Advanced Certification Program in Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies

Overview

About Program

Master
Lectures
Mentored
Labs
Group
Projects
Team
Hackathon
Online
Forums

The Global Demand for Blockchain Engineers up
by 517% year over year
~ Hired

Blockchain is disrupting the Banking, Finance, Health, Legal, and several other industries. Almost every leading organisation or fast-growth startup is adopting this technology. However, deep expertise and world-class talent in Blockchain is extremely hard to find. The need of the hour is creating this sought-after talent pool which will contribute to growth in these sectors.

IIIT-Hyderabad Blockchain Center of Excellence and TalentSprint offer this Advanced Certificate Program in Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies. This 18-Week Program has 3 IIIT Hyderabad Campus Visits of 3 days each, Weekly LIVE Online Sessions plus 1 Year Online Access and Support.

Participant Feedback

"Knowledge shared by the professors and industry leaders is exceptional."
Ramesh Hallur, Project Manager, Cognizant

"By the end of the program, we were confident to build our own applications."
Sundeep Reddy, Cloud Ops Engineering Specialist

"The hands-on experience helped us put the test cases into code and execute them easily."
Anthony George, Technical Specialist, IBM

"Very happy with the technical aspect and lab sessions. Program is more than our expectations."
Ramakrishna, CEO, Pranco Technologies

"The basics are well-grounded here as compared to online learning."
Srikanth Bharath, Sr. Manager, IT sector

"It is an amalgamation of theory and practice labs."
Voruganti Aravind, Founder, Sahasradhaara Services

Participants

Participant Profile

130+Participants working with
70+ Companies
75%Participants with over
5 Years of Experience
11%Women
Participants
42%From Startups and
Small Companies

Job Profile

15% Leaders
24%Managers
23%Analysts
38%Developers

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Organisations where Participants are Employed

Accenture
ADP
Agility
Broadridge
Capgemini
CGI
Cognizant
Deloitte
FORD Technologies
GetInfy
Goldman Sachs
GrabOn
HCL
Hewlett-Packard
HSBC
IBM
ICICI Bank
Infosys
JPMorgan Chase
KPMG India
My3
National Insurance
Netcracker
NTT DATA
Oracle
PayPal
Qualcomm
Sify Technologies
TCS
Tech Mahindra
UBS
UnitedHealth Group
ValueLabs
Vertex Computer
Virtusa
Vodafone
Wells Fargo
Wipro

Participants from Indian and Global Locations

Bengaluru
Chennai
Gurgaon
Hyderabad
Mumbai
New Delhi
Pune
Vijayawada
Visakhapatnam
Jacksonville (Florida)
Roswell (Mexico)
Singapore

This Program has produced not just Blockchain experts but a Startup and a Blockchain Community launched by the Program Participants

Curriculum

Curriculum for Practitioners

Create
Tokens
Building Smart
Contracts
Implement
Digital Wallets
Launch
Decentralized Apps

Module 1 Understanding Blockchain Foundations

Blockchain & Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT)
Elements of Distributed Computing
Elements of Cryptography
Elements of Game Theory
Cryptocurrencies, Tokens, and ICOs

Module 2 Building Smart Contracts Using Ethereum, Solidity

Introduction to Ethereum
Programming using Solidity
ERC20 Standards
Best Practices and Auditing
Smart Contract Mini Project

Module 3 Building DApps Using Hyperledger, Golang

Introduction to Hyperledger
Key Frameworks and Tools
Programming using Golang
DApp Mini Project
Building advanced applications with Hyperledger/Golang

Module 4 Blockchains in Action

Major Blockchains
Tradeoffs and Choices
Industry Case Study

Module 5 Capstone Project

Hackathon
Project Showcase
Industry Interface

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Industry Hackathons*

Trade Finance Application

Participants transform Blockchain technology into a Trade Tech Solution for merchandise goods' trade of over $16 trillion. They build a seamless and network state-based solution for an industry that is mired in paper processes, siloed databases, fragmented operations, and risky processes.
Disaster Management Tool

Blockchain becomes a life-saving application for end-to-end distribution of immediate requirements like medicine, food, clothing and shelter equipment in collaboration with local government and disaster management bodies.
Digital Identity Verification

Blockchain becomes a RegTech solution by lowering not only the identity verification cost for all the banking partners but also the service delivery time for both credit and payments.
Custody of Assets

Participants build a custodian solution for multiple assets whether it is equity, bonds or any other financial derivatives as it is critical for real-time settlement of both trades and ownership transfers.

