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STARTS ON September 30, 2023 Live Online & On-campus Immersion
DURATION 9 Months Live Online Sessions 3 Hours, Once a Week Saturday, 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM
PROGRAMME FEE INR 2,25,500 + GST (Excluding Application and Alumni fee) View Payment Plan Special Corporate Enrolment Pricing
ELIGIBILITY Graduate (10+2+3)/Diploma holder (10+2+3) or (10+2+4) with minimum of 5 years to maximum 20 years of work experience as on September 30, 2023
STARTS ON September 30, 2023 Live Online & On-campus Immersion
DURATION 9 Months Live Online Sessions 3 Hours, Once a Week Saturday, 3:30 PM - 6:30 PM
PROGRAMME FEE INR 2,25,500 + GST (Excluding Application and Alumni fee) View Payment Plan Special Corporate Enrolment Pricing

Programme Overview

In a world where information reigns supreme, harnessing the potential of data analysis is no longer a mere advantage – it's a necessity. The modern business ecosystem thrives on insights. This program will help you delve into the managerial intricacies of data science, machine learning, and business intelligence to spearhead data-enabled business process transformation, leverage data within projects & workflow, and navigate data-driven challenges.

To meet this demand, IIM Lucknow has designed the Executive Programme in Data Science, which provides a cutting-edge curriculum emphasizing the managerial nuances of tools and techniques for handling, managing, analysing, and interpreting data. Taught by leading IIM Lucknow faculty, learners will gain comprehensive programming knowledge requiredto put data to work and derive revenue-generating, business-critical insights. Build a robust foundationin practical business decision-making using statistics and in-demand data science tools and techniques using Excel and R.

  • No. 1

    By 2022, data scientists and analysts will become the number one emerging role in the world.

    (World Economic Forum, 2019)
  • 93,500

    Over 93,500 data science jobs went vacant in India at the end of August 2020.

    (Business Standard, 2020)
  • $3.03B

    The Indian analytics market stands at $3.03 billion in size and is expected to double by 2025.

    (The Week, 2020)
  • High-growth Analytics Industry

    India’s Big Data industry is to form 32% of the worldwide market and US$20 billion by 2026 from the present level of US$6.9 billion.

    (Analytics Insight, 2022)

Placements and Career Transitions

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Programme Highlights

Receive a certificate of completion from one of India’stop B-Schools (NIRF, 2023)

Experience a three-day on-campus immersion at the IIM Lucknow campus

Receive hands-on exposure and learning to make effective data-driven business decisions

Become industry-ready with real-world case studies, a project and tools using Excel and R

Gain a global outlook with insights from IIM Lucknow faculty and industry experts

Expand your professional network and interact with experienced peers

Note: The primary mode of learning for this programme is via live online sessions with faculty members. Post-session video recordings from live sessions will be available to the participants for two weeks (approx. 14 days) after the live session is conducted, only at the discretion of the Programme Directors/ Faculty. All faculty may not permit it. Emeritus or the institute does not guarantee availability of any session recordings after the two-week period is over.

Tools Covered

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Note:
All product and company names mentioned in this material are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Their use does not imply any affiliation with or endorsement by them.
The tools will be taught by teaching faculty, industry practitioners, or linked to relevant knowledge bases for your reference and self-guided learning

Participant Testimonials

With fast tech industry changes and innovations, Data Science is one of the great niches to start learning.

Thanks to the IIM Lucknow faculty, Emeritus Executive Education, my project teammates, my family, and all the batchmates for making this a wonderful learning journey.

This gave me a very good overview of data science and what I should learn next. I have developed a problem-solving attitude during this time. Way to go

Swati Vivek Kumar

Associate General Manager

Delhi International Airport Ltd.

"Feeling proud and privileged to have gotten a chance to learn from some prolific teachers. Can't thank you enough, Prof. Gaurav Garg, Prof. Vivek Gupta, Prof. Pradeep Kumar, Mohit Bhatnagar and Deepak Sharma. Your lectures were as inspiring as they were enlightening.

Finally, I thank Emeritus Executive Education for providing me such a platform to connect with and learn from such professionals."

Pritish Ranjan

Senior Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services

"I would like to share with you all an achievement of sorts in this period of pandemic.

I got an opportunity to enhance my competencies and improve my learning in the field of data. I will cherish being a part of this course, & I’d like to thank all my professors and rest of the faculty members.

My sincere appreciation for the professors of IIM Lucknow for pushing me beyond boundaries and for their needful guidance. And this would not have been possible without my batchmates’ support and motivation."

Sandeep Vaishya

Senior Business Analyst Lead,

Tata Motors Finance Ltd.

