DIPLOMA IN DATA SCIENCE

Data Science is gaining prominence as the career path of choice for many new generation job seekers. As big data continues to have a major impact on the world, data science does as well due to the close relationship between the two. A career as a data scientist is ranked as the third-best job in America for 2020 by Glassdoor and was ranked in the top 5 from 2016 to 2019. India is the second-highest country to recruit employees in the field of data science, with 50,000 positions available -second only to the United States. The demand is equally competitive, whether it is for the big MNCs, the e-commerce industry or even start-ups.

Despite being a field with huge potential and career growth opportunities for skilled resources, there is a serious lack of resources with the right mix of skills, expertise, and experiences. According to a survey by the MIT Sloan Management Review, 43 per cent of companies report a lack of appropriate analytic skills as a key challenge. Most of the courses available in the market are focused on basic algorithms and code examples, rather than focusing on the actual working of the algorithms, and mathematics behind the scenes. This approach creates professionals who blindly apply known algorithms to incoming data, without analysing the intricacies of data, or the business-specific requirements.

This Diploma Programme in Data Science expects to build a complete data science “unicorn”- one who has a solid understanding of the mathematics behind the algorithms, practical considerations in applying the algorithms to data (and big data) and generates insights that are business relevant. The certifiable demand for Data Scientists will ensure that rigorous and dedicated completion of the diploma course can guarantee placement in the industry.