Bardhaman, West Bengal

Bengal's rice bowl is growing a new crop of skills. Taught live, from an hour down the rail line.

Live, practitioner-led applied-AI diplomas for Bardhaman (Burdwan) — a university town close enough to Kolkata to commute, now close enough to learn from without commuting at all.

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Bardhaman sits under two hours from Kolkata by frequent local and express trains — close enough that many residents already travel in for work or coaching. This program needs none of that travel at all.

No relocation

Everything you need from Bardhaman

Live online classes — same faculty, same fee as Kolkata
Recordings posted within a day of every session
No-Cost EMI on paid diplomas, UPI & card checkout
Financial aid via LearnPact Foundation, by application

Sound familiar?

If you're in Bardhaman, you've probably thought this.

University of Burdwan gives a strong academic base, but nothing locally teaches applied, project-first AI.

I already spend hours commuting to Kolkata for internships or coaching — I don't want to add a weekly AI-course trip to that.

Everything 'practical' seems to assume you're already in Kolkata or Bangalore.

I want a skill that makes my degree more employable, not just another line on a resume.

How this actually works

One less reason to spend your evening on a train.

If you're already commuting to Kolkata for college, coaching or an internship, this is the one thing you don't have to add a trip for — every class is live online, at a fixed weekly time.

The same faculty teaching a Kolkata-based learner teaches yours, with the same project-first curriculum and certificate.

Why this fits Bardhaman specifically

Bardhaman (Burdwan) is an agricultural heartland and a university town — home to the University of Burdwan and a large student population already oriented toward Kolkata for the next step after their degree. Applied-AI skilling is the obvious next layer on top of that academic base, and being close enough to Kolkata to already know the route makes the live-online format an easy fit rather than a leap.

Students typically start with the ₹99 Sunday Series, then move into Applied AI Foundations to build a portfolio alongside their degree.

Flagship programs

Career-grade AI, built for outcomes.

Premium, project-first diplomas that lead to a role, a raise or a launched venture — with transparent all-in fees and No-Cost EMI. Below are four flagships; the full catalogue spans engineering, marketing, content, leadership and founder tracks.

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Sunday Series

Open to all · No prerequisites

Our community on-ramp. Every Sunday, a working practitioner walks a live online room through one applied-AI skill — from prompt craft to building a no-code agent — live and hands-on. ₹99 a seat.

Format: Live online · join from anywhere
Duration: 2-hour sessions, every Sunday

Build a working AI mini-project in a single session
Meet faculty and current cohort learners
Decide if a paid track is right for you — no pressure

₹99 covers the platform and the practitioner's time. No prerequisites, no application — just book a seat.

₹99 a seat

180 seats / week

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Applied AI Foundations

Beginner → Practitioner

AI Marketer Diploma

Intermediate · For marketers, founders & agency teams

A career-grade diploma for marketers, founders and agency teams. Master the full applied-AI marketing stack — content engines, paid-media copilots, analytics agents and a capstone campaign for a real Kolkata business.

Format: Live online · weekend studio
Duration: 16 weeks · 120 contact hours

Run a live AI-driven campaign for a partner SME
Build a reusable content + analytics agent stack
Graduate with a placement-ready diploma & portfolio

Need-based scholarships fund learners who otherwise couldn't enrol — limited places, by application and a short assessment. No-Cost EMI available.

₹74,999 full fee

No-Cost EMI · all-in fee

Cohort 6 · 28 seats

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AI Fellowship

Advanced · By application & interview

Selective

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.

Format: Full-time · fully online
Duration: 24 weeks · full-time online

Solve a sponsored, real-world AI brief end to end
1:1 mentorship from senior practitioners
Introductions to hiring employers

Selected merit fellows are fully funded by LearnPact Foundation & industry sponsors.

₹1,95,000 full fee

No-Cost EMI · all-in fee

Batch 3 · 12 fellows only

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See all programs — engineering, marketing, content, leadership & founder tracks

"I was already taking the train to Kolkata twice a week for coaching. Being able to do this one from my hostel room, live, was the deciding factor."

Illustrative — a composite of the learners we built this page for, not a real person.

Who teaches you

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.

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Dr. Ananya Sengupta

Director of Curriculum

Ex-IIT Kharagpur · 12 yrs ML research

1,800+ learners mentored

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Rishi Aggarwal

Lead Faculty, Applied AI

Former Staff Engineer, fintech unicorn

Shipped AI to 40M+ users

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Megha Banerjee

Head of AI Marketing · Diploma lead

Built growth at 3 Kolkata startups

₹40Cr+ in tracked pipeline

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Imran Qureshi

Fellowship Mentor

TEDx speaker · G20 youth delegate

210K+ trained online

Bardhaman questions

Specific to Bardhaman.

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

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Is this suitable alongside a university degree?

Yes — most learners in Applied AI Foundations are students or early-career, building a portfolio alongside their studies. Sessions run on a fixed weekly evening slot.

Is there a University of Burdwan-specific batch?

No separate batch, but a meaningful share of each cohort is made up of students from similar university backgrounds.

What if I have exams during the program?

Every session is recorded and posted within a day, so a clashing exam week doesn't cost you the material.

Is financial aid available?

Yes, through LearnPact Foundation's need-based scholarship — apply at foundation.learnpact.com/scholarships.

Admissions open

Start from Bardhaman. Live, this week.

Tell us a little about you. Our admissions team replies within one working day with your seat, scholarship eligibility and next steps — wherever in West Bengal you're learning from.

No fee to apply — and no obligation
7-day cooling-off refund (see our Refunds page)
Financial aid available via LearnPact Foundation
Taught in English — explained in Bangla & Hindi when you need it
A ₹99 Sunday Series seat while you decide

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