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Pathfinder Research and Training Foundation (PRTF)

PRTF AI & Cloud Skills Programme

An AI and cloud computing course in Greater Noida and online, built on AWS Academy and Google DeepMind's courses.

Explore Cloud Architecting Explore AI & ML

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Pathways
Two Cloud Architecting, AI & ML
Depth
From foundations to advanced Cloud basics first, then your pathway
Fee
₹3,999 per pathway
Batches
Evening or weekend weekday evening or weekend batches
Format
Online or in class in class at Greater Noida

On this page

How it's built

One AI and cloud course, two pathways.

Everyone begins with AWS Academy Cloud Foundations. Then you choose where to go. Tap a pathway to open it.

You Student, graduate or working professional
Start here AWS Academy Cloud Foundations The shared base: cloud concepts, core services, security and cost.

Not sure yet?

Which pathway fits you?

Question 1 of 4

Which sounds more like you?

Where the courses come from

Learn from AWS Academy and Google DeepMind's courses.

Two sets of courses, one classroom: PRTF brings them together and teaches them in class and online.

AWS Academy

AWS Academy Member Institution

AWS Academy courses are developed and maintained by AWS and taught by AWS Academy approved educators.

  • AWS Academy Cloud Foundations, Cloud Architecting and Generative AI Foundations
  • Hands-on labs on real AWS services in the AWS Cloud
  • A course certificate and digital badge for each course you complete (at 70% or more)
  • 12 months of access to AWS Skill Builder
  • An invitation to the AWS Emerging Talent Community

By the end, you can design, secure and run systems on AWS, and build generative AI applications on it.

AWS Academy at PRTF

Google DeepMind

Google Cloud

AI Research Foundations

  • Build and train a small language model of your own
  • Represent language data as tokens and embeddings
  • Design and train neural networks
  • Look inside the transformer, the architecture behind modern language models

By the end, you'll understand how models like ChatGPT work.

Free on Google Skills. At PRTF, an AI engineer teaches them, and you get access to Google Cloud lab credits worth $5,000.

Anmol Singh

AWS educator

Anmol Singh

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

Has taught AWS since 2024 to engineering students and graduates, in class and online: hands-on labs on EC2, S3, IAM and VPC, cloud projects and AWS re/Start training.

Full profile on the Faculty page

The teaching

Taught by an AI engineer and an AWS Certified educator

Instructor-led, in class or online, with hands-on labs.

Aayan Kumar

AI engineer

Aayan Kumar

Former AI Engineer, Oracle’s AI consultancy

Teaches AI and data science at PRTF. M.Sc. in Data Science, Dhirubhai Ambani Institute of Information and Communication Technology; B.Sc. (Honours) in Mathematics, University of Delhi.

Full profile on the Faculty page
You

Start here

AWS Academy Cloud Foundations, the base for both.

Both pathways stand on the same course. The cloud basics you learn here are exactly what each pathway builds on.

Pathway 01

Cloud Architecting

takes from the base

  • compute
  • storage
  • networking
  • security
  • cost

Pathway 02

AI & ML

takes from the base

Models and AI apps run on the same compute, storage and data services.

AWS Academy Cloud Foundations

compute · storage · networking · security · cost · data services

AWS AcademyBoth pathways

AWS Academy Cloud Foundations

An all-round introduction to cloud computing: what the cloud is, how AWS services are priced and secured, and how compute, storage, databases and networks fit together. You practise in guided labs on real AWS services.

No tech background needed: we build the basics first.

Modules tap one for a plain explanation

  • Cloud concepts overview

    What the cloud is, and why businesses rent computing power instead of buying it.

  • Cloud economics and billing

    How cloud pricing works, and how to estimate a bill and keep it under control.

  • AWS global infrastructure

    Where AWS runs: Regions, Availability Zones and edge locations around the world.

  • Cloud security

    Who is responsible for what in the cloud, and how access to resources is controlled.

  • Networking and content delivery

    How a private network is set up in the cloud, and how content reaches users quickly.

  • Compute

    Virtual servers and the other ways to run code in the cloud.

  • Storage

    The different places to keep files and data, and when to use each one.

  • Databases

    Managed databases on AWS, and how to pick the right one for a job.

  • Cloud architecture

    The principles for designing cloud systems that are secure, reliable and sensible on cost.

  • Automatic scaling and monitoring

    Watching a system and adding or removing capacity as demand changes.

Why it comes first

Why does Cloud Foundations come first?

Everything you build runs on the cloud. That is why Cloud Foundations comes before any pathway, AI included. Whatever you make, it stands on the same layers.

An AI modelis trained and served on cloud compute
A generative AI appreads its data from cloud storage and databases
A websitereaches its users over cloud networks
  1. Computewhere models train and apps run
  2. Storage and databaseswhere the data lives
  3. Networkinghow it reaches people
  4. Security and costwhat decides whether it can go live

Cloud Foundations teaches every one of these layers

Without the base

A model you cannot host, data you cannot secure and a bill you cannot read: the work stays on a laptop.

With the base

You know where your model runs, where its data lives, who can reach it and what it costs, so your work can go live.

Your pathway

Which pathway do you want to explore?

Both start with Cloud Foundations and cost the same. Each pathway has its own page, module by module.

Pathway 01

Cloud Architecting

Design, secure and scale cloud systems on AWS.

