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Is this programme for me?

The programme is ideal if you are

  • A tech professional working in industries implementing 5G technology or wireless technology and its applications or
  • A tech professional in the telecommunications ecosystem building 5G network or wireless network solutions
  • A tech professional who are looking to build their career in 5G technology

How will this programme help me build expertise?

  • Get the IISc advantage, India's #1 University and #1 Research Institute*
  • Learn from top research faculty, trained in the world’s best laboratories
  • Network with the early-adopters and thought leaders in the domain
  • Strengthen key fundamentals through live projects and case studies

*As per NIRF Ranking 2023


Get Ready for 5G: The Future of Telecom

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IISc Edge

India makes first 5G testbed call, developed by IISc
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IISc

IISc (Indian Institute of Science) is the oldest and the finest higher education institute of its kind in India. It pursues excellence in research and education in several fields of Science and Engineering and is one of the first three publicly funded institutes to be awarded the Institute of Eminence status. The alumni of IISc hold significant academic and industry positions around the globe. For more information visit https://www.iisc.ac.in

The 5G Course will be delivered by IISc’s Centre for Continuing Education (CCE). CCE delivers courses suitably designed to meet the requirements of target groups: Research & Development (R&D) Laboratories and Industries, Research Scientists/Engineers, to enable them to grow into competent managers of technology intensive and data-driven organizations. For more information visit http://cce.iisc.ac.in


5G Course by IISc Bangalore Overview

Advanced PG Level 5G course offered by IISc Bangalore and TalentSprint is specifically designed for professionals who have at least one year of experience in the field. This course is tailored to meet the needs of professionals who are looking to upgrade their skills and advance their careers in the fast-paced industry of 5G technologies, AI, and Cloud.

The course is delivered through an online live interactive platform, allowing professionals to learn from anywhere in the world. However, students have the option to visit the IISc Bangalore campus. During the 2-day visit, students will have the opportunity to meet the faculty and interact with industry experts in the field of mobile technology. This unique experience provides professionals with a deeper understanding of the latest developments in the field and allows them to gain hands-on experience in a real-world setting.

The program covers a comprehensive curriculum, taught by experienced faculty and industry experts, with an emphasis on practical training. The course is designed to equip professionals with the knowledge and skills required to excel in their careers and stay ahead in the field of mobile technology.

Campus Visit at IISc

Who will I learn from?

The distinguished faculty group is involved in advanced research in Telecom. It is involved in both national and international projects like the National 5G Testbed (DOT), Aerospace Networking Research Center (ANRC), and British Telecom India Research Centre (BTIRC). The faculty work on cutting-edge AI, mobility and software engineering technologies.


  • Programme Director
    Prof. Neelesh B. Mehta

    Ph.D., Caltech, USA
    Areas: Wireless Communications, 4G/5G/6G cellular systems, Green sensor networks, Wireless local area networks (WLANs)

    Neelesh B. Mehta is a Professor in the Department of Electrical Communication Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. His research group focuses on the design, modeling, analysis, and optimization of wireless communication systems. He received his B. Tech. degree from IIT Madras in 1996 and his Masters’ and Ph.D. degrees from the California Institute of Technology, USA in 1997 and 2001. Until 2007, he worked in the USA as a research scientist at AT&T Research Labs, Broadcom Corp., and Mitsubishi Electric Research Labs. He is a Fellow of the IEEE, Indian National Science Academy (INSA), Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), and National Academy of Sciences India (NASI). He is a recipient of several awards such as the G. D. Birla Award, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, Vikram Sarabhai Research Award, and DST-Swarnajayanti Fellowship. He has held several editorial and leadership positions in IEEE Communications Society, such as on its Board of Governors and as a member of its Nominations & Elections and Awards committees.

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    Prof. Chandra R Murthy

    Ph.D., UC San Diego, USA
    Areas: 5G and beyond communications, signal processing for communications, compressed sensing.

