Vinay Kumar Maddala completed an online Coursera course in Introduction to Programming with MATLAB from Vanderbilt University with distinction. The course taught computer programming to those with little experience using MATLAB, which is an easy to learn and versatile programming system and language useful for engineers. The course was taught by Associate Professor Ákos Lédeczi, Professor Emeritus J. Michael Fitzpatrick, and Assistant Professor Robert Tairas from Vanderbilt University's Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.