Introduction to Modern Application Development

Build an app in 8 weeks with IMAD:
Introduction to Modern Application Development
India's largest MOOC with 215,000+ students!

A free online course by Hasura, in partnership with IIT Madras. Certificate of completion offered by IIT Madras.

We are working on some exciting new courses, sign-up here and we will let you know as soon as we launch.
IMAD students build cool apps!
More than 400 course toppers from IMAD have built exciting apps. Here's a peek

Life Saver
Nithesh goes over the design of his emergency services app.
Memester
Nithin is building an app that lets you create cool memes.
ToteBag
Nanditha on why she needed a ToteBag!
Edify
Siddhant talks about his post-IMAD internship
KanbanCart
Ankur is creating a web tool that helps create, manage and track tasks.
Why we created IMAD?
IMAD (Introduction to Modern Application Development) is a MOOC on how to build web/mobile applications offered by Hasura, under it's banner Hasura Education. IMAD is offered in partnership with IIT Madras.

If you just want to experience the joy of building an app, or have dreams of finding a job at one of the hottest tech companies or actually building one or just understand the app world that you cannot escape, you have come to the right place!

We believe building technology can be both fun and empowering. We also think one can never be too young or too old to learn new things, and that applies to technology as well!
What is IMAD?
IMth:
video lectures
an app development portal for you to build your web application as you learn the concepts
a discussion forum for peer-to-peer learning
By the end of this 8-week course, you would have learnt about the Internet & the fundamentals of app-development while actually building your own web-application. On successful completion of the course, students will be eligible for an IIT Madras certification. Course toppers will also have the opportunity to take part in an 8-week product development internship at Hasura.

Please look through the FAQ section for the required reading materials prior to starting the course.

IMAD was first offered in September 2016. It has been taken by over 250,000 students! Watch the feedback videos above from students who took IMAD.
Testimonials
Read what our students have to say

MOOCs & E-learning- the way ahead for the IT professional
"I have taken several courses with Udacity in the past. The difference I felt was the way IMAD focused on the practical sessions. That gave me the opportunity to visualise all of that was being taught, and that helped immensely. Special thanks to Tanmai and team for that as well.”
Krithika, a mother who moonlights as software developer.
"Can you learn web development from home with two pre-schoolers in tow and actually build your own profile/blog app from scratch? With IMAD, apparently you can."
Evolve or die - a startup developer's experience with IMAD
"I’m relatively a newbie when it comes to front-end development. Through IMAD I was able to learn of frameworks like bootstrap and jquery. I have however watched some on-line course material from a few sites, and IMAD with its practical sessions is really a league of its own."
Taking IMAD, with a toddler in tow!
"First of all, before I begin my IMAD story, I would like to appreciate the tremendous efforts and guidance put forth for setting up this course. To me, it looked like I was part of the IMAD team working from home. We had been a TEAM because I believe we had respect, trust and care for each other in helping us learn."
INDIA's largest MOOC with 250,000+ registrations!
About the Organisers
IMAD is brought you by Hasura, in partnership with IIT Madras

Hasura
A Platform to Build & Deploy App Backends, Fast.
Hasura is a batteries included platform for building and deploying powerful backends. Hasura comes with instant APIs for data, auth & file handling (powered by Postgres). Hasura also lets you deploy your custom code written in any language/framework.

Apps built on Hasura are built on some of the most cutting edge technologies today adopted by tech giants like Amazon, Pokemon-Go, Netflix, SoundCloud & Flipkart. We abstract these tools to help set up a sophisticated architecture in a few clicks.
IIT Madras
One of India's premier engineers institutes
Indian Institute of Technology Madras is a public engineering and research institute located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu and is one of India's most prestigious universities.

