Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode

Globalizing Indian Thought

DATA SCIENCE
12 WEEKS, ONLINE

BATCH 8
Overview

Today, data is at the heart of every successful

organisation, with data professionals playing a pivotal
role in business decisions. The World Economic
Forum predicts that by 2022, skills will be more
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important than job titles as the labour market moves June 27, 2022
towards multi-faceted professionals rather than
singularly specialised ones. Keeping in mind this
growing trend, now is the time to upskill so that the Duration
world is your oyster.
12 Weeks (4-5 hours/ week)
To help you learn the skills required to be successful
in a data-driven world, IIM Kozhikode has launched
the Data Science.
Format
This programme is designed for professionals from
any domain looking upskill in order to advance their Online Video Lectures
careers. It will provide you with tools that will give you
an insight into modern data science practices.
Understand how to quantify data, implement
Programme Fee
algorithms, use data tools for problem-solving, and
INR 71,750 + GST
how to gain a better understanding of how data can
improve your business and drive revenue.

Who is this Programme for?

This cutting-edge programme is a must-have skillset for:

Business Leaders who look to data science to drive organisational transformation across
teams.
Professionals looking to understand Data Science methodologies and implement them
to achieve team/ organisation goals.
Project Leaders who want to lead data-driven projects and teams within their
organisation.
Professionals who aspire to lead data-driven disruptions in businesses across various
domains like Retail, Pharma, Healthcare, Material Sciences, etc.
Programme Director

Prof. Anjan Kumar Swain, PhD

Professor, Information Systems

Professor Swain has a PhD from the University of Sheffield, United

Kingdom. His research interests include managerial implications of
state-of-the-art methods of digital transformation, blockchain
technology, artificial intelligence and other upcoming technologies.
His publications are in the fields of mathematical modelling, Space
Robotics, AI-based methods for decision-making, and multi-criteria
decision-making, amongst others.

Prof. M.P. Sebastian, PhD

Professor & Area Chair, Information Systems

Professor Sebastian received both his masters degree and PhD from
the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. His research interests
include artificial intelligence, machine learning, cybersecurity,
healthcare ICT etc. He has published many research papers in reputed
journals. He has guided many PhD candidates and is a reviewer for
journals such as Nature Communications, International Journal of
Medical Informatics, Government Information Quarterly among others.

Data is an important asset for every organisation, helping today’s

business leaders to take decisions based on facts and figures.
Data science is emerging as one of the most promising career
paths for business professionals. This course lays the foundation
for businesses to arrive at the most appropriate decisions in
increasingly complex and dynamic business environments.
- M.P. Sebastian and A.K. Swain, Professors, Information Systems
Programme Modules

MODULE 1: Data Analytic Thinking

Outline the importance of data in making business decision

Describe types of data and data catagories
Describe the people and processes involved in data cycle
Compare the characteristics of small data and big data
Discuss the importance of data analytic for business decision making
Identify actions taken during the cross industry standard process of data mining
Discuss the data science links with other discipline

MODULE 2: Data Analysis with Excel

Describe the benefits of using Microsoft Excel for making data-driven decisions
Calculate stastical averages using Microsoft Excel functions
Apply basic Microsoft Excel tools for data analysis
Perform different analysis on data using techniques like what-if analysis, goal seek
analysis, sensitivity analysis
Use filter function to remove duplicates and calculate subtotals

MODULE 3: Data Analysis with Python

Review and delineate the evolution and purpose of Python

Describe and set up Python development environment
Practice coding with basic Python commands, operators and conditional statements
Explore and apply Python data structure concepts such as array, list, tuple, set and dictionary
Import python modules and packages
Import Python libraries such as NumPy, Pandas

MODULE 4: Data Analytic Thinking

Describe the need of data preparation

Describe the sources of data
Evaluate and improve quality of data
Differentiate between hypothesis testing and exploratory data analysis
Explore categorical variables
MODULE 5: Types of Data Analytics

