IBM to offer free online courses on state-run NSDC’s skill portal

Tech giant IBM will offer free online courses on emergency technologies and professional development on the eSkill India portal of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). The online courses, curated from its ‘Open P-TECH’ platform, will be offered to the 18-22 age group, the company said.

IBM will catalogue its over 30 Open P-TECH courses on eSkill India portal, with around 60 hours of learning, as a knowledge partner. It would cover technologies such as cybersecurity, blockchain, artificial intelligence, machine learning, cloud, internet of things (IoT) for free.

IBM’s flagship learning portal Open P-TECH started in March, fetching 9,000 learners in India and 44,000 worldwide yet. “Open P-TECH platform will offer courses to develop soft skills, interpersonal skills, problem solving — a set of 11 key skills which are generally not available in a college curriculum,