# Manas Dasgupta > Manas Dasgupta is a CTO, AI architect, author and trainer who teaches AI engineering: building LLM applications - Harness Engineering, Agentic Application Development, RAG applications with hybrid search and vector databases, Multi-agent systems with LangChain, Deep Agents, LangGraph, OpenAI Agents SDK, MCP and CrewAI, plus AI evaluations, LLMOps and guardrails. He has taught 10,000+ AI professionals across 60+ countries. Every page on this site is also available as Markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown` to any URL, or append `index.md` to it. ## Start here - [Manas Dasgupta · Hands-on AI engineering courses: LLMs, RAG, AI agents and LLMOps](https://manasdasgupta.com/index.md): Manas Dasgupta is a CTO, AI architect, author and trainer who teaches AI engineering: building LLM applications - Harness Engineering, Agentic Application… - [Learning paths by role](https://manasdasgupta.com/paths/index.md): Ordered learning paths into AI for software engineers, data professionals, security professionals and business teams. - [About Manas Dasgupta](https://manasdasgupta.com/about/index.md): Manas Dasgupta is a CTO, AI architect, author and trainer who teaches AI engineering: building LLM applications - Harness Engineering, Agentic Application… ## Courses - [Courses](https://manasdasgupta.com/courses/index.md): Courses on AI product development and technology leadership on Udemy, Coursera and EC-Council. - [Gen AI - LLM RAG Two in One - LangChain + LlamaIndex (Udemy course)](https://manasdasgupta.com/courses/llm-rag-langchain-llamaindex/index.md): Learn to build retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) applications with both LangChain and LlamaIndex. - [Introduction to Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) (Coursera course)](https://manasdasgupta.com/courses/introduction-to-retrieval-augmented-generation-rag/index.md): A three-hour beginner course on retrieval-augmented generation. It explains what large language models can automate, how language embeddings are stored in… - [Agentic AI for Cybersecurity (EC-Council course)](https://manasdasgupta.com/courses/agentic-ai-for-cybersecurity/index.md): A 4h 55m course on building autonomous AI agents for security operations with LangChain and LangGraph. - [Selecting the Right LLM with Hugging Face (Coursera course)](https://manasdasgupta.com/courses/selecting-the-right-llm-with-hugging-face/index.md): An intermediate, three-hour course on choosing the right large language model from the Hugging Face Hub. - [Troubleshooting Issues with Generative AI (EC-Council course)](https://manasdasgupta.com/courses/troubleshooting-issues-with-generative-ai/index.md): A 3h 41m course that teaches tech support professionals to troubleshoot with large language models such as GPT, Gemini and Claude. - [Practical Data Science using Python (Udemy course)](https://manasdasgupta.com/courses/practical-data-science-using-python/index.md): A 31-hour, project-based course in data science with Python: statistics, exploratory data analysis, NumPy, Pandas and visualisation, then regression… - [AI-driven Phishing Detection (EC-Council course)](https://manasdasgupta.com/courses/ai-driven-phishing-detection/index.md): An intermediate, three-hour course on detecting phishing with machine learning and generative AI. - [Data Science for Cybersecurity (EC-Council course)](https://manasdasgupta.com/courses/data-science-for-cybersecurity/index.md): A four-hour intermediate course on applying data science to cyber threats. You collect and preprocess security data, apply supervised and unsupervised… - [Scrum Master's AI Bootcamp: Generative AI as Agile Co-Pilot (Udemy course)](https://manasdasgupta.com/courses/scrum-masters-ai-bootcamp-generative-ai-agile-copilot/index.md): A hands-on bootcamp that shows Scrum Masters and Agile practitioners how to use generative AI across the Scrum cycle: generating backlogs and artefacts… - [Business Process Modeling with AI (Coursera course)](https://manasdasgupta.com/courses/business-process-modeling-with-ai/index.md): An eight-hour beginner course on AI-driven business process modelling. It walks through the BPM lifecycle, shows how AI improves process design, analysis and… - [GenAI for Talent Acquisition and Onboarding (Coursera course)](https://manasdasgupta.com/courses/genai-for-talent-acquisition-and-onboarding/index.md): A three-hour beginner course for HR and talent acquisition professionals on automating recruitment and onboarding with generative AI. - [GenAI for Automated Financial Reporting (Coursera course)](https://manasdasgupta.com/courses/genai-for-automated-financial-reporting/index.md): A three-hour beginner course on automating financial reporting with generative AI. It covers LLM concepts for finance, prompt engineering for financial… - [GenAI for Talent