Programme in Business Analytics
NIIT, recently announced the launch of a comprehensive “Programme in Business Analytics” to develop the next generation of data scientists and business analytics professionals.
As the need for analysing huge volumes of data presents immense opportunity for businesses today, there has been a growing demand for analytics professionals across various sectors. To cater to this emerging trend, apart from some of the leading business schools, NIIT is the first to introduce a cutting-edge program in Business Analytics.
Given the large amounts of new data created every single minute, analytics skills are no longer just an extension of the IT professional, they are becoming increasingly important for businesses. Business Analytics is emerging as an industry in its own right.
According to a study by IDC, it is estimated that global enterprises will invest Rs12,000 crores by 2015 to capture the business impact of analytics across hardware, software and services. The study also estimates a five-year compounded growth of 16 per cent for the Indian analytics market. NASSCOM has also estimated that from 50,000 today, the demand for Analytics professionals in India will grow to 2,50,000 by 2015. The six months programme has been developed by industry experts with inputs from several leading analytics companies and offers a fine balance between concepts and hands-on practice.