Swayam Free Courses & Certifications

The Mathematical Methods in Physics 1 course by Swayam aims to help aspiring physicists develop a solid background in mathematics. The concepts covered in this course will make the mathematical aspects of the subject more accessible to the candidate. 

Professor Auditya Sharma, a top faculty from IISER Bhopal, teaches the Mathematical Methods in Physics 1 certification program provided by Swayam. It is accredited by IISER Bhopal and is an FDP course that has been approved by AICTE. It is a core program spanning weeks of extensive learning and falls under the category of mathematics. Moreover, this online course is purposefully designed for UG-level students. 

The Mathematical Methods in Physics 1 course will be taught online via video tutorials. There will be graded tests and internal assessments, and free study material for the candidate to access. Candidates will also be eligible for the course e-certificate if they sit for the end-term offline exam.

The Multivariable Calculus certification course is an undergraduate-level introductory program spread over eight weeks. It is offered to students with a background in engineering and sciences. Various topics related to calculus functions of two or more variables like differentiation and integration are discussed along with other applications. 

The Multivariable Calculus training also throws light on vector functions calculus and its wide array of applications.  This core course falls under the ‘‘Mathematics’’ domain and is offered by Professors S.K Gupta and Sanjeev Kumar from IIT Roorkee. Both the trainers are associate professors from the Institute’s Department of Mathematics and have several published research papers under their name.

The Multivariable Calculus certification syllabus covers the multivariable calculus topics extensively. Concepts ranging from limits, continuity, and partial derivatives to Taylor’s theorem, polar curves, and multiple integrals comprise this curriculum. Moreover, the certification issued contains the student’s name, his/her photography, the logos of NPTEL and IIT Roorkee, and their acquired final exam scores.

The Biostatistics and Design of Experiments programme is an 8-week elective programme. The course is curated by IIT Madras and is offered at the UG and PG level. The programme falls under the category of Biological Sciences and Bioengineering. It is AITCE approved FDP course with plenty of industry support from particular Biotechnology, biopharma and agriculture companies. 

Professor Mukesh Doble teaches the Biostatistics and Design of Experiments course by Swayam. It is focussed on the various applications of statistics in pharmacy, medicine and a number of other topics in Biology. The course syllabus covers some essential topics in Statistics such as sampling and distribution of data, regression analysis, tests of significance, design of experiments, etc. 

The Biostatistics and Design of Experiments training is relevant for all students pursuing either a UG/PG degree in Biotechnology or its allied fields. The course lectures are provided online via video tutorials, and internal assignments are also offered for self-assessment. If the candidate wants to get certified, they can also sit for the certification examination at the end of the course.

Handling Large-Scale Unit Level Data Using STATA certification course has been designed with the objective of giving the candidates the exposure on various techniques used in complex database analysis. The different software has been covered so that the candidates do not have any issue in understanding them.

The module has been designed with the objective of covering all the basic forms of data. The candidates will have the opportunity of working on the real life data, so they know how to handle the data in various industries. The candidates can reach out to the experts for any kind of assistance during the course.

The Handling Large-Scale Unit Level Data Using STATA online course also offers certification for the candidates taking the end term exam. The learning process will be based on the basis of real implementations. Both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis has been covered for a better enhancement of the skills of aspirants.

Descriptive statistics extracts the information hidden under any data. In the Descriptive Statistics with R Software programme, you will learn about descriptive statistics' various tools. You will be using the open-source R software to learn these tools based on mathematical and statistical functions. This course has been designed for undergraduate students studying mathematics and science or humanities students with a background in statistics. If you are a professional working in analytics, you will find this course useful.

Descriptive Statistics with R Software certification is an online course of eight-week duration in Mathematics. It is an elective undergraduate/postgraduate course taught by the faculty of IIT Kanpur and NIT Sikkim. There will be assignments and practical usage of the software to break the monotony of theoretical lectures. All the course material will be available for free on the online learning portal Swayam.

Descriptive Statistics with R Software also offers certification. For this, you must submit all assignments and appear for an offline exam that is conducted after the course conclusion.

