About the Programme
This is a 3-month certification programme in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Emerging Technologies that offers a dynamic pathway to career advancement and professional success across two domains - Data Science and Natural Language Processing (NLP). In an era defined by data-driven decision-making and technological innovations, the demand for skilled AI practitioners is at an all-time high. Individuals will gain the expertise needed to harness the power of data, develop predictive models and unlock actionable insights that drive business growth and innovation by investing in this programme. Through this certification course, candidates will get the opportunity to learn from IIT professors and leading industry experts in the domain.
The specialisation certification consists of topics, examples and case studies, which is to be covered within 3 months. There will be 2 sessions per week and the duration of each session will be 90 minutes. The Live Lectures are planned for 2 days in a week in the evening from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM.
Future Outlook
The global Data Science education sector is poised to reach US$378.7 billion by 2030, India's Data Science education sector is reported to skyrocket to US$1.391 billion by 2028 from US$204.23 million in 2023, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 57.52%. A paradigm shift toward data-driven decision-making across diverse industries propels this surge.
The market size of the Natural Language Processing market is projected to reach US$36.42 billion in 2024. The market size is expected to show an annual growth rate (CAGR 2024-2030) of 27.55%, resulting in a market volume of US$156.80 billion by 2030. For India, the market size is expected to show an annual growth rate (CAGR 2024-2030) of 27.57%, resulting in a market volume of US$5.56 billion by 2030.
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Dr. Geeta
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, IIT Ropar
Dr. Geeta is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, India. Before joining IIT Ropar, she worked as a Cyber Security researcher at Hitachi India Pvt. Ltd., Bengaluru.
Dr. Mudasir Ahmad Ganaie
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, IIT Ropar
Dr. Mudasir Ahmad Ganaie is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, India. He is also working as an Associate Faculty in the Centre for Applied Research in Data Science at IIT Ropar.
Dr. Basant Subba
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, IIT Ropar
Dr. Basant Subba is an Assistant Professor in the department of Computer Science & Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, India. His area of research includes Network & Cyber Security, Intrusion Detection Systems, Malware analysis, Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Natural Language Processing.
Debashis Roy
Domain Consultant, Tata Consultancy Services (Industry Expert)
Debashis Roy has completed ME in Software Engineering from Jadavpur University, Kolkata. He works as a Domain Consultant and Subject Matter Expert at Tata Consultancy Services. He has been working with Higher Education and Corporate Learning Programmes for 18+ years, providing end-to-end learning solutions to domestic and international corporate customers.
Currently, he conducts live sessions for various online certificate programmes conducted in association with different INI's like IIT Dhanbad, IIT Ropar, ISI Kolkata among others.
He works as a Subject Matter Expert and Technical Lead, focusing on the demonstration and implementation of advanced conceptual aspects of different tech domains like Data Engineering, Data Science, Cloud Computing and Architecture, Artificial Intelligence and GenAI along with MLOps, DataOps, Cybersecurity, IoT and more.
His role provides him the opportunity to engage in creating hands-on environments for leveraging distributed applications and pipelines.
Prathap Kolla
Domain Consultant, Tata Consultancy Services (Industry Subject Matter Expert)
Prathap Kolla has completed M.Tech in Design Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Delhi. He currently works as a Domain Consultant and Subject Matter Expert at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and has been working with TCS for 30+ years. In his current role, he provides end-to-end learning solutions to Domestic and International Corporate Customers.
He conducts live sessions for various online courses conducted in association with various INIs (Institutes of National Importance), eg., IIT Ropar, IIT Bhuvaneswar among others. He conducts sessions on Cyber Security, Digital Forensics, Cryptography, DBMS, Operating Systems, Software Engineering, Quality Assurance, among others. In his previous roles at TCS, he has headed the Freshers Training Program (ILP - Initial Learning Program), worked as Operations Head in TCS Hungary, Cluster Head for Telecom Customers in Quality Assurance Domain, Database Administrator for several Industry Verticals in India and in other countries. He is a certified Database Administrator and Ethical Hacker.
He is also a member of Board of Studies (BoS) for various Deemed-to-be, Autonomous, and State Universities.