Swayam Free Courses & Certifications

Language, Culture and Cognition: An Introduction Certification discusses the relationship between language, cognition, and culture from three separate perspectives: language processing, cognitive linguistics, and cognitive neuroscience of language.

Language, Culture and Cognition: An Introduction Classes address a variety of topics, including how language interacts with other mental functions and does not operate in a vacuum. Together, they aid in our ability as humans to interpret our experiences. Experiences can vary from one culture to the next, adding a new dimension to the interaction between culture and the mind and cognition. 

All students get a Language, Culture and Cognition: An Introduction Certification by Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati) under the Swayam Initiative by the Government of India. 

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.

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 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.

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.

Swayam’s BLII- 014: ICT in the Libraries training course is a part of the IGNOU Programme Certificate in Library and Information Science. It is targeted at specialists working in a school, college, public, and university libraries. Through this course, you will learn how to efficiently employ Ubuntu, LibreOffice Writer, Impress, and Calc for day to day services.

The BLII- 014: ICT in Libraries online programme covers significant themes such as Library Automation, Digital Literacy, and Internet-based tools and services. This programme is carefully designed for library professionals and individuals aspiring to get basic computer training and learn various ICT tools.

Furthermore, the BLII- 014: ICT in Libraries certification training has a comprehensive curriculum to provide you with multimedia content including e-tutorials, video lectures, reading material and weekly quizzes. The course is spread over 8 weeks, and it is a diploma level programme. Explore various ICT instruments and increase employment opportunities with a course completion certificate.

The program on ‘Sustainability through Green Manufacturing Systems: An Applied Approach’ is a National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning free course developed and organized by the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. The online course is provided by the Swayam online education portal initiated by the ministry of education in India.

The online program is scheduled for eight weeks and the course instructors are faculty from IIT Kanpur namely, Prof. Deepu Philip working in the industrial & management engineering department and Prof. Amandeep Singh from the mechanical engineering department. The course study helps the students discuss the innovative ways that lead to green manufacturing systems that provide sustainability. By the end of this undergraduate-level course, the students will gain two credit points and a course completion certificate for which the proctored final exam is mandatory. This ‘Sustainability through Green Manufacturing Systems: An Applied Approach’ training program, a part of the management studies and manufacturing processes and technology is an elective course.

The Marketing Management-II elective course by Swayam takes around eight weeks to complete. It is the second part of the Marketing Management curriculum by Swayam. It is an undergraduate and postgraduate level programme falling under the category of Management Studies and Marketing. Professors Jayanta Chatterjee and Shashi Shekhar Mishra teach this course, which AICTE approved.

The Marketing Management-II online programme aims to introduce to the students the evolving marketing process in present times. Candidates will learn about the leading principles and practices which form the building blocks of marketing strategies. This course gets plenty of recognition and industry support from several Pharmaceutical, automotive, chemical, FMCG industries, and many engineering and service industries.

The Marketing Management-II training is 100% online except for the end-term evaluation examination. There are video lectures, reference material, graded tests, and assignments available to the candidates when they enroll in the course. Swayam does not charge any fee for enrolment in the programme.

The Integrated Marketing Management online course will be providing the candidates with the details for providing them with a strong foundation in the field of the essentials of marketing management. The program covers all the necessary details that are involved in the fiercely competitive Indian market scenario. 

The Integrated Marketing Management certification syllabus covers the following details about - marketing function, relationship with other functions, marketing concept, buyer behavior, consumer, marketing environment, marketing planning, relevance, marketing organization, product policy, market segmentation, sales forecasting,  markets, distribution, management of sales force, advertising and promotion. 

Upon completing the eight-week program the students will be learning to market new products. They will be able to formulate the product life cycles.  The working mechanisms of pricing will also be covered in the online session on the Integrated Marketing Management by Swayam. The course will be helping the students to deal with the applications that are related to meta marketing strategies.

Designed exclusively for mechanical and production engineering students, the Materials Science and Engineering online course by Swayam focuses mainly on structural materials. The course covers both the theoretical as well as practical aspects of materials engineering. The syllabus has been divided into three categories, Crystallography, Mechanical properties, and Phase diagrams and heat treatments, each of which will be studied in detail. 

IIT Roorkee curates the Materials Science and Engineering certification program. The course will be taught by a top instructor from the institute, Professor Vivek Pancholi. This course is an elective type, undergraduate-level program. The course falls under the category of Mining engineering, Material sciences, and Metallurgy. 

The Materials Science and Engineering training will take around eight weeks to complete. Candidates will be taught online via video tutorials and graded assignments for self-assessment. There will also be an optional certification exam at the end of the term for candidates who want to receive the e-certificate.

The Solar Photovoltaics: Principles, Technologies and Materials online programme is curated by IIT Kanpur. It is an elective course which runs for a duration of eight weeks. It is designed for both UG and PG level students and falls under the category of Electronic materials, Metallurgy and Material sciences and Mining engineering. This programme is an FDP course approved by AICTE. 

The aim of the Solar Photovoltaics training by Swayam is to introduce the candidates to the different photovoltaic materials and their role and functioning in solar cells' operation. Other important topics such as semiconducting materials, semiconductor junctions and their basic properties will also be discussed. This programme will also focus on first, second and third-generation solar cells and photovoltaic devices' essential characteristics.

The Solar Photovoltaics certification programme is taught online and rife with study materials and video tutorials. Candidates will be able to access all course material free of cost and at their own pace. They can also apply for certification and appear for the proctored exam at the end of the term.

The Numerical methods course by Swayam is one of the tremendous courses that has its application in engineering and science fields. This course contains basic mathematical concepts like differentiation, differential equations and integration. In the digital world, numerical computation plays an important role in solving logical operations. In most of these operations, it is difficult to obtain results in an analytical manner. The main objective of this course is to provide algorithms and numerical methods for solving problems.

Real life problems from Engineering and sciences are solved using linear and nonlinear equations. Apart from this, the course also covers matrix problems that are solved using eigenvalues and eigenvectors. It also covers concepts like Jacobi theorem, Interpolation, difference tables, difference operators, forward difference, backward difference, Newton’s divided difference interpolation and Lagrange interpolation. 

The system for solving first and second order ordinary differential equations are taught through methods like Euler method, Modified Euler method, Milne PC method and Runge-Kutta method. 

This programme helps the engineers to tackle various industrial and engineering related problems. Implementation of numerical methods to solve the problems will make the candidate a great problem solver with high accuracy in problem solving.

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 Calculus of One Real Variable programme is an undergraduate level training. Swayam offers 40 lectures divided into a course plan of eight weeks. The curriculum aims to familiarise students with the elementary and advanced aspects of the calculus of a single variable. Candidates will find several applications of this knowledge in engineering, economics, and science domain.

The Calculus of One Real Variable online programme provides all-encompassing learning content about functions like continuous functions, inverse functions, transcendental functions, and limits and derivatives of a function. Students will also master the intermediate value theorem, Rolle’s Theorem, Lagrange’s mean value theorem, and maximum value theorem. Swayam also allows students to avail of the course free of cost.

Furthermore, Joydeep Dutta, who is presently a professor of Economics at IIT Kanpur’s Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, will teach you the course. Students from engineering, mathematics, economics, and science streams will benefit from the Calculus of One Real Variable certification training. 

Pursuing Calculus of Several Real Variables programmes will help students who want to learn advanced Physics, Mathematics, Economics, Engineering, Business Management, Operations Research, and even Biology. The curriculum is divided into an 8-week plan. Jaydeep Dutta, a professor with the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, will be your programme instructor.

When it comes to multivariable calculus, the first issue is that of limits. And when you have a function in two variables, you are working with a plane instead of a line. There are infinite approaches to reach a given point on a plane, and the limits that you take must give you the same value through all of these countless approaches. That is what the Calculus of Several Real Variables course covers extensively.

The Calculus of Several Real Variables training also covers the basics of vectors, continuity, partial derivatives, multiple integrals, the Stokes theorem, Gauss divergence theorem, Green’s theorem, and Taylor’s theorem. The undergraduate-level course is entirely online. Students will receive accreditation from IIT Kanpur and National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) if they fulfil the certification eligibility criteria.

The Basic Calculus 1 and 2 online course offers a better understanding of the Calculus taught in classes 11 and 12. The course will explain in detail the methodologies of calculus. The topics such as differentiability, continuity of a function, and its applications will be discussed. The course will teach how to interpret a real number. The course will provide an understanding of the results. The series representation will be shown in the course curriculum.

The course is an online-based learning program. The course offers free access. The candidates who belong to disadvantaged groups of society will be benefitted. The course is offered on the NPTEL platform. The course will be accredited by the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. The course will be graded on the 6 best assignments out of 8 assignments and the final exam.

The Basic Calculus 1 and 2 certification is offered by NPTEL and can be e-verified. The certification is shareable on all platforms such as Linkedin, Facebook, Instagram, and many more. The certification will help gain new professional networks. This course is initiated by the government of India so the course certification is authentic and verifiable.

The Probability for Computer Science Certification Course is a massive open online course that discusses the important topics in probability. The course available in online format on the Swayam learning platform is not a typical mathematics course. The course will familiarise learners with the concepts of probability along with its applications in algorithms and computer science. The Probability for Computer Science Training will be provided by Prof. Nitin Saxena of IIT Kanpur. The course will be taught via video lectures and is aimed at the undergraduate or post-graduate level. The model of assessments constitutes assignments and exams upon completion of which, learners will receive the  Probability for Computer Science Certification by NPTEL and IIT Kanpur.

Probability and Stochastics for Finance Certification will start with basics of probability as a tool to understand randomness and introduces the candidates to the main concepts, notions and results of stochastic financial mathematics.

Probability and Stochastics for Finance Classes provides necessary information for those individuals and professionals dealing with stochastic calculus and pricing in the models of financial markets such as SENSEX, NIFTY and operating under uncertainty.

All students enrolled will get a Probability and Stochastics for Finance Certification by Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT Kanpur) under the Swayam Initiative by Government of India. 

The online certification program on Basic Linear Algebra by Swayam is formulated as a basic session for interested students who wish to pursue higher academic knowledge in the field of engineering studies. The candidates who want to pursue a higher education qualification in the field of mathematics can also register for the Basic Linear Algebra training.  

The students in the Basic Linear Algebra certification syllabus will cover all the primary and basic tools that are used in the domain of “basic linear algebra”. The online session for a period of twelve weeks will be covering the topics namely- gram-Schmidt process, inner product spaces, rank-nullity, linear transformations, determinants, invertibility,  rank, diagonalization,  similarity, and applications. After completing the course, the Basic Linear Algebra certification benefits the students by clearing their doubts in the - Rn, rank of a matrix, linear independence, and subspaces. Students after completing the course the students will get to practice real-world cases.

The Introductory Mathematical Methods for Biologists certification course focuses on a comprehensive framework of the particular major with an analytical approach. For biology students, it is an introductory mathematics course with the purpose of teaching them to do quantitative analysis of biological processes. Students will be instructed on how to explain biological processes using the vocabulary of mathematics, how to write basic mathematical equations for different phenomena that exist in biology. The Introductory Mathematical Methods for Biologists training will undertake the beginner’s concepts in a mathematical approach that will help the biology student to get better learning of each and every module of this particular curriculum. The course’s lectures are structured into different weekly sessions focusing on the main and core aspects of the field. The candidate can avail different benefits by doing this course in the end by getting Introductory Mathematical Methods for Biologists certification. Candidates can get intellectual learning that will be supported by the industrial side that will help them to take this course more fluently. This is a core structure to be completed in eight weeks as prescribed by the UGC. The course is categorized into biological science and bioengineering.

The ‘Calculus for Economics, Commerce and Management’ certification is a study of the mathematical tools and techniques to evaluate problems and solve problems to arrive at logical conclusions. This online course offers a better understanding of the scope of calculus in economics, commerce, and management domains. This free online certification is provided by Swayam in collaboration with the National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL). 

Prof. I. K. Rana, an emeritus fellow from the department of mathematics at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay will be the course instructor for this program to guide the students in developing their foundational skills of the concepts of calculus and its applications. The course classes are scheduled for eight weeks and the students are expected to form discussion groups to optimize the learning experience aided by the online resources and references. 

The ‘Calculus for Economics, Commerce and Management’ online certification program helps students receive an E-certificate at the end of the course after completing the course and assessments with the two credit points.

The ‘Introduction to Abstract and Linear Algebra’ online certification course is developed for the students to get introduced to the theories and principles involved in the domain of abstract and linear algebra. This free online training is provided by the Swayam online education portal in collaboration with the National Program for Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL). The classes of this program are held in the virtual platform with the videos and lectures aided by books, references, and other resources for a period of eight weeks.

This core course is drafted for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of the engineering and science fields to gain from the theoretical and practical insights on the applications of these mathematical concepts. The course instructor is the associate professor Sourav Mukhopadhyay, faculty in the department of mathematics at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur.

The ‘Introduction to Abstract and Linear Algebra’ online certification course enables the candidates to receive a certificate with two credit points by the end of this All India Council for Technical Education approved course.

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.