Swayam Free Courses & Certifications

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.

This programme is a pan-India initiative by SWAYAM, an offering provided by the Indian Government focusing on the realisation of the three basic principles of education policy-quality, fairness, and access through various online education programs for poor students across the country. In order to bring each student the best teaching resources, this course makes up for the digital scarcity faced by students so far and trains them to use online education models for education.

For chemical engineering students, the Certification Programme on Heat Transfer is a basic course on heat transfer which is also important for disciplines such as nanotechnology and mechanical engineering. This course starts with basic concepts and control equations, involves basics and applications, and gradually develops into the design of related industrial units. It will enable students to understand core scientific problems and encourage them to solve problems on their own.

The basic concepts will enhance students' lateral thinking ability and integrate the concerned concepts seamlessly for them to utilise in many processes and problems related to heat transfer. The learning can be deployed in related industries including all chemical processing industries, solar and nuclear energy, thermal energy, as well as industries having such plant designs.

Swayam's Solid Mechanics is a 12-week online programme. The training covers the fundamental concepts of strain and stress in 3-D deformable bodies, along with the extension, bending, and torsion of beams. The course belongs to the advanced mechanic's domain and offers a curriculum segmented in 12 sections.

The online Solid Mechanics programme includes extensive learning content about the one-dimensional theory of beams, Mohr's circle, Euler Bernoulli and Timoshenko beam theories, Castigliano's theorem, and more.

Students study the different theories of failure and its applications, critical to the design of machine elements in the industry. For those who are interested in receiving certification from IIT Madras and the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL), must finish the assignments and qualify the test.

Applicants can register for the certificate programme in Solid Mechanics through a quick online process. Moreover, Ajeet Kumar, an associate professor from the Department of Applied Mechanics in IIT Delhi, will be your instructor, while you will get access to the all-encompassing curriculum free of cost.

In this universe, we can observe matter in our everyday lives, existing in four states - the solid, liquid, gaseous, and plasma state. Other forms of matter exist as well, but only under specific and extreme conditions. Regardless of its existing structure, all matter is made up of atoms. The atomic arrangement, interatomic distances, and atomic ionization in matter determine its state. 

In the solid-state, atoms arrange themselves in a particular structure, which further imparts materials different properties such as thermal, electrical, optical, magnetic, and dielectric properties, among others. In the Solid State Physics online programme, candidates will learn about the structure of solids, their physical properties, and the underlying Physics.

The Solid State Physics online course is a 12-week programme at the undergraduate level. It is intended for B.Sc. (Physics, Chemistry, and Electronics), B.E., and B.Tech. (Electronics, Metallurgy, Metallic Science, Cryogenics) students.

Deep Learning for Visual Computing course’s aim is to educate the student about the stratified recognition task. This is a free course that covers topics including visual computing, ResNet, PyTorch, Python, GoogleNet, and more.

Swayam Deep Learning for Visual Computing is an appropriate option for people who want to become deep learning scientists, get into research, computer vision engineer, AI research scientist, etc. Join this course to make a career as a software engineer, deep learning engineer, IT artificial intelligence intern, research scientist, computer scientist, etc. 

The course type is ongoing and the length for this course is 12 weeks. There are no strict fee charges to enrol or study the Deep Learning for Visual Computing course, but for the certificate, the student needs to register and appear in an examination conducted in person at a chosen center. Regular assessments and one-on-one doubt clearing sessions are held by IIT-affiliated teachers.

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

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

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

Strength Of Materials is a core course designed primarily for students studying mechanical sciences. Different components and structures are designed and engineered using different materials. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the characteristic behaviour of all these materials. 

The objective of the Strength Of Materials programme is to acquaint candidates with the concept of resultant load, its consequences, and how specific materials withstand different kinds of loadings. In 12 short weeks, candidates will learn about stress, strain, and the relationship between the two. It also covers uniaxial loading, bending of beams, the stability of columns, deflection of beams, combined stresses, torsion, and spring. 

Furthermore, the instructor for the Strength Of Materials online course is Prof Sriman Kumar Bhattacharyya. He is a senior faculty member at IIT Kharagpur and formerly headed the Civil Engineering department. Also, the course is ideal for Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Applied Mechanics students. The manufacturing and construction sectors and structural design organisations will recognise this certification.

The X-ray Crystallography and Diffraction online training is an undergraduate-level core course. The programme belongs to the category of metallurgy and material science and mining engineering. Students in similar fields and domains such as physics, chemistry, and biological sciences will benefit from this course.

