Welcome to the CV talks. Today we are here to talk about online certificate programs offered by different colleges and universities. Before that lets take you through what the online certificate program holds. It's a short term course, where the duration ranges between 3 months to maximum of 9 months. Candidates who want to pursue any kind of online course should at least be a 12 th pass out from a recognised board.

Also when you pick colleges mentioned on college vidya website you will only scroll through colleges that have UGC approval which therefore makes your online certificate course valid. In India, according to our research, there is only one university that provides a short online certificate course which is NMIMS.

Here you can go for different specializations like Digital marketing, Search engine marketing, business management, IT management, Project management, Digital Marketing Analytics, Corporate Communication etc. The fees for all these courses might range between 15, 000 to 1 lakh rupees. These certificate courses not only help you learn a skill but also help you advance in the industry you are already working in depending on the course  you choose.

You can also apply for different job roles after completing these short term courses, you can plan to become a Search engine optimizer, a content marketing manager, Social media manager, an email marketing manager after completing your specialization in digital marketing.  If you opt for project management courses you can plan to become a chief operations officer, a certified project manager and even a project management professional.

There are other mediums through which you can go for short term courses which provide you with an online certificate like coursera, unacademy and many others.

I hope this podcast was informative for you, for more such podcasts keep listening to college vidya talks.