INDIAN INSTITUTE OF

MANAGEMENT, LUCKNOW

EXECUTIVE PROGRAMME IN

DATA SCIENCE
9 Months, Live Online & On-campus Immersion
IIM Lucknow Executive Alumni Status*
Overview
In today's business landscape, technological developments have led to digitising everything around
us, producing unlimited data. Across sectors and businesses, data science has established itself as a
pre-requisite for developing effective data-driven decisions and insightful business strategies. The
Executive Programme in Data Science from IIM Lucknow, provides a cutting-edge curriculum with an
emphasis on the tools and techniques used for handling, managing, analysing and interpreting data.
This intensive nine-month programme is delivered via engaging live online sessions and a three-day
on-campus immersion at the IIM Lucknow campus. Joining this programme will help you build a
robust foundation in practical business decision-making using statistics and in-demand data science
tools and techniques using Excel and R.

By 2022, data scientists and Over 93,500 data science The Indian analytics market
analysts will become the jobs went vacant in India at stands at $3.03 billion in
number one emerging role the end of August 2020. size and is expected to
in the world. double by 2025.

Source: World Economic Source: Business Standard, 2020 Source: The Week, 2020
Forum, 2019

STARTS ON
March 30, 2021

Duration
9 Months

PROGRAMME FEE
INR 1,95,000 + GST
WHO IS THIS PROGRAMME FOR?
Data has rightfully emerged as the new global currency and becoming industry-ready in data science
will make you a sought-after professional across sectors. Advance your data science career with an
industry-recognised certificate and be eligible for the Executive Alumni Status from one of India’s
leading B-Schools.

This programme is ideal for:

Managers and team leads interested in

improving their analytical skills and
effectively managing data science and
analytics projects

Early-stage professionals keen to learn

and enhance their existing capabilities in
data science and its applications

Business and data analysts who want to

transition to data science/ analytical roles
or projects and become more efficient in
data-driven decision-making

Consultants looking to enhance their data

science and analytics capabilities to
develop breakthrough solutions for their
clients

Senior management professionals

interested in building their data science
and analytics proficiency and create a
data-driven culture at their organisation

Entrepreneurs and business owners who

want to leverage data science capabilities
as a competitive advantage and scale their
business growth
PROGRAMME HIGHLIGHTS

Receive a certificate of Experience a three-day Receive hands-on exposure

completion from one of India’s on-campus immersion at the and learning to make
top B-Schools (NIRF, 2020) IIM Lucknow campus effective data-driven business
decisions

Become industry-ready with Gain a global outlook with Expand your professional
real-world case studies, a project insights from IIM Lucknow network and interact with
and tools using Excel and R faculty and international experienced peers
industry experts

Leaders will drive business outcomes

by applying sophisticated analytics
across disparate data sources within
the organisation.

Arvind Shetty
Director, IBM Analytics
PROGRAMME DIRECTORS

Prof. Sonia Singh

Professor,
Decision Sciences

Prof. Sonia Singh teaches optimisation, statistics and managerial mathematics.

She has also been a Visiting Associate Professor at NTU, Singapore. She has a
PhD (Operations Research) from IIT Delhi and an M.Sc (Applied Mathematics)
from IIT Roorkee. Her research interests include transportation & assignment
problems, network flow problems, and multi-criteria decision-making
problems, among others.

Prof. Gaurav Garg

Associate Professor,
Decision Sciences

Prof Gaurav Garg teaches quantitative analysis for management, business

statistics, and advanced data analysis. He has a PhD, M.Phil, and M.Sc in
Statistics. His research areas include linear models, measurement error models
and restricted regression.

The amount of data created over

the next three years will be more
than the data created over the
past 30 years.
Source: IDC, 2020
 PROGRAMME MODULES
MODULE 1 MODULE 2

DATA SCIENCE BASICS PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS

Basics Hypothesis Testing
Data Science Life Cycle Regression Techniques
Motivation and Applications
Cloud Technologies MACHINE LEARNING
Machine Learning
DESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS
Clustering
Data Visualisation Factor Analysis
Probability Decision Tree
Distributions NLP

DATA COLLECTION AND PRESCRIPTIVE ANALYTICS AND

PREPARATION FORECASTING
Web Data
Optimisation
Data Cleaning
Simulation
Handling Missing Data
Forecasting
Normalisation
Nowcasting

MODULE 3

BIG DATA COGNITIVE ANALYTICS

Data Scraping Artificial Intelligence
Data Storage Deep Learning
Data Processing RNN
CNN
Recommender Systems

Note: Modules/ topics are indicative only, and the suggested time and sequence may be dropped/ modified/ adapted to fit the total
programme hours.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
The Executive Programme in Data Science will equip you with the in-demand skills needed to tackle
real-world data analysis challenges. You will gain a managerial understanding of the machine learning
concepts and techniques required to develop algorithms. After the completion of this programme, you
will have:

The managerial understanding of the tools & techniques

used in Data Science and Machine Learning

The skills to make data-driven, real-time,

day-to-day organisational decisions

An understanding of the concepts

of statistics required to make strategic
and effective business decisions

Skills to implement machine learning

algorithms

Skills and knowledge required to manage

data science and analytics teams at your
organisation

An in-depth understanding of data structure and

data analysis
PAST PARTICIPANT PROFILES
Work Experience

25% 25% 35% 15%

1 to 5 Years 6 to 10 Years 11 to 15 Years 16 to 20 Years

Demographics

77% 23%
Participant Titles

Directors Senior Manager - Digital Marketing

AVP - Market Intelligence Project Manager

Head - Business Operations & Transformation Specialist Data Analyst

Deputy General Manager & Head - Enterprise Automation Business Analyst

Business

Representative Companies:

Accenture L&T Financial Services

Ernst & Young Oracle India

Gartner India Royal Bank of Scotland

HCL Technologies Tata Consultancy Services

CERTIFICATE
On successful completion of the programme, with a minimum 75% attendance and satisfactory academic
performance, participants will be awarded a certificate of completion and will be eligible for the
IIM Lucknow Executive Alumni Status.

