Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Offers
ONE YEAR POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN
DATA SCIENCE AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
(PGDDSAI)
About COEP Tech.
College of Engineering, Pune (COEP), chartered in 1854 is the THIRD oldest Engineering
College in Asia and a nationally respected leader in technical education. Having a legacy of
being “BIG on Heritage” and “BOLD on Technology”, the institute is distinguished by its
commitment to finding solutions to the great predicaments of the day through advanced
technology. COEP has been recognized by the World Bank funded project as the best governed
institute in India. The institute is ranked 50th amongst the top 100 institutions under the category
of Engineering, as per the National Institute Ranking Framework (NIRF), As of now, COEP has
11 academic departments and 2 Centers of Excellence namely Signal and Image Processing and
Smart Renewal Energy Systems supported by TEQIP. The Institute offers 9 Under- graduate
courses in engineering and 25 Post-graduate courses in engineering and 1 post-graduate
programme in Business Administration, besides Ph.D. degree programmes in all the disciplines
and One year PG Diploma courses in ERP, Additive Manufacturing, Rail and Metro Technology,
Electric Mobility and Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. COEP has more than 4500
students enrolled to its various courses. With 166 years of history in producing quality engineers,
COEP has a rich Alumni base that has significantly contributed in the nation building process.
Alumni like Bharat Ratna Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya; Prof. Thomas Kailath,
Padmabhushan awardee; Prof. C. K. N. Patel, recipient of IEEE Medal of Honour; Dr. Vijay
Kelkar, Padmavibhushan awardee; Late Shri. B. G. Shirke, Padmashree awardee; Mrs. Leela
Poonawala, Padmashree awardee; Dr. Sanjay Dhande, Padmashree awardee; Mr. V. R. Katti,
Padmashree awardee Prof. Ramesh Raskar, Lemelson awardee are few among those starward
alumni of COEP who served our country in numerous ways and have a lion's share in the
infrastructural development of the country.

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Department of Computer Science and Engineering
The Department of Computer Engineering and Information Technology, established in 1992,
offers two undergraduate programmes, namely, B. Tech (Computer Engineering) and B. Tech
(Information Technology).
The Department is currently known as Computer Science and Engineering, and offers two post
graduate programmes M. Tech (Computer Engineering) and M. Tech (Information Security).
The department is a recognized research center under Savitribai Phule Pune University for the
Ph. D. (Computer Engineering) programme. The faculty of the department is actively engaged in
research in the areas of Cloud Computing, Information Security, Cyber Security, Machine
Learning, Natural Language Processing, Data Analytics, Bioinformatics, Networking, Green
Computing, Signal Processing, Multimedia and Embedded Systems. The department promotes
open source software development. The department boasts of having strong alumni base and
industry association.

About PGDDSAI
This is the most exhaustive program designed for students and professionals planning to make a
career in Data Analytics, Data Science, Machine Learning, Deep Learning and Artificial
Intelligence Space.
This course covers different modules to build various skill sets participants need to tackle any
type of Analytics problem. The modules coverage ensures that participants learn from
fundamental to advanced levels. The program has been designed to focus on hands-on practical
learning and a case study based learning approach is adopted.
Various modules like Business Thinking, Data Management, Programming tools like Python and
R, Statistical and analytical thinking, Predictive Analysis with Machine Learning, Artificial
intelligence with Deep Learning are designed along with industry experts.
The course will culminate with an opportunity to work on a real time project with our industry
partners. At the end of the program, the students successfully completing the coursework and
project will receive a PG Diploma in Data Science and AI from COEP.

Program Features & Facilities

 Online Live SESSION: Instructed led LIVE in-depth sessions
 Communications: two-way communication via text & speech
 Industry Projects: Multiple domains specific projects & discussions
 Cloud-based Lab: Cloud-based online lab for hands-on training
 Unique Trimester Pattern :
 First Trimester:
 Get into the groove of problem solving with conversion of business problems to
data problems by working on real world cases.
 Learn the fundamentals of Data Analytics with hands-on case study based
learning on Statistics, Linear Algebra, and Machine Learning.
 Understand how data systems work with knowledge of Database Management
and deep dive into Programming with R and Python.
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  Second Trimester:
 Learn advanced Machine Learning.
 Get started with Deep Learning technologies and understand how image analysis,
speech analysis and text analytics are done with real industry use cases.
 Third Trimester:
 Get industry exposure with 4 months internships with various industry partners.
 Build ML Products and learn to deploy them.

Course Structure
Sr. No. Subject Credits Duration
TRIMESTER-1
1 Introduction to Database Management System 3
2 Python Programming 3
3 Foundations of Statistics and Liner Algebra 2 16 Weeks
4 Data Visualization with Tableau 3
5 Machine Learning Fundamentals 3
Trimester-1 Total Credits 14
TRIMESTER-2
6 R Programming 3
7 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence 2
8 Time Series Data Analysis 3
16 Weeks
9 Big Data Analytics with Apache Spark 3
10 Advanced Machine Learning 3
11 Introduction to Deep Learning 3
Trimester-2 Total Credits 17
TRIMESTER-3
12 Advanced Deep Learning 3
13 Natural Language Processing - Text Analytics 3 16 Weeks
14 Industry Project 9
Trimester-3 Total Credits 15
PGDDSAI Course Total Credits 46

Information to the Candidates

Eligibility Criteria:
 Any Engineering Graduate/BCA/BCS and Candidate having Mathematics and Statistics
can apply.
 Fresher's and Candidates with prior work experience both can apply.
 Those appearing for their final year degree examination may also apply. On selection,
such candidates will have to fill a Notarized undertaking on Rs. 100/- Non-Judicial stamp
paper and submit it to PGDDSAI Admissions Team at the time of payment of Program
Fees.

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Course Fee:
Course fee mentioned on the website is to be paid online at the time of the admission.

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Selection Criteria for the Admission:
Candidates shall be admitted as per the selection procedure mentioned on the website.

Total Number of Seats:

Total Number of seats for the program is 60

Address for the Communication:

Dr. Deepak D. Kshirsagar,
PGDDSAI Coordinator,
Department of Computer Science and Engineering,
COEP Technological University Pune,
Wellesely Road, Shivajinagar, Pune 411005,
Maharashtra, India

Telephone: +91-020 25507319, +91-9423718118

Email Id: [email protected]
Website: http://pgdadmission.coep.org.in

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