"Months of hard work along with intellectual as well as moral guidance from professors have made this possible. Thanks to all the professors and fellow batchmates. It was great to be part of such a talented cohort."

Mayank Tripathi

Senior Associate

Cognizant

Programme Directors

Prof. Alok Dixit

Associate Professor, Finance & Accounting,

Indian Institute of Management Lucknow

Prof. Alok Dixit teaches Management Accounting, Financial Derivatives, and Applied Financial Time Series Econometrics at IIM Lucknow. He has a PhD in Finance from IIT Delhi. His research interests include derivatives pricing and market efficiency, risk management, quantitative trading strategies, liquidity, and asset pricing. His areas for consulting are risk management, personal finance and investing.

Prof. Gaurav Garg

Associate Professor,

Decision Sciences

Prof Gaurav Garg teaches quantitative analysis for management, business statistics, and advanced data analysis. He has a PhD, M.Phil, and M.Sc in Statistics. His research areas include linear models, measurement error models and restricted regression.

Programme Modules

DATA COLLECTION AND PREPARATION

  • Data Science Life Cycle
  • R
  • Data Cleaning
  • Handling Missing Data and Outliers
  • Data Visualization

DESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS

  • Basic Statistical Measures
  • Probability and Random Variable
  • Binomial and Normal Distributions

INFERENTIAL STATISTICS

  • Sampling
  • Hypothesis Testing - One Sample and Two
  • Samples
  • Chi-Square Tests
  • ANOVA

PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS

  • Linear Regression
  • Logistic Regression
  • Time Series Analysis
  • PCA
  • Factor Analysis

MACHINE LEARNING

  • Supervised and Unsupervised Machine Learning
  • NLP: Text, Web, Recommender Systems

PRESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS

  • Optimization Techniques- Liner Programming and Sensitivity
  • Integer Linear Programming
  • Waiting Line Models and Simulation

BIG DATA

  • Data Scraping: Extracting Data from Twitter and Instagram
  • Data Storage: No SQL and Hadoop Ecosystem
  • Data Processing: PIG, HIVE, Spark and Hyphenated Analytics

COGNITIVE ANALYTICS

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Deep Learning: Backpropagation
  • RNN
  • CNN
  • Generative AI applications in Data Science

The capstone project would require participants to reflect on their learnings from the programme through real-life data science application of one or more of the concepts, tools, and frameworks learnt. The project would allow participants to assimilate learnings from different modules via hands-on application.

Note:
- The in-campus modules are subject to the conditions/ unavoidable circumstances that prevail at the given point in time.
- Modules/ topics are indicative only, and the suggested time and sequence may be dropped/ modified/ adapted to fit the participant profile & programme hours.
- The primary mode of learning for this programme is via live online sessions with faculty members. Post session video recordings from live sessions will be available to the participants till two weeks (approx. 14 days) after the live session is conducted, only at the discretion of the Programme Directors/ Faculty. All faculty may not permit it. Emeritus or the institute does not guarantee availability of any session recordings after the two-week period is over.
- The programme curriculum includes individual assignments, simulations, group projects & presentations to apply and demonstrate classroom learnings.

Past Participant Profiles

Work Experience
Past Participant Experience
Top Industries
  • Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare
  • Consulting
  • IT & Services
  • Banking & Finance
  • Others*

*Others include Manufacturing & Operations, Communications, Marketing, Sales, FMCG, Hospitality etc.

Top Functions
  • Information Systems & Technology
  • Management & Consulting
  • Engineering & Operations
  • Accounting & Finance
  • Others*

*Others include Marketing & Sales, HR, Sales, Delivery, R&D etc.

Top Companies
  • RBS
  • Bank of America
  • Mondelez
  • Boston Consulting group
  • Mercedes Benz
  • Indian Army

Emeritus Career Services

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  • 15 Recorded sessions and resources in the following categories:
    (Please note: These sessions are not live):
    • Resume and Cover Letter
    • Navigating Job Search
    • Interview Preparation
    • LinkedIn Profile Optimisation
  • Interview Guidebook
  • Job Placement Assistance
    • Job openings are sourced by the CS Team and the virtual hiring drives are conducted for the applicants.
    • Dedicated online portal for all candidates where they can apply for jobs & track past applications.
    • Weekly job postings.

Please note:

  • This service is available only for Indian residents enrolled into select Emeritus programmes.
  • IIM Lucknow or Emeritus do NOT promise or guarantee a job or progression in your current job. Career Services is only offered as a service that empowers you to manage your career proactively. The Career Services mentioned here are offered by Emeritus. IIM Lucknow is NOT involved in any way and makes no commitments regarding the Career Services mentioned here.

