DRDO announces online courses on AI, ML & Cybersecurity.
                     DRDO ANNOUNCES 
ONLINE COURSES ON AI, 
ML & CYBERSECURITY
INTRODUCTION
• Defence Research and Development 
Organization (DRDO) has announced two 
online courses– short term programme 
on Artificial Intelligence & Machine 
Learning and online training and 
certification course on cybersecurity. 
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ORGANIZATION
• The two courses would be organised by 
the Defence Institute of Advanced 
Technology (DIAT), a deemed university 
and an autonomous organisation funded 
by the Defence PSU. 
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TIME PERIOD
• Both of these programmes are 12-weeks 
long, which would consist of two-hour 
sessions for five days a week. 
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COURSE 
STRUCTURE 
• For the course on artificial intelligence 
and machine learning, selected 
candidates will be trained on probability 
theory, pattern recognition, big data 
analytics, computer vision, natural 
language processing, augmented reality, 
deep learning, and other fundamental 
and advanced AI/ML topics.
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ENTRANCE TEST
• Interested candidates will have to take 
an entrance test which will be conducted 
on February 20. 
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ELIGIBILITY 
CRITERIA
• The eligibility criteria for those 
appearing in the exam is that they 
should hold a graduate degree in any 
stream.
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KNOWLEDGE TEST
• They will be tested on their 
programming knowledge, basics of 
algorithms, databases, data structure, 
statistics, probability, and modular 
mathematics. 
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COURSE ON 
CYBERSECURITY
• The other course on Cybersecurity would 
deal with the fundamentals and 
advanced topics such as forensic and 
incident response, system programming, 
reverse engineering and malware 
analysis, basic and advanced 
vulnerability analysis, exploit mitigation, 
and penetration testing.
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TOOLS AND 
TECHNIQUES
• Students will also be trained on the tools 
and techniques required for Cyber 
Security professionals through the 12-
week course.
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REGISTRATION 
WINDOW
• The registration window for both the 
courses is open between January 28 and 
February 15 and the aspiring candidates 
may register themselves on 
onlinecourse.diat.ac.in, for free. 
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