School of Software Engineering
A meaningful alternative to conventional college education.
You will design, build, explain and improve real software. Six months, guided practice, one capstone. The certificate is the record. The work is the proof.
The pilot at a glance
Interest only / Proposed pilot
- Programme
- Software Engineering
- Duration
- Six months (proposed)
- Cohort
- 15 to 20 learners (proposed)
- Delivery
- Online first
- Credential
- Certificate of completion
- Issued by
- SETHUPATHI TECHNOLOGIES LLP
A private skills programme. Not a college, not a degree, and no placement guarantee.
Why SETHU Schools?
Because a certificate matters less than what you can show. Everything below is said plainly, and nothing here has to be taken on trust.
- What we teach: Future-proof skills that matter for real software work, on real projects, from month one.
- What we look for: Ability and work. Not paper credentials, not who you know, not which school you attended.
- What it costs: Fees and scholarships are not yet published, and this page will say that until they are.
- What you leave with: A portfolio you own and a certificate of completion with a unique, checkable reference.
Six months, six outputs
Prove it small. Then do more.
One school is running, not five. The assessment rubric is proposed and published in advance. The fee is unannounced until it is fixed. Every claim on this site has to be provable by you or by the LLP that runs it.
The pilot in six minutes
This film does not exist yet. It will appear here when it is recorded — unedited, or not at all.
A skills school, not a college.
- 01 A private, online-first, project-driven skills-learning initiative.
- 02 Complements school or college. It does not replace a degree or a licence.
- 03 Issued by SETHUPATHI TECHNOLOGIES LLP, a company registered in Tamil Nadu.
- 04 A certificate of completion that lists the programme, the dates and the assessment method.
Private skills programme from SETHUPATHI TECHNOLOGIES LLP. Not a college or university, and no guaranteed placement or salary.
If a claim cannot be sourced, it is not on this site. See the credential record.
- Real projects, not toy exercises Every lab ends in something you can open and read. The capstone is a public artefact, not a worksheet.
- A mentor reads your work Code review and design critique are part of the mark, every week. You are marked on the work, never on who you know.
- You build a portfolio you own Six documented projects in a repository you control. No lock-in, no hidden fees for access to your own work.
- No surprises at assessment The rubric and the task are published in advance. You are never graded on a rule you first see afterwards.
- A record anyone can check The certificate of completion carries a unique identifier, the programme, the dates and the issuer.
Short lesson. Then you build.
Every week follows the same shape. A short explanation, a guided exercise, then a lab you finish on your own and defend in a review.
Lesson
Twenty to thirty minutes on one idea. No lecture theatre.
Guided exercise
You write code in the session, with a mentor watching the file.
Lab
A task you finish alone, against a written rubric.
Review
Someone reads your code or your layout and tells you what is wrong.
Demonstration
You present the work, answer questions, and write down what you learned.
Five schools. One is real today.
All schools-
SETHU Software
School of Software Engineering
Programming fundamentals through a capstone project. The first and only school running today.
Pilot Open -
SETHU AI
AI and Data Science
Machine learning, statistics and data engineering.
Planned Details -
SETHU Cyber
Cybersecurity
Network security, application security and risk assessment.
Planned Details -
SETHU Design
Product and Design
UX research, prototyping and visual design.
Planned Details -
SETHU Business
Business and Entrepreneurship
Business models, finance and operating a small company.
Planned Details
SETHU Research is an applied-projects unit, not a school. Planned schools show a notify form and never imply that admissions are open.
Five things are measured.
The weights below are proposed. The final rubric is published before admissions open, so nobody is graded on a rule they first see afterwards.
Proposed, not final
| Dimension | Weight | How it is assessed |
|---|---|---|
| Conceptual understanding | 20% | Quizzes, oral explanations and short written responses. |
| Practical assignments | 30% | Individual work, marked against a written rubric. |
| Projects | 30% | Functionality, quality, originality, documentation and iteration. |
| Communication and collaboration | 10% | Peer work, presentations and technical writing. |
| Final demonstration | 10% | A live walkthrough, questions and a short reflection. |
Proof, in a form someone can check.
- Portfolio Six projects, documented, in a public repository.
- Certificate Completion certificate issued by SETHUPATHI TECHNOLOGIES LLP.
- Record A verification record with a unique identifier.
- Feedback Mentor notes against a competency rubric.
- Preparation CV, interview practice and professional writing.
No placement guarantee and no salary figure. It does not replace a degree, and no UGC or AICTE recognition is claimed. Fees are unannounced until they are fixed.
Referrals happen only where a real partner and a real opening exist.
Five steps, each with a date or a status.
How selection works- [01]
Register interest
Name and one contact. No documents.
Open now - [02]
Application
Short form, two written answers.
Opens with admissions - [03]
Practical task
One task, published in advance.
Published in advance - [04]
Selection
Marked against the published rubric.
Within 14 days - [05]
Onboarding
Fees, consent and the first session.
Before month one
Dates for steps 2 to 5 are not yet published. They appear here and on the admissions page before the window opens.
Selection, explained on film.
One short film will walk the two answers, the practical task and the rubric, in the same order as the steps above.
How selection works
This walkthrough is not published yet. The written steps above are the same content in words.
Questions, answered on film.
The questions we hear most, answered in short films, each with a transcript on the FAQ page to read instead.
Read the written answersThe questions we hear most
Video answers are not recorded yet. The FAQ page carries every written answer.
The company that runs this.
SETHUPATHI TECHNOLOGIES LLP builds and operates software from Tenkasi. These products are live. That is the whole claim.
A factual list of products. Nothing here promises that learners will work on them or be hired by the company.
- JTS GO Visit Programming language, compiler and development kit.
- JayPOS Visit Billing, inventory and GST reports that work offline.
- JAY ERP Visit Inventory, purchasing, sales and customer records in one database.
- JAY Mail Visit Domain mailboxes with WhatsApp verification.
- JAY AI Visit Customer assistant and automation platform.
- JAY OFFICE Visit Eleven office applications on infrastructure you control.
The products, on film
Walkthroughs of the LLP's products are not published yet. The list is the current state of affairs.
SETHU should be known for what its learners can build, not only for the certificates they hold.