The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, has developed the Statistical Inference program, an online course under the mathematics course category. The instructors teach this core course at an undergraduate and postgraduate level. The eight-week FDP training is approved by AICTE and permits credit transfer as well.

During the Statistical Inference training, candidates will learn about the fundamental knowledge related to statistical inference and probability. The course aims at providing in-depth information about the theory of estimation and testing hypotheses. Candidates will learn the course content through the theoretical and practical aspects by solving complex problems.

The Statistical Inference online course is valuable for practitioners or students in statistics at a UG or PG level. The training will act as a foundation course for the students working on areas related to machine learning. Candidates need to have a general knowledge of probability, data collection, and descriptive statistics to understand the content without any difficulty.

This is an online course on Advanced Textile Printing Technology by Swayam for candidates who have prior knowledge of dyeing and printing. The course offers various topics for a better understanding of textile printing technology to the participants. The course will cover the mechanism of sublimation transfer with the free path length and along with this, the course covers the topics like fundamentals conventional printing with complexities and limitations.

The Advanced Textile Printing Technology Certification course will provide the candidate with an E-certificate by the end of the course which will be having the logo of NPTEL and IIT Madras. The instructor in this course will be a well-experienced faculty member of IIT Delhi Professor Kushal Sen from the department of textile technology to guide the students during the course duration of the 8 weeks. 

Advanced Textile Printing Technology Training course will offer the candidate a self-paced online learning program and the course is free of cost as the swayam is the Indian government initiated online learning program for the better understanding of the candidate with no fee charges.

The Testing of Functional and Technical Textiles certification course is a significant phase during the selection of textile materials, and it helps students assess their performance characteristics. It explains to students how testing is crucial while ensuring that the customer specifications are met. 

The Testing of Functional and Technical Textiles online program is spread over eight weeks and falls under the broad domain of textile engineering. Swayam offers this online course at both the postgraduate and undergraduate levels. Moreover, the curriculum covers all topics ranging from geotextile testing to ballistic protective textile testing and has also been approved by the AICTE. 

The Testing of Functional and Technical Textiles certification training is offered by Professor Apurba Das. He is presently working as a professor in the Department of Textile Technology at IIT Delhi. Thus, the students can be assured of being trained by the best in the field.

The Corporate social responsibility online course by Swayam provides learners with an overview of the subject of Corporate Social Responsibility. The program begins with a review of the history of Corporate Social Responsibility activities and progresses through the CSR cycle in profit-making businesses' planning, implementation, assessment, and development. The Corporate social responsibility training closes with a discussion of how the area of corporate social responsibility is expected to grow in the future.

The ‘Ethics in Engineering Practice’ online certification program is a massive online course for engineering students/aspirants. In this course, the students learn how engineering serves as a tool for the good of the public. The engineers can do this by earnestly adhering to the codes of conduct set down in the ethics (ensuring the health, safety, and welfare of the public.) 

The course raises questions such as: Who is the public? Whether the future generations are included? What technical and managerial responsibilities can engineers take on? What risks can they take? Responsibilities towards the community, environment, etc. The candidates confront the moral issues that organizations, individuals face in engineering. (character, important policies, relations ships between people, etc.) 

The ‘Ethics in Engineering Practice’ online certification program lasts for eight weeks. The candidates will learn through online lectures, books, videos, references, etc. After successful completion, the candidates gain digital certification. The elective course also offers credit points.

All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE) have approved this online course. The course provider Swayam provides this course on its platform. The instructor is Prof. Susmita Mukhopadhyay from the department of IIT Kharagpur. 

The Architectural Acoustics certification course consists of eight modules that are clubbed into three sub-sections. The first section focuses on an introduction to the course and sound physics; the second part teaches space acoustic design, while the third part covers the core aspects of environmental noise control-air and structure-borne.

Backed with models that can be used by Acoustical Consultancies and Architectural Designers for their induction programmes, the Architectural Acoustics course by Swayam is designed for a neutral audience. However, candidates are required to possess some knowledge of Architecture, Mathematics, and Physics to enrol in the course. 