The X-ray Crystallography and Diffraction undergraduate course focuses on the properties, functions of the internal structure, and arrangement of atoms in a crystalline material. It offers an insight into how x-ray diffraction can solve crystallographic issues related to single and poly-crystalline material, right from the base.

The X-ray Crystallography and Diffraction online course require candidates to hand in 12 assignments out of which Swayam will consider a 25 percent average of the best eight as part of the final score. Candidates also have to answer an external proctored exam, and a total of 75 percent of this score will be added to the final score. Upon acquiring 40 percent in the final score, candidates will be eligible to get a certificate.

The Structural Analysis - I course is an elementary level course in Structural Analysis. Different methods used to determine how structures respond to environmental conditions and external agitation, and the underlying Physics are discussed in this programme. It is a basic and comprehensive course that will help candidates build a foundation for more technical courses in Structural Engineering.

In the Structural Analysis - I online programme, candidates will learn about the stability, equilibrium, and determinacy of a structure, shear force and bending moment diagram in frames and beams. Also, analysis of statically determinate and indeterminate structures, all in 12 short weeks.

The Structural Analysis - I online course is free to enrol and learn. But if candidates wish to get certified by NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur, they must pay the examination fee and write the 100-mark proctored exam at one of the designated centres. Candidates taking this course can expect to land a lucrative job after graduation, as all Civil Engineering companies will recognise this certification.

Isn't it interesting to learn in-depth about the place you live in? Earth, an ellipsoid-shaped planet of life existence has thousands of mysteries and a lot many individuals like us are very much keen to know beyond our syllabus taught in our geography classes. 

If you are a person who wants to know about our planet, solar system, what causes what, about life existence, rotation, revolution, it's relation with the universe, how the universe works and so many more interesting questions, then this Swayam Earth System Science course for you is perfect!

The Earth System Science course is free of cost and will be a great learning experience for all the learners who want to set up their skill sets by learning about how Earth and the Universe works. This is a 100 percent online learning programme with free of cost course material. The video content is also available for course pedagogy. The candidate will also get a certificate after successful completion of the course.enroll

Electrical Machines – 1 Certification is offered online, as a core course at the undergraduate level. It falls under the category: Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Power Electronics and Power Systems. 

The online course is ideal for candidates who have taken up electrical engineering as their core subject in their Undergraduate degree. The online course is completely free of cost. However, if you want to get a certificate of completion, you need to pay the exam fee and appear for the test. 

Prof. Tapas Kumar Bhattacharya is the instructor for Electrical Machines – 1 Certification course on the NPTEL website. He has more than 30 years at IIT Kharagpur, being a professor. During the 12 week-long courses, you will understand the main concept of electrical machines. 

Transformer and D.C rotating machine; Three-phase transformer connection and vector group; Working theory of ideal transformer and its circuit equivalent referred to two sides; Armature reaction and its effect; Analysis of a practical transformer are some of the concepts that you will learn during the course.

This course is offered under NPTEL, funded by MoHRD, by IIT Kharagpur. It is aimed at teaching the basic mathematics that is essential in every stream of undergraduate studies in the categories of engineering and sciences. The course comprises topics in integral and differential calculus, linear algebra, and differential equations which students will be able to apply in a number of engineering problems. 

This course will contain topics like Taylor's and Maclaurin's Theorems, Indeterminate Forms, Mean Value Theorems, etc. Partial derivatives, Taylor's development of functions of several variables, minima and maxima, and differentiability are also part of the course. 

The course also teaches Leibnitz rule (differentiation under the integral sign), improper integrals, applications of multiple integrals and multiple integrals, their properties. Other topics incorporated in a series of 60 lectures over the course of 12 weeks, include Linear Equations’ Systems, Dimension and Basis of a Vector Space, Properties of a Matrix and its Rank, Vector Spaces.

This course, offered under the NPTEL program which is run by Swayam and is funded by MoHRD. It is aimed at teaching the basics of mechanics, essential in most streams of sciences and engineering studies at the undergraduate level. The course consists of topics in computational mechanics, mechanical engineering, computational engineering, advanced dynamics and vibration, advanced mechanics. 

Engineering Mechanics is the subject that forms a foundational knowledge base for those interested in mechanical engineering. All the concepts taught in this course are required to study subjects like Strength of Materials, Theory of Machines, Machine Design, FEA, Mechanical Vibration, etc., which is basically every subject in Mechanical Engineering.