Describe spectrum of business analytics

Describe application of descriptive analytics
Draw conclusions from a given set of data by using descriptive analytic techniques
Describe application of diagnostics analytics
Draw conclusions from a given set of data by using diagnostics analytic techniques
Describe application of predictive analytics
Draw conclusions from a given set of data by using predictive analytic techniques
Describe application of prescriptive analytics
Draw conclusions from a given set of data by using prescriptive analytic techniques

MODULE 6: Data Modeling: Predictive Modeling

Discuss Cross Industry Standard Process in Data Modeling

Discuss a Generic data modeling process
Apply prior knowledge the address the business problems

MODULE 7: Data Modeling: Fitting a Model

Discuss overfitting modeling

Explain data driven modeling
Describe decision tree and its types
Design a classification tree to resolve uncertainties

MODULE 8: Data Clustering

Describe concepts of clustering and visualize data

Apply K-means algorithm to cluster the data
Apply Z-score method to standardise the data
Interpret the cluster centre and create product segment
Use Dendrogram and Elbow Curve for estimating the number of clusters
Estimate the quality of clustering using Silhouette scores

MODULE 9: Data Clustering: Hierarchical clustering

Explain the limitations of K-means clustering

Apply hierarchical clustering to the product segmentation and the Gaussian
distributed dataset
Describe the DBSCAN clustering technique and its benefits
Apply K-Means, Hierarchical and DBSCAN clustering to the moon dataset
Discuss the limitations of clustering algorithms and techniques to address them
 MODULE 10: Association and Co-occurences: Items That go Together

Discuss correlation and its characteristics

Perform association analysis by generating general association rules between
market variables
Apply association rule to restrict frequently appearing data items
Apply association rule to identify frequency of conditional probability

MODULE 11: Association and Co-occurences: Measuring Suprises

List the measures of surpise

Use Naïve method for measuring leverage
Use Apriorism algorithm for measuring leverage

MODULE 12: Project Brief and Course Summary

Note: Modules/ topics are indicative only, and the suggested time and sequence may be dropped/ modified/
adapted to fit the total programme hours.

Programme Highlights

Taught by eminent 121 Video Lectures 32 Assignments

IIM Kozhikode Faculty and Demos and 7 Discussions

Office Hours with Peer Learning 1 Final Project

an Industry Expert and Feedback
Learning Outcomes

Outline the importance of data Describe the people and

in making a business decision. processes involved in the
data cycle.

Get guided, hands-on Learn how to use descriptive,

experience with Excel and predictive and prescriptive
Python to analyse data. analytics to drive growth.

Describe the spectrum of data Use analytics to extract

analytics in business decisions. insights out of datasets and
draw conclusions.

Understand hierarchical
clustering and get the big
picture of large data sets.
Past Participant Profiles

Work Experience

12%
21%

12% 11%
44%
06 - 10 Years 16 - 20 Years

0 - 05 Years 11 - 15 Years 21+ Years

Industries

10% 14%
Manufacturing Others*

6% 25%
Pharmaceuticals / Banking, Finance
Biotechnology / Healthcare & Consulting
45%
Information Technology /
Services

*Others include Education, Shipping, Media, E-commerce etc.

Functions

Information
Systems/ Marketing
Technology 20% & Sales 13% Others#

39% Consulting / 9% Operations & 19%

Finance & Manufacturing
Accounting

#Others include Government Affairs, Risk & Compliance, HR, Teaching, etc.
Certificate

Participants will be awarded a Certificate from IIM Kozhikode on the successful completion
of the programme with a 70% of score. The evaluation methodology is at the discretion of
the faculty and includes online exams, case analysis, assignments and any other
components as decided by the faculty.

eMDP (Asynchronous)
Program Completion Certificate

awarded to

Name
for the

Data Science

Coordinator Director

Note: All certificate images are for illustrative purposes only and may be subject to change at the discretion
of IIM Kozhikode.
Programme Details
Apply By June 01, 2022

Programme Start June 27, 2022

Programme Fee INR 71,750 + GST

Instalment Schedule

Remarks Amount

Booking Amount Within 7 days post selection INR 17,750 + GST

Instalment I Aug 1, 2022 INR 27,000 + GST

Instalment II Sep 1, 2022 INR 27,000 + GST

Note:
- Admissions are on a first-come, first-serve basis.
- The actual programme schedule will be announced closer to the programme start.

