Five Portals Offering Free Online Courses During Lockdown that are Helping Students and Professionals

As citizens of the country are forced to stay at home to protect themselves from getting infected from the deadly Coronavirus, free online courses during lockdown are proving to be a blessing. Not only are these courses helping students and professionals upskill themselves, but are also an extremely productive way to pass time.

In order to help those who are hoping to take these courses, several reputed organizations such as NASSCOM, TCS and Google have allowed free access to these online and some are even providing digital certifications. Let us now take a look at five free online courses that can be taken by students and professionals during the lockdown.

Five Free Online Courses during Lockdown By Industry Leaders

NASSCOM Offers Free Online Courses: NASSCOM is offering courses such as AI Foundation Course, AI for everyone, and other similar subjects for free on its portal SkillUp Online, which was launched with support from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY). The AI Foundation Course that would have normally cost Rs 6800 can be taken for free online until 15 May 2020. Interested students need to enroll on the official Skillup Online portal with a valid email address and password to begin taking the courses.

TCS Offers Digital Certification Programme for Free: IT behemoth TCS is offering a a 15-day digital certification programme called Career Edge – Knockdown the Lockdown for free through TCS iON. The course aims at fine-tuning the communication, presentation and behavioural skills of students to create an impact in interviews and the workplace. Those who successfully complete the course will also receive a certificate. Undergraduates, graduates, postgraduates, freshers, and professionals can enroll for the course by registering for the same on the official website.

Harvard University Offers over 60 Free Online Courses: Harvard Universty, one of the most reputable institutions in the world, is offering as many as 64 online courses for free in the lockdown period. The courses span across various subjects namely Business, Computer Science, Data Science, Mathematics, Programming, Science, Education and Teaching, Art and Design, Health and Medicine, Humanities and Social Sciences. Students will have to log in with the website through their Facebook, Google, or Microsoft accounts, or also create a new account with the edx website by providing a valid email address, username, password, and country of residence to enroll for the courses.

AICTE ELIS Portal Launched: An online training platform by the name Enhancement in Learning with Improvement In Skills (ELIS) has been launched by the All India Council for Technical Education to offer free online courses from a single platform. The e-learning contents on the portal have been sourced from 18 leading Ed-tech companies with 26 different courses. These courses will be offered for free until 15 May 2020. Interested students and professionals can visit the official platform to enroll for the courses.

Google offers various courses for free: Google also has come forward to offer free online courses on data and technology, digital marketing and career and development. The courses range from 2 hours to over 20 hours in length. Both free and paid certification are available depending on the course opted for by the students. Those interested can visit the Google Digital Unlocked platform to enroll for the courses.

Apart from these platforms, artificial intelligence is a subject that learners seem to be interested in. While advanced AI courses are paid, several platforms are offering beginners courses in AI for free. Here are some platforms that are offering free courses on Artificial Intelligence for Beginners.