IIT Madras Digital Skills Academy Introduces Online Programming Courses

The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM) started Online Courses in Programming and Advanced Programming. These courses will help Indian students in finding suitable jobs in Information Technology (IT) industry.

The Digital Skills Academy of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras will deliver online Programming and Advanced Programming courses. The courses are designed to help final year Engineering students and graduates in learning programming skills through industry professionals. By taking these courses the students will be ready for internships and jobs in information technology sector.

The IIT Madras will deliver these courses in collaboration with IIT Madras-Incubated Startup GUVI. These courses are open to all students across India. With knowledge in Programming and Advanced Programming candidates will be able to apply for jobs in IT industry and IT services in all core manufacturing and design areas.

Highlighting the objective of the newly-launched course, Professor Mangala Sunder, Founder and Coordinator, Digital Skills Academy, IIT Madras said: “The objective is to provide graduating students from Indian academic institutions and employees in multiple industrial sectors the necessary skills towards employment or reskilling in relevant sectors. These courses will also make them industry- and job-ready.”

Professor Sunder further added: “In addition, the trainers will cover multiple areas through large problem sets, that will also help the students to do competitive examinations in the banking and finance sector well and with confidence.”

In addition with live online classes an Artificial Intelligence (AI) platform will provide students with a coding and self-assessment environment for practicing programming in real-time. The course duration is 120 hours which is equivalent to three months of actual working experience. Certificate of qualification will be issued by the Centre for Continuing Education, IIT Madras to successful candidates.