Vinay Kanakadandila successfully completed with distinction a 5-week online non-credit course called "An Introduction to Interactive Programming in Python (Part 1)" offered through Coursera and authorized by Rice University. The course certificate was issued on August 27, 2015 and was signed by Joe Warren, Scott Rixner, John Greiner, and Stephen Wong from Rice University's Department of Computer Science to verify Vinay's participation and identity.