Monday, 17 June 2013

A Great Initiative By Sharda University

Sharda University (SU), Delhi NCR and IBM (NYSE: IBM), launched a collaborative full time MBA Program in Business Analytics in line with the vision to develop multi-disciplinary skills in India.

A definitive agreement has been signed to jointly develop the curriculum of the program for better industry alignment and to deliver the content and courses along with experts from IBM.
Sharda University has also set up an IBM Business Analytics Lab under Career Education for Business Transformation (CEBT) program that provides students and faculty members access to the relevant Business Analytics software tools and technology along with industry content using live case studies and scenarios from IBM. As part of this initiative, IBM will also be conducting training sessions for SU faculty members and students on advanced analytics.
The aim of this program is to create future managers and leaders who understand the value of businesses by not only having a data-oriented outlook but also to support the growing need of Big Data Analytics in enterprises today.
Besides MBA Program in Business Analytics, Sharda University also aims to nurture their Under Graduate students in BBA and B.Com Professional Courses by providing them hands-on training in the fundamental areas of Business Analytics, which will help them develop an appreciation of data analytics field and make meaningful career decisions.

“Data analytics is a large and rapidly growing sector, and requires highly skilled business professionals in large numbers. Sharda University’s specialized Analytics MBA, in partnership with IBM has been launched in response to industry’s needs and it will be received very well "