They also offer online courses as a part of NPTEL and provide certification for those who complete the course and write an offline exam for the same.
Course Outline
A blend of theory & practice

1.Introduction to the Internet
What really happens when you connect to a website via your browser? What is a client and a server? Understand the basics of networking and common network protocols.
#what-are-torrents
2.Building a web application
Build a basic but complete application. You will deploy your own server & write a web application.
#build-a-web-app
3.Databases
Learn the how & why of modelling data for your application using databases. How do databases work? Make the previous web application "dynamic" by serving content from your database.
#sql-nosql-databases
4.Performance & security
Analyse performance and learn how to measure things on the web. How do you ensure security of your applications? We will also teach you how to 'hack' into applications. Learn about cookies, sessions & the need for encryption.
#what-is-2FA
5.Build a mobile application
Finally, we will take a deep dive into building mobile applications!
#mobile-and-web-apps
Companies who expressed an interest to hire IMAD interns
This course will help you build up skills to kick start your career in the tech world.In the past, the following companies have expressed interest to offer internship opportunities to the best students in the course.
Highlights of the Course
It's for anyone, anywhere!
And it's free!
You don’t need to be a tech geek to take the course. Anyone, from any background, can take the course.
If you know basic programming, practical sessions will take you through building your own app and the theory will teach you the fundamentals that go into it.
If you are in Business Development/Marketing or Managerial roles, the theory classes will help you communicate better with your tech teams.
The course condenses technical jargon into easy and comprehensible language
The course strives for the right balance between theory & practice -- build an application quickly, but also ensure that it never breaks.
The course offers great flexibility - available both on Youtube and NPTEL!
You can plan your study schedule around a time-table of your choice.
The course videos will be available online (NPTEL/YouTube), and can be watched at any time. Here's the link to the Youtube channel for the course - http://bit.ly/2lLI3Wq.
All course slides can be viewed here. Course notes are also available on NoteShare at this link.
In a few weeks, you would have built your own application.
You can take the course even from the comfort of your home.
What's more?
IMAD encourages you to build a network to learn the material, clarify doubts, and make contacts. Learning in groups is always fun.
A peer to peer discussion forum will be available to all students -- this will naturally encourage debate and discussion.
The course will have graded assignments, and a final test -- this will help you keep focused through the course.
In addition, anyone who completes the course can get a certificate from IIT Madras!
Instructors
Get to know your faculty!

Tanmai Gopal
Co-founder, Hasura
Tanmai Gopal is the co-founder of Hasura, a core-tech startup. He is also a technology advisor to several early stage startups and is a passionate advocate for real-world programming education. Although from a computer vision background his focus over the last few years has increasingly been on cloud infrastructure, functional programming and relevant software engineering practices. He holds a Bachelors cum Masters degree from IIT Madras in CSE.

