Jigsaw Academy and Great Lakes Institute of Management Launch Post Graduate Programme in Business Analytics
Bangalore, India (PRWEB) November 06, 2013 -- Jigsaw Academy is a world renowned analytics training academy that provides industry relevant e-training and education in the field of data science and analytics. Their award winning courses are a unique blend of statistics, statistical tools and industry knowledge; all taught through real life examples. They have now partnered with Great Lakes Institute of Management to offer a comprehensive Post Graduate Business Analytics Programme that combines the best of classroom sessions and technology aided learning in terms of recorded lectures and live webinars.
"We are proud to have partnered with Great Lakes, one of India's most respected business schools that has been consistently ranked within the top 20 in the country," says Gaurav Vohra, CEO and co-founder of Jigsaw Academy. "This partnership will further our goal of developing analytically minded professionals who want to build their careers in the field of analytics, thereby reducing the huge gap in analytics talent that exists in the market today," continues Gaurav.
The Programme is divided into 240 hours of classroom sessions and about 150 hours of online learning (using recordings, webinars, virtual lab, assignments and projects), delivered over a period of 11 months. The participants will spend 5 days every alternate month on the Great Lakes campus in Gurgaon. Between successive contact sessions, participants would take online classes and access other learning material (assignments, readings, recordings, hands on SAS lab exercises, etc) using an online learning management system.
The curriculum for the programme has been designed to include an interesting mix of domain knowledge, quantitative subjects, technical skills and applications. The first few modules of the Programme will focus on domain competency along with hands on exposure to popular analytical tools and techniques. Further into the programme participants will be given expertise in handling large data sets in terms of processing, managing, analyzing and representing them in a format that makes Business decisions easy. The curriculum will also focus on specific problems encountered in domains such as Finance, Marketing, Web, Health, Energy, Telecom etc, and candidates will learn the Business Analytics approaches to solve these problems.
Other than the hands on exposure participants will get through regular practical assignments, they will also be required to do an industry project which would involve working on an actual industry case study.
Applications for the course are now open. Interested candidates with a graduate degree, a minimum of two years work experience and a keen interest in analytical problem solving can write to info(at)jigsawacademy(dot)com for more information.
About Jigsaw Academy:
Jigsaw Academy is a world renowned analytics training academy that provides industry-relevant e-training and education in the field of data science and analytics. It is the brainchild of Gaurav Vohra and Sarita Digumarti who together have over 20 years of experience in the analytics industry. It provides training to professionals and students on the latest tools and techniques in the field of analytics. With trainers that bring a wealth of practical experience into the classroom, their unique online platform provides the best learning experience through a combination of virtual classroom and labs. Students can opt for live (virtual) classroom training or self-paced video-based courses.
Website: http://www.jigsawacademy.com
Blog: http://www.analyticstraining.com
Mail:info(at)jigsawacademy(dot)com
Ph:+91 9008017000
Gaurav Vohra, Jigsaw Academy, http://www.jigsawacademy.com, +91 9008017000, [email protected]
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