Concepts of engineering mechanics ranging from production technology to design sciences to thermal sciences are used everywhere in this field. It is very important that you take the subject seriously if you wish to pursue Mechanical Engineering. This course will give you the basic knowledge required to apply the principles taught during this course to solve engineering mechanics problems. 

Engineering Thermodynamics Certification is available online, at the undergraduate level. It is a core course. It belongs to the category of Aerospace Engineering. Prof. D.P. Mishra is the instructor for the Engineering Thermodynamics Certification course on the NPTEL website. 

Dr. D.P. Mishra is a professor at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, India. He works in the Department of Aerospace Engineering. He has also authored two textbooks. As thermodynamics is extensively used in the design of most engineering systems, the methodical problem-solving techniques are very well explained in great detail, in a gradual and easy–to-grasp manner, to encourage the students to develop a realistic feel for the significance of thermodynamics in industry.

This course is intended for students at the university level, interested in studying the fundamental concepts and principles of engineering thermodynamics in a thorough way. The primary emphasis is placed on the basic principles of thermodynamics. 

The Introduction to Aerospace Engineering programme contains four methods which are included in its teaching-learning Dynamic, to strengthen the understanding of the candidate and to ensure a complete understanding. The four methods are- Provision for PowerPoint Presentations and Video Lectures, Online Discussion Forum for doubt solving, Online Reading Material for reference, Tests and Quizzes for practice.

The programmes under Swayam are reviewed and implemented by Nine National Coordinators like UGC, NCERT, IGNOU, IIMB, NIOS, CEC, NITTTR, AICTE and NPTEL. The intention behind the campaign is to provide Higher Education its due importance. Keeping in mind the unavailability of Physical Resources, economical shortcomings and lack of an adequate platform, the Government has employed more than thousands of learned faculties, specially appointed for the job and is constantly making efforts to make the candidates digitally educated.

There are three main pillars of the Indian Education Policy; Access, Quality, and Equity, and Swayam has the objective of achieving it all through its Online Platform to provide free learning of the entire curriculum from Class 9 level up to Post-Graduation. The programme is named ‘Swayam’ to hint at the self-efficient and self-learning nature of the initiative. It promises to bridge the digital gap among the digitally unhinged masses of students, even those who’re underprivileged and deprived of digital exposure and knowledge.

Through the course of Introduction to visual communication by Swayam, the candidates get a detailed view of the concepts involved in visual communication. The course seeks to impart the art of visual communication as a perfect combination of signs, visuals, symbols, pictures, and photographs, drawing its theoretical basis from its core area of communication. 

Particularly communication through communication, Semiotics in the Indian tradition is central to the production of visual communication. Semiotics offer contact through messages emerging from pictures as social interaction

This course aims to impart detailed knowledge of various methods of visual communication, one of the most impactful forms of communication being the art of semiotics.

The candidates will be able to gain rigorous understanding of the language of visual communication along with traditional methods of conveying thoughts through pictures messages and numerous other techniques of communicating visually.

Swayam is an initiative taken by the government to help learners gain knowledge about various topics. It also provides certification implying with terms and conditions which is optional. This course is designed to be very quantitative, fundamental and informative. With online classes and doubt clearing sessions, participants can easily learn a lot from this course with no problems at the end. This course also makes the candidate's industry ready and helps by providing various industry insights.

Participants can use reference books such as A First Course in Iron and Steelmaking, Dipak Majumdar, UP-IIM, Hyderabad, 2015 and The iron blast Furnace: Theory & Practice, Peacy and Davenport, Pergamon Press, Oxford, 1979.

This course also provides learners with certificates having logos of IIT Kharagpur and NPTEL. The certification will help candidates to prove their skills and knowledge on the topic. This course will also lead learners with various job opportunities. The certificate provided will be available in the soft copy so they can access them easily.

SWAYAM is a platform offering interactive courses, prepared by the finest teachers in India. It is a Government initiative which aims to avail the best teaching resources to all, including the disadvantaged.

The course of IRRIGATION and DRAINAGE created under the NPTEL (National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning) for Engineering by SWAYAM focuses on enriching the learning experience of students by using interactive teaching methods.  This is one of the prime courses of the Agricultural Engineering program recommended for graduate and undergraduate students.

