Durgapur, West Bengal

An engineering city deserves an engineer's AI course. Hands-on, project-first, live.

Live, practitioner-led applied-AI diplomas for Durgapur — built for a city that already trains serious engineers, taught online by Kolkata faculty, no relocation needed.

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Durgapur to Kolkata is a well-worn commute by road and rail — plenty of professionals already make the trip for work. This program removes even that: every class streams live to you.

No relocation

Everything you need from Durgapur

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 Durgapur, you've probably thought this.

I have a solid engineering or ITI background, but nothing I've found teaches applied AI hands-on, built for that base.

NIT Durgapur and the steel-plant economy are strong on fundamentals, but applied-AI skilling isn't taught locally.

Everything 'AI' online is either too basic or assumes a software background I don't have.

I want to add a skill to my core engineering trade, not start over in an unrelated field.

How this actually works

Built on top of an engineering foundation, not instead of it.

Applied AI Foundations and AI Business Automation are both project-first — you leave with something built, not just watched. For Durgapur's engineering and industrial talent, that's a natural next layer on an existing foundation, not a career restart.

Classes are live online, two hours at a time, on a fixed weekly schedule — manageable alongside a job at a plant, a PSU or a growing Durgapur IT/ITES role.

Why this fits Durgapur specifically

Durgapur is a planned industrial city built around steel, heavy engineering and NIT Durgapur — a genuinely strong technical talent pool, part of the wider Asansol–Durgapur industrial belt. The applied-AI and automation skilling layered on top of that engineering base, common now in Bangalore and Pune, hasn't reached here yet in any serious, hands-on form.

For Durgapur's engineering and industrial workforce, AI Business Automation is the most direct fit; Applied AI Foundations is the usual first step for students and early-career professionals.

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'm a mechanical engineer by training. I didn't want to become a software developer — I wanted to add AI to what I already do. This was the first course that actually understood that."

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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

Durgapur questions

Specific to Durgapur.

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

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Do I need a software/coding background?

No — Applied AI Foundations assumes none. AI Business Automation uses no-code tools for most of the automation work.

Is there an NIT Durgapur-specific batch?

No separate batch, but a meaningful share of each cohort comes from engineering backgrounds similar to NIT Durgapur's, and faculty are used to teaching that audience.

Can I attend around shift work?

Sessions run on a fixed weekly evening slot; recordings go up within a day if a shift clashes.

Is financial aid available?

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

Admissions open

Start from Durgapur. 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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