AI/RAG Engineer Cohort
From Document Ingestion to Intelligent Retrieval in 12 Weeks
An end-to-end AI application: document ingestion → embeddings & vector store → retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) → chat UI (with optional voice) → observability and agentic workflows.
Course Instructor
Durga Gadiraju
Start Date
Oct 3, 2025
Duration
3 months
Format
Live
Workload
2-3 hours/week
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Best Value
$400
What you get (3 months):
- Weekly live sessions (2 hours)
- Hands-on labs with acceptance criteria
- Weekly office hours for unblocking
- Capstone reviews and feedback
- Session recordings (lifetime access)
- Private cohort community
Payment Options:
- Pay in Full $400
- 3 Payments $134/m
- Referral Bonus: 10% OFF on each referral!
30-Day Refund
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See What You'll Build
Watch a quick overview of the curriculum and capstone projects
Master Production RAG From Pipelines to Deployment
5 hands-on modules covering vector stores, embeddings, evaluation, and cloud deployment. Every concept applied to real production systems.
Module 1· 1 Week
Prompting Foundations & LLM Usage
Module 2· 1 Week
Data Pipelines & Application Foundations
Module 3· 1 Week
Getting Started with RAG
Module 4· 2 Weeks
Embeddings, Chunking & Vector Stores
Module 5· 6 Weeks
RAG in Practice & Capstone
Certification
ITVersity Certificate of Completion
Placement Assistance
Career Positioning for AI Roles
Module 1 · 1 Week
Prompting Foundations & LLM Usage
“Understanding the fundamentals of LLMs.”
We start with the fundamentals of interacting with Large Language Models, understanding their limitations, and learning the prompting frameworks that yield consistent results.
Tech & Skills
- ChatGPT and LLM fundamentals
- Prompting frameworks
- Zero-shot vs Few-shot
- Using LLMs in SDLC
- API Basics
- Output Parsing
What You'll Build
- Robust Prompt Templates for zero-shot and few-shot reasoning tasks.
Weekly Sessions
Live
Your Complete AI Agent Tech Stack
Industry-standard tools you'll master during the cohort
- Gemini
- Llama
- ChatGPT APIs
- Chroma
- pgvector
- Embeddings
- LangChain
- LangGraph
- LangSmith
- Streamlit
- Python
- Cloud Platform
- PostgreSQL
- GitHub
While Others Teach Frameworks, We Teach you to BUILD Frameworks
A structured weekly format designed for working professionals
Live Content
- 2 hours/week
- Interactive sessions with real-time Q&A
Self-Paced Practice
- 6-10 hours/week
- Hands-on projects and assignments
Community Support
- 24/7
- Private cohort community + Weekly office hours
Job Outcomes (Roles you can target)
This cohort prepares you to build and ship production-grade GenAI systems, mapping directly to roles such as:
Knowledge Assistant for Internal Docs
RAG system over policies and SOPs with citations and evaluation
Analytics Agent
Natural-language querying over structured data with chat UI
Operations Assistant
Ticket and FAQ retrieval system with simple tool integrations
Custom RAG Project
Propose and build a RAG system tailored to your domain or use case
Learn From Engineers Who've Built AI at Scale
20+ Years Experience
Connect
Durga Gadiraju
Lead Instructor, Data Engineering
Durga has helped 500K+ learners upskill through ITVersity, Udemy, YouTube, and hands-on lab platforms, using real-world exercises, guided projects, and mentor-led capstones designed to mirror modern engineering expectations.
Highlights:
- 20+ years in Data Engineering, Cloud & AI
- 15+ years of teaching; mentored thousands of engineers
- Delivered large-scale initiatives for Fortune clients
- Platforms: AWS • Azure • GCP • Databricks • Snowflake • Cloudera
- 500K+ learners trained via ITVersity, Udemy, YouTube & labs
- Cloudera certifications (Admin/Developer/HBase)
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Your AI Agent Journey Starts Here
The engineers who master AI agents today will lead the AI teams of tomorrow.
Start Date: October 2025
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3 months to mastery
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