    Professor in the Dept. of Electrical Communication Engineering at IISc. He was the lead PI of the DoT-funded 5G testbed project at IISc. His research areas include 5G-and-beyond communications, intelligent reflecting surfaces, cell-free massive MIMO, random access protocols for massive machine-type communications, joint radar and communications, new waveform design for 6G, and sparse signal recovery techniques applied to communication systems. With 100+ journal papers and 120+ conference papers to his credit, his work has received best paper awards at NCC 2014 and 2023, ICASSP 2018, ISIT 2021, SPAWC 2022. His team's demonstration of cell-free MIMO won the top-10 award in the 5G Hackathon recently conducted by DoT. He has participated in editorships of premier journals such as IEEE's Signal Processing Letters, Transactions on Signal Processing, Transactions on Information Theory, and Transactions on Communications. He is a fellow of the IEEE.
  • Prof. K.V.S. Hari

    Ph.D., UC San Diego, USA
    Areas: Statistical Signal Processing, Array Signal Processing, Machine Learning (Applications to MIMO Wireless Communication Systems), Radar & Navigation Systems, Autonomous Systems

    Professor at the Department of Electrical Communication Engineering, IISc. He has been with IISc since 1992. In addition to this, he also coordinates the activities of the institution’s Statistical Signal Processing Laboratory. He is also a visiting faculty for Stanford University and KTH, Stockholm. Furthermore, he is the Editor-in-Chief (Electrical Sciences) of Sadhana and a Fellow of IEEE and INAE and INSA.
  • Prof. Sudhakar Balijepalli

    Sr. Project Technologist, IISc
    Areas: Electronics and Communication Engineering, Wireless Computing, Network Management

    He leads the 5G stack development in the FR1 band based 5G New Radio testbed at IISc. His current interests include Wireless System Design, Protocol Implementation, Non-terrestrial Networks, Network Orchestration and Network Management, and Research toward 6G. He has worked extensively in Mobile/Wireless communications at organizations like Lucent Technologies (Bell Labs India), Motoroal, Nokia Networks, Hewlett-Packard and IBM, where he has contributed to all phases of product life-cycle. He has served as a Technical editor for the IEEE Communications Magazine during 2012-15. He received his M. Tech. (Digital Communications) from MANIT in 1993.
  • Prof. Prabhakar T V

    Ph.D, MSc (Engg), MSc(Phy)
    Areas: Network Embedded Systems, Hardware System Design, Power Management Algorithms, Energy Harvesting Systems, IoT Security, Heterogeneous Networks for IoT, Tactile Internet Applications, Communication Systems, Sensor Networks

    Principal Research Scientist at the Department of Electronic Systems Engineering, IISc. He leads the Zero Energy Networks (ZEN) Laboratory, dedicated to building embedded electronic systems for application areas such as airplane cabins, healthcare, smart homes, and other IoT applications such as indoor positioning systems. His lab mainly builds embedded electronic systems for application areas such as Space IoT, Urban Air Mobility, Industrial, and Tactile IoT. Under his leadership, ZEN focuses on RFID-based localization and building RF energy harvesting platforms. He is also engaged with about 100 MSMEs and facilitates funding and technical advice under the MSME Centre of Excellence.
  • Prof. Vaibhav Katewa

    Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
    Areas: Analysis & Design of Dynamical Systems and Networks using Control Theory Tools, Cyber-physical Systems, Sparse Feedback Control Design, Distributed Detection, Estimation & Control, Networked Control Systems

    Assistant Professor at the Robert Bosch Center for Cyber-Physical Systems, IISc. He is also a faculty member of the institution’s Electrical Communication Engineering Department. An IIT Kanpur alumnus, he also served as a Postdoctoral Scholar for two years at the Mechanical Department of the University of California, Riverside. The focus areas where his research works are applied include smart grids, transportation systems, and autonomous systems. Many of his research papers have won him accolades - recent ones include the IEEE Control Systems Letters Outstanding Paper Award in 2020 and the O. Hugo Schuck Best Paper Award in 2021.

Apart from these distinguished faculty, you will interact with industry experts and other faculty members at IISc and IITs through guest lectures.

