Advanced Program in

Data Sciences
Contents
• Broad Contours
• Key Features
• Who Should Attend
• Course Content
• Course Architecture
• Course Directors
• About IIMC
• Online Delivery
• Fees
• Detailed Course Content
Broad Contours
Course • Professor Preetam Basu and Professor Indranil Bose
Directors

Duration • One Year

• Graduate (10+2+3 or equivalent) /Post Graduate with a min 50% marks

Eligibility • Minimum 3 years of Work Experience
• Candidate should be currently working

• Sessions will be held on Thur 6:30PM-9:30PM (IST) and Sun, 2:00PM-5:00PM

Schedule (IST)

• The course Fee is Rs. 2,84,000. There is also additional campus visit fees of Rs.
Course Fee 6000 per day to be paid directly to IIM C.

Please Note: The above fees are not inclusive of taxes

Key Features

Main focus on data management and

A 1 year course, with 275 hours of Live analysis with introduction to various
Online Interactive sessions and 10 days of software such as XL-Miner, SAS Enterprise
campus sessions Miner, SPSS, R, @Risk, Arena, Apache Spark
etc.

Detailed coverage of topics such as Data

Projects of choice in the areas of marketing,
Representation & Visualization, Database
finance and operations, guided by IIM C
Management & Data warehousing, Big
professors
Data Storage and Analysis
Who Should Attend
APDS is a one year course brought to you by IIM Calcutta, designed for:

• Working Professionals aspiring to become Data Scientists

• Executives interested in the fields of Data Analysis and Management
• Executives in Management field seeking greater knowledge of
quantitative techniques and sharper analytical skills
Course Content
• Statistics for Data Science
• Mathematical Methods for Data
Science
• Data Representation and
Visualization
• Econometric Methods
• Categorical data analysis
• Optimization
• Stochastic Processes and
Simulation
• Database Management and Data
Warehousing
• Machine Learning
• Decision Support Systems and
Actionable Intelligence
• Big Data Storage and Analysis
 Course Architecture

11 Course Modules

Specialized or Comprehensive Projects

3 Campus Visits (10 days total)

Certification from IIMC

IIMC Alumni Status

Course Directors
The course will be taught by various eminent faculty from IIM Calcutta.The
IIM Calcutta faculty profiles can be found at
https://www.iimcal.ac.in/faculty/faculty-directory

Professor Indranil Bose and Professor Preetam Basu will be the course
coordinators for APDS.

Prof Indranil Bose is a Professor of Management Information Systems at the

Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. He was the founding Chairperson
of the Postgraduate Diploma in Business Analytics offered by IIMC, IITKGP
and ISL. His degrees include B. Tech (Hons.) from the Indian Institute of
Technology, Kharagpur, MS from the University of Iowa and MS and PhD
from Purdue University.
Prof. Preetam Basu is a Assistant Professor of Operations at IIM Calcutta. He
has a PhD in from the University of Connecticut and an MS in mathematics
from the University of Minnesota. He consults in the areas of supply chain
management, revenue management and services operations.
 Testimonials from Past Participants
“As a beginner to the Data Science field, I joined this course with the expectation of
building a strong foundation in Data Analytics. Though the course is rigorous given
the short duration, it is so well tailored by the excellent faculty to give us exposure to
contents similar to that of a full-time course. It is also giving me an opportunity to
interact with accomplished peers to add to the learning experience.”

Ashwini B C
Engineer
Nokia Solutions and Networks India Private Limited
APDS 01 Participant

“I'm a cost accountant with twelve years of experience. I am getting knowledge in

difference all area of data science. Syllabus is fully framed for data science and it is
outstanding.”
Rajkumar Rathinakumar
Project Manager
Shriram Value Services Ltd.
APDS 01 Participant
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About IIMC
• IIMC, established by government of India in 1961, has
emerged as one of Asia's finest business schools
• Its illustrious alumni include prominent executives,
entrepreneurs and academicians like:
• Indra Nooyi (Chairman and CEO of PepsiCo)
• Ajit Balakrishnan (Founder, Chairman & CEO
of Rediff.com)
• P M Murty (MD & CEO of Asian Paints)
• Ramchandra Guha (Academician and noted Author)
• IIM Calcutta attracts the best talent in India - a melting
pot of academia, industry and research.
• From our core curriculum of General Management skills
to advanced electives and seminars, our learners have
access to a pre-eminent faculty of thought leaders
Online Delivery
• APDS will be delivered through a combination of online and face to face sessions.
• The online sessions will be led by the IIM Calcutta faculty and will conducted through
www.training.com. The live sessions can be accessed from your Windows PC/Laptop by
using your login credentials.
System Requirements
• Windows PC/Laptop
• Web Camera
• Headphone with Mic
• Internet connection with > 2 Mbps Speed (Upload & Download Speed)
• This self-diagnostic test will verify if you meet the necessary software requirements
(webcam, mike and internet speed cannot be verified through this link)
• https://na1cps.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm

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Fees
The Course Fee is Rs 2,84,000 or $5550. You can avail the installment payment options mentioned below:

I II III IV V
Date On Application During Registration May 2018 Jul 2018 Sep 2018
INR 9000 110000 55000 55000 55000
USD 165 2154 1077 1077 1077

Please Note:
• The USD price is applicable to Non-Indians and Indians residing outside India for the duration of the course.
• The above INR amounts do not include taxes. Applicable service tax will be charged on all transactions
• If the candidate is NOT selected by institute, the application fee (INR 9,000/$165) will be REFUNDED
• If the candidate is selected by institute, the application fee and taxes will be NON- REFUNDABLE
• If candidate is NOT selected by Institute, the application fee will be refunded in 21 days from result declaration
• All selected candidates will be issued an OFFER LETTER by training.com, on behalf on IIM Calcutta
• A separate campus visit fee of INR 6000 per day + taxes will be charged. This amount is payable in three installments and needs to be
paid to IIM Calcutta before each campus visit. AC accommodation will be provided on twin sharing basis at IIMC.
• training.com/IIMC reserve the right to foreclose admissions if we reach the requisite number of participants.
Detailed Course Content
Statistics for Data Science

• Probability Theory
• Statistical Inference
• Sampling Theory
• Hypothesis Testing
• Regression Analysis
Mathematical Methods for Data Science

• Calculus
• Linear Algebra
• Decision Theory
Data Representation and Visualization

• Exploring Data
• Finding Relationships among Variables
• Graphing Data
• bar, pie and fever charts
• heat maps
• Correlation and Covariance
• Pivot Tables
Econometric Methods

• Time Series Analysis

• GARCH Models
• Fixed Effects Estimation
• Random Effects Estimation
Categorical Data Analysis

• Types of categorical data

• Generalized linear models
• Contingency tables
• Simple and multinomial logistic regression models
Optimization

• Linear Programming
• Integer Programming
• Multi-criteria Optimization
• Goal Programming
• AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process)
• Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA)
Stochastic Processes and Simulation

• Random Variables and Distributions

• Monte Carlo Simulation
• Discrete Event Simulation
• Variance Reduction Techniques
Database Management and Data Warehousing

• Relational database management: Schemas and relations

• Entity relationship diagrams
• Structured query language
• Datawarehouses, data marts and ETL
Machine Learning

• Supervised and unsupervised learning

• Kernel based methods
• Text mining techniques
• Performance evaluation
Decision Support Systems and Actionable
Intelligence
• ERP systems
• SCM and CRM systems
• CRISP-DM model
• Insights to actions in an Omni-Channel Environment
Big Data Storage and Analysis

• Structured, semi-structured and unstructured data

• In-memory storage and NoSQL
• Distributed processing: Hadoop and MapReduce
• Complex events and stream analysis
 DISCLAIMER
This presentation has been prepared for general understanding of the
candidates about the course. NIIT reserves the right, in its sole
discretion, to revise, add, supplement or complement the academic
aspects of the course including but not limited to the curriculum,
admission norms, examination, evaluation criteria and the
nomenclature of the course as well as the certificate/credential
awarded to the candidates

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