Read further to find out an in-depth analysis of the various parameters these courses offer. We considered some of the parameters to develop this list: Duration, Fee, Mode of Teaching, Selection Process, Eligibility, Any placement support, Number of seats. Here we present some of the best analytics courses for working professionals in India:

1. Advanced Management Programme in Business Analytics by Indian School of Business

Advanced Management Programme in Business Analytics by the Indian School of Business is a rigorous program with full teaching days, sessions, guest lectures, and projects. It aims to minimize the disruption of work and personal pursuits for working professionals. For classroom learning, students will have to be on campus for a 5-day schedule. The program takes place every alternate month for 12 months.

Duration: 15 months

Course Fee: INR 915000

Mode of Teaching: Full-Time Regular Classroom

Eligibility criteria:

• The applicant should have a bachelor’s/master’s degree in Engineering, Statistics, Mathematics, Technology, Science, or equivalent qualification.
• He/she must have work experience of at least two years, although 4-6 years is desirable.
• ISB shall also consider freshers who have the right bent of mind and an excellent academic record.

Selection Process:

• Entrance Test or a valid GMAT, GRE, CAT, or NMAT score.
• Personal Interview

Placement Opportunities: ISB doesn’t offer any placement opportunities as participants have company support. The company allows the candidates to take time off from work to attend the program. Therefore, respecting the employer’s support, ISB does not feel it is appropriate to offer placement services.

2. ePost Graduate Diploma(PGD) in Advanced Business Analytics (ePGD-ABA) by IIM Ahemdabad

Post Graduate Diploma in Advanced Business Analytics by IIMA aims to enable working professionals to acquire essential skills and knowledge while analyzing the right data. The course seeks to provide the students and working professionals with insight from the analysis to drive decisions.

Duration: 16 month(s)
Course Fee: INR 1000000
Mode of Teaching: A blend of online and occasional classroom interaction

Eligibility Criteria:

• If you are a working professional with at least two years of work experience, preferably in the analytics domain, the course is for you. The institute will exempt the candidates with an exceptional academic qualification.
• An undergraduate degree.
• A valid GMAT/GRE/CAT/GATE score or PGP-ABA qualifying-cum-aptitude test result.

Selection Process:

• ePGD-ABA Qualifying-cum-aptitude test.
• Personal Interview.

Placement Opportunities: IIM Indore has designed the program for working professionals who aim to upskill themselves to adapt & grow in the ever-evolving corporate sector. Therefore, the institute doesn’t provide any placement assistance for this program.

3. Integrated Program In Business Analytics (IPBA) by IIM Indore in Collaboration with Jigsaw Academy

The Integrated Program in Business Analytics by IIM Indore, in collaboration with Jigsaw Academy, is a specialized program for working professionals. The program is a blend of traditional management principles and cutting-edge technology in business analytics. Candidates develop a comprehensive, technical, and practical knowledge in data science, business analytics, visualization, machine learning, and Big Data.

Duration: 10 month(s)
Course Fee: INR 295000
Mode of Teaching: Completely Online

Eligibility Criteria: 

• A 50% score in Bachelor’s Degree or its equivalent in any discipline.
• A valid GMAT / CAT / GRE / Jigsaw Administered Test score.
• Minimum 1+ years of work experience.

Selection Process:

• An entrance Test in the absence of a CAT/GMAT/GRE score
• A telephonic interview

Placement Opportunities: IIM Indore provides placement opportunities to its students by assisting recruiters to make appropriate hiring decisions while supporting strategic career decisions from the IIM Network.

4. Postgraduate Diploma In Management(PGDM) Business Analytics by Narsee Monjee Insitute of Management Studies(NMIMS)

The PGDM program in Business Analytics by NMIMS is a two-year full-time, application-based program. Here the students learn all the necessary domains related to the art and science of Business Analytics. The program allows students to combine their managerial skills with analytical thinking that leads to building a sharp skill-set for solving real-world business problems through data-driven insights.NMIMS has divided the PGDM program into six trimesters with internships between the first and second year and simultaneous projects Projects that go hand-in-hand. The university has divided the program into six trimesters and internships between the first & the second year.

