Bridging the gap: Online platforms offer focused-courses on emerging techs

Hyderabad: Colleges failing to offer focused-courses on emerging technologies encouraged online platforms that emerged as an alternate for many students seeking employment in areas such as

artificial intelligence

, machine learning, data sciences among others.

In Hyderabad, apart from Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad (IIT-H) that has 20 seats in a full-fledged BTech course in AI, there are only 84 seats in two colleges affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad (JNTUH) that offer a dedicated BTech in AI.

“Colleges have still not made the shift to adopt courses in emerging technologies since they are grappling with an acute demand-supply mismatch. Under such circumstances, we provide online courses that are curated by faculty members from top universities from across the world,” said Raghav Gupta, managing director, India and APAC, Coursera, a US-based online learning platform, that is all set to collaborate with private colleges in Telangana to offer digital courses.

Similar courses are also offered by other online learning firms such as TalentSprint, which offers six months programmes in AI, internet of things, blockchain, quantum computing and other emerging technologies. “The programmes offered by TalentSprint in association with the Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, are designed for college students who are keen to build expertise in AI and other emerging technologies,” said BS Murthy, director of IIT-H.

In order to increase the number of seats in emerging technologies, the JNTUH is all set to grant affiliation to colleges in four new bachelor programmes i.e. BTech in AI, computer science and information technology, computer science and business systems and information technology and engineering from the academic year 2020-21.


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