IIIT Hyderabad's Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Course

There are 5 reasons why serious professionals prefer the IIIT Hyderabad AIML Program.

• Program specifically designed for working professionals (Starts with problem definition, solution and the theory and concepts behind the solution)
• Delivered in interactive digital format, retaining effectiveness while maintaining safety (Uniquely combines the benefit of the in-class program with the flexibility and safety of online delivery)
• Hands-on program with ideal mix of theory and practice (over 60% of program is dedicated for lab experiments and individual and group work and hackathons with continuous mentor support)
• Lectures by both Academic Professors and Industry Practitioners (a pracademic approach combining strong academic rigor coupled with practitioner perspectives)
• Outstanding peer group with extensive group work (learn along with peers from wide range of industries, roles and positions)

"Structured curriculum with industry projects and hackathons makes this course very effective."
Swaroop Shivaram, Principal Engineer, Target

"The AIML program gave the real understanding of working with ML algorithms that I could even tackle Kaggle problems. Post completion, I could confidently get into the ML team at my workplace too."
Sravya Yellapragada, Development Engineer, Pramati Technologies

"Doing hackathons with a diverse group of people gave an opportunity to learn and share ideas, knowledge with them."
Tejeswini, Project Engineer, Skyrus Engineering

"Hands-on learning, tech support, experienced faculty, exposure to real-world problems - the right way to learn AI/ML for professionals."
Sai Kiran Gumma, Vice President, JP Morgan Chase

Industry is clearly looking for professionals who can build AI/ML applications. Professionals with hands-on experience will be preferred by the industry.

This program is designed to reach higher levels of learning as per Bloom's Taxonomy. The program will not only help you Understand, but also enable you to Apply, Analyse and Evaluate which are far higher levels of expertise.

A participant will do 40+ individual lab experiments and 8 mini-hackathons. In addition they will also be participating in 4 hackathons, which includes select kaggle experiments. This will help the participant not only learn and implement AI/ML but also showcase your expertise for the industry to recognize.

Industry needs professionals with technical expertise and domain expertise to work together to solve today's challenges. Generally, domain expertise comes with experience, and tech expertise comes with young professionals.

As AI/ML has recently entered into the main-stage for companies and professionals, and the education system has very limited capacity for producing fresh graduates with AI/ML expertise, the industry is facing severe shortage. NASSCOM predicts that there are 140,000 vacancies while not even 30% of these seats are being fulfilled.

This has opened up great opportunities for working professionals. Those who are developing AI/ML expertise now are in great demand by the industry.

This demand will continue till the education system churns out enough good quality graduates with AI/ML expertise. The fact that the education system right from school is focusing on building AI/ML learning from a young age, and that many engineering institutions have launched focused programs like BTech in AI/ML, the supply will catch up with industry demand over the next 3-5 years.

This opens up a good window of opportunity for working professionals. If someone enters this area in the next 6 months to 1 year, they will have more than 2 year window to showcase their expertise and become the lead for the new generation that would come in.

Professionals are presented with a unique window of opportunity with AI/ML expertise. In the 1990s a large number of science graduates shifted to technology, and they are now defining the Technology sector. Similarly, those who enter the AI/ML area now will have a distinct advantage in the future of the industry.

Here's why this is the right time to invest in building your expertise:

• Industry needs more deep-tech (AI/ML) professionals and less gen-tech (Java, testing, project manager) professionals
• Growth opportunity is available for deep-tech and risk is higher for gen-tech professionals in the current economic scenario
• Professionals today have more time in hand to 'sharpen the saw' than ever before thanks to working from home and avoiding hours and hours of travel to office and back in traffic

Based on the data since lockdown, we find that serious professionals are using this time to get ready for the future.

• Participants from top companies with over 60% of them having 10 years of experience enrolled for the program between March-July 2020 with 55% in the managerial roles
• Professionals working in companies including Amazon, Bank of America, Capgemini, DBS Bank, Google, IBM, JP Morgan, Infosys, Microsoft, TCS, Tech Mahindra and more have already participated in the Program
• Upskilling and developing a beginner's mindset is important to survival in the post-COVID world.
• The Atal Innovation Mission will train 2.5 Million students in the country on AI very soon. This will increase the pool of available AI professionals.

Two things are happening as you wait and watch. 1) Younger and more dynamic professionals are going to enter with knowledge, 2) the experience premium will continue to drop thereby making senior professionals less attractive to companies. Hence, earlier one moves into sunrise areas will be better.

The LinkedIn Emerging Jobs Report lists AI as the #1 in the emerging jobs list for 2020. The average package for AI professionals is approx 15 lakhs across all experience levels and skill sets.

The Program will be delivered in interactive digital format, retaining effectiveness while maintaining safety. The format uniquely combines the benefits of an in-class program with the flexibility and safety of online delivery.

Program will be delivered on TalentSprint's patent pending iPearl.ai, a leading digital learning platform of choice used for programs delivered by the likes of Google, IIM Calcutta, IIT Hyderabad, IISc, and IIT Kanpur to name a few.

Last 3 cohorts of the AI/ML program has been delivered on this platform and has achieved high completion rate.

Learning effectiveness and experience of the participants on this program has been high with NPS of over 80 (NPS of 50 and above considered excellent while 70 and above is considered "world class")

Participants Feedback

• Cohort 12 (NPS 85)
• Cohort 14 (NPS 96)
• Completion Rate 96%

In the wake of Covid-19, the world is going through an uncertain phase. Working from home, not being able to socialize, and concerns about personal and family safety are taking a toll on all of us. We hope the situation will improve soon.

More than ever before, we now need a balance between safety and flexibility in everything we do. We at IIIT Hyderabad and TalentSprint are fully committed to safety, flexibility, excellence and timeliness with regard to all of our programs.

In line with this, we have introduced the following:

If you choose to enroll for Cohort-22, these measures will give you an opportunity to continue your focus on long term goals and career objectives while retaining maximum flexibility.

You can connect with your Relationship Manager Vinodini +91-9989182726 for more details.