Programme Certificate

On successful completion of the programme, with a minimum 75% attendance and satisfactory academic performance, participants will be awarded a certificate of completion and will be eligible for the IIM Lucknow Executive Alumni Status.

Sample Certificate
Sample Certificate

Note:
The certificate shown above is for illustrative purposes only and may not be an exact prototype of the actual certificate. IIM Lucknow reserves the right to change the certificate and specifications without notice.
-Post session video recordings from live sessions will be available to the participants till two weeks (approx. 14 days) after the live session is conducted, only at the discretion of the Programme Directors/ Faculty. All faculty may not permit it. Emeritus or the institute does not guarantee availability of any session recordings after the two-week period is over.

Key Programme Takeaways

  • The managerial understanding of the tools & techniques used in Data Science and Machine Learning
  • The skills to make data-driven, real-time, day-to-day organisational decisions
  • An understanding of the concepts of statistics required to make strategic and effective business decisions
  • Skills to implement machine learning algorithms
  • Skills and knowledge required to manage data science and analytics teams at your organisation
  • An in-depth understanding of data structure and data analysis

Who is this Programme for?

Data has rightfully emerged as the new global currency and becoming industry-ready in data science will make you a sought-after professional across sectors. Advance your career with an industry-recognised certificate and be eligible for the Executive Alumni Status from one of India’s leading B-Schools.

This programme is ideal for:

  • Managers and team leads interested in improving their analytical skills and looking to effectively leverage data in their business processes, projects, and workflow
  • Business and data analysts who want to transition to data science/ data analyst roles or projects and become more efficient in data-driven decision-making
  • Consultants looking to enhance their data science and data analytics capabilities to develop breakthrough solutions for their clients
  • Senior management professionals interested in building their data science and data analytics proficiency and create a data-driven culture at their organisation
  • Entrepreneurs and business owners who want to leverage data science capabilities as a competitive advantage and scale their business growth

IIM Lucknow Executive Education Alumni Status

Upon completion of the programme, participants will need to register with a one-time registration fee of INR 10,000 + GST to receive the prestigious IIM Lucknow Executive Alumni Status. The benefits include:

  • Executive Alumni status of the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow
  • Receipt of all programme brochures and newsletters from IIM Lucknow (MDP Office)
  • Details of Souvenirs available with MDP office
  • Lifelong access to a network of distinguished IIM Lucknow Executive Alumni
  • Access to the IIM Lucknow Campus Library (onsite access)
  • 10% discount in fee for any additional program (Open program, Online) at IIM Lucknow (Lucknow and Noida campus)
  • 10% group discount on the fee for referring participants (minimum group of five)

Industry Expert

Mr. Himanshu Vaidya

Information Technology Engineer,

Entrepreneur, Developer & Trainer

Himanshu Vaidya had over 5 years of experience experience in Software Design and Development using Java, Android, PHP, & Hands on Technologies like Image Processing, Augmented Reality, Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence using Python. He is a Senior Data Science Consultant & Machine Learning Architect with expertise in conceptualising and solving complex problems using Machine Learning and Deep Learning techniques.

Early applications encouraged. Limited seats are available.

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Loan offered at EMI of INR 9,346
Special Corporate Enrolment Pricing

Round 1: The first application deadline is
July 27, 2023 and the fee to apply is INR 2,500 + GST

Round 2: The second application deadline is
Aug 24, 2023 and the fee to apply is INR 3,000 + GST

Round 3: The third application deadline is
Sept 21, 2023 and the fee to apply is INR 3,500 + GST

Round 4: The fourth application deadline is
Oct 6, 2023 and the fee to apply is INR 3,500 + GST

The Learning Experience 

What is it like to learn with the learning collaborator, Emeritus? 

More than 300,000 professionals globally, across 200 countries, have chosen to advance their skills with Emeritus and its educational learning partners. In fact, 90 percent of the respondents of a recent survey across all our programs said that their learning outcomes were met or exceeded. All the contents of the course would be made available to students at the commencement of the course. However, to ensure the program delivers the desired learning outcomes, the students may appoint Emeritus to manage the delivery of the program in a cohort-based manner during the course period the cost of which is already included in the overall Course fee of the course.

A dedicated program support team is available 7 days a week to answer questions about the learning platform, technical issues, or anything else that may affect your learning experience.

In collaboration with Emeritus

Erulearning Solutions Private Limited (a company incorporated in India) is a subsidiary of Eruditus Learning Solutions Pte Ltd (a company incorporated in Singapore), and operates under the brand name of 'Eruditus' and 'Emeritus'.

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