Agentic AI Engineering

Become the engineer who builds AI that thinks and acts.

LLM APIs · RAG · Tools & Memory · LangGraph · Multi-Agent · LLMOps — build, secure and ship production agents. 120 to 360 hours, certified by E&ICT Academy, IIT Kanpur

Certified by E&ICT Academy, IIT Kanpur (MeitY, Govt. of India)

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The course

What is Agentic AI Engineering?

Agentic AI Engineering teaches you to build AI agents — software that can reason, use tools, remember, and act on real tasks, not just chat. You start by learning to work with AI models reliably in code, then build systems that retrieve real information and make decisions, and finally ship production-grade agents that companies can actually run. It is an engineering program: you leave able to build, deploy and maintain real AI systems.

What you will become

You will become an AI Engineer who can take an AI system from an idea to a live, monitored product. And you become job-ready at every level — each stage qualifies you for real roles, so you can start working after Level 1 and keep climbing.

Roles this opens

  • AI Application Developer (junior)
  • Prompt Engineer
  • LLM Integration Developer
  • AI Engineer Trainee
  • AI Engineer
  • Agent Developer
  • RAG Engineer
  • Applied AI Engineer
  • LLM Application Developer
  • Senior AI Engineer
  • AI Architect (associate)
  • Agent Platform Engineer
  • Applied AI Lead
  • Founding AI Engineer

Signature tools

  • Python 3.12
  • Git
  • GitHub
  • Provider docs
  • OpenAI API
  • Anthropic API
  • python-dotenv
  • asyncio
  • httpx
  • Pydantic
  • FastAPI
  • Uvicorn

How the levels work

Three levels that stack. Join at any of them.

The levels are not three separate courses competing for your attention, and they are not a ladder you have to climb from the bottom. Each one contains the ones before it — which is exactly what lets you start at the one that fits.

Each level contains the ones below

Advanced includes everything in Basic. Pro includes both. Nothing is repeated for the sake of it.

Join at the level that matches you

A complete beginner starts at Basic. Someone who already has the earlier skills enters higher up.

Every level is job-ready on its own

Each one ends with its own live project, its own certificate and its own exit roles. You can start working after one.

Direct entrants get a bridge

Joining straight into Advanced or Pro? You begin with a condensed recap of what came before, ending in a scored readiness check.

Level 3 · Pro

Contains Levels 1 and 2

Level 2 · Advanced

Contains Level 1

Level 1 · Basic

Start from the beginning

Direct entrants to Advanced or Pro begin with a bridge — a condensed recap of the earlier levels — ending in a scored readiness check before the new material starts.

What you walk out with

Not a certificate. A portfolio.

The portfolio

Structured AI Service

What it proves

You can call models reliably in code and return validated output — not notebook demos.

RAG system

What it proves

You can ground AI in real data so it answers from documents, not hallucinations.

Agent with tools & memory

What it proves

You can build autonomous, multi-step systems that act and remember.

Deployed Production Agent System

What it proves

You can take AI to production — scaled, guarded and monitored. The sharpest hiring separator.

Careers & support

Supported from day one to hired.

None of this is a guarantee of a job, and we will not pretend otherwise. It is the work we put in alongside yours.

LEAP

Your journey, tracked by AI — progress, attendance and portfolio in one place.

AI interview preparation

Practise against an interviewer that never gets tired, as often as you need.

Industry mentors

Guidance from people who deploy this work, not only teach it.

Industry masterclasses

Sessions from practitioners on what the work actually looks like.

Placement support

Portfolio reviews, interview prep and introductions — we keep working with you.

Internship support

Help finding the first real-world placement that turns a project into experience.

Certification

Co-certified with IIT Kanpur.

Certified by E&ICT Academy, IIT Kanpur (MeitY, Govt. of India). You earn a certificate at each level you complete.

Ministry of Electronics and Information TechnologyEICTA Consortium, a joint initiative of MeitY with the IITs, NITs and IIITs
A certificate at every level
Each level you complete is certified on its own — you do not have to finish all three to hold a credential.
A government-backed academy
E&ICT Academy, IIT Kanpur is an initiative of MeitY, Government of India.
Verifiable, and worth showing
Digitally verifiable and addable to your LinkedIn profile alongside the projects you shipped.
Sample EICTA Consortium certificate, a joint initiative of MeitY and the IITs, NITs and IIITs, signed by the Chief Investigator of the E&ICT Academy, IIT Kanpur

Sample certificate. One is issued for each level you complete.

Before you enrol

The questions people actually ask.

What are the fees, and is EMI or a loan available?

Fees vary by course, level and centre, and are kept deliberately affordable for an IIT Kanpur co-certified qualification. Yes to both: no-cost and low-cost EMI options are available, and we can put you in touch with education-loan partners if you would rather finance the course that way. Book a free counselling call and we will share the exact fee for your course along with the EMI and loan options you qualify for.

Do you guarantee placement?

No honest school can promise a job, and we will not either. What we do guarantee is the work behind placement: a job-first curriculum, deployed projects you defend before a live panel, plus interview prep, portfolio reviews and introductions from a placement team that keeps working with you until you land a role. Your outcome depends on your effort, but you will never chase it alone.

Do I need a coding background?

For most courses, no. Digital marketing, the data and analytics foundations and the AI excellence course assume no coding at all, and start from the beginning. Some courses do expect prior coding experience — the advanced and pro levels of the development and agentic tracks build on a working knowledge of programming rather than teaching it from scratch. If you are unsure where you sit, a counsellor will help you navigate it, and you can take a short readiness test so the answer is based on what you can actually do rather than a guess.

Is the certification recognised?

Yes. Courses carry a co-certification from the E&ICT Academy, IIT Kanpur, an initiative supported by MeitY, Government of India, alongside the Ikigai School of AI certificate. It is a verifiable credential you can add to your resume and LinkedIn, backed by projects that prove what you can actually build. Each level is certified on its own, so you hold a credential without having to finish all three.

Where are the classes held?

In person, at our learning centres in Lucknow, Kanpur, Ludhiana, Warangal and Indore, with more centres opening. Courses are taught in a lab with an instructor in the room — that is the point of them. Centre availability changes with each intake, so ask your counsellor which centre is nearest you and what is starting there.

What if I am a working professional?

Many of our learners are working full-time. Sessions are scheduled around working hours and each level is separately enrollable, so you can take one level, apply it at work, and come back for the next. Tell your counsellor your working pattern and they will find the batch and centre that fits it.

How is this different from other AI courses?

Most courses are built from a textbook syllabus by people who have never shipped AI. Ours are designed and taught by practitioners who build and deploy production AI inside large public-sector and enterprise organisations, and who bring that work back into the classroom. Every course is built backwards from the job it leads to, so you finish with deployed projects and the exact skills those employers hire for, not just a certificate.

Still deciding? A counsellor will talk you through fees, batches and whether this is the right level to start at.

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