Coursera partners IIMA, IIIT Hyderabad to offer Advanced Digital Transformation, MSc. In IT

Coursera partners IIMA, IIIT Hyderabad to offer Advanced Digital Transformation, MSc. In IT

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New Delhi, Updated on Jan 11, 2024 14:59 IST

It has also translated its 4,000 courses into Hindi and launches new AI features to serve Indian learners, unveils GenAI Academy to improve Executive and Foundational literacy

Coursera has partnered with the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad to offer specialization in Advanced Digital Transformation and collaborated with Indian Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad to offer Master of Science Degree course in Information Technology.

It has also extended its partnership with other education institutions with 55 Coursera for Campus customers, including XLRI Jamshedpur, Somaiya Vidyavihar University, Alliance University, and Yenepoya University, bringing the total to 1,100 higher educational institutions in the country.

Coursera today launched a large catalog of learning content in Hindi and AI-powered features to make online learning more personalized and interactive. Now, top courses like Generative AI for Everyone from DeepLearning.AI, The Science of Well-Being from Yale University, Programming for Everybody from the University of Michigan, and What is Data Science? from IBM, which have until recently been available only in English, are going to be accessible to anyone who speaks Hindi.

"India's ambition to become a USD 5 trillion economy depends on its ability to develop a skilled workforce and maximize its demographic dividend," said Coursera CEO Jeff Maggioncalda. “Our goal is to make high-quality education available to everyone, no matter what language they speak, and today marks a big step towards that goal. We have used the power of AI to translate over 4,000 courses into Hindi, giving learners in India unprecedented access and flexibility to develop skills for the digital future."

More than 4,000 courses are now available in Hindi including some of the most popular courses in India, such as Supervised Machine Learning: Regression and Classification from DeepLearning.AI and Stanford, Financial Markets from Yale, and Learning How to Learn from Deep Teaching Solutions. Learners can access course readings, lecture video subtitles, quizzes, assessments, peer review instructions, and discussion prompts — all in the local language. Over 40 courses from top Indian educators like Introduction to Programming from BITS Pilani, Leadership Skills from IIM Ahmedabad, and Trading Basics from Indian School of Business will also be translated into 18 languages, including French, Spanish, German, and Thai, enabling India’s vision to become the global hub for education.

“Emerging technologies like Generative AI are transforming the way we learn, teach, and work," said Raghav Gupta, Managing Director, India and APAC, Coursera. “With the surge in digital jobs and remote work, we are excited to empower Indian learners and institutions with several content and AI innovations to bridge the rural-urban gap and build an inclusive workforce."

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