The course's aim is to prepare players for a future role as coach. It is being conducted by All India Football Federation (AIFF) technical director Scott O'Donell at the East Bengal club ground till Wednesday, a FPAI release stated.
The course is being attended by around 25 former and current footballers.
The AIFF 'D' License course is a basic start-up coaching course for beginners.
The other players alongside Bhutia are Renedy Singh, Sandip Nandy, Chitrasen Chandam, C S Sabeeth, Abhijit Mondol, Naseem Akhtar, Samson Remingwa, Darren Caldiera, Israil Gurung, N S Manju, Othallo Tabia, Sandesh Gargari, Chika Wali, Vinay Singh, Rohmingthanga and Mahesh Rai.