This course designed by remarkable teaching faculty focuses on various topics of soil- water-plant-atmosphere relationship, management of salt affected soils, crop water requirement, management of salt affected soils, irrigation water conveyance, measurement of irrigation water, drainage of agricultural lands, irrigation systems design and their performance evaluation, performance evaluation of drainage systems. It involves class tests, problem solving questions, quizzes and assignments.

An e-certificate having the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur will be made available after successful completion of this course, which will be valid in all irrigation based companies.

The Engineering Drawing and Computer Graphics course is available online on the Swayam platform. Swayam is an initiative by the government of India to bridge India’s digital divide. The courses are free of cost and the course material is prepared by some of India's best teachers. 

Candidates who wish to earn the Engineering Drawing and Computer Graphics certification need to complete the required assessments for the course and pay the fees to sit for a proctored end-term exam. All steps of the manufacturing process of a product involve presenting ideas in graphical formats known as engineering drawing and computer graphics. The course is designed by Professor Rajaram Lakkaraju, a faculty member of the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering of IIT Kharagpur.

The Engineering Drawing and Computer Graphics training course by Swayam gives candidates a base in computer design, 3D designing, and the basics of technical drawings. Swayam certified candidates can find jobs in various petro, automotive, and process industries like TATA Steel, TATA Motors, SHELL, ONGC, HAL, SAIL, BARC, BHEL, GE, Airbus, Reliance, etc. 

The Swayam portal gives registered candidates access to the Environmental Studies course. The Indian government’s objective in developing Swayam was to make education accessible to even the most disadvantaged sections of society. 

The courses on Swayam are given free of charge even though the study material for the course is made by a handful of the best teachers around the country. However, candidates hoping to earn a certificate for the course from Swayam will have to finish all their assessments and pay the exam fees for the final exam. 

The course has been created by the Head of the Department of Life Sciences (Devi Ahilya Viswavidyalaya) at the Maharaja Ranjit Singh College of Professional Sciences, Indore, MP, Dr. Monica Jain.

The Environmental Studies course has also been introduced by UGC in the teaching module for undergraduate courses in all higher education institutions of the country. Students can learn about various environmental problems associated with the human population and activities. The environmental studies course enhances the knowledge of the students in a number of relevant topics like pollution, energy, and general awareness about the environment.

Manufacturing Systems Technology I & II Certification Programme is an introductory level course for undergraduates in engineering who study the structural framework of machines and large units, briefing them on manufacturing systems technology and its management. The course aptly explores the need of manufacturing enterprises to come up with cutting-edge technologies which are flexible and durable and passes on the knowledge of achieving the same to its learners.

By detailed discussion on significant topics like basic machining processes and machine tools design, the course touches upon dynamic changes which can be noticed in the business environment.

From candidates who wish to take up careers in manufacturing to professionals having a well-established career, this certification will benefit them all with its easy-to-understand pace and discussion over the technological changes witnessed by the manufacturing paradigm in the last three decades.

NPTEL has created this course primarily for learners to get a tangible educational result in the form of a certificate from the IIT Kanpur. Offered twice a year, this course is free to enrol and learn. To encourage free and quality learning, SWAYAM has opened this course for anyone to be learnt from anywhere and anytime.

Swayam is an initiative taken by the government to help participants gain proper knowledge and skills on various topics. Mechanical unit operation course is to help candidates gain understanding about the aspects of engineering. Unit operation is a major part of chemical engineering which is the start for other processes.

With online classes and doubt clearing sessions, learners can easily learn a lot with no problems being unresolved. This course also leads to self-development and expands skills by providing various kinds of insights.

Candidates can use various reference books such as W.L. McCabe, J. Smith, P. Harriot, Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, 7th Edition, McGraw Hill, 2005, E. Ortega-Rivas, Unit Operations of Particulate Solids: Theory and Practice, CRC Press, FL, 2012 to understand better.

Swayam also provides an optional certificate to the candidates which comes with the logos of NPTEL and IIT Guwahati which proves their knowledge on a certain topic. Topics such as filtration and size reduction will be briefed in the course as well.

It is significant for any engineer or an aspiring engineer to have at least all the basic knowledge when it comes to the mechanics of bodies that are deformable. The knowledge of it is even tested by employers when looking for new candidates to hire but not all manage to pull through the exams.

This is where this course Mechanics of Materials comes in. The very first course that introduces the mechanics of deformable bodies deals with a handful of concepts like strain, force, displacement and stress which forms the basics of the subject and later connects to the more important calculations such as equilibrium equations, strain displacement relation and compatibility condition.

