Manipal University has commenced its first cohort of full-time and part-time programmes in data science, which will culminate into a PG Diploma from the university.
Simultaneously, Manipal Global Academy of Data Science (MGADS) announced the launch of short term certification programmes for corporate learners. The offerings to enterprise clients range from boot-camps for fresh entrants to advanced modules in various aspects of data science across BFSI, IT, healthcare, retail, e-commerce, and many others.
Given that various industry estimates suggest that India will require over 2,00,000 data scientists by 2018, there has been strong interest in the PG Diploma programmes from both freshers and working professionals.
Dr. Vinod Bhat, Vice Chancellor – Manipal University, said
The unprecedented demand in this field and the rigour and professional skills that the Manipal educational institutions bring in have made this a much sought-after program. As cohort sizes are limited, we have closed admissions for this batch. However, we will announce the next batch dates very soon. For the first batch, we are also evaluating world class certification offerings with international universities through our recently announced partnership with Coursera.
To ensure that the programme has strong industry relevance, the Manipal Education group has tied up with leading corporates like Experian (a USD 4.8 billion global information services company), Genpact (a global leader in business process management and services), and IBM’s Big Data University as partners who will help in building the curriculum, providing real case studies for students and participating in the placement process.
Speaking at the event, Mr. A. P. Ramabhadran, Sr. Vice President, Manipal Global Education Services, said
With the explosion of data in literally every field of the business world, there is a strong need to train tomorrow’s roles in Data Science: data engineers, data visualizers, data scientists, and business analysts. At Manipal Global-being leaders in the corporate education space with our Academies in Banking and IT-we are focused on creating curricula and learning methodologies that train the students to be productive from the word go.
Our corporate partners help us achieve this. Overwhelming interest from more organizations to partner with Manipal Global helps us to strengthen the professional readiness of our learners and in turn helps industry gain ready talent. This creates a virtuous cycle of contemporary professional talent.
Speaking about this partnership, Siddharth Shishoo, Vice President – HR, Genpact, said
Data needs to be deciphered for intelligent insights and it is imperative to build talent in this field for more meaningful actionable insights across industry domains. With our deep expertise in analytics, we are delighted to extend this knowledge through our partnership with MaGE towards the common purpose of building a market-ready talent pool in the analytics world.
Speaking about this partnership, Mohan Jayaraman, Managing Director, Experian India, said
Data is fundamental to the world we live in and it has the potential to transform lives. Given our expertise in providing data and analytical tools, we are excited to be a part of this programme which is dedicated to nurturing young talent in the field of data science.
Fostering talent and succession planning is integral to Experian’s talent strategy and we believe that through this initiative we will continue to develop the strength and depth of our talent pipeline; thus creating future leaders in this space.
The PG Diploma in Data Science is a first-of-its-kind programme because the first nine months will teach the learners the concepts, give hands-on experience on tools and programming languages, and familiarise them with real data sets. The last two months will be an internship or a live project with various companies. In the full-time program, many organizations have expressed their desire to hire the candidates on successful completion of the programme.
The next batch for admissions will soon be announced on datascience.manipal.edu
About Manipal Global Academy of Data Science
Manipal University offers an 11-month Full Time and Part Time Post Graduate Diploma in Data Science award. The Full time program is an intensive residential program while the Part Time program caters to working professionals with classes on weekends at Bangalore.
Manipal Global Academy of Data Science (MGADS) is Manipal Global Education Services (MaGE)’s latest offering to address skill challenges in India. MGADS offers a full-suite of solution to individual learners and enterprises. The academy is equipped to hire & assess data science talent, conduct boot-camp and on-boarding for data science hires at entry level and advanced level training interventions in niche areas such as machine learning, natural language programming, financial analytics and marketing analytics amongst other domains.
About Experian
Experian is the leading global information services company, providing data and analytical tools to our clients around the world. It helps businesses to manage credit risk, prevent fraud, target marketing offers and automate decision making. For more information, please visit Experian
About IBM Big Data University
The Big Data University, an IBM community initiative, is not like other on-line training sites. The content is free, access to tool sets used within the courses is free, and the course is designed to be accessed at your pace based on your priorities. For more information, please visit IBM Big Data University