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Applied AI Foundations

The fastest way to go from AI-curious to AI-capable. Eight weeks of structured, project-first learning that leaves you with a portfolio, a workflow, and a credential.

Format
Live online · 3 evenings/week
Duration
8 weeks · 64 contact hours
Seats
Cohort 14 · 36 seats
Published fee
₹24,999
Applied AI Foundations
The curriculum

Eight weeks. Five projects. One portfolio.

This is the Applied AI Foundations, module by module. Every week ends in something you built — not a quiz. Learn by doing, not watching.

64 hrs
live contact time
5+
portfolio projects
Lifetime
alumni access
1:1
faculty mentorship
Reserve your seat
01
Week 01
The Applied-AI Landscape
  • 01 Your first 'aha': producing genuinely useful output in under 10 minutes
  • 02 How modern models actually work — the mental model that matters
  • 03 Setting up your practitioner toolkit (free & paid tools)

Capstone — Mini-project: a one-page AI brief for your own role.

02
Week 02
Prompt Craft as a Discipline
  • 01 Structured prompting: roles, constraints, and evaluation
  • 02 Prompt patterns the top 1% use that nobody teaches
  • 03 Building a reusable prompt library for your work

Capstone — Ship: a personal prompt library with 15 tested prompts.

03
Week 03
Working With Your Own Data
  • 01 Retrieval basics: grounding answers in your documents
  • 02 Cleaning and structuring messy real-world data with AI
  • 03 Spreadsheets to insight: analysis without code

Capstone — Project: a 'chat with your documents' assistant.

04
Week 04
Generative Media
  • 01 Image generation & editing for real deliverables
  • 02 Brand-consistent visuals at speed
  • 03 Ethics, rights and provenance — doing it responsibly

Capstone — Project: a complete brand visual kit, AI-assisted.

05
Week 05
Building Your First Agent
  • 01 From prompts to workflows: chaining tasks
  • 02 No-code agent builders, compared and applied
  • 03 Connecting tools: email, sheets, and the web

Capstone — Build & deploy: an agent that automates one weekly chore.

06
Week 06
Automation That Sticks
  • 01 Designing automations your team will actually trust
  • 02 Guardrails, review steps and failure handling
  • 03 Measuring time saved — proving the ROI

Capstone — Project: an automation with a measured before/after.

07
Week 07
Portfolio & Positioning
  • 01 Packaging your projects into a hireable portfolio
  • 02 Telling your AI story in interviews and reviews
  • 03 The Kolkata & remote AI job market, decoded

Capstone — Publish: your portfolio site and case studies.

08
Week 08
Capstone & Demo Day
  • 01 Final build week with 1:1 faculty review
  • 02 Live Demo Day in front of hiring partners
  • 03 Certification, next steps and alumni network

Capstone — Demo Day: present your capstone to the partner network.

The outcomes

Skills you can put a number on.

Two kinds of payoff: a new role and a raise if you're switching in — and hours back every week, applied at the job you already have, if you're not. We track both.

The earning ladder

Median compensation reported by Foundations & Diploma alumni (CTC, ₹ LPA).

Before LearnPact
Median entrant CTC
₹3.2 LPA
On graduation
Median post-program CTC
₹5.8 LPA
+18 months
Reported by alumni
₹11.4 LPA

Self-reported by alumni; individual results vary.

~6 hrs
median time saved per week, self-reported by working grads
87%
of Foundations grads start an AI project within 30 days
20+
hiring partners in the fellowship loop
₹0
owed by fully-funded fellows

Placement report

Foundations Cohort 12 · Reported March 2026, 90 days post Demo Day
31
graduates in cohort
27
actively job-seeking
23
in a new or expanded AI role
85%
of job-seekers placed in 90 days
Reported CTC distribution
₹3–5 LPA
22%
₹5–8 LPA
48%
₹8–12 LPA
22%
₹12 LPA+
8%

Self-reported by alumni; individual results vary. We publish a dated, auditable outcome report per cohort.

Where talent gets hired

Representative employers we prepare you for — not a confirmed-placement list.

Tata Consultancy Services
Infosys
Accenture
Google
Microsoft
Amazon
Flipkart
HDFC Bank
Before & after

Real transformations, not just reviews.

Before

Account manager, terrified of being automated out.

After

Now runs the AI workflow her whole agency depends on.

I came in able to write a prompt and nothing else. By Demo Day I'd built an agent that drafts our entire weekly client report. My manager asked me to teach the team.
Sohini Das
Sohini Das
Foundations · Cohort 11
Before

Freelance marketer competing on price.

After

Sells an AI content engine as a premium retainer.

The AI Marketer Diploma paid for itself before I even finished. I closed two retainers on the strength of the capstone alone. The scholarship made it a no-brainer.
Arjun Mehta
Arjun Mehta
AI Marketer · Cohort 5
Before

Final-year student, no work experience.

After

Fully-funded fellow, hired before graduating.

