PG Diploma - Data Analytics
(
+ IIIT-B)
11-month Online Program
UpGrad
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academics to oer a rigorous & industry relevant program.
Based on our market research and conversation with the industry, we have identied
Data Analytics as one of the sectors with critical supply demand imbalance. Our
vision is to design and deliver a quality online Postgraduate Program in Data
Analytics to drive the growth of the sector and make India a global hub for data
analytics.
If you are reading this, you may wish to accelerate your career in Data Analytics. With
UpGrad, we promise to equip you with the perfect mix of business acumen and
technical capabilities to help you achieve exactly the same.
Ronnie Screwvala
Co-Founder
UpGrad
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IIIT-B is well respected in the global academic circles as well as in the global
analytics and IT industry. We have outstanding world class faculty, with years of
experience, in charge of running the analytics essentials executive education course.
We are excited to partner with UpGrad to oer a one-of-its-kind, academically
rigorous and industrially relevant PG Diploma program in Data Analytics. IIITB's
faculty will be discussing the conceptual depths of topics such as DS, IS, ML, BDA.
And this will be complimented by industry relevant case studies from major industry
verticals by industry leaders from UpGrad's industry network. Further, our strong
placement network, industry mentorship and the credibility of a PG Diploma program
will provide you just the right push to accelerate your career in Data Analytics!
We invite you to take this opportunity and join us and make use of the excellent
pedagogy and industry collaborations. You will truly be getting the best of both
worlds, which will help you achieve success in the eld of Data Analytics.
Prof. S. Sadagopan
Director
IIIT Bangalore
Learnings and Case-Studies from
Indias Most Inuential Analytics Leaders
Sameer
Dhanrajani
Ujjyaini
Mitra
Tejas
Sanghavi
Kalpana
Subbaramappa
Vinit
Vishal
Business Leader
Associate Director
Business Finance
Vice President
Ex - Assistant
Vice President, Decision
Sciences
Head - BI & Analytics
Cognizant Technology
Solutions
Flipkart
Fractal Analytics
GENPACT
Arvind Lifestyle Brands
Limited
S. Anand
Anshuman
Gupta, PhD
Madhukar
Kumar
Sai Alluri
Hindol Basu
Pro Analytics Lead
Partner
Head - Data Science
Program
Advanced Analytics
Expert
Uber
TataIQ
Gramener
Cognizant Technology
Solutions
Experfy & Ex-WNS
Chief Data Scientist
Concepts from Top Academicians
Prof. S.
Sadagopan
Dr. Chandrashekar
Ramanatha
Tricha
Anjali
G
Srinivasaraghavan
Dinesh Babu
Jayagopi
Director
Associate Dean
Associate Professor
Professor
Assistant Professor
IIIT Bangalore
IIIT Bangalore
IIIT Bangalore
IIIT Bangalore
IIIT Bangalore
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Why Data Analytics with UpGrad & IIIT-B?
PG Diploma from IIIT-B
For the Industry, by the Industry
Earn a reputed Post
Graduate Diploma without
leaving your job
Receive mentoring from
industry leaders and be ahead
of the curve by learning what
the industry needs
Career Support
Domain Specialization*
Get access to career coaching
services and a chance to be part of
IIIT-B and UpGrad Recruitment
Process
Choose between BFSI,
E-commerce/Retail, Healthcare/Life
Sciences or Telecom/Media & build a
resume showing expertise in one of
the largest sectors in the world
On-the-go Learning
Student Support
400 hours of lectures
squeezed into 30 mins learning
sessions anywhere anytime
Round the clock academic/
non-academic support.
