66% of leaders won't hire without AI skills
42sStarts with a shocking stat that taps into job insecurity and the AI skills gap, making viewers fear missing out.
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This video reviews three top AI courses available online in India for 2026, highlighting their duration, curriculum, tools, and certifications. The presenter emphasizes the growing demand for AI skills, citing recent job openings, and recommends courses from Microsoft, Michigan Engineering, and IIT Kanpur.
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AI Skills Demand
A LinkedIn post claims 66% of business leaders won't hire someone without AI skills, prompting the search for relevant courses.
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India AI Job Openings
In the last 90 days, India has seen around 350,000 AI job openings, with over 100,000 in non-tech roles like sales, marketing, finance, and operations.
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Course 1: Applied Agentic AI with Microsoft
A 10-week course teaching AI agents to plan, use tools, and collaborate using LangChain, CrewAI, and A10. Best for team leads or product managers. Includes a joint certificate from Microsoft and Simplilearn.
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Course 2: Professional Certificate in AI and ML
Offered by Michigan Engineering Professional Education with IBM. 24 weeks, 8-10 hours per week, 200+ hours of live classes. Covers Python, machine learning, deep learning, generative AI, and Agentic AI with tools like Claude Code. Includes 15+ AI tools, 12+ projects, 3 capstones, and certificates from IBM and Michigan Engineering.
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Course 3: Professional Certificate in Generative AI and Agentic AI
From ENICT Academy, IIT Kanpur. 5 months of weekend live online classes. Build 9+ AI agents for sales, marketing, e-commerce, and finance. Learn 29+ AI tools like LangChain, Claude, CrewAI, and AutoGen. Includes masterclasses from IIT Kanpur faculty and a graduation ceremony on campus.
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Call to Action
Links to the courses are provided in the description, encouraging viewers to pick one and start their AI career.
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💡 Key Takeaways
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AI Skills as a Hiring Criterion
Highlights the growing importance of AI skills in the job market, making it a key motivator for upskilling.
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Non-Tech AI Roles
Reveals that AI jobs are not limited to tech, expanding the relevance to a broader audience.
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Agentic AI Focus
Shows a shift towards advanced AI concepts like agentic AI, indicating the direction of industry demand.
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Hands-On Project Emphasis
The inclusion of 12+ projects and capstones underscores the value of practical experience in AI education.
01:10Full Transcript
[00:02] a LinkedIn post. No message, just the post. It said that 66% of business leaders won't hire someone without AI skills. And I just sat there thinking, is this a hint? So, I did what all of us do. I saved like 10 YouTube videos on
[00:17] Didn't watch a single one. Your watch later list probably looks the same, right? Because this isn't just one LinkedIn post. In the last 90 days alone, India has seen around 3 and 1/2
[00:30] lakh AI job openings. And more than 1 lakh of those, not even tech roles. Sales, marketing, finance, operations. Regular jobs, just with AI. So, this time I went through a bunch of AI courses and only three made my list.
[00:44] First, Applied Agentic AI with Microsoft. Just 10 weeks, you learn how AI agents plan, use tools, and work together as a team using tools like LangChain, CrewAI, and A10. Best if you lead teams or products and
[00:58] want to run AI projects, not just talk about them. And you finish with a joint certificate from Microsoft and Simplilearn. Second, the Professional Certificate in AI and Machine Learning from Michigan Engineering Professional
[01:10] Education with IBM. If you know a little bit of coding and want to really understand how AI works, this one's for you. It's 24 weeks, about 8 to 10 hours a week, with more than 200 hours of live classes. You go from Python to machine
[01:27] learning, deep learning, and generative AI, and even get into Agentic AI and tools like Claude Code. You work with 15+ AI tools and build 12+ hands-on projects, including three capstones. You also get three IBM course certificates,
[01:42] plus your certificate from Michigan Engineering. Third, the Professional Certificate in Generative AI and Agentic AI from ENICT Academy, IIT Kanpur. This is for people who don't just want to use ChatGPT. You want to build things like
[01:57] it. It's 5 months of live online classes on weekends. You build more than nine AI agents for sales, marketing, e-commerce, and finance, and you learn 29 plus AI tools like LangChain, 18, Claude, Crew
[02:12] AI, and AutoGen. You also get masterclasses from IIT Kanpur faculty. And at the end, you get your certificate at a graduation ceremony right on the IIT Kanpur campus. Links are given below in description. Pick one and start your
[02:26] in description. Pick one and start your career in the field of AI today.