The course has been offered by one of the best institutions in India, IIT Madras and thus the quality of the course speaks for itself. It offers the most industry relevant skill sets consisting of clear understanding of all the important concepts like uniaxial stress, twisting, bending and inflation. Moreover, the possibility of a structural element failing is all taught in great detail.

Swayam is a programme made by the government of India to educate students all over the country. It provides numerous courses for students at different levels of education. Courses offered by them are free and only certificate fee is to be paid.

Microwave engineering is one type of course provided by them. It is an undergraduate level course belonging to the category of electrical, communications engineering photonics. It does not limit its course takers. Any person can take up this course. No work experience is required.

Fundamental basics of microwave engineering will be taught in this course. The main aim of this course is to set up a foundation for microwave engineering to the students of undergraduate level. They will teach you about the types of microwave: active and passive and their designs. They will also give an overview of microwave application of microwaves in communication and other areas.

They have referred books thus it becomes easy for you and not look here and there for study material. They have a personal instructor Prof. Ratnajit Bhattacharjee. He is a professor in the department of electronics and electrical engineering, IIT Guwahati.

It is a course of 12 weeks which will add up your knowledge on a microwave which is the most used item in a household and has now become a necessary requirement. No beforehand knowledge is required for this course. You can start it at any stage and at any time.

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

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

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

The Certificate Programme in Plant Design and Economics by Swayam is intended for the students of chemical engineering, environmental engineering, chemical technology and biochemical engineering. The course in detail deals with (a) basic economic analysis of chemical plants and (b) the technologies used in the design of chemical processes.

Certificate Programme in Plant Design and Economics by Swayam will cover the basic concepts in plant design and chemical engineering. Upon completion of the Certificate Programme in Plant Design and Economics by Swayam candidates will learn to appreciate the significance of safety and design operation.

After completing the course in Certificate Programme in Plant Design and Economics by Swayam he/she will develop a deep understanding of the chemical process and will be able to perform a complete economic analysis of the plant. The main target of the course is to make students aware of the safety features and importance to chemical engineering.

The course power electronics offered by the Swayam platform. The duration of this course is 12 weeks. It is a government certified course and is absolutely free of cost. In case the enrolled candidate wants to achieve the certification for this course then they have to appear for an exam and pay according to the guidelines of Swayam platform.

This course of power electronics is beneficial for students and instructors. The prerequisites for this course are basic electrical engineering, circuit theory, signals and systems.

All the undergraduate students belonging to the category of electrical, electronics and communications engineering, power systems and power electronics will be highly benefited from this course as this course will give a boost to their careers.

This course of power electronics is 100 percent online course offering a core level of knowledge of electricals and electronic systems.

Principles of combing, Roving preparation & Ring spinning by Swayam will focus on three methods, such as combing, roving preparation and ring spinning, as the subject. It will look into the construction, design features and working principles of the machines. The focus would be on "know why" instead of "know how". It will clarify the role of the machine and process parameters in process efficiency. It will address the relationship between technology and the design of machines. 

Through the finely formulated course format, the candidates will not only be able to attain a clear understanding of the functioning of machines and its relation with technology and design of machines but also grasp the knowledge of machine working parameters.

The course offered by Swayam provides candidates with an extraordinary opportunity to escalate their basic knowledge of machines into a professional understanding of various aspects that are responsible for the performance of a machine.

The Fluid Mechanics course is an interdisciplinary programme which will cover the principles and applications of Fluid Mechanics in Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering and Chemical Engineering. Through this course, you will acquire new problem-solving techniques like streamline patterns and control volume concepts. The course will also demonstrate the visualisation of fluid-flow problems.

The curriculum in the Fluid Mechanics programme includes lessons on Properties of Fluids, Fluid Kinematics, Flow-through Pipes, Mass, Bernoulli & Energy Equations, and more. On course completion, you will have a robust foundation on Fluid Machines so that you can apply the essential laws and principles to engineering designs, as required. 

Moreover, Prof. Subashisa Dutta, who has been teaching for more than 15 years in IIT Guwahati, will teach this course, while the NPTEL offers the online course in collaboration with IIT Guwahati. Any interested learners can join the Fluid Mechanics online programme; however, they must have prior knowledge of Fluid Mechanics fundamentals. 

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

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

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

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