Official Institutional Policy

Terms, Conditions & Refund Policy

Governing all professional training cohorts (including Coder & Designer programs), 1:1 mentorship sessions, workshops, and student admissions at Sogdo® Academy.

Effective Date: October 2026 • Version: 3.0 (Global Unified Policy)

1. Scope & Acceptance of Terms

By accessing or enrolling into any cohort, course, training batch, or session on Sogdo Academy (including Coder & Designer programs and mentor sessions), you explicitly agree to be bound by these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree with any part of these terms, you must not register or complete payment for our training programs.

Strict Refund & Non-Transferability Clause

Universal Policy across all Sogdo Academy Courses & Cohorts

Course Fee is strictly NON-REFUNDABLE and NON-TRANSFERABLE under all circumstances.

There is NO refund applicable until or unless an enrolled batch is officially cancelled or training is not provided by Sogdo Academy.

  • Single Exception Criterion: A refund is strictly and exclusively processed if Sogdo Academy cancels a scheduled cohort or fails to provide the scheduled curriculum training without a suitable reschedule.
  • Admin Sole Discretion: Executive management may review compassionate institutional exceptions solely at their own internal discretion. Students, learners, corporate sponsors, or customers cannot demand, force, or legally compel a refund once registration is initiated.
  • Strict 50-Seat Cap Commitment: Our batches maintain strict seat caps of 50 students maximum per batch. Once a seat is allocated, human mentorship, cloud compute resources, and lab allocations are immediately reserved and cannot be transferred to third parties.

3. Registration, Account Integrity & Strict Code of Conduct

As part of the enrollment process, every student must provide their true Full Name, valid Email ID, accessible Phone/WhatsApp number, and account credentials. Accounts are strictly personal to the registered individual.

Zero Tolerance for Abusive Content, Defamation & Bad Language

Sogdo Academy maintains an uncompromising standard of institutional professionalism and mutual respect. Using bad words, abusive language, profanity, derogatory slurs, harassment, or defamatory remarks—whether written in chat, spoken in audio, posted on social media, or directed toward any mentor, trainer, student, or staff member—is strictly prohibited. Any violator will be immediately expelled without refund, banned permanently from the ecosystem, and subjected to direct criminal complaints and civil legal action under applicable defamation and IT laws.

Voice & Identity Protection of Academy Personnel

The voice, spoken lectures, verbal guidance, likeness, and intellectual expressions of all Sogdo Academy founders, trainers, mentors, employees, and enrolled students are confidential proprietary assets.

  • No Voice Sampling or Distribution: Recording, intercepting, sampling, AI-cloning, or distributing the audio or voice of any mentor, trainer, or organization member is strictly prohibited.
  • No Account Sharing or Proxy Access: You must not register using the identity or credentials of another person. Permitting multiple learners to attend using a single subscription triggers instant suspension without refund.
  • Legal Prosecution for Slander: Sharing manipulated audio, voice notes, or derogatory content in WhatsApp groups, Telegram, or public forums will be met with immediate legal prosecution.

4. Session Recording Strictly Prohibited & Anti-Piracy Policy

All instructional content, architecture walkthroughs, system designs, problem sets, and live stream interactions at Sogdo Academy are protected under copyright and international intellectual property treaties.

Absolute Prohibition on Session Recordings
  • Recording Not Allowed: Recording of live sessions, coding drills, audio conversations, or mentorship calls via any screen recorder, software capture, external camera, phone, or third-party tool is strictly prohibited.
  • Sogdo Academy Does NOT Support or Provide Recordings: We believe in rigorous, hands-on, real-time live learning. Sogdo Academy does not support, endorse, or provide session recordings to students.
  • Non-Liability Clause: Sogdo Academy is not responsible or liable for any unauthorized recordings created by any individual.
  • Strict Legal Action for YouTube & Social Media Uploads: If any recording, video clip, audio excerpt, or session material is uploaded to YouTube, Telegram, Google Drive, WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook, or any online/offline platform, Sogdo Academy will immediately initiate strict criminal prosecution, file police complaints (FIR), issue DMCA copyright takedowns, and claim exemplary financial damages in a court of competent jurisdiction. Offending accounts are permanently terminated with zero refund.
Criminal & Statutory Action

Unauthorized distribution of academy proprietary material triggers immediate prosecution under Section 66 and 43 of the Information Technology Act and Sections 51, 63, and 64 of the Indian Copyright Act.

Competitor Non-Compete

Commercial tutors, corporate competitors, or course scrapers are strictly banned from student cohorts. Infiltration leads to immediate expulsion, fee forfeiture, and damages claims.

5. Privacy Protection & Strict No-Camera Policy

No Camera Turn-On Allowed for Students or Trainers

To guarantee absolute personal privacy, security, and an environment focused purely on engineering logic and architecture, neither students nor trainers/mentors are permitted to turn on cameras during live cohort sessions.

  • Cameras Must Remain OFF: All webcams and video broadcasting feeds must remain strictly turned off at all times throughout classes and mentorship drills.
  • Screenshare & Audio Only: All instruction is conducted strictly via instructor screen broadcasts, cloud terminals, interactive code IDEs, whiteboards, and clear voice audio.
  • Zero Pressure & Full Privacy: No trainer or student has the right to coerce or demand video cameras to be turned on. Any student or trainer attempting to broadcast video will be promptly notified and have their video stream disabled.

6. Educational Role & Transparency

Sogdo Academy is a premier technology training organization developed by Sogdo Inc. We provide practical software engineering upskilling, mentorship, and industry-grade curriculum. We are not a degree-granting formal university. Certifications and cohort completion credentials awarded by Sogdo Academy represent demonstrated mastery of technical competencies and do not substitute for statutory university degrees.

While we provide extensive interview coaching, placement drives, resume workshops, and direct partner referrals, individual job offers depend on the student's personal preparation, code evaluations, and interview performance at recruiting companies.

Need Guidance or Batch Clarifications?

Our admissions desk and grievance team are available to assist you with batch dates, technical prerequisites, and cohort queries.