Eligibility Programme Format

Graduate or Diploma (10+2+3) in any Online Video Lectures
discipline
Basic Knowledge of Coding required

Application Requirements
Your Graduation/Degree:
You can submit a scanned copy of any one of: Degree certificate, provisional
Degree certificate, marks transcript or score transcript.

Programme Application Link

Click here to apply to the programme.
Finance options available. Click here to learn more.
For more information, please email at [email protected]

Note: Admissions are on a first-come, first-serve basis.

Learning Journey

Orientation Week
The first week is orientation week. During this week you
will be introduced to the other participants taking part in
the programme. You will learn how to use the learning
management system and other learning tools provided.

Weekly Goals
On other weeks, you have learning goals
set for the week. The goals would include
completing the assignments*, which have
weekly deadlines.

Flexible & Convenient Online Learning

Learn online via recorded videos from top IIM Kozhikode
faculty in a high-impact three-month journey with a
learning commitment of 4-5 hours/ week.

Debrief Sessions
The Emeritus Programme Leaders will be
available for live online sessions every week or
every alternate week to help you clarify your
doubts pertaining to the programme content.

Timely Follow up & Learning Support

The Emeritus Programme Support team
will follow up over emails and phone calls
with learners who are unable to submit
their assignments on time.

Note:
- The final number of quizzes, assignments and discussions will be confirmed closer to the programme start.
- *Assignments are graded either by industry practitioners who are available to support participants in their
learning journey and/or by the Emeritus grading team.
About IIM Kozhikode

With its roots dating back to 1997, the Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (IIMK),
started with a batch size of 42 students but has grown tremendously over the years to a
current batch strength of 485 students, making it the fastest-growing management school
in the country. IIM Kozhikode has achieved its own unique identity, a mix of two cultures,
academic and business and is fast emerging as an internationally reckoned
fully-integrated management institute of higher learning. One of the most picturesque
campuses in the country, the world-class infrastructure includes air conditioned class
rooms, guest facilitation zones and wifi connectivity which enables every IIM Kozhikode
resident to be exposed to a wholesome experience. Managed by dedicated personnel, it is
one of the most efficient institutions in the country. IIM Kozhikode pioneered the
Interactive Learning (IL) programme for working executives in India. This programme
started with 300 class contact hours in 2001-02, the two-year-long Executive Management
Education Programme is today the most rigorous programme in the country having
around 738 class contact hours.

Every year IIM Kozhikode offers a rich portfolio of Management Development Programmes
crafted for the agile minds on the lookout for thought-provoking questions and enriching
learning experiences. Recently, IIM Kozhikode has launched a one year Post Graduate
Programme in Business Leadership (PGP-BL) in the year 2019 and has also launched a two
years Post Graduate Program in Liberal Studies & Management (PGP-LSM) as well as the
Post Graduate Program in Finance (PGP-Finance). Over the years, there has been
a significant increase in the number of training programmes and participants. The speed
and momentum of changes in the Indian business environment are unabated, and IIM
Kozhikode's endeavour is to adapt to these changes through constant innovation.

About Emeritus

IIM Kozhikode is collaborating with online education provider Emeritus to offer a portfolio
of high-impact online programmes. Working with Emeritus gives IIM Kozhikode the
advantage of broadening its access beyond their on-campus offerings in a collaborative
and engaging format that stays true to the quality of IIM Kozhikode. Emeritus’ approach to
learning is built on a cohort-based design to maximise peer-to-peer sharing and includes
video lectures with world-class faculty and hands-on project-based learning. More than
250,000 students from over 160 countries have benefitted professionally from Emeritus’
courses.
Apply for the programme here

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In collaboration with

Erulearning Solutions Private Limited (a company incorporated in India) is a

subsidiary of Eruditus Learning Solutions Pte Ltd (a company incorporated in
Singapore), and operates under the brand name of ‘Eruditus’ and ‘Emeritus’.