The Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IIT Delhi) has launched a certificate programme in several courses. The programmes offered are as follows: ideation, innovation, intellectual property and commercialisation. Interested candidates can apply for a 5-day certificate course at their official website, ceppay.iitd.ac.in. The deadline to fill out the application form is till July 10, 2026.

As per the eligibility criteria, any diploma holder, BTech, MTech, PhD, aspiring PhD students, working executives, industry professionals, entrepreneurs, and innovators in the technology domain are eligible to apply for the course. The course will be given in offline mode.

As per the official notice, the 3o-hour programme will be held over 10 sessions of three hours for 5 days.
In the notice, IIT Delhi said, “India’s innovation ecosystem is rapidly evolving under national initiatives such as Startup India, Atal Innovation Mission, and Department of Science and Technology. Despite increased research output, translation of academic research into commercially viable technologies remains limited.”

The curriculum consists of topics such as Intellectual Property (IP) Strategy, patent process, prior art search, claim analysis, prototyping pathways, regulatory compliance, technology transfer and commercialisation models, business models for deep tech, funding and investor readiness.

The candidate will learn how to evaluate research outcomes for commercialisation potential, conduct prior art searches using a global patent database, develop a product roadmap and commercialisation strategy, and prepare a grant and investor-ready pitch deck.

All the candidates who have applied for the programme will receive a certificate of attendance upon completing the course.