*These are just some of the interesting Hackathon Projects in the Program

Faculty

Learn from Leaders

Kannan Srinathan

Kannan Srinathan is an Assistant Professor at International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad. He is an expert in the field of Cryptography and Security. He has a Ph.D. from IIT, Madras.

Sujit P. Gujar

Sujit is an Assistant Professor at International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad. He is an expert in the field of Game Theory, Mechanism Design, Machine Learning, Cryptography, and AI applications. He has a Ph.D. from IISC, Bangalore.

Sunil Aggarwal

Sunil is the author of the book "Bitcoin Magnet." He is a leading Blockchain expert and has been advising Startups and their ICOs over the last six years. He has two decades of experience in teaching, research and startup consulting.

Shalmali Ayachit

Shalmali is the Lab Mentor for the Blockchain Program. Over the last 2.5 years, Shalmali is involved in research related to Blockchain and other areas including Bitcoin Ecosystem, Ethereum, Smart Contracts, Implementation of Dapp and Hyperledger.

Dharmen Dhulla

Blockchain COE at Tech Mahindra since February, 2014. Previously, he worked for IBM at Houston, TX USA for five years from 2008 onwards and with Oracle since 2004 and other assignments at L&T Infotech, Syntel and e-Touch Systems.

Harsh Patel

Harsh Patel is the Blockchain Architect at Metabase, a new platform with a scalable PoW mechanism. He is one of the foremost experts in Distributed Consensus Systems in India. He has done other blockchain ventures known as Project Mandi, Flake Protocol and Project Algorythmix.

Outcomes

What should you expect from this Program?

BuildBuild expertise in Blockchain and DLT
LearnLearn from the world-class faculty and professionals
ReinforceDevelop Dapps by applying the learnings
CertificateObtain an Advanced Certification from IIIT-Hyderabad Outreach Division
AlumniGet Alumni Status of IIIT-Hyderabad Executive Education

Program Delivery

Hybrid Delivery

IIIT Hyderabad Campus

IIIT-H Gachibowli,
Hyderabad 500 032

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LIVE Online Sessions

Direct to Your Device

Contact Session for the June 2019 Cohort

First Visit (Week 1)	Jun 21, 22 & 23, 2019
Second Visit (Week 12)	Sep 6, 7 & 8, 2019
Third Visit (Week 18)	Oct 18, 19 & 20, 2019

COHORT

Upcoming Cohort

For tech professionals across India and Abroad

Executive Hybrid Program
18 Weeks.60 Sessions.120 Hours
3 IIIT-Hyderabad Campus Visits (3 Days Each)
30 LIVE Online Classes (2 x 2 Hours Every Sat)

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Fee

Fee with Flexible Payment Options

Details	Amount
Enrolment Fee	₹20,000 + GST
Program Fee	₹1,80,000 + GST
Total Fee	₹2,00,000 + GST

Travel and stay for the All-India Cohort campus visits to be borne by participants

Flexible EMI Options available

Women and Group Scholarships up to ₹60,000
To encourage more Women and Groups to develop expertise in deep tech skills and enhance diversity, these Special Scholarships are offered.

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Institute

About Institute

First IIIT
in India
Unique Research
Based Institute
Largest CS Research
Group in India
Blockchain Research CoE
Ripple's UBRI

IIIT-Hyderabad Blockchain Center of Excellence
The International Institute of Information Technology, Hyderabad (IIIT-Hyderabad) is an autonomous research university founded in 1998. The institute has large research centers in language technologies, visual technologies, data engineering, blockchain, security and algorithms. IIIT Hyderabad is one of the 17 global members of Ripple's University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI) along with Princeton, MIT, UPenn, and Berkeley. Its Blockchain Center of Excellence is focused on academic research, technical development, innovation and executive education. For more information please visit https://www.iiit.ac.in

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