5G Technologies with AI and Cloud Course Curriculum

IISc's Advanced PG Level 5G Course offers a comprehensive curriculum covering 5G technologies, AI, and cloud computing. Develop skills needed to succeed in mobile technology.


9-Month Executive Programme

  • Back to basics
  • Introduction to 5G NR
  • 5G Network elements and system overview
  • Standards revisited
  • The 5G Technology – Theory
  • Opensource 5G systems
  • 5G Technology – Practical sessions
  • 5G Case Study – 1
  • Disaggregated implementation support in 5G NR
  • 5G Procedures
  • OAI simulators - Practical session/Demonstration of simulators usage
  • Introduction to O-RAN
  • Run the 5G OAI stack in the lab – Practical session
  • 5G Case Study – 2
  • Case Study – 3
  • Case Study – 4
  • Basics of AI/ML tools and techniques
  • Example uses of AI/ML in 5G
  • Tools for cloud-based deployments
  • Cloud-based deployment models
  • Key technologies that will be important in 5G advanced and 6G
  • Understanding applications and their requirements (TCP, streaming video, real-time voice/video/gaming, real-time control)
  • MAC scheduling and network slicing
  • Inter-gNB orchestration (for the above purposes)
  • 5G RAN deployment in cloud – typical scenarios
  • Fundamental concepts of RIC and RAN management and use of XAPPs
  • Network slicing
  • Applications (Healthcare, Industry 4.0, etc)
  • MQTT, COAP, TSN, Web-sockets etc
  • Demonstration of a robotic arm application
  • Edge intelligence
  • Scheduling for mMTC and URLLC applications


6-Month Executive Programme

  • Back to basics
  • Introduction to 5G NR
  • 5G Network elements and system overview
  • Standards revisited
  • The 5G Technology – Theory
  • Opensource 5G systems
  • 5G Technology – Practical sessions
  • 5G Case Study – 1
  • Disaggregated implementation support in 5G NR
  • 5G Procedures
  • OAI simulators - Practical session/Demonstration of simulators usage
  • Introduction to O-RAN
  • Run the 5G OAI stack in the lab – Practical session
  • 5G Case Study – 2
  • Case Study – 3
  • Case Study – 4
  • Basics of AI/ML tools and techniques
  • Example uses of AI/ML in 5G
  • Tools for cloud-based deployments
  • Cloud-based deployment models
  • Key technologies that will be important in 5G advanced and 6G

Participant Profile

From Top Organizations

Analog Devices
Apiic
Aster
Azcom Technology
British telecom
BSNL
Capgemini
Carrier
Cisco
Cognizant
Comviva
CSG India
DCM Infotech
Detecon
DRDO
HCL Technologies
Hughes Systique
Indus Towers
Infinera
Infosys
IP Horizons
Ishan Infotech
Juniper Networks India
L&T
Lebara Media Services
Maequis Technologies
Mavenir Systems
Microsoft
Nokia Systems
NXP Semiconductors
Oplus RD
Oppo
Oracle
Parallel Wireless
RIL
Radisys
Rakuten Symphony
Relcom Engineering
Reliance jio
Route Mobile
Saankhya Labs
Siemens
Sify technologies limited
Sjs
TCS
Tech Mahindra
TelcoSolve
Telstra
VMware

From Across Indian Cities and International Locations

Bandar Seri Begawan
Milton Keynes
Melbourne
Bengaluru
Chennai
Coimbatore
Delhi
Greater Noida
Hyderabad
Lucknow
Mohali
Mumbai
Noida
Patiala
Pune
Visakhapatnam

Find out why professionals want to join the programme

"I am currently driving design solutions for IoT, Mobile, Wearable, and Automotive product lines for existing industry market leaders at my organisation. This program will prepare me for the future."
Raja Mallik, Architect, Carrier

"I expect to deepen my understanding of 5G systems that will guide me to crack challenging technical interviews of top telecom companies."
Ruturaj Mandip Mane, Automation Engineer, Parallel Wireless

"Unlike regular ethernet technologies, 5G has a steep learning curve. And this programme would give me that foundational understanding of 5G."
Sunil Mekad, Engineer, Juniper Networks

