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AI Fellowship

Our flagship. A selective, full-time online program for those committing to applied-AI as a career. Work on sponsored industry problems, mentored 1:1, with an interview loop across our hiring-partner network.

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Format: Full-time · fully online
Duration: 24 weeks · full-time online
Seats: Batch 3 · 12 fellows only
Funded fee: ₹0 — full waiver

Quick answer

The AI Fellowship is a selective, 24-week, full-time online program with admission by application and interview. For admitted fellows the full ₹1,95,000 tuition is covered by LearnPact Foundation and industry sponsors — a tuition waiver, not a stipend or a loan. Batch 3 is limited to 12 fellows.

Fees reviewed October 2026.

The Fellowship · our flagship

Selective by design. Funded so money is never the barrier.

A full-time, six-month online program for people committing to applied AI as a career. We admit few, fund them fully, and put them in front of real industry problems and introductions to hiring employers.

Fellowship cohort working on a real industry problem

Six-month full-time · online

612: applied · Batch 2
12: fellows admitted
~2%: admit rate
100%: funded by LearnPact Foundation + sponsors

Fully funded — zero tuition, nothing to repay.

100% tuition waiver — the full ₹1,95,000 fee is covered for admitted merit fellows
Funded by LearnPact Foundation and industry sponsors — a grant, not a loan
1:1 mentorship and a sponsored industry brief, all included
Fully online — join from anywhere in India, no relocation

How selection works

1

Applications open

Rolling — Batch 3 now accepting
2

Round 1 · Application

Profile + a short written brief on a problem you'd want to solve
3

Round 2 · Portfolio / task

A take-home applied task, reviewed by faculty
4

Round 3 · Interview

Technical + motivation interview with mentors
5

Decision

We confirm receipt within 1 working day of your interview; the funding decision follows within 5 working days
6

Cohort begins

24 weeks, full-time, fully online in IST

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The funding is a full tuition waiver — no stipend or allowance. Individual results vary.

The program · phase by phase

Six funded months, end to end.

Know exactly what the fellowship involves before you apply — from accelerated foundations to a sponsored industry brief and a structured interview loop.

24 wks: full-time · online
12: fellows per batch
1: sponsored industry brief
₹0: tuition for fellows

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Phase 1 · Weeks 1–4

Intensive Foundations

01 Accelerated grounding in modern ML, agents and evaluation
02 Engineering practice: version control, testing, reproducibility
03 Cohort baseline projects and individual skill mapping

You walk away with — A baseline technical portfolio and an individual growth plan.

Phase 2 · Weeks 5–12

Applied Specialisation

01 Choose a track: applied LLM systems, ML engineering, or AI product
02 Build production-grade components — RAG pipelines, fine-tuned models and eval harnesses — with 1:1 mentor review
03 Tame real LLM failure modes: hallucination, structured output and retrieval grounding

You walk away with — A deployed, documented system in your specialisation.

Phase 3 · Weeks 13–20

Practitioners, not lecturers.

We teach the workflow we'd use on a Monday morning: every session ends with something working, not just explained.

Prateek Bera

Lead Faculty · AI Data Analyst

Teaches the AI Data Analyst cohort

Hands-on, dataset-led sessions

Illustrative profiles. The four below are placeholders while we publish verified faculty bios: photos are stock and the details are not verified. Ask your counsellor who leads your cohort before you enrol.

Illustrative

Dr. Ananya Sengupta

Director of Curriculum

Ex-IIT Kharagpur · 12 yrs ML research

1,800+ learners mentored

Illustrative

Rishi Aggarwal

Lead Faculty, Applied AI

Former Staff Engineer, fintech unicorn

Shipped AI to 40M+ users

Illustrative

Megha Banerjee

Head of AI Marketing · Diploma lead

Built growth at 3 Kolkata startups

₹40Cr+ in tracked pipeline

Illustrative

Imran Qureshi

Fellowship Mentor

TEDx speaker · G20 youth delegate

210K+ trained online

Questions

Everything else you're wondering.

Still unsure? Message us on WhatsApp — we usually reply within a few hours.

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Do you offer financial aid or scholarships?

