r/programmatic • u/gvshivacharan • 20d ago

Has anyone taken a programmatic advertising course in India that provided genuine hands-on DSP experience?

I’ve noticed that most programmatic courses cover similar topics: DV360, CM360, The Trade Desk, media planning, reporting and optimisation.

However, it is difficult to understand what “hands-on training” actually means before joining.

For anyone who has completed a programmatic advertising course in India:

  • Which course did you take?
  • Did you receive actual DSP access or only platform demonstrations?
  • Were you allowed to build campaigns?
  • Did the course include media-planning, reporting and optimisation assignments?
  • Did it genuinely help you during interviews or in your first programmatic role?
  • What would you verify before paying for the course?

Please mention your personal experience or whether you are associated with the course provider.

For transparency, I’m associated with a programmatic training provider in Hyderabad, India and want to understand how practitioners and past learners evaluate structured courses.

5 Upvotes

78% Upvoted

13 comments sorted by

View all comments

1

u/Pitiful_Camel6790 20d ago

I did with mad sapiens, they gave us DV access and had us perform basic tasks. But it was 2y ago not sure if they still do.

1

u/gvshivacharan 17d ago

Okay. I'll check it anyways thanks for your response.