1. Register separately for the certification exam through the official link provided after the training.
2. Pay a nominal fee of ₹1250 (Inc. Taxes) to cover the certification and administrative charges.
3. Attend the Online Proctored Exam (AI) from anywhere, which evaluates your understanding of the training content.
4. Score 40% or above in the exam to qualify for the official certification from IIT Madras Pravartak.

The certification is optional and only applicable to those who choose to register for the exam.

Enhances employability, credibility, and access to promotions or higher-paying roles. Builds advanced skills and professional growth for better classroom impact and mobility. Signals commitment to excellence, fostering trust and superior student outcomes. Receives IIT Madras Pravartak credential, elevating profile.

REGISTER FOR CERTIFICATION EXAM

Your final grade for the certification exam will be determined based on the percentage of marks you achieve. The grading scale is as follows:

• Grade A – 85% and above
• Grade B – 75% to less than 85%
• Grade C – 60% to less than 75%
• Grade D – 40% to less than 60%
• Below 40%, no certificate will be issued.

TEDx Speaker, Founder, Lead Facilitator -OBE & NEP 2020, Food Technologist, Edupreneur, Empanelled Skills Trainer, NPTEL & BS Program, IIT Madras | View Profile

Dr. Pratima Khandelwal is an accomplished edupreneur and Founder of ‘FlyHigh’ Educational Excellence Services (MSME unit in Bengaluru), dedicated to capacity building for K–12 and higher education. She brings 26+ years of rich experience in teaching, research and leadership in higher education space, and is seasoned food technologist (PhD holder), authored over 55 research publications, awarded 2 patents and a few novel useful microbes’ discovery to her credit. She’s a TEDx speaker and empanelled skills trainer at NPTEL, IITM. She has delivered 750+ impactful upskilling programs across public and private institutions in India and a few overseas. Her interest expertise spans AI in academia, 21st-century skills-based pedagogy and andragogy, design thinking, soft skills (including emotional intelligence) and sustainable food systems, with her upskilling approach strongly aligned to outcome-based education.

Leadership Development Facilitator, Coach & Author | View Profile

Pranati Krishna is a global Talent development leader with three decades of experience helping senior leaders and organizations grow - in self awareness, team effectiveness, and business impact. Her career began with a single unexpected moment: delivering a learning program early in her career that succeeded beyond all expectations and set her on a path she has never looked back from. Since then, she has partnered with C-suite executives and senior leaders across IBM and Kyndryl globally, designing and scaling programs that have reached over 10,000 leaders worldwide. Pranati's work sits at the intersection of human behavior, emotional intelligence, and practical leadership - creating experiences that are insight-driven, deeply personal, and immediately actionable. Her conviction that leadership is built over a lifetime, beginning in childhood, inspired her to author Leadership Parenting, a sketchnoted book that highlights early belief systems shape the leaders we become. A Gallup Certified Strengths Coach and NeuroLeadership Institute Certified Coach, Pranati draws on neuroscience and behavioral science to make emotional intelligence not just a concept, but a practice. She facilitates for diverse audiences, from intimate leadership cohorts to groups of 1,000+, bringing the same quality of presence, challenge, and clarity to every room she enters.

Retired Faculty, IIT Madras | View Profile

Prof. L.S Ganesh was the former Dean of Students, IIT Madras. He is a Professor at the Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras. He also served as the head of the management studies department from 2004 until 2008. Prof. L.S Ganesh's research work involved the application of time series forecasting models and system dynamics concepts to educational planning in Tamil Nadu schools. He was a key member of some national-level projects sponsored by ISRO and MHRD, and also of international projects concerning Integrated Coastal Zone Management sponsored by the World Bank and the UNDP. He also coordinated the establishment of strategic academic relationships through MoUs between IIT Madras and leading national and multinational institutions (Indian School of Business at Hyderabad; Universities of Mannheim, Passau, and Bremen in Germany; Management Center at Innsbruck in Austria; State University of New York, Binghamton) and business organizations (Caterpillar; LIC of India; @Road Software; SCOPE International). He also served as the Vice-Chancellor of the ICFAI University, Hyderabad, from September 2022 to July 2025.