Post Graduate Certificate Program

About The Program

Post Graduate Certificate in Data Science and Business Analytics is divided in 4 modules and 1 capstone project. Candidates can pursue each module separately. Upon completion of each module and refreshers exercises, the candidate will be entitled to a module specific certificate. Upon completion of all four modules successfully, the candidate can opt for a capstone project. Upon successful submission and evaluation of the capstone project report, the candidate will be entitled to receive Post Graduate Certificate in Data Science and Business Analytics.

About IMI Bhubaneswar

International Management Institute (IMI) Bhubaneswar, established in 2011, is a young institute which achieved the coveted position of 70th rank in National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2022 conducted by Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India. IMI Bhubaneswar currently offers Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM), PGDM (Part Time) and FPM (equivalent to Ph.D.) programmes which are approved by AICTE. The flagship PGDM programme is accredited by NBA (National Board of Accreditation) and has got equivalence from AIU (Association of Indian Universities). IMI Bhubaneswar is accredited with AMBA (Association of MBAs) and NAAC (National Assessment and Accreditation Council). IMI programs are also accredited and recognized by United States Board for Education Standardization (USBES), USA. The institute is a member of European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD), Association of Management Development Institutions in South Asia (AMDISA) and Association of Indian Universities (AIU). IMI Bhubaneswar has endeavoured to create international alliances through its tie-ups with EGADE Business School, Mexico City, Mexico; Sichuan Academy of Social Sciences (SASS), Chengdu, China; ESC Rennes, France; and Manhattan Institute of Management (MIM), NY, USA. IMI Bhubaneswar organises three international conferences every year in collaboration with international partner institute to provide an ecosystem for global learning, opportunities for international level student exchange, research collaborations, and opportunities to interact with global leaders. The institution is also regularly coming out with SCOPUS indexed conference anthologies published by Palgrave Macmillan. The institute has been consistently ranked high in various surveys of Management Schools. In NIRF 2022, IMI Bhubaneswar has been rated higher than many IIMs on parameters like corporate linkages, intellectual capital, Infrastructure etc. by various reputed ranking agencies. The institute has been awarded the Business Excellence Award in the world, The Bizz by Worldcob, USA. Placements have been 100% since inception.

Who Should Attend?

Participants should have a bachelor’s degree in engineering/science/commerce/arts, with mathematics as one of the core subjects. Junior level executives and software engineers involved in day-to-day process execution for service delivery/product delivery in projects across sectors. Candidates would benefit from this program by doing hands-on in parallel to learning of theoretical concepts. Middle management levels in organizations who are interested in creating value through business analytics for their company. Particularly, business decision makers, customer service and customer intelligence managers, CRM managers and consultants, business analysts, business intelligence/data mining professionals working in industries such as banking, credit card businesses, financial services, insurance, telecommunications, hotels, airline, IT enabled services, retailing, BPOs, and other industries that feel the need to derive value from data would benefit from this program. Freshers or Students who are preparing to or wish to get into the world of Business Analytics. Faculty members who aspire to gain knowledge in the area of Business Analytics to apply in their research activities. Independent consultants.

Fees

Fees for each Indian Participant
Module A: Rs. 15,000/- INR including GST.
Module B: Rs. 15,000/- INR including GST.
Module C: Rs. 15,000/- INR including GST.
Module D: Rs. 15,000/- INR including GST.
Post Graduate Certification: Rs. 5,000/- INR including GST. [only if a candidate has successfully completed all four modules] If a candidate successfully completes one module, the candidate will be entitled to receive 10% discount on the next module. Candidates can choose to start with any module.

Duration & Coverage

This program is a weekend only Online program. Total duration of the program is 10 months.
Each module will be of 9 weeks. Any candidate can opt to attend any of the modules to receive a module specific certificate. Once a candidate completes any of the module, he/she will be eligible to receive 10% discount on the next module. Candidates can choose to opt for any module at a time. There is no serial order for module selection. To qualify for a Post Graduate Certificate in The candidates who will complete all four modules, will have an option to opt for capstone project. A institute faculty member will be assigned as their Project Supervisor. The candidates will have 1 month of time to complete and submit the project. To qualify for a Post Graduate Certificate in Data Science and Business Analytics, the candidates has to complete all four modules and a capstone project.

Delivery Mode
ONLINE via ZOOM
Recordings will be shared (non-downloadable for 1 month)

Class Timings
weekend
Saturday: 6 pm to 8 pm (online)
Sunday: 10 am to 12 pm (online)
The classes will be scheduled on every alternate weekends.

Coverage (with session counts)
The course will cover mix of both managerial and technical content to enable managers or executives of any business discipline to make sense of business data and to take data-driven decisions. Each session will be of 1 hour.

Module A

Module A: Certificate on Data Visualization using Tableau (20 sessions)
Introduction to Data Visualization & Visual Perceptions Preparing Data & Data management Creating Visualization and Plots Generating Visual Reports & creating story Creating Static Dashboards Creating & Deploying Interactive Dashboards

Module B

Module B: Certificate on Data Management and Visualization using PowerBI (20 .sessions)
Introduction to SQL GROUP by Statement Introduction to JOINs Creating Database and Tables Introduction to Power BI Creating Reports in Power BI Graph and Visualization

Module C

Module C: Certificate on Business Analytics using R (20 sessions) Value of Data Driven Culture and Lifecyle of Analytics Projects
Introduction to R Programming Statistical and Data Management Techniques for Managers Factor Analysis and PCA Simple and Multiple Regression Logistic Regression, and Evaluation Metrics Association Rule Mining and Market Basket Analysis

Module D

Module D: Certificate on Machine Learning in Python (20 sessions)
Introduction to Python Programming Bias-Variance Trade-off, LASSO and Ridge Regression Machine Learning – Supervised and Unsupervised Techniques and Cross Validation Advanced Classification Techniques – Decision Trees, Random Forest, Support Vector Classifier and Naïve Bayes Unsupervised Learning - Clustering Techniques (K-Means, Hierarchical) Ethics, Privacy and Challenges with Data

Program Commence Date & Seats

May 1, 2023. Maximum Number of Participants: 25 (Selection will be made on First Cum First Serve Basis)

Certificates

Online Certificates will be awarded to the registered participants who successfully completed all the requirements of the programs.

Program Director

Prof. Aritra Pan
Assistant Professor and Chairperson, Information Management and Analytics
International Management Institute (IMI) Bhubaneswar, India

Capstone Project & Methods

• Capstone Project Institute assigned Academic Project Supervisor
• Work on a real life business problem
• Submit the capstone project report
• Present the findings to the evaluation committee
• Opportunity of converting the project report to a research/industry publication

Methods
The methodology would include an appropriate mix of lectures, case studies, experience sharing, discussion, group-based activities and hands-on.