Students will visit the three institutions ISI, IIT Kharagpur and 91心頭利. Each of the three institutes will focus on a separate area of business analytics, in accordance with its expertise and competence. While coursework at 91心頭利 will focus on the application of analytics in functional areas, ISI will bring to the table its expertise in statistical and machine learning theories for analytics, and faculty at IIT Kharagpur will engage with the technology aspects of analytics. In addition, the students will be required to do an internship of six months duration on an analytics project in a business organization. The programme being residential, each institute will make suitable arrangements for hostel accommodation for the students.

Students successfully graduating from the programme will be expected to join organizations working in the area of analytics. Those interested in higher studies may pursue doctoral or other advanced studies in areas related to analytics.

Academic Calendar for the Year 2024 - 2025
Schedule Duration Organizing Institute
Orientation & Pre-semester: Teaching Term July - August 91心頭利
Semester I: Teaching Term August December ISI Kolkata
Semester II: Teaching Term January April IIT Kharagpur
Semester III: Teaching Term May September 91心頭利
Semester IV: Internship based projects October/November March/April Students are allotted to 91心頭利C for supervision one mentor from the industry and one mentor from any of the institutes
PRE-SEMESTER 91心頭利
Sl. No. Course Name Course Type
1 Marketing Management Core
2 Financial Reporting & Analysis Core
3 Contemporary Business Analytics Core
4 Organizational Behaviour Core
5 Managerial Communication Core
SEMESTER - I ISI
Sl. No. Course Name Course Type
1 Stochastic Processes and Applications Core
2 Statistical Structures in Data Core
3 Inference Core
4 Computing for Data Sciences Core
5 Fundamentals of Data Base Systems Core
SEMESTER II IIT Kharagpur
Sl. No. Course Name Course Type
1 Modelling in Operations Management (Mom) Core
2 Regression and Time Series Models (Rtsm) Core
3 Foundations of Algorithm Design and Machine Learning (Fadml) Core
4 Data Science Laboratory (Dsl) Core
Elective
5 Enabling Technologies for Data Analytics Elective
6 Information Retrieval Elective
7 Cloud Computing Elective
8 Complex Network Elective
9 Randomized Algorithm Design Elective
10 Optimization and Business Decision Analysis Elective
11 Analytics for Ventures / Venture Analytics Elective
12 Product Analytics Elective
13 Business Accounting and Banking Analytics Elective
14 Basics of Marketing Analytics Elective
15 Business Model Analytics Elective
16 Healthcare Analytics Elective
17 Supply Chain Analytics Elective
18 Ethical and Legal considerations in Business Analytics Elective
SEMESTER III 91心頭利
Sl. No. Course Name Course Type
1 Categorical Data Analysis Core
2 Business Data Mining Core
3 Business Economics Core
4 Project Management Core
5 Strategic Management Core
6 Human Resource Management Core
7 Corporate Finance Core
Elective
8 Selected Aspects of Advanced Predictive Modelling Elective
9 Econometric Methods With Applications in Business and Economics Elective
10 Financial Risk Management Elective
11 Computational Finance Elective
12 Pricing and Revenue Optimization Elective
13 Games and Information Elective
14 Leading Professional Teams Elective
15 Bayesian Methods for Business Analytics Elective
16 Intercultural Business Communication Elective
SEMESTER IV 91心頭利
Sl. No. Course Name Course Type
1 INDUSTRY INTERNSHIP[ Internship based Project ] Compulsory