Indian Institute of Management Lucknow

Management Development Programme
This is to certify that
__________________
has successfully completed / participated in the
Executive Programme in Data Science
held during January 2021 – June 2021 at IIM Lucknow

Programme Director Programme Director Chairman - MDP

*Programme Delivery is in Blended Learning Mode.

Note: All certificate images are for illustrative purposes only and may be subject to change at the
discretion of IIM Lucknow.
IIM LUCKNOW EXECUTIVE
ALUMNI BENEFITS
Upon completion of the programme, participants will need to register with a one-time registration fee
of INR 10,000 + GST to receive the prestigious IIM Lucknow Executive Alumni Status. The benefits
include:

MDP Alumni status of the Indian Institute of Management Lucknow

Receipt of all programme brochures and newsletters from IIM Lucknow (MDP Office)

Details of Souvenirs available with MDP office

Lifelong access to a network of distinguished IIM Lucknow Executive Alumni

Access to the IIM Lucknow Campus Library (onsite access)

10% discount in fee for any additional program (Open program, Online) at IIM Lucknow (Lucknow
and Noida campus)

10% group discount on the fee for referring participants (minimum group of five)
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Experience Documents:
For Previous Organisation(s): Relieving letters
For Current Organisation: Current Salary Slip or Bonafide Certificate from the HR department
on company letterhead

Graduation and Post-Graduation Education:

Marksheet – Individual or consolidated (all semesters)
Passing Certificate – If Any
Diploma/ Degree/ Doctorate

ID Proof:
Any Government issued photo ID like PAN Card/ AADHAAR Card, Driving License/ Passport, etc.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
This programme includes live online classes conducted on Zoom. To attend a live online class
you will need to have a PC/ Laptop/ Mac with:

Speakers and microphone: built-in or a USB plug-in or wireless Bluetooth

Webcam: built-in or USB plug-in

Processor: with Dual Core 2Ghz or higher (i3/ i5/ i7 or AMD equivalent)

RAM: 4 GB or higher

OS: Either MacOS 10.7 or higher OR Windows 8 or higher

An internet connection: Minimum bandwidth of 3.0 Mbps (up/ down)

Browser: IE 11+, Edge 12+, Firefox 27+, Chrome 30+

Zoom software client installed on your PC/ Laptop/ Mac

We use the Zoom software application to conduct live online classes. Zoom works on a variety of PCs/
Laptops/ Mac systems and also on phones and tablets.

You can join your live online class from a phone or tablet if it supports the Zoom client.

We recommend that you attend classes from a PCs/ Laptops/ Mac.

PROGRAMME DETAILS
ELIGIBILITY
Programme Schedule
Graduates with minimum 5 years and
Academic Apr 10, 2021 maximum 20 years of work experience
Orientation Screening & selection will be done by IIM
Lucknow
Three-day Dec, 2021
Mathematical aptitude is preferred
Campus
Immersion EVALUATION
Live Online 3 Hours, Saturday & Sunday, Examination / Evaluation shall be conducted
Sessions 03:30 PM to 06:30 PM by the Institute
The schedule will be shared An examination will be held for every course.
closer to the programme Participants will be given any one of the
start date. following grades: “Excellent”, “Good”, “Fair”
Attendance - Attending the on-campus and “Poor”
immersion is mandatory PROGRAMME APPLICATION LINK
- Minimum 75% attendance Click here to apply to the programme.
in each of the modules

Payment Schedule
Programme Fee INR 1,95,000 + GST

Application Fee INR 3,000 + GST

Instalment Schedule

Remarks Fee

Instalment 1 Within 7 days of selection INR 40,000 + GST

Instalment 2 Apr 6, 2021 INR 70,000 + GST
Instalment 3 Jul 26, 2021 INR 85,000 + GST
Note: GST (currently @ 18%) will be charged extra on these components.

Round-wise Application Dates

Round 1 Round 2
Feb 17, 2021 Mar 19, 2021
Note: Admissions are on a first-come, first-serve basis. There might not be subsequent rounds if seats are filled in the initial rounds.

Finance options available. Click here to know more.

For more information please email at [email protected]
ABOUT IIM LUCKNOW
The Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Lucknow, is one of the premier national level institutes of
management in India, involved in generating and imparting knowledge in the field of management.
IIM Lucknow stands tall on the foundation of an excellent, committed and profoundly knowledgeable
faculty, innovative pedagogical tools, as well as an electic and diverse student community that has a
burning desire to make new paths of its own.

4TH Best Business Schools in India

RANK
(NIRF, 2020)

The Association of MBAs (AMBA) has accorded accreditation to the Institute's PGPM, IPMX, and WMP
programmes. IIM Lucknow is amongst the five B-Schools in India to achieve the coveted dual
accreditations by the Association to Advance Collegiate School of Business (AACSB) as well as the
Association of MBAs (AMBA). World over, only about 5% of the institutes have acquired AACSB’s
accreditation.

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