IIT Mandi introduces hybrid AI upskilling course for professionals

IIT Mandi’s Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) has partnered with Nagent AI to launch a hybrid program designed to help professionals build and run AI agents without coding knowledge.

The initiative blends academic guidance with industry-grade tools to offer a faster, hands-on approach to AI adoption in India.

The program supports the national “AI for All” vision, aiming to turn AI research into market-ready applications for sectors like healthcare, supply chain, and customer service.

By using a no-code approach, it promises to cut traditional upskilling timelines from months to weeks, enabling quicker deployment of AI agents.

Spanning 23 hours of training, the course combines online modules with on-campus sessions at IIT Mandi TIH.

Enrollment is capped at 30 participants, with registration open until Aug 30. The fee covers all program components, and the course is targeted at working professionals seeking practical AI skills.

The curriculum includes agent orchestration, multi-agent collaboration, agentic prompting, and integrating proprietary data through a no-code retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipeline.

Participants will complete capstone projects guided by Nagent AI mentors and IIT Mandi advisors while gaining access to hundreds of AI models, RAG tools, and deployment options on Nagent AI’s platform.

Citing studies that predict over one million unfilled AI roles in India by 2027 and 2.3 million AI-related job openings, the institute said the program addresses critical skill shortages, particularly for mid-sized companies.

The no-code AI platform market, valued at $4.9 billion in 2024, is projected to grow to $24.8 billion by 2029, further boosting demand for accessible AI solutions.