Dr. Gaurav Raina
Faculty, IIT Madras
Dr. Gaurav Raina is a faculty in the Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Madras. He is also a visiting research fellow in the Statistical Laboratory at Cambridge University. His interests span from performance modelling of large scale systems like the Internet and transportation networks, to financial technologies. He also played a role in the development of the Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) banking standard in India.
(Mobile Financial Services in India)
IMAD gets Press
For more information, please refer to this Press Release.
Learn app development with the free IMAD course
July 19, 2017
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/learn-app-development-with-this-free-imad-course/articleshow/59668124.cms.
Creating apps made easy!
July 16, 2017
http://epaper.deccanchronicle.com/articledetailpage.aspx?id=8573546
Out of the Classroom
July 14, 2017
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/internet/imad-course-hasura-and-iit-m/article19278200.ece
Build apps by taking IMAD for free!
July 12, 2017
http://www.eenadu.net/vasundhara/vasundhara-inner.aspx?topfullstory=14790
IIT-Madras' app designing becomes largest online tech course
July 8, 2017
http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/080717/iit-madras-app-designing-becomes-largest-online-tech-course.html
IIT-Madras offers online app development course
July 8, 2017
http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/education/iit-madras-offers-online-app-development-course/article9754019.ece
Learn to design "Mobile Apps" from IIT Madras
July 8, 2017
https://indiaeducationdiary.in/learn-design-mobile-apps-iit-madras/
Learn to design "Mobile Apps" from IIT Madras at zero cost! Registrations open
July 7, 2017
http://skilloutlook.com/skill/learn-design-mobile-apps-iit-madras-zero-cost-registrations-open
Learn app development through course developed by Hasura and IIT Madras
January 19, 2017
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/learn-app-development-through-course-developed-by-hasura-and-iit-madras/articleshow/56660830.cms
Hasura and DigitalOcean to help students build apps on cloud
January 19, 2017
http://www.gizmodo.in/indiamodo/hasura-and-digitalocean-to-help-students-build-apps-on-cloud/articleshow/56662534.cms
Hasura Organises IMAD 2.O
January 22, 2017
http://www.bloombergquint.com/technology/2017/01/22/startup-street-abp-groups-aritra-sarkar-tries-hand-at-entrepreneurship
DigitalOcean, Hasura to help students build apps on cloud
January 19, 2017
http://www.daijiworld.com/news/newsDisplay.aspx?newsID=433262
DigitalOcean to collaborate with Hasura and IITM for IMAD
January 19, 2017
http://www.dqindia.com/digitalocean-to-collaborate-with-hasura-and-iitm-for-imad/
Hasura and DigitalOcean to help students build apps on cloud
January 19, 2017
http://in.pcmag.com/digital-ocean/111692/news/hasura-and-digitalocean-to-help-students-build-apps-on-cloud
DigitalOcean, Hasura to help students build apps on cloud
January 19, 2017
http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/digitalocean-hasura-to-help-students-build-apps-on-cloud-117011900444_1.html
Over 28,000 Register For IIT Madras' Free Online Web Development Programme
August 19, 2016
http://www.ndtv.com/video/news/news/over-28-000-register-for-iit-madras-free-online-web-development-programme-428076
Free Classes for Development of Mobile App introduced in IIT
August 18, 2016
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X5J-EYVrBDM
IIT-M to offer course on app development
August 3, 2016
http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/iitm-to-offer-course-on-app-development/article8935141.ece
Learn to create mobile apps with free online course from IIT Madras
August 5, 2016
http://www.hindustantimes.com/education/learn-to-create-mobile-apps-with-free-online-course-from-iit-madras/story-rluKMFHZNsMWbdnu4Cwm6K.html
IIT Madras To Offer Free Online Course On Mobile App Development
August 7, 2016
http://examswatch.com/iit-madras-to-offer-free-online-course-on-mobile-app-development/
Learn to create mobile 'Apps', with free online course from IIT Madras
August 7, 2016
http://indiaeducationdiary.in/Shownews.asp?newsid=39610
അഞ്ച് ആഴ്ചകൊണ്ട് ആപ്പ് നിര്‍മാണം പഠിക്കാം ......
August 8, 2016
http://www.mathrubhumi.com/education-malayalam/features/learn-to-create-mobile-'apps'-with-free-online-course-from-iit-madras-malayalam-news-1.1264831
App course
August 15, 2016
http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=App-course-15082016153019
August 22, 2016
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B2lOFSXIYTx3bmU2Uk8tMEV5ejA
Over 32,000 applicants register for IITM’s free online course on App development
August 24, 2016
http://www.voicendata.com/over-32000-applicants-register-for-iitms-free-online-course-on-app-development/
IIT Madras offers free online course
August 29, 2016
http://ifp.co.in/page/items/34095/iit-madras-offers-free-online-course
ആശയം കൈയിലുണ്ടോ...ആപ്പ് നിര്‍മാണം മദ്രാസ് ഐഐടി പഠിപ്പിക്കും......
August 31, 2016
http://www.mathrubhumi.com/education-malayalam/features/mobile-app-developer-iit-madras-malayalam-news-1.1320611
Want To Build An App? Check Out This Online Course
September 1, 2016
http://www.thecitizen.in/index.php/NewsDetail/index/8/8608/Want-To-Build-An-App-Check-Out-This-Online-Course
Want To Build An App? Check Out This Online Course

