IIIT Hyderabad launches certificate programme on Blockchain

The International Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Hyderabad has on Wednesday launched an Advanced Certificate Programme on Blockchain Technologies in association with TalentSprint, a new age digital platform.

The programme will be offered at the IIIT-H Blockchain Centre of Excellence, according to IIIT-H Director PJ Narayanan, who said the institute was selected as one of the university partners for the Ripple’s University Blockchain Research Initiative (UBRI) initiative along with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, University of



Pennsylvania and other renowned universities.

The Advanced Certificate Programme will enable deeper understanding of Blockchain technologies and how to leverage the same for building complex solutions for distributed multi-entity applications, integrated financial systems, supply chain and other industry applications, he said, adding that the three-month programme would be delivered by faculty from the Blockchain Research CoE and practitioners from TalentSprint, with extensive hands-on assignments and capstone project.