3 off-beat online courses that youngsters can pursue in India

Career options in India have become very versatile in the past few years. Even a media career was not an option 20 years back, and coding careers simply didn’t exist even 15 years back. Here are 3 surprising careers that may come out of part-time courses.  

Puppetry courses  
Puppets are not just fun and cute, they are important modes of education. Puppetry courses are offered by a number of private learning programmes, and even the University of Mumbai offers a certificate course in puppetry. Duration varies from 1 to 6 months. It’s a great option for those who are creative and good story tellers too.  

Rural management courses   
Amity Global Business School (AGBS) and several others give diplomas and certificates in Rural Management. Duration of most courses vary from 3 to 6 months. However, this is a mostly a course for graduates. Nevertheless, it’s important to know about this course for those who want to study management and are interested in Indian villages and want to work for the rural development of the country. This course gives an opportunity to engage in various rural and community development activities. Topics like animal husbandry, forestry, farm management, child development, agriculture, environmental management, community development, etc. are taught. Various government, public and private organizations working for rural issues hire students, and they may also become rural journalists.  

Ethical hacking 
This started becoming popular about 8 years ago, and is booming with the pandemic and many online coding courses. If cracking passwords, breaking codes and simply writing highly deduction based and logical programmes sounds like fun, this is the right course. Some ethical hacking courses allow even school kids. Large corporates hire ethical hackers for testing how robust their systems are. Jobs for ethical hackers are increasing in number compared to the demand, so it will definitely bloom for some time. Ethical hacking courses are offered on various online teaching platforms and most platforms that host coding courses have them. Duration varies according to complexity level.