Professional Certification in Building LLMs

Professional Certification in Building LLMs

Secure admission to a high-rigour, E&ICT IIT Kanpur Certified Technical Program

Learning Format

Online Live

Course Instructor

Dr. Raghava Rao M

NLP-LLM

Course Start Date

31st August 2025

Course Duration

4 Months

Application (Submit Details –> Take the Qualifier Test)

Selection (Test Review –> Interview)

Admission (Accept the Offer Letter)

About the Qualifier Test

To ensure participants are ready for advanced LLM topics taught in the course, admission includes a mandatory qualifier test. The test assesses your fundamentals in Python Coding, Data Analytics, Logical Reasoning, Set Theory, Probability, Permutations & Combinations. The shortlisted candidates will receive an offer letter to enroll for the program.

Admission Test Details

Test Dates (Sundays)

July 20, July 27, Aug 3, Aug 10, Aug 17, Aug 24

Time Slots Available

10:00 AM, 12:00 PM, 3:00 PM

Test Duration

30 minutes

No. of Questions

25 Questions

Test Mode

Online Proctored Test

Test Fee

100

Topics Covered

Python Coding, Data Analytics, Logical Reasoning, Set
Theory, Probability, Permutations & Combinations

Maximum Attempts Allowed

Only 1 per candidate

What you'll learn

  • Build a solid foundation in classical NLP concepts, including tokenization, embeddings, and probabilistic models
  • Implement deep learning-based NLP models such as RNNs, LSTMs, and Transformer architectures
  • Understand GPT architectures and gain hands-on experience in fine-tuning LLMs using Hugging Face and PyTorch
  • Develop end-to-end AI agents using LangChain, AutoGPT, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines
  • Work on industry-relevant projects like feedback classifiers, custom GPT models, and RAG-based assistants

Skills you'll gain

Text Preprocessing

Supervised & Unsupervised NLP Methods

Topic Modeling

Word Embeddings

Probabilistic Language Modeling

RNNs and LSTMs

Transformer Architecture

GPT Training

LLM Fine-Tuning

Agent & Pipeline Development using LangChain and AutoGPT

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

LLMOps Fundamentals

Tools

Curriculum

Understand the basics of Natural Language Processing including tokenization, POS tagging, word embeddings, and text normalization. Get hands-on with core NLP libraries like NLTK and TextBlob to perform essential text preprocessing.

Learn to build classification models using Naïve Bayes and Logistic Regression for tasks like sentiment and emotion detection. Implement text classification projects using Python and real-world datasets.

Explore topic modeling with LDA and BERTopic, and understand semantic similarity through word vectors. Apply these techniques through guided exercises on real-world unstructured data.

Study probabilistic models like n-grams and their role in language generation and spell correction. Build and understand the logic behind chatbot and dialog systems through hands-on coding.

 Learn deep learning techniques using RNNs, LSTMs, and attention mechanisms to process sequence data. Get introduced to GPT architectures, encoder-decoder models, and key LLM concepts.

Use PyTorch to explore tensors, attention mechanisms, and transformer architectures. Code your own GPT-style model and train it on unlabeled data to understand model internals.

 Fine-tune large and small LLMs using LoRA and integrate them into real-world applications.
Build AI agents using LangChain, AutoGPT, and implement retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) workflows.

Apply everything you’ve learned in a guided capstone project focusing on LLM-powered tools and AI applications. Get mentorship and feedback as you build, test, and present your end-to-end solution.

Earn a career certificate

Add this credential to your LinkedIn profile, resume, or CV. Share it on social media and in your performance review.

Course Fee

₹ 1.10 Lakhs + GST

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FAQs

Professionals, researchers, and developers aiming to build real-world NLP and LLM applications.

The course is fully online with live weekend sessions and recorded access via LMS.

 Yes, upon successful completion, you'll get a certificate from E&ICT Academy, IIT Kanpur.

 Live, instructor-led weekend sessions with interactive discussions and hands-on coding.

Basic Python knowledge is expected; admission is based on a short screening test.

Yes, you'll build LLMs from scratch, fine-tune models, and deploy agents using real tools.

You'll work on use cases like feedback classifiers, RAG assistants, and agent-based applications.

It’s tool-first, project-driven, and covers the full LLM lifecycle—from foundational NLP to advanced deployment.

You’ll get mentor support, weekend office hours, discussion forums, and post-course community access.

Roles such as LLM Engineer, NLP Specialist, AI/ML Developer, Chatbot Developer, and GenAI Product Lead.

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