Program 02, the flagship Quantaskills track
Engineering depth meets client delivery. A 12-month, on-campus program that turns final-year engineers into AI builders who can work inside a client's business and own the outcome.
A joint industry–academia initiative by Seminarroom and Global Knowledge Technologies (GKT)
A Forward Deployed Engineer embeds directly with a customer to scope, build and deploy production AI systems. Pioneered at Palantir, the role is now hired across OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and enterprise software companies as they race to make AI work inside real organisations.
Demand for FDEs is rising far faster than the supply of people who can do the job. That gap is the opportunity this program is built for.
Growth, January to September 2025
Indeed / Financial Times analysis of FDE postings (Jan–Sep 2025); Indeed postings data to April 2026; candidate-pool growth per recruiting-market analyses.
The same stack FDE teams use on client sites, plus the communication skills that make the role different from a platform engineering job.
| Role | Work environment | Primary output | Success metric |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forward Deployed Engineer | Inside the customer organisation | Production systems | Client business KPIs |
| AI / ML Engineer | Platform team | Features and model serving | Latency, accuracy, uptime |
| Data Scientist | Analytics team | Insights and experiments | Model quality and lift |
| Solution Engineer | Pre-sales | Demos, PoCs and RFPs | Demo conversions |
On-campus and institution-delivered, so the University offers an industry-connected experience without building the capability in-house. Students move from foundations into employer-hosted immersion, live project delivery and structured interview preparation.
Core engineering and AI fundamentals
Modern tools and hands-on labs
Employer-hosted sessions
Business-relevant delivery
FDE-style readiness
The Junior FDE hiring pathway
The program targets the Junior FDE pay band at placement. From there, the role grows into solution architecture and the seats that decide how enterprises adopt AI.
₹12 LPA is the expected package for Junior FDE placements. ₹40–50 LPA is the career progression open to engineers who build strong fundamentals and grow in the role over time.
The program's industry network spans Cognizant, TCS, Infosys, Capgemini, Wipro and Tech Mahindra, as well as Ford, DXC Technology, IBM, Nityo and Kyndryl, alongside Seminarroom's 250+ corporate partnerships.
Indicative role families. Names are shown for reference and do not imply that any organisation will hire program participants; openings and offers are decided by each employer.
Placement readiness, admissions differentiation, recruiter pull and accreditation evidence: an institutional investment leadership can evaluate on outcomes. No curriculum rebuild and no new faculty hiring required.
FDE-track graduates prepared for employer hiring rounds
A differentiated industry-readiness story for aspirants and parents
Work showcased to corporates; recruiters return for deployable talent
Participation, assessment and outcome records to support documentation
Participation, progress and outcomes, visible once live
Turnkey delivery; the University provides venue and coordination
Recognised as an industry-connected, AI-ready campus
Structured, sustained exposure to corporate environments
FDE to solution architect to AI leadership: alumni who lead
One accountable partner. Roles, data and safety terms are set out in the partnership agreement. The evidence pack (pilot results, mentor profiles, sample projects, employer roster and syllabus outline) is shared at the institutional briefing.
Schedule a 30-minute institutional briefing this fortnight. We'll assess cohort fit and walk you through the evidence pack and commercial terms.
Each partner holds a piece the others can't supply alone: the University brings talent and academic credibility, Seminarroom the delivery model and industry network, GKT enterprise-AI depth and live client problems.
An education-technology company and the knowledge partner for AI-ready campuses, mapping industry practice onto academic practice. Winner of the 2022 Amrita Startup Award for Best Innovation in Education Technology, Government of Karnataka.
A Bengaluru technology company building enterprise-grade AI products, agentic platforms and the ReLearn and ReWire workforce-upskilling products for Indian MSMEs and global enterprises.
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