Moreover, this eight-week core is an undergraduate-level course and falls under the category of Architecture and Planning. Prof. Sumana Gupta and Prof. Shankha Pratim Bhattacharya from IIT Kharagpur teach this online course. Besides, this course is free to learn from, with an option to appear for a proctored exam at designated centres for a nominal fee of Rs 1,000.

Problem-solving for humans can be a tough nut to crack, and that is why certain approaches to problems can be tweaked for efficient resolution. Problem-solving in the field of artificial intelligence is not confined to a single approach but many. Problem solvers may be based on memory, search, reasoning, and knowledge representation. In AI: Constraint Satisfaction certification course, the approach to problem-solving by posing them as constraint satisfaction problems has been discussed lucidly along with the general methods to solve them. 

AI: Constraint Satisfaction certification by IIT Madras. The course is taught by renowned IIT Madras faculty Prof. Deepak Khemani. Throughout this course, candidates will learn how a user poses a problem as a CSP, and then calls an off-the-shelf solver. This course carries two credits and will teach candidates about the general approaches to solving finite domain CSPs while exploring how search can be clubbed with constraint propagation to determine solutions in the field of Artificial Intelligence.

The AI: Constraint Satisfaction online course is a companion to Artificial Intelligence: Search Methods for Problem Solving course and Artificial Intelligence: Knowledge Representation & Reasoning. It has been approved by AICTE as an FDP course to upskill the faculty in the current domain.

Developed by IIIT Delhi, the Privacy and Security in Online Social Media programme is taught by Professor Ponnurangam Kumaraguru. This eight-week elective study analyses various social networking sites and websites for phishing and privacy issues. Learners will scan social media accounts like Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and many more for such policies.

The Privacy and Security in Online Social Media certification syllabus is set at an undergraduate and postgraduate level. It includes eight learning modules and assignments. Data collection, APIs, credibility, OSM phishing, fraudulent accounts, and trust in social systems are some of the concepts students will learn. 

Candidates can earn the Privacy and Security in Online Social Media certification by paying a test fee and appear for the end-term certifying examination. Additionally, they need to submit all eight assignments given throughout the course duration. This certificate is verifiable on NPTEL’s website. Any company involved in social media and data networks readily employs learners of this study.

The Computer-Aided Drug Design online course is an 8-week program offered by Swayam, an initiative by the Indian Government’s ministry of education. The course lecture is given by academics from IIT Madras and is completely free. The candidate must pass an in-person test at one of the approved centres in order to earn certification. The examination would cost Rs. 1,000.

Drug research and development is a lengthy and costly process that can take up to ten years and cost up to billion dollars. Clinical trials fail for a variety of reasons. Computer-assisted drug design can shorten the process, eliminate surprises, and anticipate characteristics, lowering R&D costs. The Computer-Aided Drug Design training teaches students to use various free software to address molecular modeling, structure, and target-based design, quantum physics, drug similarity characteristics, QSAR pharmacokinetics, and dynamics.

The Computer-Aided Drug Design syllabus includes Introduction to drug discovery, ADME-rules, Structure and property, Force field/MM/QM, QSAR/Pharmacophore, Boundary conditions/Conformation, PK/PD, Enzymes/proteins structures/docking, etc.

Consumer Behaviour online training draws a wide array of concepts from anthropology, economics, and psychology to examine individual buyers and groups' decision-making processes in general. The course receives industry backing from marketing wings of B2B and B2C companies. Students are given a chance to know the parameters that influence consumer preferences and choice heuristics. 

The consumer Behaviour certification syllabus includes all the essential concepts that offer students the opportunity to realise the appropriate marketing strategies. The course is scheduled for eight weeks and perfectly suits the academic requirements of both undergraduate and postgraduate students. 