Duration: 24 months
Course Fee: INR 1650000
Mode of Teaching: Full-time regular classroom

Eligibility Criteria:

• Graduation in Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics, Commerce or Economics discipline with minimum 55% marks or equivalent CGPA from a recognized university.
• Candidates should have at least one year of full-time relevant work experience.
• They need to pass and qualify NMAT by GMAC Scores, Group Discussion followed by (GD) and Personal Interview (PI).

Intake: 60

Facilities: Centre has the facility of “Analytics Lab” with an objective of industry collaboration for students to pursuing research and projects in various aspects of data science and analytics

Placement Opportunities: NMIMS has signed MoUs with corporates, partnerships with services & consulting firms that offer long-term internships and pre-placement opportunities. 

5. Professional Certificate Program in Business Analytics by IIM Kozhikode in Collaboration with Talentedge

The Professional Certificate Program in Business Analytics is a one-of-its-kind course offered by one of the country’s most premier management institutes, IIM Kozhikode. The entire course spans for five months and is conducted online through live classes and interaction.

The business Analytics certificate program will equip candidates with in-depth skills in making data-driven business decisions. Attaining detailed learning on techniques of Business Analytics is one of the most promising career moves.

Duration: 5 months
Mode of Teaching: Completely Online
Course Fee: INR 80,000+GST

Eligibility:

Education

• Indian candidates need to have graduated or Diploma Holders from a recognized university (UGC/AICTE/DEC/AIU/State Government) in any discipline.
• International Participants must have a Graduation or equivalent degree from any recognized University or Institution in their respective country.
• Spoken and written proficiency in English is compulsory.

Pre-Requisites

• Familiarity with analytics, basic statistics, and statistical software

Placement Opportunities: The career development team of IIM Kozhikode provides a series of live webinars, instructional resources, and personalized coaching opportunities to prepare students for job planning and career management endeavors.

So these were the Top Analytics Courses for Working Professionals in India. Hope you found what you were looking for. AI Monks wishes you a Happy Learning!

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Indian School of Business (ISB)

AMPBA by ISB is a 15-month(s) program specially curated for mid-career professionals with 2 to 15 years of experience. According to the course’s website, ISB has designed the AMPBA for those who want to transform their careers by upskilling their existing thought process and refining their goals & objectives. The program targets working professionals aspiring for careers in machine learning, business analytics, and data science.

Let’s look at the course’s curriculum to understand better what it has to offer.

What do we observe?

As we can see from the above classification of courses, most of the courses are aligned with the analytics and data science domain. The program, packed with 30 courses and projects, focuses extensively on different aspects of analytics. This makes the course more suitable for professionals with prior understanding of the field or already working in the analytics and looking to upskill themselves.

Though there are foundational courses on R and Python, it requires much more to become ready for a full-fledged data scientist. Additionally, this enables the participants from different backgrounds to gain the pre-requisite knowledge. Hence, allowing a smooth transition to the world of data science and analytics.

The AMPBA program fee, INR 965,000 plus GST @ 18% (including Admission, Tuition, Course Material, Boarding and Lodging during on-campus residencies) + AMP Alumni Fee: INR 15,000 plus GST @ 18%, is in line with ePost Graduate Diploma(PGD) in Advanced Business Analytics (ePGD-ABA) by IIM Ahemdabad. However, since this program has existed for many years makes it a better option between the two.

Goods and Not so Goods of AMPBA by ISB

ISB’s AMPBA is a part-time program delivered in a blended learning format. The students spend five days at the ISB campus for residential classroom learning once every term. They also attend online sessions through a technology-aided platform, and work on mini-projects, assignments, etc., through ISB’s Learning Management System. The AMPBA emphasizes on the application, rather than just theory. The pedagogy involves blending faculty lectures with case study discussions, group activities, interactive sessions, and simulations. ISB also invited experienced industry practitioners who interact with participants, share practical perspectives & insights into real business problems.

Foundational Projects 

The course also offers Foundational Projects to help participants build skills to solve different business problems by integrating classroom learning.

Capstone Project

The Capstone Project is a three-month-long industry-sponsored project. The completion of the course offers participants an opportunity to apply their learning to solve real-world business problems.