Yes. LearnPact Foundation — our affiliated, registered charitable trust — administers need- and merit-based scholarships and financial aid for our programs. Check foundation.learnpact.com/scholarships for the public criteria and to apply.

Is the price I see the price I pay?

The figure on each program is the full, published fee — that's the most you'd pay. Need-based financial aid is available by application and assessment through LearnPact Foundation, decided by a fair proctored round rather than negotiation. See its Scholarships page for the public criteria.

What does a Sunday seat cost?

A seat is ₹99, which covers the platform and the practitioner's time. No application and no prerequisites — book a Sunday and turn up. An optional ₹99 Sunday Kit (recording, workbook, templates and a certificate) and a ₹299 Season Pass for four Sundays are there if you want them.

Do I need a coding or technical background?

No. The Sunday Series and Applied AI Foundations assume zero prerequisites. We teach applied AI through real projects, most of which are no-code or low-code. Advanced tracks build from there.

What language are classes taught in?

Live sessions are taught in English. Faculty commonly explain in Bangla or Hindi when it helps a concept land, but this isn't guaranteed identically across every cohort — ask your counsellor which languages your specific batch's instructor and doubt-support sessions use before you enrol.

Are the certificates recognised by employers?

Our credentials are backed by the portfolio projects you ship and a Demo Day in front of hiring employers. Fellowship graduates are introduced to employers, and we do not promise an outcome.

Can I attend if I'm working full‑time?

Yes. Foundations runs three evenings a week and the AI Marketer Diploma is a live weekend studio — all online in IST on CloudVarsity®, our live virtual campus. Every session is recorded for lifetime alumni access.

How do I apply for a scholarship?

Take the 2-minute eligibility check on our Scholarships page. If you qualify, you finish a short, free application — then considered applicants sit a 30-minute proctored round that decides the scholarship and final fee. Need- and merit-based tracks are both open; criteria are public.

What if I enrol and it isn't right for me?

Every paid program has a 7-day cooling-off period: withdraw within 7 days of payment and before your cohort's second live session and we refund your fee minus payment-gateway charges and any GST. After that, fees are non-refundable. (The Fellowship is different — admitted fellows pay no tuition at all, so there's no fee to refund.) The ₹99 Sunday Series also lets you experience our teaching before you commit to a paid track. The full terms are on our Refunds page.

How you'll learn

Build it. Ship it. Show it.

No slides-only theory — every week turns into something real you keep.

01 · Build

Every module ends in something you make — a working project, not a quiz.

02 · Ship

You deploy and publish real work to a live link or repo you own.

03 · Show

You graduate with a portfolio you can put in front of an employer or client.

Where applied-AI talent gets hired

Is this the right fit?

We're honest about who this is for.

We'd rather you join the track that actually fits than the loudest one. Here's the straight read.

This is for you if…

You already work with Python and real data, and now you want to go pro in AI as your next serious step.
You can commit to full-time online study for 24 weeks and treat it like a job, not a side hobby.
You want mentorship, honest feedback on your work, and introductions to hiring employers at the end.
You are ready to apply, sit an interview, and earn a place in a small, selective cohort.
You learn best when you are stretched hard alongside other committed, ambitious people.

You might start better elsewhere if…

Brand new to AI or still exploring whether it is for you? Start gentler with our ₹99 Sunday Series and come back stronger.
Still shaky on Python, data, or the basics? You might start better with Applied AI Foundations, our 8-week primer, then apply here.
Can't give 24 weeks full-time right now because of work or family? A part-time path may suit you better for now — take the free 2-minute path finder at /counsel.
Not sure this is the right path for your goals? The free 2-minute path finder at /counsel will point you to the right starting place.

Not sure where you fit? Take the free 2-minute path finder →

Admissions open

Apply to be a funded fellow.

No fee to apply. Tell us about you and the problem you'd want to solve — we confirm receipt within one working day of your interview, with a funding decision within five.

Applying for: AI Fellowship

No fee to apply — and no obligation
Every admitted fellow's tuition is fully waived — no fee, so no refund needed
1:1 mentorship and a sponsored industry brief, all included
Taught in English — explained in Bangla & Hindi when you need it
A ₹99 Sunday Series seat while you decide

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