Consumer Behaviour certification training is offered by Swayam and IIT KGP. Professor Srabanti Mukherjee, an assistant professor of the Department of Marketing in IIT Kharagpur, teaches students. Apart from having several published papers under her name, she has also authored a book. She has several years of academic teaching experience, and one of her key teaching interests include Consumer Behaviour and marketing strategies targeted towards the bottom of the pyramid. 

The Wheeled Mobile Robots programme is a collaborative online course by IIT Madras and IIT Palakkad. Students will learn algorithms and measurements to design basic electrical and mechanical robots. The curriculum adopts an elective approach to product design, mechanical engineering, technology, and manufacturing processes subjects. Those interested in mobile robotics and are at their graduate/undergraduate level will gain the most from this course.

Aiming at undergraduate/postgraduate students, the Wheeled Mobile Robots certification syllabus is spread across eight weeks. It explains sensors, robot types, mapping, motion controlling, navigation, and error propagation. Students will also learn the Newton-Euler and Lagrange-Euler methods of mobile dynamics. Assignments and study references come along as course materials.

Learners can opt for the Wheeled Mobile Robots certification to verify their newly acquired knowledge. They must register via the course website for the proctored examination conducted by Swayam at select examination centres. Additionally, they must complete the study and submit all the in-course assignments.

The Robot  Motion Planning  Certification course is an 8-week online course. The IIT Kanpur is responsible for creating and approving the course syllabus, although Swayam is used to deliver the course. Once more, the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, and NPTEL are the organizations that award this course certificate.

The training in robot motion planning is a part of the robotic engineering elective curriculum. Ashish Dutta is the professor of this certificate programme. The fundamental ideas and mathematics covered in this course will be necessary for understanding, analyzing, and designing the algorithms needed for the motion planning of serial robotic arms.

Shells are an essential element of structural engineering, just like beams and plates. Theory of Composite Shells program is a postgraduate level course that will take you on a journey from the basic concepts of doubly curved shells to the development of shell equations. It will also provide an introduction to three-dimensional solutions of a cylindrical shell.

IIT Guwahati has designed the curriculum of Theory of Composite Shells certification in association with NPTEL. The course will be taught by professor Poonam Kumari and will be available online on Swayam, an online learning platform that is a Ministry of Education, Government of India initiative. 

Theory of Composite Shells is an eight-week course that offers certification as well. There are periodic assignments and an exam held at the end of the term to help motivate you and understand your progress. There is no enrolment fee for this AICTE approved FDP course.

Swayam offers the Cloud Computing and Distributed Systems training programme under the guidance of NPTEL and a well-structured course from IIT Patna. The course will span over eight weeks. Prof Rajiv Misra from IIT Patna leads the online course. 

The Cloud Computing and Distributed Systems online course explore the delivery of storage, applications, computations, and more IT resources. This is achieved using the platform with the business model of the pay-as-you-go. The course provides in-depth information about current cloud computing technologies. Candidates will understand the concepts of distributed computing and distributed algorithms with this Swayam’s cloud computing course.

After discussing these techniques and concepts, the course will introduce features of industry systems like Google’s Chubby, Apache Spark, MapReduce, and many more. The Cloud Computing and Distributed Systems certification syllabus requires candidates to understand data structure and algorithms. The curriculum is highly comprehensive and consists of eight modules and various reference books. 

Chemical Applications Of Symmetry And Group Theory is an online free course that will give you a deep insight into the application of group theory and symmetry. The 8-week-long online courses are free of cost. Yet, Swayam demands a fee for an exam that qualifies you for the certification.

Administered by Swayam, the Chemical Applications Of Symmetry And Group Theory online course will walk you through the application of symmetry in chemical systems within the group theory. Plus, the courses will deal with symmetry operations, symmetry elements, molecular vibrations and many more. The online course is led by a faculty member of IIT Kanpur, Prof. Manabendra Chandra. 

Basics Of Fluorescence Spectroscopy is an 8 week long online programme offered by Swayam in association with IIT Kanpur. The online programme is free of cost. However, the learners will have to pay the fee for the certification qualifying exam. The Basics Of Fluorescence Spectroscopy Certification Course is approved by the All India Council For Technical Education (AICTE). The course will provide a thorough understanding of the basic principles of fluorescence spectroscopy and instrumentation of fluorescence spectroscopy. 

