DATA ANAlYTICS
NIIT, a global leader in skills and talent development, has launched Big Data with Hadoop — a futuristic programme me in data analytics under the DigiNxt Series, designed to optimise data usage and leading to better decision making. The admission to this 14-week long programme is open.
Those who are interested to apply should be a graduates and undergraduates in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) with more than 60 per cent score in their Class X and Class XII.
On successful completion of the programme students will be offered placement assistance by NIIT. The first batch commenced from September 26, 2016 and those who wish to apply for the second batch can log on to www.niitdiginxt.com.
NIIT has recently ventured into Digital Transformation to offer programmes aligned to the manpower requirements of the emerging digital economy. Through this significant move NIIT aims to totally re-align the skills and career group to the changing future-skill-sets requirement of the industry and emerge as a leader in the digital learning space.
GROWTH
The University of Virginia Darden School of Business’ massive open online course (MOOC) — Grow to Greatness— will be starting from October 24, 2016. led by Edward H Hess, Professor of business administration and Batten executive-in-residence, the two-part course will provide students and small business owners the opportunity to learn more about the challenges of growing a private business.
This course has already seen over 54,500 enrollments in Part I and 22,750 in part II.
Available on-demand, registration is open to anyone with an internet connection. Participants who successfully complete the course requirements can earn a course certificate, or students can audit the course for free.
For more information on this course, log onto https://www.coursera.org/learn/smart-growth-strategy-1 to register.
The course complements the School’s portfolio of online courses taught by Darden faculty available on the Coursera platform: