The Integrated Programme in Business Analytics (IPBA) with a duration of 10 months by IIM Indore and VCNow aims at helping students get a thorough knowledge of Data Science, Business Analytics, and Machine Learning by combining Management and Technology. The programme intends to focus on candidates who come with a desire to build a career in data science in the context of business.
A fundamental understanding of both is imperative and has been covered in the course. Along with a diverse and inclusive curriculum, candidates will also win an opportunity to learn from award-winning faculty from VCNow and IIM Indore, as well as the wide network of the Institute and business leaders who are open to discussion and interaction through this programme. This online live course has as.
The Integrated Program in Business Analytics (IPBA) certification syllabus programme inculcates training with the help of online assignments, classes, and Q & A sessions. The programme only needs a good internet connection which will make it accessible from any part of India.
Taxes are not included in the total amount of the fees. The payment of the fees can only be made through DD, Debit or Credit Card, Cheque, or Net Banking. The Integrated Program in Business Analytics (IPBA) Certification Fee details are given below:
The Fees for the course Integrated Program in Business Analytics (IPBA) is -
Application Fees paid at time of applying*
15,000
Programme Fee (1st installment) payable at the time of admission (excluding GST)
Programme Fee (3rd Installment) payable within six months of admission (excluding GST)
75,000
Programme Fee (4th Installment) payable within nine months of admission (excluding GST)
75,000
Total (exclusive of GST)
3,20,000/-
Overall Fees (including GST @ 18%)
3,77,600/-
Eligibility Criteria
Work Experience
The candidates are required to have secured a minimum of 2+ years of work experience at the time of applying for the Integrated Programme in Business Analytics (IPBA) training programme.
Education
A minimum of 50% must have been secured by the candidate in the Bachelor’s Degree or an equivalent of the same.
Certification Qualification Details
Participants will have to attend all the sections of the programme and maintain a 75% attendance throughout to be considered for final grading and receive the Integrated Programme in Business Analytics certification by IIM Indore and VCNow.
What you will learn
Statistical skillsMachine learningKnowledge of Python
After the completion of the Integrated Programme in Business Analytics (IPBA) certification course candidates will be able to know the following concepts:
After the completion of Integrated Programme in Business Analytics (IPBA) certification course candidates will be able to know the following concepts:
Candidates will be able to decipher predictive statistical modeling algorithms with the help of this programme.
Statistical data can be analysed with the help of Python, R, and Excel.
In-depth knowledge in Machine learning and models on Images and Text.
With the help of Tableau, candidates will learn about generating business values as well as data visualization.
Knowledge of engineering with the help of Python for Unstructured and Structured data types will also be imparted.
Who it is for
The Integrated Program in Business Analytics (IPBA) course online can be taken up by professionals who are in the managerial level. The following professionals can apply for the course:
Managers
Business Leaders
Vertical Heads
Working professionals
Admission Details
The application form for Integrated Programme in Business Analytics (IPBA) classes can be found by following these steps:
Go to https://iimindore.vcnow.in/IPBA/ portal.
Then the candidates have to fill in the details to download the brochure.
After the details are received by the officials, they will get in touch with the candidates.
The Syllabus
Introduction to Analytics and CRISP DM
Data Collection and Biases
Intro to R
Generating and Using Summary Statistics
Distributions and Histograms with R
Empirical Distributions
R data manipulation
Business Case Study – R data manipulation
Concepts of Probability
Discrete & Continuous distributions S
Sampling theory
Parameter estimation via confidence interval
Basics of hypothesis testing, 1-sample tests (mu, p), one-sided, two-sided, via CI, p-value
2-sample (paired & independent) tests (means), Equality of variance test
Nonparametric tests (sign test, WSRT, Mann-Whittney test), test for normality
k-sample test for mean: ANOVA, Kruskal-Wallis test
Chi-square tests for goodness of fit, independence, homogeneity
Business Case study- Descriptive + Inferential Statistics
SQL Servers as Data Sources
Data Normalization and Consequence
Basic SQL DML Queries
SQL Joins
Business Case study – SQL DML commands
Data Exploration and Visualization in R + Data Sanity checks and treatment
Using GitHub & Kaggle to build an analytics profile
Linear Regression
Business Case Study – Linear Regression
Logistic Regression
Business Case Study -Logistics Regression
Time Series Forecasting
Business Case study – Time Series Forecasting
Introduction to Python- Basic Data Structures
Python Basic Data Structures & Data Manipulation
Python – Data Exploration – Sanity Checks
Preparing Data Quality Reports
Python- Data Preparation -Outliers and Missing Value Treatments
Variable Profiling Using Information Value
Business Case study (EDA) – Python
Intro to Machine Learning
Tree Models – Regression Trees and Classification Trees
Feature Importance
Purity Measures – GINI
Purity Measures – Entropy MSE
Building and Pruning Trees
Ensemble Methods – Bagged
Ensembles Ensemble Methods – Random Forests
Boosting
Clustering – K Means and Hierarchical Models
Business Case study – Machine Learning algorithms
Text Handling – Reading Text Files at Scale
Using Regular Expressions to Clean Text
Handling Text Encoding Issues
Tokenization, stemming and lemmatization
POS Tagging
Parsing Grammatical Trees
Named Entity Recognition
Modeling – Text Representation, TFIDF, Count Vector
Cosine Similarity of Text Corpus
Using TFIDF features to build sentiment classifiers
Handling Image data
Business Case study – Text Mining
Neural Network
Business Case study -Neural Network
Tableau for Data Visualization
Models to Value
Pitfalls of Predictive Models in Business
Storytelling with Data
Intro to Big Data Ecosystem – Hadoop and HDFS
Querying with Hive
Intro to Spark and PySpark SQL
Business Case Study Data Engineering
Business Case Study – ML with PySpark
Project Presentation (BYOP)
Instructors
IIM Indore Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
1: Is the Administered Test Score mandatory for admission in Integrated Programme in Business Analytics (IPBA)?
The Administered Test Score in GRE/CAT/GMAT is mandatory for admission to the course. In case a candidate does not possess this score, they will need to take an admission test for which they can contact the Institute.
2: Is the tuition fee for Integrated Programme in Business Analytics (IPBA) online course inclusive of all taxes?
The tuition fee for Integrated Programme in Business Analytics (IPBA) is not inclusive of taxes. All applicable taxes will be charged separately.
3: Is the provisional letter the final admission letter?
The provisional admission letter will only be deemed to be accepted when the candidate submits an acceptance letter with the payment of commitment fee.
4: In case I have missed attending any session, can I attend that again?
In case during the tenure of the programme, if you miss to attend any session then you can contact the administrator to connect with the faculty. The further details will be provided by them.
5: Are there any options to pay the programme fees in installments?
Currently, the payment for this programme fees is a one time payment. As of now there are no options for EMI facility available on the given programme fees.