The Basics Of Fluorescence Spectroscopy online course, offered by Swayam,  is developed and instructed by  Prof. Pratik Sen who is the faculty at IIT Kanpur. The learners who plan to join the online courses must have an understanding of basic quantum mechanics. At the end of the online programme, the learners who have achieved 25% and 75% in the assignments and examination respectively will be provided with a certificate approved by AICTE. 

Swayam's Earth Sciences for Civil Engineering course is a civil engineering course that gives the learners a better understanding of the Earth's interiors, earth system, and its process. The latter part of the course deals with the geological hazards and environmental impact, as well as active faults, and their related risk in our country.

Earth Sciences For Civil Engineering online course takes only eight weeks to complete, and it is intended for postgraduate students of Science and Engineering (especially Earth Sciences), as well as advanced undergraduate students. In this course, the students get introduced to concepts such as seismology and focus on the internal structure of the Earth. 

Moreover, the Earth Sciences For Civil Engineering course has a comprehensive curriculum that covers essential topics such as fluvial geomorphology and groundwater, landslide and flood hazard, tsunami, and management of risks. This core course has been extensively designed to teach the candidates fundamentals of geosciences, various geological hazards, and civil engineering applications of the same. 

The Swayam Building Materials and Composites course will go on for eight weeks. It is designed for students studying architecture. Moreover, this is a core course offered at the undergraduate level and comes under the architecture and planning construction materials technology. Also, this programme is for beginners.

Candidates will get to study the different kinds of materials used in the construction of a building, such as clay, stone, and steel, as well as walling systems, and flooring systems. The Building Materials and Composites programme by Swayam will also cover the use of nanotechnology in this field and its applications.

You can start your architectural journey by obtaining a certificate in Building Materials and Composites online course and become well-acquainted with the foundational subjects of the field. The course will be led by Dr. Sumana Gupta, who is employed as an associate professor in the Department of Architecture and Regional Planning, at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur.

The Building cost estimation simplified course by Swayam is an eight-week program, available at the undergraduate level. The course instructor Prof. Shruti Samuel is at the Indira Gandhi National Open University is a bachelor in architecture, Assistant Professor in Design Architecture and Planning at the School of Engineering and Technology, for more than seven years. 

The Building cost estimation simplified programme mainly targets learners who want to take up personal projects and those who wish to become a Project Manager or Project Surveyor. Additionally, the course curriculum is based on a different programme known as “Quantity surveying and Valuation”. This was a part of the B.Tech in Construction Management course, which IGNOU used to offer in the past. 

Furthermore, the online training for Building cost estimation simplified course curriculum covers the essential topics such as an estimation of cost, the construction cost of a building, analysis of rates, and bills of building work. Through these, the programme aims to simplify the building cost estimation basics. Additionally, it also explains the entire process of an architect preparing the initial drawings and the surveyor calculating the construction costs using the quantities and rates.

Matrix method of Structural Analysis program provided by SWAYAM is a continuation of the structural analysis 1 course. During the time span of the course, candidates shall learn about the concepts and methods of structural analysis and also learn about its application procedure regarding its different components of the structure, with the progress of the course.

Matrix method of Structural Analysis program provided by SWAYAM will act as a supporting tool between the structural analysis 1 i.e. the first part of structural analysis and gradually move on to the topics of finite element method.

Matrix method of Structural Analysis also deals with the concepts of determinate and indeterminate structures, flexibility and stiffness alongside analysis of beams, preliminaries, force and displacement methods.

During the time span of the course, candidates will also be tested regularly to keep a close check on their understanding and knowledge gained from the Matrix method of structural analysis course. These learnings will also include concepts of advanced elements of structural analysis. The sessions will cover the matrix method of analysis too using the finite element method.

