Kharagpur, West Bengal

A railway town that built India's first IIT. Ambition like that deserves applied AI, not theory.

Live, practitioner-led applied-AI diplomas for Kharagpur — built for a city whose technical ambition is already proven, taught online by Kolkata faculty.

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Kharagpur is roughly two hours from Kolkata by road or rail, a route thousands already travel for work and study. This program removes even that: every class streams live to you.

No relocation

Everything you need from Kharagpur

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 Kharagpur, you've probably thought this.

Kharagpur produces some of India's most technically ambitious students, but applied-AI skilling beyond theory is hard to find locally.

I want to build something real — a working project, not just lecture notes.

Being near IIT Kharagpur raises the bar for what 'good enough' looks like, and most courses don't meet it.

I want a program that respects my technical background instead of starting from the very beginning.

How this actually works

Project-first, for a city that already expects rigour.

Every LearnPact diploma is built around shipping real, working projects — not just watching demonstrations. For a city with Kharagpur's technical culture, that's the baseline, not a selling point.

Classes are live, with a practitioner faculty member answering questions in real time, at a fixed weekly schedule you can build around college, work or research commitments.

Why this fits Kharagpur specifically

Kharagpur is home to IIT Kharagpur, India's first IIT, and a major railway town with a technically literate population that has always measured itself against a high bar. What's been missing locally isn't ambition or ability — it's a structured, applied, project-first AI program that matches that bar instead of a generic course aimed at a much broader, less technical audience.

Students and early-career engineers typically start with Applied AI Foundations after a ₹99 Sunday session; those further along often move straight into AI Business Automation or the LLM-Ops & GenAI Engineering diploma.

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

"Most 'beginner AI' courses felt too slow. This one moved at a pace that actually respected what I already knew."

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

Kharagpur questions

Specific to Kharagpur.

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

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Is this course affiliated with IIT Kharagpur?

No — LearnPact is an independent institute; this page simply speaks to Kharagpur's strong technical talent pool.

Is there a more advanced track for engineering students?

Yes — the LLM-Ops & GenAI Engineering diploma is our most technical flagship, for those ready to go beyond Foundations.

Do I need prior AI/ML exposure?

No for Foundations; some familiarity helps for the engineering-track diploma, but it's taught from first principles either way.

Is financial aid available?

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

Admissions open

Start from Kharagpur. 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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