# 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](https://www.linkedin.com/in/durga0gadiraju/)

**Start Date**  
Oct 3, 2025

**Duration**  
3 months

**Format**  
Live

**Workload**  
2-3 hours/week

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**Register for Next Batch**  
**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  
Payment Plans  
Scholarships

## 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](https://www.linkedin.com/in/durga0gadiraju/)

**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)

## Frequently Asked Questions

## Got Questions? We've Got Answers

- Is this course beginner friendly?
- Are sessions recorded?
- Will we cover agents and workflows?
- Are there extra costs?
- Is job placement included?

## Your AI Agent Journey Starts Here

The engineers who master AI agents today will lead the AI teams of tomorrow.

**Start Date:** October 2025  
**Only Limited seats**  
**3 months** to mastery  
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