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IIT Kharagpur Offers Free Online Course on Cloud Computing for Engineers through NPTEL

IIT Kharagpur is offering a free online course on cloud computing on NPTEL for computer science, electronics and communications, and electrical engineers

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IIT Kharagpur is currently accepting applications for a free online course on cloud computing on NPTEL. While anyone who is interested can enroll in the cloud computing course, it can be especially beneficial for computer science, electronics and communications, and electrical engineers. This course aims at helping both undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers to use and explore the cloud computing platforms.

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The cloud computing course will be conducted by professor Soumya K Ghosh who has PhD and MTech degrees from the department of computer science and engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT Kharagpur). He is a Professor with the department of computer science and engineering of the institute. Prior to IIT Kharagpur, the professor was associated with ISRO in the area of satellite remote sensing and geographic information systems.

What the IIT Kharagpur Cloud Computing Course Will Cover?

Students are required to have a pre-requisite knowledge of computer architecture and organization, networking to take the course. The course will cover an introduction to cloud computing, cloud computing architecture, service management in cloud computing, data management in cloud computing, resource management in cloud, cloud security, open-source and commercial clouds, cloud simulator, and research trend in cloud computing, fog computing.

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This course will also introduce various aspects of cloud computing, including fundamentals, management issues, security challenges and future research trends. The cloud computing course is AICTE approved FDP course.

Certificate and Important Dates for the IIT Kharagpur Cloud Computing Course

The course begins on 14 September 2020, and the enrollment for the same ends on 21 September 2020. The course is free to enroll; however, to receive the certificate interested students will have to pay Rs 1000 and take an exam on 18 December 2020, which will be conducted in two sessions namely 9 am to 12 noon and 2 pm to 5 pm. An e-certificate with the student’s name, photograph and score in the final exam with the breakup along with the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur will be provided. Those who are interested to take the course are advised to go through the official NPTEL website for more details: https://swayam.gov.in/nd1_noc20_cs65/preview

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