Courses
Cloud Foundations, Cloud Architecting, then a lab project
You build
A cloud web application, or a microservices application with a build and release pipeline
Before you start
No tech background needed
Explore Cloud Architecting

Pathway 02

AI & ML

How language models work, then generative AI on AWS.

Courses
Cloud Foundations, Google DeepMind's AI Research Foundations, Generative AI Foundations
You build
A small language model of your own, and a generative AI application
Before you start
Python basics (not taught on the programme)
Explore AI & ML

How it runs

Evening or weekend batches, online or in Greater Noida.

Join each session online or in class. You learn from an AI engineer and an AWS Certified educator.

Online or in class

Your choice

Join from home, or in the classroom at Knowledge Park III, Greater Noida. Labs run in the browser either way.

Weekday batch

Evenings

After the working or college day, so your timetable can stay as it is.

Weekend batch

Weekends

For those who would rather keep the week clear. Ask us for the next batch's timings.

Classes run at PRTF School of Management, Knowledge Park III, Greater Noida, for learners from Noida, Greater Noida West and across Delhi NCR. Or join online from anywhere.

Fee

Course fee: ₹3,999 + GST per pathway.

Take one pathway, or both one after the other. Each is a separate enrolment.

Elsewhere

A comparable AWS architecture course

₹20,000 to ₹30,000 + GST

one course

  • One AWS architecture course

PRTF

PRTF AI & Cloud Skills Programme

₹3,999 + GST

per pathway: a full pathway

What you get

  • AWS Academy curriculum
  • Google DeepMind courses, taught in class
  • Learn from an AI engineer and an AWS Certified educator
  • Hands-on labs
  • Access to Google Cloud lab credits worth $5,000
  • Certificates from AWS Academy and PRTF

PRTF's AI-Centric PGDM students

Included in your programme fee

The AI & Cloud Skills Programme is part of the AI-Centric PGDM, so PGDM students take it at no extra fee.

About the AI-Centric PGDM

Ready when you are. Get the course details and the next start date.

Get the course details

Who can join

Who can join: no tech background for Cloud, Python basics for AI & ML.

Students

Add cloud and AI to your degree

Take a pathway alongside your studies in the weekday evening or weekend batch, online or in class.

Graduates

Build skills you can show

Work on real AWS services and your own language model, and finish with certificates from AWS Academy and PRTF.

Working professionals

Learn around your job

Evening and weekend batches, online or in class, so you can learn without stepping away from work.

Before you start

Cloud Foundations and Cloud Architecting need no tech background: we build the basics first, from cloud concepts to networking. The AI & ML pathway needs Python basics before you start. PRTF's AI-Centric PGDM students take the programme as part of their course.

FAQs

AI and cloud course FAQs.

Short answers on the pathways, how the classes run, the fee and what you earn.

Still have a question?

+91 88600 05458 contact@pathfinderfoundation.co.in
01What are the two pathways?

Cloud Architecting and AI & ML. Both start with AWS Academy Cloud Foundations. Cloud Architecting continues with the AWS Academy Cloud Architecting course and a lab project you choose. AI & ML continues with Google DeepMind’s AI Research Foundations courses and AWS Academy Generative AI Foundations.

02Which pathway should I choose?

Choose Cloud Architecting if you want to design and run cloud systems. Choose AI & ML if you want to work with data and AI. The short quiz under the pathway map gives a quick suggestion, and both pathways begin with Cloud Foundations.

03How deep does it go?

From cloud basics to building your own AI model. Cloud Architecting goes from Cloud Foundations to designing a full architecture on AWS and a lab project. AI & ML goes from Cloud Foundations to training a small language model and a generative AI application. Ask us for the schedule of the next weekday evening or weekend batch.

04Is the programme AICTE approved?

No. The AI & Cloud Skills Programme is a PRTF skills programme. At PRTF, only the AI-Centric PGDM is AICTE approved.

05Do I need coding for the AI & ML pathway?

Yes, Python basics: the AI & ML pathway needs them before you start, and Python is not taught on the programme. Cloud Architecting needs no tech background; we build the basics first.

06Is AWS easy to learn for beginners?

Cloud Architecting is open to beginners: it needs no tech background and starts with AWS Academy Cloud Foundations, where we build the basics first, from cloud concepts to networking.

07Can I join online, or only in Greater Noida?

Either. Join each session online or in class at Knowledge Park III, Greater Noida, in a weekday evening or a weekend batch. Labs run in your browser wherever you are.

08Who teaches the programme?

At PRTF you learn from an AI engineer and an AWS Certified educator. AWS Academy courses are developed and maintained by AWS and taught by AWS Academy approved educators, who are AWS Certified; Google DeepMind’s AI Research Foundations courses are taught by the AI engineer.

09How much does the AI and cloud course cost?

₹3,999 + GST per pathway. For PRTF’s AI-Centric PGDM students it is included in the programme fee.

10Are the Google DeepMind courses free? What am I paying for?

Yes, they are free on Google Skills. At PRTF an AI engineer teaches them, with hands-on labs, and the fee also covers the AWS Academy courses and access to Google Cloud lab credits worth $5,000.

11Do I get a certificate?

Yes: certificates from AWS Academy and PRTF. You get a certificate and digital badge for each AWS Academy course you complete, and a PRTF certificate for the pathway. AWS Certification is a separate exam run by AWS, and it is not included.

PRTF AI & Cloud Skills Programme

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