There is good news for youngsters who want to pursue a career in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI) or enhance their technical knowledge. IIT Kanpur has announced the launch of online certificate courses on Applied Machine Learning and Agentic AI. Its new batch will start from 1 December 2026. In this seven-week course, participants will be trained from basic information about machine learning to advanced AI techniques. Techniques like creating generative AI, large language models and AI agents will be taught.
The name of this program at IIT Kanpur is ‘Applied Machine Learning and Agentic AI: Fundamentals to Next Generation Artificial Intelligence’. In this seven-week course, participants will be introduced to building modern AI systems with machine learning principles. The course covers topics like Transformer Technology, Large Language Model (LLM), Generative AI, Machine Learning Operations (MLOps), Model Deployment and LLM Infrastructure. Apart from this, a new module of Agentic AI has also been added this time.
Agentic AI techniques will also be learned
In the new module, prompt engineering, retrieval augmented generation (RAG), langchain and building AI agents will be trained. With the help of this technology, we will be taught to build AI systems that can reason on their own, gather necessary information and complete a task in several stages.
There will be an opportunity to work on more than 15 projects
The course consists of more than 75 hours of study and more than 15 practical projects. Participants will have the opportunity to work on projects such as facial expression recognition, land use classification, speech emotion recognition, SMS spam detection and book recommendation systems. The training will also have recorded lectures, live classes, question and answer sessions and expert lectures.
After completing the course you will get a certificate
The program was coordinated by Professor Rajesh M. Hegde and Professor Ketan Rajawat of IIT Kanpur will. Apart from this, industry experts along with academics from IIT Delhi, IISc Bangalore and University of Glasgow will also provide training. Participants who successfully complete the course will be awarded a certificate by IIT Kanpur. Students, researchers, teachers, professionals working in companies and entrepreneurs can participate in it.
