The need for studying data science as a formal degree program has seen an exponential growth in the last decade. It is mostly inflamed by explosion of huge volume and variety of data generated by the use of Internet surfing, extensive penetration of online shopping, use of mobile networks, medical industry and the social media. Data Science plays a vital role in ensuring the proper decision making in the process of developing the businesses. Today data science has become an indispensable division in any business organization either in private or in government sectors. Hence, the achievement of any project of private or government sectors solely relies on analytics based decision making process done by skilled data science professionals.
M. Tech in Data Science integrates learning of fundamental concepts and advanced technical aspects in Data Science. It provides a platform to understand the application of concepts through practical experiments and aims to place career in Data Science on a higher growth
This program incorporates a structured roadmap to enable students to be future ready for a career as an industry professional or continue with doctoral research
This program includes the following subject matters as core subjects along with relevant choices of subjects as electives : Statistics and Probability; Statistical Inference; Machine Learning; Big Data Analytics; Dimension Reduction; Model Validation; Data Visualization techniques and latest trends
The term "data scientist" is the trending job title in the IT field. Some of the market and career growth opportunities are listed below.
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering / Technology in ECE, EEE, EIE, CSE (4 years after 10+2 or 3 years after B.Sc. / Diploma in Engineering / Technology) – Currently in the final year or already completed. M. Sc. in Electronics or Electrical / MCA or equivalent Master’s degree.
The qualification required to apply for the program is a minimum of 50% marks (45% marks in case of candidate belonging to reserved category) in the respective bachelor’s degree from a recognized university.