The Architectural Conservation and Historic Preservation certification course is all in one program to understand the historical emergence of architectural conservation in an effective and implicative manner. The goal of this course is to discuss historic preservation and restoration as an approach that links the past, the current, and the future. The idea is to familiarize the participants of the course with the difficulties and obstacles of heritage environments, the possibilities of heritage buildings, places, districts, and areas, and the need to combine progress with heritage protection. 

The Architectural Conservation and Historic Preservation training examine the history of the environmental movement, the shifting principles and responsibilities, and strategies of different conservation organizations. Participants are exposed to the international conservation system and world heritage scenario, along with meanings and principles of conservation and heritage, and clarification of different forms of heritage. 

The Architectural Conservation and Historic Preservation certification will lead by the examples to illustrate the importance of assessing the significance of heritage buildings. Via numerous case studies, recommendations for restoration, protection of historic buildings, precincts, and places and the method of impact assessment are clarified. Using examples, the method of evolving architectural guidelines for new buildings in historic settings is elaborated.

It is a well-known fact that planning forms the critical element in successfully executing a project. The same applies to the field of construction, wherein equipment planning is equally crucial. Given the current scenario of rapid advancements in mechanization, there are multiple machines available in the market. The Construction Methods and Equipment Management certification course makes selection easier. 

The Construction Methods and Equipment Management certification syllabus throws light on the vital aspects of excavation, cranes, pile driving methods, and concreting equipment. The curriculum caters to the needs of the people working in the construction industry. Moreover, they are also trained in estimating the cost of equipment. 

The Construction Methods and Equipment Management training is scheduled for eight weeks and falls under the domain of Civil engineering. The training is offered by Professor Indu Siva Ranjani Gandhi, a recipient of the Gold medal in the Ph.D., Civil engineering program in IIT Madras.

The course on the Introduction to Civil Engineering Profession by Swayam will be introducing all the civil engineering professions as well as the degree program students who are there in their first year or are going to join the degree course in civil engineering. The Introduction to Civil Engineering Profession certification syllabus includes the following topics - Structural engineering, construction materials, methods analysis, design and modeling, novel areas career prospects, infrastructure engineering, sustainability, highway engineering, traffic engineering, and planning. In the Introduction to Civil Engineering Profession training, the students will be provided with detailed knowledge in different disciplines that pertains to civil engineering. The career prospects that are involved in civil engineering will also be coerced in the Introduction to Civil Engineering Profession online course. After completing the program, the candidates will get knowledge of the process of different disciples that are involved in the domain of civil engineering and its applied discipline.

The Principles of Construction Management programme is an eight-week core study in civil engineering. Learners will explore construction concepts such as economics, safety, quality management, time management, estimation, and scheduling. The course is set at an undergraduate level of study. Students of civil engineering, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering will highly benefit from the programme.

Through the Principles of Construction Management certification syllabus, students will touch upon project organisation and safety management topics. Video lectures and study references are given for learners to pick up concepts with ease. With one learning module assigned per week, students also need to submit a weekly assignment.

The course is curated by IIT Kanpur, and Professor Sudhir Misra from the Civil Engineering department mentors the programme. Registering for the final certifying exam requires students to pay a nominal fee. For the Principles of Construction Management certification, learners must score at least the minimum marks specified for the average assignment score (best of six) and proctored final test.

Safety planning in construction is of utmost importance. It determines the life of the structure and the safety of those working in and around the structure. It is an especially essential topic for Civil Engineering students who aspire to work in construction. The  Safety in Construction online programme delineates various aspects of construction and how to ensure compliance with safety measures.

Safety in Construction certification syllabus will cover multiple topics starting from the definition of safety, the role of different stakeholders in ensuring safety, and accident causation theory. IIT Delhi, one of the most prestigious institutions for engineering and technology, has created this course. Professor J Uma Maheshwari instructs the syllabus.

This course on Safety in Construction by Swayam is an eight-week online training. It is recognized as a Faculty Development Program by AICTE. Further, there are eight graded assignments that need to be completed during the course. In addition, candidates can also appear for an exam if they want to get a certificate of completion.