Acquisition: Smarter Candidate Screening (Coursera course)](https://manasdasgupta.com/courses/genai-for-talent-acquisition-smarter-candidate-screening/index.md): An intermediate, three-hour course on using generative AI for candidate screening: resume analysis, candidate evaluation and interview question generation. - [AI for Customer Experience with Chatbots and Analytics (Coursera course)](https://manasdasgupta.com/courses/ai-for-customer-experience-with-chatbots-and-analytics/index.md): A four-hour intermediate course on using AI to improve customer experience. It covers hyper-personalisation, chatbots and predictive analytics, shows how to… - [GenAI for Customer Support (Coursera course)](https://manasdasgupta.com/courses/genai-for-customer-support/index.md): A three-hour beginner course on applying generative AI in customer support. You practise prompt engineering for service tasks, build a custom GPT from… - [GenAI for Onboarding: Automating Employee Journeys (Coursera course)](https://manasdasgupta.com/courses/genai-for-onboarding-automating-employee-journeys/index.md): An intermediate, three-hour course on automating the employee onboarding journey with generative AI. ## Corporate training - [Corporate AI training: Generative AI and Agentic AI programs](https://manasdasgupta.com/corporate-training/index.md): Manas Dasgupta designs and delivers corporate training in Generative AI and Agentic AI for engineering teams, business functions, HR and leadership. ## Topic hubs (include video summaries) - [AI Engineering: articles, videos and courses](https://manasdasgupta.com/ai-engineering/index.md): AI engineering is the practice of building applications on large language models: choosing the right model, grounding it in your data with RAG and vector… - [Videos](https://manasdasgupta.com/videos/index.md): Answer-first videos on AI product development and technology leadership. ## Answers - [Answers](https://manasdasgupta.com/answers/index.md): Direct answers to common questions on AI product development and technology leadership. - [What is AI product development?](https://manasdasgupta.com/answers/what-is-ai-product-development/index.md): AI product development is the practice of building product features whose behaviour depends on a machine-learning model, usually a language model. - [How do you evaluate an LLM feature before launch?](https://manasdasgupta.com/answers/how-to-evaluate-an-llm-feature/index.md): Build an evaluation set of at least 50 real inputs with expected outputs, grade responses with a mix of exact checks, model-based graders and human review… - [Does Manas Dasgupta deliver corporate AI training?](https://manasdasgupta.com/answers/can-training-be-delivered-on-site/index.md): Yes. Manas Dasgupta designs and delivers corporate programs in Generative AI and Agentic AI for technical teams, business functions, HR and leadership. ## Writing - [Writing](https://manasdasgupta.com/writing/index.md): Articles on AI product development and technology leadership. - [Build, buy or wait: an AI decision framework for technology leaders](https://manasdasgupta.com/writing/build-buy-or-wait/index.md): A three-question framework for deciding whether to build an AI capability, buy it, or wait. - [Evaluation-first: why AI products should be tested before they are built](https://manasdasgupta.com/writing/evaluation-first-ai-products/index.md): Why the evaluation set should come before the AI feature, and how to build the first 50 examples. - [One-to-ones that surface problems early](https://manasdasgupta.com/writing/one-to-ones-that-work/index.md): A simple structure for engineering manager one-to-ones that finds problems while they are still small. ## Optional - [Learning path: Software engineer moving into AI](https://manasdasgupta.com/paths/engineer/index.md): You write code and want to build LLM, RAG and agent applications and move into an AI engineering role. - [Learning path: Data professional moving into AI](https://manasdasgupta.com/paths/data/index.md): You work with data or machine learning and want to add generative AI, RAG and LLM skills. - [Learning path: Security professional applying AI](https://manasdasgupta.com/paths/security/index.md): You work in cybersecurity or IT support and want to use AI agents, LLMs and machine learning for defence. - [Learning path: Business professional using GenAI](https://manasdasgupta.com/paths/business/index.md): You work in HR, finance, customer experience, operations or Agile delivery and want to automate your work with generative AI, without coding. - [Contact Me](https://manasdasgupta.com/contact/index.md): Contact Manas Dasgupta about corporate AI training, courses, speaking or collaboration using the form on this page. - [Changelog](https://manasdasgupta.com/changelog/index.md): Public record of content changes on this site.