Omdena’s Capacity Building Program with NIC Nepal
- Starts
- January 6, 2025
- Apply by
- December 20, 2024
Overview
The Omdena Capacity Building Program is designed to equip learners with foundational knowledge and advanced skills in AI and data science, tailored to addressing impactful real-world challenges. Participants follow structured learning phases over six to eight months, building their expertise while applying skills to practical problems. The program culminates in hands-on projects, both guided and independent, allowing learners to develop AI-driven solutions to pressing issues locally or globally.
About NIC Nepal
National Innovation Center (NIC) – Nepal a nonprofit sharing organization incorporated on Nov 9th, 2012 is dedicated to develop the culture of research, technology and innovation in Nepal. NIC-Nepal provides a unique platform to help retain and foster innovative, talented, and passionate human capital of Nepal and leverage their intellect and creativity in strengthening the country’s social and economic growth through inspired intellect and persistent effort. We, at the National Innovation Center believe that every opportunity with great ideas for innovation should get a chance to be heard, supported, encouraged, and empowered. Through this initiative we are committed to create dynamic opportunities to help Nepal become a prosperous nation and to preserve talented Nepali individuals from leaving Nepal for better opportunities abroad.
Program phases
Phase 1: Foundation Course (12 weeks)
The Foundation Course provides live online lectures focused on foundational AI concepts, including AI fundamentals, ethics, and real-world applications, specifically crafted for those new to AI and machine learning.
- Goal: Equip learners with foundational data science and AI skills.
- Core Topics: Python programming, data collection, exploratory data analysis (EDA), data visualization, machine learning, and web application development.
- Learning Outcomes: By the end of this phase, learners will develop a Data Science Portfolio Web Application showcasing their acquired skills.
- Assessments: Quizzes, assignments, and a comprehensive end-to-end data science project.
See the details: Foundation Course Content
Phase 2: Specialized Learning with a focus on Climate Change solutions (8 weeks)
- Goal: Develop expertise in specific areas of interest related to climate change.
- Topics: Participants will choose 2-3 guided project courses from Natural Language Processing (NLP), Computer Vision, and Satellite Image Analysis.
- Example Projects:
- NLP Empowered Climate Data Dashboard: Visualizing Climate Change Impacts and Mitigating Nature-Based Solutions
- Building Climate and Credit Risk Scoring for African SMEs With AI
- Optimizing & Deploying Climate and Credit Risk Scoring for African SMEs With AI
- Improving Extreme Weather Forecasts Using AI
- Predicting Climate and Geopolitical Risks for Financing Energy Needs in Africa
See the details: Specialized Learning Course
Phase 3: Real-World Applications for Climate Change (8 weeks)
- Goal: Apply skills to solve local or global climate challenges.
- Execution: Participants work on Omdena’s real-world AI projects, identifying and addressing critical issues faced by local communities or joining international innovation challenges.
Phase 4: Top Talent Project (4 weeks)
- Goal: Offer paid opportunities for top performers.
- Execution: The top 5% of participants may work on paid projects with real customers to optimize or deploy AI applications.
Program details
Program Schedules
- Omdena provides a bi-weekly guide with all resources required for the upcoming week.
- A monthly calendar for each module, including topics, session duration, and instructor information, will be shared.
Group Size
A minimum of 50 students and a maximum 100 students can be grouped in each batch, depending on participant diversity.
Learning Platform
- Platforms: Zoom, Microsoft Teams, or G-meet.
- Recording will be available right after the session.
- Materials: GitHub classroom.
Periodic Assessments, Support, and Performance Reviews
- Omdena conducts periodic assessments and performance reviews to update department heads on each student’s progress.
- Students needing extra help will receive additional assistance from Omdena’s instructors. If needed, extra sessions may be proposed.
- Peer-to-peer mentoring is available through Omdena’s global talent pool.
- Certificates will be jointly provided by Omdena & NIC upon module completion.
Ready to take part?
Use the program provider link to review the current application details.