Professional Certificate Programme in Agentic AI and Applications
- Exclusive masterclasses by IIT Madras guest faculty
- Live online sessions by Domain Experts
- 3 IBM credentials in AI Agent Building, GenAI, and Responsible AI
- Optional campus immersion at IIT Madras Research Park
- 20+ advanced Agentic AI tools taught in virtual labs
Early Enrolment Benefit: INR 5750
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A Curriculum Designed by Domain Experts and Powered by IITM Pravartak
Programme Overview
Agentic AI allows machines to make independent decisions, execute multi-step goals, and adapt to real-world constraints. The Professional Certificate Programme in Agentic AI and Applications prepares you to:
Build goal-oriented agents using LangChain, CrewAI, Flowise & OpenAI
Master memory, planning, RAG pipelines, agent orchestration and deployment
Learn hands-on through 20+ graded assignments and a live Capstone Project
Interact with IITM guest faculty in live masterclasses and explore optional campus immersion
Designed for professionals who want to go beyond prompt-based models and build intelligent systems that act.
Programme Highlights
IIT Madras Guest Faculty Masterclasses
Learn directly from Prof. Madhusudhanan B via live online sessions
Live Online Sessions by Domain Experts
Weekly instructor-led sessions with hands-on walk-throughs of tools, techniques, and real-world applications
IITM Pravartak Certification
A verified digital certificate upon successful programme completion
3 IBM Industry Certificates
Additional credentials in AI Agent Building, GenAI for Business, and Responsible AI
20+ Tools and Frameworks
LangChain, ChromaDB, FAISS, Flowise, and more
IITM Research Park Immersion
Two-day campus immersion event at IIT Madras Research Park (Optional)
Capstone Project
Solve complex industry problems through a comprehensive capstone project
Career Services Support
Six-months IIMJobs Pro membership, resume builder, and career preparation
Note:
All programme highlights stated in this section and across the programme are subject to change at the discretion of IITM Pravartak and Emeritus.
Only participants who have successfully completed the programme will be allowed to visit the IITM Research Park.
Overall, 50% attendance required for live sessions to achieve programme completion. Live sessions include both domain expert sessions and guest faculty masterclasses.
Domain expert is the programme leader responsible for conducting weekly live sessions.
The immersion will only be conducted with a minimum number of learners signing up.
Who is this Programme for?
This programme is ideal for professionals across technical, functional and product roles who are ready to build intelligent AI agents and take advantage of the next wave of automation and decision intelligence.
Specifically, this programme is ideal for:
AI and Data Professionals: Data scientists, ML engineers, developers and technology leads looking to evolve beyond model-building into constructing goal-oriented, memory-enabled AI agents using Python and frameworks such as LangChain and FAISS.
Product and Innovation Leaders: Product managers, automation leads and entrepreneurs aiming to design low-code or no-code intelligent assistants and agentic systems to solve real-world business problems.
Domain Experts and Functional Specialists: Professionals from different domains looking to embed AI agents into their daily operations to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and decision-making.
This is a beginner-friendly programme—foundational Python coding is taught in the early months, making it accessible for newcomers while offering substantial depth for experienced professionals working under time constraints.
With this programme, you will be able to:
Master the art of building intelligent AI agents that can plan, reason, act, and adapt—just like a human teammate.
Get hands-on with cutting-edge tools such as LangChain, CrewAI, and AutoGen to create real-world AI solutions across industries.
Transform static AI into smart, goal-driven systems using GenAI, RAG, prompt engineering, and adaptive feedback loops.
Deploy and optimize your own AI agents with memory, tools, and monitoring—ready for real users and real-world impact.
Become a future-ready AI builder by solving practical problems through custom multi-agent workflows across business, tech, and beyond.
Eligibility criteria for this programme:
Minimum Graduate (10+2+3); basic math and programming knowledge preferred
Programme Modules
Note:
All programme curriculum - topics, modules, submodules, tools — stated here is subject to change as per the discretion of IITM Pravartak or Emeritus.
More than 20 Practical Tools and Libraries Covered
Gain Credentials from IBM, a Pioneer in AI and ML Technology
Note:
All certificate images are for illustrative purposes only and may be subject to change at the discretion of IBM.
More than 20 Projects and Cases for Practical Applications
Use ChatGPT to create a function to extract keywords from a sentence
Build a user-input based chatbot that gives greetings or advice based on age/gender input
Getting weather data in Python
Build a mini assistant that uses a calculator tool and returns a formatted response to “How many hours in X days?”
Identify 3 areas in your work/life where an AI agent can help
Use a visual tool to create a basic classifier (e.g., image or sentiment) and share insights
Build a basic tool-using agent (e.g., calculator or web search wrapper) using either code or visual builder
Compare how different prompts produce different results for the same task
Design a 2-agent team for a collaborative task (e.g., research + summarisation) with clear roles and interactions
Programme Certifications
IITM Pravartak will award a certificate of successful completion to participants who complete the programme successfully with 70% of the score in the evaluation.
Note:
All certificate images are for illustrative purposes only and may be subject to change at the discretion of IITM Pravartak and IBM.
To receive the completion certificate, participants must score a minimum of 70% overall on mandatory assignments and successfully complete the capstone project.
Overall, 50% attendance required for live sessions to achieve programme completion. Live sessions include both domain expert sessions and guest faculty masterclasses.
Learn Agentic AI and its Applications with Masterclasses from Renowned IIT Madras Guest Faculty
Guest Faculty, IIT Madras
Prof. Madhusudhanan is a Principal AIML Consultant at IITM Pravartak and Guest Faculty at IIT Madras, specialising in Agentic AI, generative systems, and intelligent automatio...
Emeritus Career Services Benefits
15 recorded sessions and resources in the above categories
Pro-membership and features of IIMJobs and Hirist: Access to job insights recruiter action status, follow-up actions, and ability to chat with recruiters who have shortlisted your profile.
Spotlight on IIMJobs and Hirist: Profile boost for applied jobs (that align with acquired certification), greater profile visibility - highlighted with institute name along with a testimony of certificate acquisition by the candidate.
Spotlight Plus: All the benefits of Spotlight and added advantages like profile and rank boost in the recruiter search database.
Resume builder tool: 6-month access to DIY resume builder, auto resume creator, optimization suggestions based on key parameters, guide on information to be incorporated, and unlimited resume iterations within the duration.
Notes:
IITM Pravartak or Emeritus do NOT promise or guarantee a job or progression in your current job. Career Services are only offered as a service that empowers you to manage your career proactively.
The Career Services mentioned here are offered by Emeritus. IITM Pravartak is NOT involved in any way and makes no commitments regarding the Career Services mentioned here.
This service is available only for Indian residents enrolled into selected Emeritus programmes.
Early registrations are encouraged. Seats fill up quickly!
Flexible payment options available.
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