The Indian Institute of Technology Mandi has become the first IIT to launch a full-fledged four-year bachelor’s programme in Data Science and Engineering. It will train students in computer science, applied statistics, applied mathematics and machine learning, fields that are required in the context of data science and its applications.
The programme is being jointly offered by the School of Basic Sciences (SBS) and the School of Computing and Electrical Engineering (SCEE) from the coming academic year (2019-2020).
Speaking about the programme, Professor Timothy A Gonsalves, Director, IIT Mandi, said: “All-pervasive sensors are collecting exponentially-increasing amounts of data about our machines, our structures, and ourselves. Our BTech in Data Science and Engineering will train students to collect, process and study these large data sets, discerning underlying patterns and deriving actionable insights. Graduates of this programme will have future-proof expertise that will enable them to thrive in the rapidly changing world of the next few decades. The study of Data Science as a BTech discipline is becoming essential to cater to the growing need for professionals and researchers to deal with the future challenges of India.”
This programme will help students fulfil the increasing demand of experts to capture, analyse and synthesise a large amount of data in a number of application domains.