Course Overview
About Course
Prompt engineering is the structured craft of designing and refining text-based inputs—or “prompts”—to guide generative AI models like ChatGPT, Bard, or DALL·E in producing accurate, relevant, and creative outputs. It involves choosing the right phrasing, context, and examples (e.g., zero-shot, few-shot, chain‑of‑thought, role‑based prompts) to shape the model’s behavior and reduce unwanted responses
This discipline is gaining industry prominence. Organizations value prompt engineers for boosting model accuracy, making decision-making more reliable, personalizing customer interactions, optimizing compute costs, mitigating bias, and tailoring AI systems to domain needs. Moreover, prompt engineering is often faster, cheaper, and more flexible than fine‑tuning entire models—no GPUs required, easy cross-version adaptation
While some suggest AI is evolving to understand everyday language, comprehensive prompting still plays a vital role in ensuring coherent and consistent outputs, especially for complex or context-rich tasks
From a career standpoint, prompt engineering is establishing itself as an essential skill—accessible without heavy coding—used strategically across sectors like marketing, software development, education, and enterprises seeking to scale AI responsibly and effectively
In short, prompt engineering transforms AI interaction from guesswork into deliberate, controlled communication—unlocking AI’s full potential with clarity, efficiency, and reliability.
Ideal for AI developers and engineers with Python skills, the course guides learners to architect, deploy, and scale full‑stack AI solutions and intelligent agent systems. By the end, participants emerge with the ability to design and launch context‑aware, autonomous AI agents capable of real‑world applications—from content generation and Q&A to multi‑agent orchestration and deployment ready for production.
Course Syllabus
Module 1: Foundations of Prompt Engineering (4h)
Overview
- What is a prompt? Components and structure.
- Why prompt quality matters and core principles.
- Key prompt types: zero‑shot, few‑shot, chain‑of‑thought, role‑based
Delivery
Lecture + guided labs using ChatGPT and open-source LLMs.
Module 2: Deep Dive Prompt Techniques (6h)
Overview
- Techniques: RAG (Retrieval‑Augmented Generation), prompt tuning, soft prompts
- Prompt patterns catalog (instruction, persona, decomposed prompts)
Delivery
Interactive demos and labs in sandbox environments.
Module 3: Task-Oriented Prompting (6h)
Overview
- Summarization, classification, translation, code generation.
- Evaluating hallucinations and output quality.
- Custom templates for different tasks.
Delivery
Hands-on prompt crafting and evaluation sessions.
Module 4: Advanced Architectures & Agent Design (6h)
Overview
- LLM-based agents and tool-integrated workflows.
- Multi-turn conversational prompting.
- Guardrails & prompt injection mitigation
Delivery
Project workshop: build a prototype intelligent agent.
Module 5: Multimodal Prompting (4h)
Overview
- Text-to-image: framing, style, negative prompting.
- Text-to-audio/video: basics and design.
- Embeddings and textual inversion Delivery
Creative labs using DALL·E, Stable Diffusion, and audio LLMs.
Module 6: Prompt Evaluation & Metrics (4h)
Overview
- Quantitative metrics: BLEU, ROUGE, human evaluation.
- Iterative refinement, benchmarking, A/B testing.
- Bias, reliability, and performance measurement .
Delivery
Lab: evaluate prompt variants and analyze results.
Module 7: Ethical, Security & Governance (4h)
Overview
- Ethical concerns: bias, transparency, misuse
- Security: prompt injection, guardrails.
- Governance and compliance frameworks.
Delivery
Discussion, case studies, policy creation workshop.
Module 8: Prompt Engineering in Industry (4h)
Overview
- Use cases across sectors: finance, healthcare, education, marketing
- Roles: prompt engineer, LLM ops specialist, AI product roles.
- Bridging to industry: case studies from JPMorgan, global enterprises Delivery
Guest speakers and portfolio project ideation.
Module 9: Capstone & Portfolio Development (6h)
Overview
- Individual/Group capstone: solving real-world challenge with prompt-engineered pipeline.
- Documenting process, evaluation and collaboration best practices.
Delivery
Project development, peer review sessions, mentor guidance.
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Key Features
Hands-on learning: 50% practical work—real LLMs, multimodal tools, evaluation frameworks.
Live instruction + workshops: Led by prompt engineers with real-world experience.
Portfolio-ready outcome: Capstone projects to showcase prompt engineering skills.
Industry-connected: Case studies from leading firms (e.g., JPMorgan) and cross-industry applications.
Ethics & Security built-in: Modules on governance, mitigation & bias detection.
Peer learning: Collaboration, review, and group problem-solving.
Support & resources: Access to prompt pattern libraries, open-source tools (e.g., Learn Prompting) .
Our Upcoming Batches
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To support your continuous learning, we offer fully flexible session timings across all our trainings.
Below is the schedule for our Training. If these time slots don’t align with your availability, simply let us know—we’ll be happy to design a customized timetable that works for you.
Training Timetable
| Batches Online/Offline | Batch Start Date | Session Days | Time Slot (IST) | Fees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week Days (Virtual Online) | Aug 28, 2025 Sept 4th, 2025 Sept 11th, 2025 | Mon-Fri | 7:00 AM (Class 1-1.30 Hrs) | View Fees |
| Week Days (Virtual Online) | Aug 28, 2025 Sept 4th, 2025 Sept 11th, 2025 | Mon-Fri | 11:00 AM (Class 1-1.30 Hrs) | View Fees |
| Week Days (Virtual Online) | Aug 28, 2025 Sept 4th, 2025 Sept 11th, 2025 | Mon-Fri | 5:00 PM (Class 1-1.30 Hrs) | View Fees |
| Week Days (Virtual Online) | Aug 28, 2025 Sept 4th, 2025 Sept 11th, 2025 | Mon-Fri | 7:00 PM (Class 1-1.30 Hrs) | View Fees |
| Weekends (Virtual Online) | Aug 28, 2025 Sept 4th, 2025 Sept 11th, 2025 | Sat-Sun | 7:00 AM (Class 3 Hrs) | View Fees |
| Weekends (Virtual Online) | Aug 28, 2025 Sept 4th, 2025 Sept 11th, 2025 | Sat-Sun | 10:00 AM (Class 3 Hrs) | View Fees |
| Weekends (Virtual Online) | Aug 28, 2025 Sept 4th, 2025 Sept 11th, 2025 | Sat-Sun | 11:00 AM (Class 3 Hrs) | View Fees |
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