"I want to pursue my career in wireless communication. Through this programme, I can see myself moving in that direction and applying my learnings suitably in future projects."
Ujjwal Chitransh, Lead Engineer, Radisys

"I have worked on various wireless domain projects. I believe pursuing the 5G Technologies with AI and Cloud programme will lead me toward the fulfilment of my career goal."
Dhruvkumar Raval, Lead Engineer, Saankhya Labs

"I want to gain a deeper understanding of 5G, its applications, network planning and management, which would enable me to contribute better to this field."
Harshini B, Member Of Technical Staff, Rakuten Symphony

"I have worked on multiple telecom technologies, from circuit to packet switching. However, 5G is the future, and I find the need to be updated with the current technologies for my profession."
Shubhada, Sub Divisional Engineer, BSNL

"I am working on wireless domain products. I know RF discrete components and want to improve my knowledge of 5G systems and their architecture. This also helps understand customers in a better way."
Sai Jagini, Senior Engineer, Analog Devices

"I would like to get a full grip on core 5G stack development with AI and Cloud so that my career opportunities would not be limited to OEMs but extended to other sectors."
Ruthwar Kumar Ambeer, Senior Principal Engineer, Oplus RD

"IISc being the top university in advanced research, involved in many indigenous initiatives, makes this programme attractive to me, as I will learn from research experts."
Namit Kumar, Senior Principal Engineer, Hughes Systique

"Through this programme, I expect to build capabilities to decode all 5G layers protocol messages, 5G deployment strategy, and 5G technologies with AI and Cloud."
Vinuth Shetty, Senior Test Engineer, Marquis Technologies

Note: These are edited versions based on the details submitted by various programme applicants.


What is the format?

Program Options

  • 9-Month Executive Programme
    PG Level Advanced Certification in 5G Technologies with AI and Cloud
  • 6-Month Executive Programme
    PG Level Advanced Certification in 5G Technologies
  • Campus Visit of 2 Days to IISc, Bangalore
  • Live Interactive Sessions by IISc Faculty and Industry Experts
  • Best-in-class Self-learning Content, Projects, Case Studies and Hands-on Sessions

The programme will be delivered on TalentSprint’s digital platform ipearl.ai

What are the key learning outcomes?

Upon completion, you will be able to

  • Understand and apply
    5G applications
  • Understand key business areas for building 5G solutions
  • Build and run
    the 5G system
Certificate

What is the eligibility?

  • Education: Working professionals with BE/BTech/ME/MTech in any stream, BCA, B.Sc. CS, MCA, M.Sc. CS
  • Experience: Minimum 2 years
  • Coding Experience: Programming Knowledge Required preferably in C or C++

How can I enroll for this programme?

RM
  • Application

    Apply for the
    Programme

  • Selection

    Selection by
    IISc Committee**

  • Enrollment

    Join the
    Programme

**Selection for the programme will be done by IISc and is strictly based on the education, work experience, and motivation of the participants.



What will be my investment?

PG Level Advanced Certification in 5G Technologies with AI and Cloud

  • 9 Months
    ₹3,20,000 + GST
    ₹2,40,000 + GST (With Scholarship)
  • Flexible EMI Options starting at ₹20,978 / Month

PG Level Advanced Certification in 5G Technologies

  • 6 Months
    ₹2,80,000 + GST
    ₹2,10,000 + GST (With Scholarship)
  • Flexible EMI Options starting at ₹ 18,356 / Month

To be borne by participants
(i) Application fee of ₹2,000, and
(ii) Campus visit fee will be based on actuals and to be borne by the participants.

Fees paid are non-refundable and non-transferable.



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  • A tech professional working in industries implementing 5G technology and applications or
  • A tech professional in the telecom ecosystem building 5G Network Solutions

The distinguished faculty group is involved in advanced research in Telecom. It is involved in both national and international projects like National 5G Testbed (DOT), Aerospace Networking Research Center (ANRC), and British Telecom India Research Centre (BTIRC). The faculty work on cutting-edge AI, mobility and software engineering technologies

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