http://itra.medialabasia.in/?p=3962
www.imad.tech - Learn to Create Mobile Application (APP) for Free through OnlineRead
http://www.thekkil.in/2016/08/www-imad-tech-learn-create-mobile-app-free-online.html
IIT Madras to start online app development course
September 1, 2016
http://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Education&Careers/2016-09-01/IIT-Madras-to-start-online-app-development-course/251769
New app development course by IIT-M
September 11, 2016
http://www.thehindu.com/features/education/new-app-development-course-by-iitm/article9094559.ece
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Build an app in 8 weeks with IMAD:Introduction to Modern Application Development

India's largest MOOC with 215,000+ students! A free online course by Hasura, in partnership with IIT Madras. Certificate of completion offered by IIT Madras. We are working on some exciting new courses, sign-up here and we will let you know as soon as we launch.

IMAD students build cool apps!

More than 400 course toppers from IMAD have built exciting apps. Here's a peek

Nithesh goes over the design of his emergency services app.

Nithin is building an app that lets you create cool memes.

Nanditha on why she needed a ToteBag!

Siddhant talks about his post-IMAD internship

Ankur is creating a web tool that helps create, manage and track tasks.

Why we created IMAD?

What is IMAD?

Testimonials

Read what our students have to say

INDIA's largest MOOC with 250,000+ registrations!

About the Organisers

IMAD is brought you by Hasura, in partnership with IIT Madras

Hasura

A Platform to Build & Deploy App Backends, Fast.

IIT Madras

One of India's premier engineers institutes

Course Outline

A blend of theory & practice

1.Introduction to the Internet

2.Building a web application

3.Databases

4.Performance & security

5.Build a mobile application

Companies who expressed an interest to hire IMAD interns

This course will help you build up skills to kick start your career in the tech world.In the past, the following companies have expressed interest to offer internship opportunities to the best students in the course.

Highlights of the Course

It's for anyone, anywhere!

The course offers great flexibility - available both on Youtube and NPTEL!

What's more?

In addition, anyone who completes the course can get a certificate from IIT Madras!

Instructors

Get to know your faculty!

Co-founder, Hasura

Faculty, IIT Madras

IMAD gets Press

For more information, please refer to this Press Release.

Learn app development with the free IMAD course

July 19, 2017

Creating apps made easy!

July 16, 2017

Out of the Classroom

July 14, 2017

Build apps by taking IMAD for free!

July 12, 2017

IIT-Madras' app designing becomes largest online tech course

July 8, 2017

IIT-Madras offers online app development course

July 8, 2017

Learn to design "Mobile Apps" from IIT Madras

July 8, 2017

Learn to design "Mobile Apps" from IIT Madras at zero cost! Registrations open

July 7, 2017

Learn app development through course developed by Hasura and IIT Madras

January 19, 2017

Hasura and DigitalOcean to help students build apps on cloud

January 19, 2017

Hasura Organises IMAD 2.O

January 22, 2017

DigitalOcean, Hasura to help students build apps on cloud

January 19, 2017

DigitalOcean to collaborate with Hasura and IITM for IMAD

January 19, 2017

Hasura and DigitalOcean to help students build apps on cloud

January 19, 2017

DigitalOcean, Hasura to help students build apps on cloud

January 19, 2017

Over 28,000 Register For IIT Madras' Free Online Web Development Programme

August 19, 2016

Free Classes for Development of Mobile App introduced in IIT

August 18, 2016

IIT-M to offer course on app development

August 3, 2016

Learn to create mobile apps with free online course from IIT Madras

August 5, 2016

IIT Madras To Offer Free Online Course On Mobile App Development

August 7, 2016

Build an app in 8 weeks with IMAD:
Introduction to Modern Application Development

India's largest MOOC with 215,000+ students!

A free online course by Hasura, in partnership with IIT Madras. Certificate of completion offered by IIT Madras.

We are working on some exciting new courses, sign-up here and we will let you know as soon as we launch.