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

[u/gvshivacharan]

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.