Tuesday, 30 October 2018


  • Asia’s No. 1 online education platform.
  • Ruling in the area of online education for more than two decades.
  • Only internationally accredited online university with over 200,000 international students across 135 countries.
  • Most preferred online degree by employers and recruiters across the globe.
  • Why Study Data Science?
    • Hottest career option for future. Harvard Business Review, termed it the sexiest job of the 21st century. Wired had famously quipped: “Tell your kids to be data scientists, not doctors.”
    • Humongous amount of data being generated by industry. There is a dearth of qualified professionals to make sense of this data.
    • A Data Scientist can work in a industry vertical he wants to and is not restricted to any particular sector. You could end up working in business, energy, supply chain,government, or healthcare. Pick what interests you.
    • Data is reshaping the landscape for many job roles, without knowledge of data it would be tough to sustain jobs in the future.
    • Why Amity’s PG Diploma in Data Science?
      • You gain a well-rounded foundation and deeper understanding to create solutions using ML & AI.
      • You master essential concepts and exceptional skills to train intelligent machines and AI systems effectively.
      • You attain practical mastery over a wide range of ML applications in healthcare, retail, financial services and manufacturing industries.
      • Candidates can complete the 12-months course of study through:
        • Recorded video lectures and other study material from faculty with real-world expertise
        • Optional contact sessions at Amity Campuses with industry mentors and experts to solve queries and doubts
        • Online coursework that includes case studies, mini-projects and assignments
        • Hands-on exercises in Python, R and Other Data tools
        • Work on real life data sets.
        • Capstone Data Science Project to work on practical business cases.
          • For whom
            • Working professionals in IT / Analytics / Statistics / Big Data / Machine Learning
            • Fresh graduates from Engineering / Mathematics / IT backgrounds
            • Professionals looking to develop skills to do statistical analysis to support decision making
            • Final year students completing their graduation on or before December 2019
              • Eligibility
                • BE / B.Tech / BCA / MCA / B.Sc. (Maths) / M.Sc (Maths) with a minimum of 50% aggregate marks is compulsory
                • Candidates with Mathematics, Statistics background will be given preference.
                • Minimum of two years full-time work experience after graduation or post-graduation is required.
                • For meritorious fresher students / Young Professionals (CGPA > 7/10), the work experience will be relaxed on the basis of application.
                • Course Curriculum12 months | 8 Modules

                  • Module I – Introduction to Data Science
                  • Module II – Introduction to Python and R
                  • Module III – Data Visualization techniques
                  • Module IV – Machine Learning Basics
                  • Module V – Machine Learning (Supervised Learning - I)
                  • Module VI – Machine Learning (UnSupervised Learning - II)
                    • Clustering
                      1. K-Means
                      2. K Nearest Neighbours
                      3. Association Rule Learning
                      4. Assignment & Case Study
                    • Dimensionality Reduction
                      1. Need for dimensionality reduction
                      2. Principal Component Analysis (PCA)
                      3. Singular Value Decomposition(SVD)
                      4. T-distributed Stochastic Neighbor Embedding (t-SNE)
                      5. Assignment & Case Study
                    • Reinforcement Learning
                      1. Markov Decision
                      2. Monte Carlo Prediction
                      3. Assignment & Case Study
                  • Module VII – Deep Learning
                  • Module VIII – Big Data Analytics
                    • 1. Fill up the Application Form
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                    • 2. Screening call from Admission Director's Office basis on Profile
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                    • 3. Final Application to be shared with Admission Committee for final selection
                    • Course Fee: Rs.1,45,000/-
                        By the end of the PGD-DS program, you will be able to
                        • Learn to make sense of organizational data, develop processes for managing data and use data to inform key business decisions
                        • Learn how to combine data visualization and predictive models to increase the accuracy of your predictions
                        • Learn to formulate a business question as a scientific hypothesis that can be tested using statistical methods
                        • Create and validate regression models that can be used to determine the effect of attributes on a decision and predict likely outcomes
                        • Gain the expertise to use a wide range of modern statistical tools and software packages like R, Python, Spark, Excel, MySQL,Hadoop
                        • Learn to do visual analytics with free access to paid software packages like Tableau
                        • Certification

                          Earn a Certificate of Post Graduate Diploma in Data Science ( PGD-DS) from Amity University.
                          Add the certificate to your CV and improve your job/business prospects

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