Launch an AI engineering program your students actually get hired from
NetPy’s Forward Development Engineer (FDE) program gives your college a ready-to-run, NEP 2020-aligned vocational track — live instruction, co-branded certification, and placement support included.
Cohort 01 · 2026
NEP 2020 Aligned
Vocational credit integration.
Co-branded Certificate
College + NetPy joint cert.
Live Cohorts
Mentor-led sessions.
Placement Support
Managed hiring pipeline.
6 · 9 · 12
Month tracks
18 hrs
Live per week
6+
Deployed projects
Market Reality
India’s AI talent crisis is a curriculum problem
India graduates 1.5 million engineers every year. Fewer than 3% can build a production AI system. The companies that want to hire them cannot find them.
1.5M
Engineers graduate in India each year
<3%
Can build a production AI system
1M+
AI jobs unfilled in India by 2026
40%
Year-on-year growth in AI hiring
BITSian mentorship
Engineering rigour, not EdTech marketing.
NEP 2020 aligned
Vocational credit integration.
Plug-and-play
Curriculum, platform, and certification.
Three problems every T&P office knows
Placement pressure
Recruiters want AI engineers. Your current curriculum is not keeping pace.
<3%
placement-ready AI grads
Curriculum gap
AI evolves faster than syllabus committees can update. Faculty need ready-to-teach content.
40%+
YoY growth in AI hiring
Student demand
Students already pay for external AI courses. Offer them an institution-backed alternative.
1M+
AI jobs unfilled by 2026
We build what we teach
DevByte is NetPy’s proprietary AI engineering platform — the same environment our engineers use to build production systems for enterprise clients in healthcare, SaaS, logistics, and fintech.
Live IDE
Students code and iterate inside the same environment NetPy engineers use for real client projects.
Agent Builder
Design, wire, and debug multi-agent workflows with visual graph editing and native LangGraph support.
Deploy Engine
Ship to real cloud infrastructure — not notebooks. Docker, CI/CD, and public URLs out of the box.
Monitor Dashboard
Track latency, cost, errors, and model behavior for every deployed AI system students build.
Project Board
Cohort-based collaboration, weekly build submissions, and peer review — all in one place.
Portfolio Showcase
A verified portfolio linked to GitHub and LinkedIn — not just a certificate.
What each side provides
NetPy runs the program. Your college integrates it. Clear ownership from day one.
Delivered by
NetPy / FDE
- Full curriculum for the chosen track (6 / 9 / 12 months)
- DevByte platform access for all FDEs
- Lead Instructor — a NetPy practitioner engineer
- Teaching Assistant support for the cohort
- Co-branded NetPy × [College] certificate
- Quarterly curriculum refresh
- Industry guest speaker sessions per cohort
- Placement Portal profiles + managed interviews
- Dedicated placement manager (12-month)
- Monthly cohort progress reports
- Alumni portal access & continued matching
Provided by
Your College
- Classroom / lab access (3 hrs × 2/week)
- Student enrollment & attendance management
- College Coordinator (admin liaison)
- LLM API access for students
- Co-branding rights on all certificates
- Student promotion via notice boards & email
- Demo Day & placement-showcase venue
- Existing recruiter relationships (optional)
Download the college curriculum
Tell us about your institution and we’ll send you the partnership proposal and detailed curriculum.
- NEP 2020 vocational program outline
- Partnership responsibilities and cost model
- Sample teaching calendar and deliverables
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