The fellowship was free for me — sponsored entirely. I worked on a real logistics problem, got mentored 1:1, and had three interviews lined up by week 20.
Farhan Ali
Farhan Ali
Fellowship · Batch 2
Before

School teacher, AI felt like another world.

After

Automates her admin and teaches AI literacy on weekends.

I started at a free Sunday Series session, nervous I'd be the oldest person there. The faculty made it click. I've now done two paid tracks.
Rupa Chatterjee
Rupa Chatterjee
Sunday Series → Foundations
Before

Operations manager, 17 years in, left out of every AI conversation.

After

Now owns her plant's automation roadmap — no career restart needed.

I wasn't trying to switch jobs. I needed to stay relevant in the one I have. I automated three weekly reports and a vendor follow-up flow. It bought me back about a day a week.
Sanjay Pillai
Sanjay Pillai
Foundations · Cohort 13
Before

First in my family to finish college, from Asansol, no network.

After

Junior data analyst — the credential opened the first door.

I came in on a scholarship fee I could actually afford and worried I'd be out of my depth. The projects were real, not toy demos. I had a portfolio link to put on my CV — that's what got the call.
Pooja Mahato
Pooja Mahato
Foundations scholarship · Cohort 12
Fees & funding

One transparent fee, No-Cost EMI.

All-in fees, no surprises, with No-Cost EMI. As a not-for-profit, the fees paying learners bring directly fund need-based scholarships for students who otherwise couldn't enrol — awarded by a separate application and a short assessment.

Applied AI Foundations
₹24,999
full published fee — the most you'd pay

All-in — certificate, mentorship and No-Cost EMI included.

Cohort 14 · 36 seats
Apply now — no fee to apply Genuine financial need? See scholarship criteria →

Our Fee Protection Promise

Try us before you commit, and step back if it isn't right. As a not-for-profit, we'd rather you find the right fit than feel trapped by a fee.

7-day full refund
Attend your first session. If it's not for you, tell us within 7 days of your cohort start and we refund 100% — no questions, no forms to chase.
Pro-rata after that
Withdraw within the first third of the program and we refund the unused portion of your fee, less sessions already delivered.
Try before any track
The ₹99 Sunday Series — free for anyone who needs it — lets you experience our faculty and method before you commit to a paid track.
Transparent, all-in fees
Your final fee after scholarship is everything you pay — materials, certificate and alumni access included. No hidden add-ons later.

Fellowship places are funded by the trust and sponsors; fellows owe no fee, so refunds don't apply.

Questions

Everything else you're wondering.

Still unsure? Message us on WhatsApp — we reply within a few hours, every day.

Talk to admissions
Is LearnPact really a not-for-profit?
Yes. We are a registered charitable trust (WB/2023/0349599), ISO 9001:2015 certified, with 12A and 80G filings in process. Surplus from paid programs funds merit scholarships and keeps the Sunday Series open to everyone — including anyone who pays nothing. No shareholders.
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. Almost every learner then qualifies for a need- or merit-based scholarship, decided by a short proctored round rather than negotiation. Check the Scholarships page for the public criteria.
What does a Sunday seat cost?
A seat is ₹99 — a small contribution that helps a non-profit cover the platform and the practitioner's time. It's genuinely free for anyone who needs it: pick the free option at checkout, no questions asked, no proof required. 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.
Are the certificates recognised by employers?
Our credentials are issued under an ISO 9001:2015 quality framework and backed by a Demo Day in front of 20+ hiring partners. Fellowship graduates enter a structured interview loop with our partner network.
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 carries our Fee Protection Promise: a 7-day full refund after your first session, and pro-rata refunds if you withdraw within the first third of the program. The ₹99 Sunday Series — free for anyone who needs it — also lets you experience our teaching before you commit to a paid track. See the full policy below.
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.

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 — in an office, shop, clinic or back-office — and want AI you can actually use at work this Monday, not theory.
  • You can give three evenings a week for eight weeks and want to finish with five real projects, a portfolio and a certificate to show.
  • You're comfortable using a computer and the internet day-to-day, and you're ready to move from 'just watching videos' to building things yourself.
  • You want to automate the dull, repetitive parts of your job and bring a useful skill back to your team.
  • You learn best with a clear weekly plan, hands-on practice and mentors who answer your questions in plain language.
You might start better elsewhere if…
  • You've never tried AI tools at all and just want to taste it first — start lighter with the Sunday Series at ₹99 (free if money is tight), then come back.
  • Three evenings a week for eight weeks feels like a lot right now — the one-day Sunday Series is an easier, low-commitment first step.
  • The fee is a stretch this month — try the Sunday Series first, and ask us about need-based support when you're ready for the full course.
  • You're not sure this is the right path for your goals — take the free 2-minute path finder at /counsel and we'll point you to the right starting place.

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

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  • Taught in English — explained in Bangla & Hindi when you need it
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