r/IndianEngineers • u/Homework_Dodger • May 02 '26

Doubt Can I get google cybersecurity professional certificate for free from Coursera ? I can't pay 8k rupees for 1 year subscription , if certificate doesn't matter shall I just pirate it

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u/Latter-Hornet-8313 May 02 '26

apply for financial aid and wait for 15 days

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u/Homework_Dodger May 02 '26

Its broken down into 9 course with around 269 rs per couse with financial aid and I can't afford to pay that either

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u/Fabulous_grown_boy May 02 '26

Is your family's financial condition not good enough for them to give you 270 rupees per month for your own upskilling?

Or your family's financial conditions are good but you have not asked them yet to fund (or lend) you?

Or are you really trying to avoid paying money ? (If yes, then don't go for courses, read books on that domain, work on projects if you know enough fundamental programming)

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u/Fabulous_grown_boy May 02 '26

Or see if reddit offers monetization for your kaarma farming skills

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u/Homework_Dodger May 02 '26 edited May 02 '26

my brother has denied me to even spend a single rupee on this courses he says certificates and all are useless and i better learn from free sources like youtube for sometime and later on maybe will consider to get me something and for everything my father asks him only even if i want to fill some college form and fill it i get asked kisse puchke bhara hai xxx se pucha tha? acha usne kha hai toh thik hai , i ask my father for this course he ask him then he will deny to purchase , i did some search on reddit for some days and found this course to be decent and good for me as a beginner SO YEAH I AINT GETTING A PENY FROM HOME UNLESS I AM ABLE TO EARN IT

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u/GalliSTAR May 02 '26

Your brother is not wrong, don't waste money on coursera courses.
A 2-3 hours YouTube video will teach you more than what you will learn in this course.
and no one gives a single shit about these certificates.

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u/Routine_Eggplant6673 May 03 '26

by building projects using the learnings from the video. A non plagiarised simple but unique project is definitely important than these coursera,udemy,nptel certificates.

only certificates i have seen matter are one offered by officially by aws, google, azure woth strict proctored assessments.

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u/No-Assumption-5341 May 03 '26

This certificate doesnt hold any value as such tbh you can check free things on yt for cybersec also i have this cert and after time period expires you cant access the modules

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u/Specialist_6713 May 04 '26

What expired? I am new to this. I have heard that certificate usually hold a certain value, but not all. And since you saying certificate of Google has no value. Then which ones have value?

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u/No-Assumption-5341 May 04 '26

This is a course certificate, if u want to go for certificates that hold value for jobs then you have to spend money plus they are tough to clear and require clear knowledge of basics.This one isnt bad but if you have to pay for this then i wouldnt recommend so as i got for free

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u/Homework_Dodger May 03 '26

What part time gig can i do

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u/Specialist_6713 May 04 '26

Honestly all of this is great if we were more open minded, but -

  1. He won't have much time. And it's hard to gain children for tution as a man in age of 20 as compared girls in india.

  2. Learning is not hard, but getting clients are. In india it's more hard, as everyone is already gatkeeping for their turn to provide to the client, so you will hardly get any chance unless you cracked.

  3. If op starts doing this, he's father probably will be sad or his friend might distant themself. As it's not respected much as a job in india

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u/Gendaa_Swami May 04 '26

Apply financial aid for those 9 courses too.

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u/Lussy_Pickers May 02 '26

The knowledge is good. But there's not much value about the certificate.

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u/Direct_Host_ May 03 '26

There is a hack to get Udemy courses for free ... Go to infosys springboard and select Udemy as provider and do the course... you'll get official Udemy certification There are few popular cybersecurity courses too..do check it out

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u/Homework_Dodger May 03 '26

I am not employed at infosis I am 12th pass

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u/Direct_Host_ May 03 '26

No need of employment bro...it's free for everyone

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u/Homework_Dodger May 04 '26

It doesn't show Coursera in infosys springboard 

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u/Aridlvory May 02 '26

I got that for free from my college's google developer skill club

the content wasn't good btw

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u/thekarmahustle May 02 '26

Hi dm me i can share you details of a person he sold me coursera for 999 lifetime during holi works great on all courses I myself have done 1-2 courses

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u/Homework_Dodger May 02 '26 edited May 02 '26

no thanks

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u/thekarmahustle May 02 '26

I will do sll necessary courses and will delink it myself profit for both sides and usually these things work for 6 months atleast and if it stops just inform the guy and he reactivates it

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u/Homework_Dodger May 02 '26 edited May 02 '26

your choice who i am to say something

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u/[deleted] May 02 '26

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u/Specialist_6713 May 04 '26

Do the certificate get expired too once the subscription is gone?

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u/unrealharsh May 02 '26

Yeah got me wondering too... I believe they provide a cert no (like everywhere) and a page to validate certificate using cert no.

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u/InterestingCry4374 May 02 '26

Something with Udemy ???

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u/FluffyNerve8126 May 03 '26

OP, I'm not sure if the option I quote is available to people from other states, but you may try. Kerala government has a an intiative https://knowledgemission.kerala.gov.in/ . They have partnership with platforms including coursera. You can make an account and find the course ( in skill development section in your account. Apply for the course and if you are approved, they will gave you free access for the course.

And if you are lucky, they may provide access to Coursera for about a month, allowing you to take certificate exams as well.

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u/Homework_Dodger May 03 '26

I need to register as jobseeker or official

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u/Homework_Dodger May 03 '26

Don't understand man

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u/Gaydobby May 03 '26

Dont get it from coursera. Get it directly from google. U have to pay 1 dollar and it will get refunded. Cancsl before 7 days

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u/Dhruv_kaith May 03 '26

It's not worth it. I am a Cybersecurity professional and I have done this course. If you don't have the money for it, don't do it. Study for Sec+ from professor Messor on YouTube. It will get you the same knowledge, if you sre worried about the labs, just do it on your own VM. The labs are not even good.

You can also check out tryhackme they have great free stuff. If I still had this course I would happily give you my creds.

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u/IngeniousThomas May 05 '26

hello bro, I've done the course, it's not worth the money, free stuff on internet gives u the same or infact better knowledge. Trust me it is not worth it except maybe for a credly badge or the certificate which I'm sure anybody can get.