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Online education firms see higher pay, more jobs in AI, machine learning

Several students with prior experience have even drawn a 100% hike in their salary, says one education platform

Online education companies are seeing an increasing interest from recruiters for placements at their job fairs and boot camps, especially in the digital, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning sectors. Some of the online service providers state that there is more growth in terms of both salary levels and students getting recruited. 

With the placement season going on, engineering students who are adept in digital skills such as AI, data analytics and machine learning are receiving better salaries than those who are only equipped with traditional skills, says Great Learning, an online learning company. 

The company has recently initiated a five-month intensive boot camp for freshers in digital skills. About 60 per cent of their batch has already been placed with an average salary package of Rs 560,000 per annum, compared to the Rs 350,000 per annum offered in the IT services industry. Several students with prior experience have even drawn a 100 per cent hike in their salary, it said. 

With the placement season going on, engineering students who are adept in digital skills such as AI, data analytics and machine learning are receiving better salaries than those who are only equipped with traditional skills, says Great Learning, an online learning company. 

The company has recently initiated a five-month intensive boot camp for freshers in digital skills. About 60 per cent of their batch has already been placed with an average salary package of Rs 560,000 per annum, compared to the Rs 350,000 per annum offered in the IT services industry. Several students with prior experience have even drawn a 100 per cent hike in their salary, it said. 

"Lot of our students have also been placed successfully in the companies. Machine learning, data science, autonomous technology are seeing more traction in terms of recruitments. We have more than 140 partners who recruit in various vacancies, including AI and data sciences, etc," said Ishan Gupta, MD, Udacity India. IT services, e-commerce, start-ups, autonomous technology and finance are the sectors where more recruitments are happening, he added.   

The company runs nano-degree programmes in various specialisations, including data analyst, front-end, machine learning, deep learning and Android, among others, in cities including Bengaluru, Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Hyderabad. It has more than 500 students enrolled for the self-driving cars nano-degree. It has more than one million students on the platform, including for free courses and nano-degrees. More than 8,000 students are enrolled in career-ready nano-degree programmes.  

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