With the rapid adoption of data science and business analytics across sectors, there is a massive demand for Data Scientists and Business Analysts with new-age expertise. Dr Vipin B, Assistant Professor, Department of Industrial and Management Engineering (IME) at IIT Kanpur, explains how eMasters in Data Science and Business Analytics can help build such expertise.
The IIT Kanpur eMasters is a unique set of independent, postgraduate-level flexible programs exclusively designed for working professionals to enable them with relevant expertise to stay agile, effective and relevant in a fast-changing technology-dominated world. Given the high reputation of IIT Kanpur in its teaching and evaluation standards, these formal degree programs with its intended high quality and standard will help professionals in their vertical career growth and improve their employment potential during a later movement. Corporate organizations, too, can upgrade the capabilities of their workforce with these programs.
Each program, under eMasters portfolio, offers several flexible tracks, with multi-disciplinary modules that are designed to be intellectually challenging and state-of-the-art — the hallmark of IIT Kanpur. Apart from weekend-only live interactive sessions coupled with self-paced learning components, the program also offers on-campus visits to IIT Kanpur covering lab visits, lab sessions, and demonstrations as applicable. Programs are completely course-based with no thesis requirement. Explore