionals to understand the disciplines of architecture and engineering for understanding the practical application of these principles.

Principles and Applications of Building Science training will make the participants engage in a series of learning which is experiential, and in the modules, the candidates will go through basic tutorials, and animated examples with the inclusion of case studies that can be applied, and also some self-done exercises. The end certificate will help those in the design and construction engineering firms.

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4 Weeks
Free
Electric Vehicles - Part 1

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Electric Vehicles - Part 1

4 Weeks
Free
Bioreactors

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Bioreactors

The Bioreactors online course begins by introducing some of the fundamental quantities that need to be used while working with bioreactors. For example, specific growth rate, yield coefficient, etc. Then, after studying some introductory kinetics, candidates will look at the different kinds of bioreactor operations, and analyze them.

Later on in the Bioreactors online programme, candidates will move beyond the black-box approach and start looking at what exactly happens inside a bioreactor. They will study the cells inside the bioreactor, which are the actual factories that produce a product. They will learn how to optimize these to give us the products we need, in the way that we need them. 

The four-week Bioreactors certification programme benefits not only undergraduate students from Biotechnology, Biological, Chemical, and Biochemical Engineering programmes, but even experienced scholars in their MS, ME, or PhD. Teachers can also take this course, to better understand the fundamental concepts, and reach higher levels of instruction.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of engineering
Demystifying the Brain

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Demystifying the Brain

Neuroscience is a multidisciplinary science that helps us understand and study the nervous system. Demystifying the Brain online program attempts to provide a computational perspective on how the brain functions. The elective course comes under Biological Sciences and Bioengineering subjects and is accessible for students from both engineering sciences and biological sciences. 

The Demystifying the Brain certification syllabus dives into the history and evolution of neuroscience and further explains neurons and the nervous system in detail. IIT Madras and Swayam learning have collaborated to deliver this FDP course free of cost to promote quality education for all. The best part is that you can easily finish the whole course in four weeks and even gain a verified digital certificate at the end. 

After finishing the short-term course, you just have to give a final exam to be eligible for the certificate to upgrade your CV.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of biomedical sciences
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Introduction to Dynamical Models in Biology

Introduction to Dynamical Models in Biology certification is a 4-week programme launched by IIT Guwahati and NPTEL along with the association provider platform Swayam. This online free course is designed for understanding the different ever-changing models in biology.

Mathematical modeling in recent times has transformed into becoming an important part of ecology, biology, and cell biology. This Introduction to Dynamical Models in Biology training course tends to introduce the students of the biology field to different concerts and tools related to mathematics. The syllabus also focuses on the fundamental ODE-based concept of models which can be later on connected with the different experiments conducted for the subject Biology. Basically, the students shall get acquainted with topics like numerical simulation, cell signaling, analytical techniques, and more. The certification at the end can be cross-checked, and considered for verification on the NTPEL site by prospective employers.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Biology
Biomicrofluidics

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Biomicrofluids

Biomicrofluidics certification is a course that has been the design, and presentation of both NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur. This certificate course takes 4 full weeks to get over, and the level of this both is undergraduate or postgraduate where the credit point offered is one. Biomicrofluidics falls under the interdisciplinary domain that is known for using both microfluidics, and nanofluidics with the living system’s science so that medical diagnosis and drug delivery can be progressed further. 

Biomicrofluidics training will help with any emerging research field so that diseases can be understood by having a perspective in engineering along with aiding the development of diagnostic, portable, and inexpensive platforms. This will identify a person who is bearing any disease even present in a small body of fluid in the blood. Ultimately this certification course will demonstrate the fusion of both engineering, and biology streams for the progression of diseases, and the development of biological assay procedures which are tedious in nature that includes affordable diagnostic kits.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of Biology
Bioelectrochemistry

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Bioelectrochemistry

4 Weeks
Free
Functional Genomics

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Functional Genomics

Functional Genomics certification is an online 4 weeks course that is a presentation of the institutions NPTEL and IIT Kanpur exclusively presented on the Swayam platform. DNA technologies are highly emerging, and the full genomic sequences of different organisms are analyzed and deciphered. Still, the understanding process is critical, and since it is a challenge, that is the reason why these institutes have brought up this certification course for helping the target set of participants.

The Functional Genomics training aims at giving comprehensive approaches for studying genomic functions that can be used for developing and promoting large-scale approaches which can investigate how genomes exactly perform, what their products and their interactions are. This course has been approved by the Indian government as an FDP course. Moreover, this free programme has also got confirmation from the AICTE board. The learnings are completely free of cost, except for when seeking the end certification.

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4 Weeks
Free
Skills Covered:
Knowledge of genetics

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