Unparalleled peer-to-peer learning
*Elective would be launched only if there is a sizeable student demand for the particular elective
Data Analytics
Program Curriculum
Introduction to Data Management
Introduction to Data Analytics
Understand what is data analytics & its applications across industries
Introduction to Data Sets and Data Models
Learn how to solve problems & identify relevant data sets for solving them
Programing Language for Data Analysis
Get equipped with analytical tools like (R and Python) for Data Analysis
Data Warehousing and OLAP
Learn to extract and pre-process data before analysis
Data Visualization
Make your data alive with visuals using R, Excel and tools like Tableau
Statistics and EDA
Exploratory Data Analysis
Derive initial insights from the data using R and other visualization tools
Descriptive Statistics
Summarize and describe data sets using Central tendency & variability
Inferential Statistics
Learn probability, Central Limit Theorem and much more to draw inferences
Design of Experiment
Use Design of Experiment methodology for data collection
Hypothesis Testing
Understand how to formulate & test hypotheses
Introduction to Predictive Analysis I
Introduction to Machine Learning
Learn all about Tasks, Features, Models and design of ML study
Distance based and Linear Models
Master KNN, K Means, SVMs & Perceptron
Probabilistic Models
Understand algorithms like Logistic regressions & Nave Bayes
Features & ML experiments
Learn Dimensionality reduction, LDA and common pitfalls in analysis
Data Analytics
Introduction to Predictive Analysis II
Tree and Bayesian network model
Learn Decision Trees, Random Forests and Bayesian Models
Kernel Methods and Model Selection
Understand Kernels, Overtting/Undertting, bagging/boosting and ensemble methods
Advanced Regression and time series modelling
Learn Ridge regression, Logistic Regression and Markov Models
Neural networks
Master Feed-forward, Recurrent and Gaussian Neural Networks
Big Data Analytics
Introduction to Big Data and Hadoop
Understand what is Big Data Hadoop and use Hadoop as a processing platform
Managing Big Data
Learn to extract and manage data using Sqoop, Hive and HBase
Introduction to Spark
Understand the use of Spark and basics of Scala
Big Data Analysis
Learn Big Data analysis using SparkR, SparkSQL and basics of MLlib
Domain Electives*
BFSI
Learn Customer analytics and Risk Analytics within BFSI
E-Commerce/Retail/CPG
Learn customer marketing analytics and recommendations engines
Telecom/Media
Learn how analytics is revolutionizing both Telecom and Media domains
Health Care/Life Science
Understand analytics usage in Healthcare improvement and drug discovery
Capstone Project
Reinforce your industry specialization by doing a 3 month industry
mentored capstone project
*Elective would be launched only if there is a sizeable student demand for the particular elective.
Data Analytics
Program Details
Start Date
Feb-March 2017*
Duration of Program
11 Months
Program Flow
8 Months - Interactive Learning
3 Months - Industry Mentored Capstone Project
Weekly Commitment
10-15 hrs per week (Depending on prior aptitude)
(5-7 hrs of video experience time, 1-2 hrs of live session, 4-6 hrs
assignments & projects)
Tuition Fees : 2,00,000 (Incl. of all taxes)
Flexible Payment Options
Merit Based Scholarships
Eligibility
Bachelor's/ Master's degrees with mathematical and some
programming background
Selection Process
Selection test to assess quantitative and programming aptitude
*Pre-preparatory sessions will start from November 2016.
Data Analytics
UpGrads course oerings have given me the vision and the clarity
of thought that I needed to establish new career goals
- Avani Chitroda, Assistant Vice President at Deutsche Bank
I feel that the content provided by UpGrad is great and the platform
is very intuitive with very active peer-to-peer engagement which
keeps you on your toes
- Hersh Pitroda, Co-Founder at Burosys Furniture
Apart from the quality content, UpGrad also connected me with
people of similar mindsets and ambitions which keeps me constantly
motivated and driven
- Dhivya Kalanithy, Conference Producer, The Ideas Exchange
UpGrad has the best educational platform for professionals like me
who want to study and advance their skills without leaving their
jobs
- Sharan Karnani, Director, Kiran Knit & Garments Pvt. Ltd.
For further details, call us at 022-61562160 or contact:
Shehzia Valiulla
Program Director
shehzia@upgrad.com
Pearl Singporewalla
Student Experience Manager
analytics@upgrad.com
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