The project duration of 3 months is decent from an analytics standpoint. One can try to get a complete experience of the end-to-end project in 3 months. Plus, people coming from the non-analytic background can have good exposure to the capstone project.

Additionally, a faculty member and an industry mentor guide each participant group, to integrate theoretical and practical aspects. Moreover, the program allows the participants to choose to work a live project from their organization. Alternatively, bid for projects that it brings from other organizations.

Placements

AMPBA by ISB does not provide any placement opportunities. Since the participants have company support, at least by way of time off from work to attend the program and therefore respecting the employer’s support, ISB does not feel it is appropriate to offer placement services. So, for people looking to get into the program with the aim of getting campus placement, this may not be the right choice.

Brand Name

Since its inception, ISB has been one of the biggest brand names for management education in India. Moreover, a strong backing from the college and a diversified alumni base should provide the required push to the course.

Action Learning

The course includes an action learning project. The students have to undertake these individually or under an ISB mentor’s guidance. The participant has to accomplish this personally. This would give them the chance to apply whatever they have learned during the course. ​

Opportunities for Data Science Enthusiasts

Since the course is more inclined towards analytics, we feel that the candidates aspiring to strengthen their existing analytics and data science skills can leverage the course curriculum and upskill themselves.

Conclusion:

To sum up, we would say the AMPBA by ISB is the right course with many good aspects. We believe that the course will help existing analytics or data science professionals upskill themselves and boost their analytics career. For individuals trying to enter the analytics field, they need to be a little cautious of the fact that the college does not provide the placement support. Hence the transition will depend a lot on your network and effort.​

We hope that AMPBA by ISB: AI Monks’ View might have helped you weigh the pros and cons before investing your hard-earned money and time into this course. To read about AI Monks’ View on IIMB-PGPBA, click here.

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About the Course

The institute enables the students to excel in their roles as Data Analysts by-

• Building the Foundation– The course begins with building the foundation by focussing on what Analytics is, how to use statistical methods for decision making, working on Marketing and Customer Reputation Management (CRM), and exposing the students to Business Finance.
• Teaching Analytical Techniques– Technical knowledge has been imparted to the students in all the ways possible. The course curriculum includes a few important techniques such as Optimization techniques, advanced statistics, data mining, predictive modeling, time series forecasting, and machine learning, etc.
• Exposing to the Domain– Apart from the technicalities, the course has been designed such that the students gain knowledge of additional areas such as Marketing and Retail Analytics, Web and Social Media Analytics, Finance and Risk Analytics, and Supply Chain and Logistics Analytics.
• Offering Practical Exposure– Business Analytics and Intelligence being practical subjects are covered in a hands-on manner at the institute. Case studies from the real world enable the students to succeed in roles that their jobs would offer using data analytics. 
• Tools and Languages– The institute focuses on enabling the students to be able to work on the Capstone project, Hackathons, Case studies, Assignments. During the course, the students work on tools such as R, Python, Tableau, and SAS as part of their curriculum.

Duration of PGP-BABI

The course has been set for completion in the time duration of 12 months in the classroom on weekends along with online sessions.

Students can also take up online classes that are personally mentor-driven.

Centers of PGP-BABI

Selected candidates have the option of taking up the course in the classroom on weekends or virtually using the online platforms. However, the latter is a self-mentored course.

Eligible candidates can opt for the classroom course at any one of the following centers- 

• Bangalore
• Chennai
• Gurgaon
• Pune
• Mumbai

Eligibility of PGP-BABI

• Candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 50% aggregate marks or equivalent
• At least 2 years of full-time post-qualification work experience is a must for applying for admission to the course

Fees of PGP-BABI

The 12- month course costs INR3,95,000 (excluding GST)

Certification

The students earn a dual certificate in Post Graduation from the Great Lakes Institute of Management and the University of Texas at Austin, McCombs School of Business on the successful completion of the 12-month course.

Placement Options

Following are a few companies have been visiting the campus offering placement opportunities to the students-

• Morgan Stanley
• Deutsche Bank
• Microsoft
• Google
• Amazon
• Yahoo
• Flipkart
• Capgemini
• Cognizant
• Adobe
• Dell
• Infosys
• Accenture
• Maersk
• J.P. Morgan
• Oracle
• Deloitte

For more information, visit the official website.

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