The placement of first batch of the Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics (PGDBA) 2015-17, jointly offered by three premier institutes of India – IIM Calcutta, IIT Kharagpur and ISI (Indian Statistical Institute ) Kolkata, has concluded recently with impressive record. The highest domestic package is recorded at Rs.20.14 LPA while the international offer is at Rs 33.67 LPA.
The graduating batch comprises of 51 students that received a total of 52 offers of which 49 are domestic and three are international offers. The average annual compensation package offered was of Rs 18.07 lakh including international companies while it was 17.14 lakh by the domestic recruiters .
The first batch of Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics (PGDBA) was started in the year 2015, and this unique academic initiative has been jointly designed by three premier institutions of West Bengal including IIT Kharagpur, IIM Calcutta and ISI Kolkata.
Dean IIM Calcutta, Uttam Kumar Sarkar said, “From day one we had been very upbeat about this tri-institute PGDBA programme designed with inputs from passionate experts of analytics industry and from those of the three premier institutes. We are happy that the programme turned out to be exactly what had been planned. It’s a great satisfaction to see industry response and positive feedback from stakeholders have exceeded all our expectations.”
A number of both international and domestic companies from diverse domains took an active part in the placement drive. While the domestic package was Rs 20.14 lakh, the highest offer was Rs 21.78 lakh. The placement hiring process received remarkable involvement from 38 companies including Fortune 500 companies like American Express, Walmart Labs, PwC, MasterCard, JPMC .
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Out of the total 51 students in the batch, 49 students received 49 domestic offers while three received international offers. A total of 52 offers were made to the first batch of the programme. International jobs were offered by Mitsubishi Fuso in Tokyo and Dunia Finance in Dubai. Microsoft, JP Morgan Chase, Directi also showed keen interest and participated in the placement process.
As far as the finance and financial Services domain is concerned, companies like American Express and MasterCard hired for their Payments Analytics division while Dunia Finance, Edelweiss Financial Services and Societe Generale for financial analytics roles took part in the placement drive.
In the consulting domain, recruiters include PwC US Advisory, Deloitte, Alvarez & Marsal and EXL Services hired for consultant positions in analytics. In few other domains, Walmart Labs hired in Retail Analytics, UHG hired in HealthCare Analytics and Rediff and Ittiam offered challenging analytics and data science roles from Digital Media industry.
Organizations Mitsubishi Fuso, Mahindra and Mahindra, Larsen and Toubro and Cummins hired in the Supply Chain, Business Intelligence and Inernet of Things (IoT) domains with this space now growing in the international market.
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Each of these organisations offered tailor made roles. Some of the roles on offer during the hiring were senior data scientist and associate data scientist, analytics manager, statistical analyst, big data analyst, lead business analyst, solution analyst, experienced associate, assistant project manager.
Amita Pal, dean of studies, ISI Kolkata while expressing the views on program said, “It is indeed heartening to note that this new and unique programme, which is driven by the expertise of three premier institutions of this country, is already finding its niche in the arena of Business Analytics. The vision behind this novel initiative stands endorsed through its quick acceptance by the major players in the field.”
The PGDBA is a unique programme in analytics that aims to help shape the emerging profession of business analytics by delivering a cutting edge inter disciplinary educational experience to the participants, with an aspiration of building a career in this field.
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