Over 100 data science professionals graduated from the Indian School of Business on January 4, 2020. The students were from the 11th batch of Certificate in Business Analytics. Offered by the ISB Institute of Data Science, the CBA course deals with business analytics-statistics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and business applications such as financial analytics, marketing analytics, forecasting analytics, retail and supply chain analytics.
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Rohit Kapoor, OYO India and South Asia CEO said he sees ISB as the ‘nursery for future leaders wherein they are learning to solve future challenges’. Suneet Singh Bhatia bagged the gold and Viveg Suhag got the silver for academic excellence.
Manish Gangwar, ED at ISB Institute of Data Science mentioned about the demand for data science and business analytics professionals. The business analytics course at ISB is geared towards working professionals who wish to upgrade or shift to the data science field. The programme aims at helping students understand data science to solve business problems instead of just training students regarding machine learning and artificial intelligence. It is a 15-month long course with twice a year intake.
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The course is a mix of both - classroom and technology. Students will have to be on the campus for 6 days every alternate month for 12 months. The course has full teaching days and during the evenings, guests lectures, group and project work is scheduled.