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Free Accounting and finance courses
Reading accounts, financial statements and how money is managed in a business. These are government courses on NPTEL (run on SWAYAM): free to learn, with a paid exam only if you want the certificate.
When and what it costs
- January 2027 semester: NPTEL's timelines say enrolment opens 13 Nov 2026 and courses start from 18 Jan 2027 (read 23 Oct 2026).
- Learning is free. The certificate needs a proctored exam: Rs 1000 per exam in July 2026, with lower fees for SC/ST and PwD candidates. The January 2027 timelines document did not print an exam fee when we read it.
- Course pages for January 2027 were not open on 26 Oct 2026: the list below is NPTEL's tentative list, and NPTEL may change it. Find each course on SWAYAM once enrolment opens.
NPTEL courses for January 2027
Financial accounting
Prof. Puran Singh · IIT Mandi · 12 Weeks · run before
Foundations of Accounting & Finance
Prof. Arun Kumar Gopalaswamy · IIT Madras · 12 Weeks · run before
Financial Statement Analysis and Reporting
Prof. Anil K. Sharma · IIT Roorkee · 12 Weeks · run before
Financial Management For Managers
Prof. Anil K. Sharma · IIT Roorkee · 12 Weeks · run before
Financial Institutions and Markets
Prof. Jitendra Mahakud · IIT Kharagpur · 12 Weeks · run before
More on SWAYAM: search SWAYAM for "Accounting" ↗ — SWAYAM also carries courses from UGC, CEC, IGNOU, IIM Bangalore and AICTE.
Sources, read 26 Oct 2026: NPTEL January 2027 tentative course list, SWAYAM: About; dates and fee from NPTEL's timelines (read 23 Oct 2026). Shishya chose which skill each course is listed under; it earns nothing from any link here.