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Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study, Virtual Classroom, Campus Based/Physical Classroom	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

Imparted by IIM Shillong, the Certificate course in Data Science programme has been developed with the objective of training aspiring data scientists and helping them make a career in this field. Now, what is Data Science? Data Science is basically an interdisciplinary field that utilises algorithms, systems, processes, and scientific methods to extract insights and knowledge from unstructured and structured data. The stream of data science is related to big data, machine learning, and data science.

Why is Data Science one of the most preferred fields? Since, Data is something around which the world is revolving and is an indispensable part of the industry, several aspiring students are planning to make a career as Data Scientist. Crafted with utmost finesse and expertise by the industry experts, this online certificate course in Data Science from IIM Shillong has ensured that the vast course is easily covered within a span of 3 months. While undergoing this 140+ hours of intensive learning, the candidates gain exposure to handle toolboxes that data scientists need today.

The Highlights

12 Weeks certificate programme
Exclusively created for working professionals
Certification by IIM Shillong
12 weekend programme
140+ hours of intensive learning
IIM Shillong alumni status
Capstone projects
Online sessions from Shillong Campus offline
Classroom sessions at Guwahati Campus

Programme Offerings

DIY Sessions
case based discussions
hands on lab sessions
lecture sessions

Courses and Certificate Fees

Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
yes	IIM Shillong

The Certificate Course in Data Science fees is Rs. 60,000 inclusive of taxes.
No EMI options are available for the course.
One installment of complete payment needs to be made post-registration

Candidates need to make the payment by following the below-mentioned steps:

Step 1: Candidates need to first fill in the form online. It is essential to register oneself first

Step 2: The registration details will be received on the mobile phone. Now, with the help of those details, candidates need to log in.

Step 3: Then certificate courses in Data Science fees need to be paid.

Step 4: Once the payment is made, take the screenshot of the acknowledgement slip and mail it to ccd@iimshillong.ac.in

Eligibility Criteria

Certification Qualifying Details

Participants will get a certificate only if they have 80% attendance.

What you will learn

Statistical skillsR ProgrammingTableau knowledgeKnowledge of Apache Spark

After completion of the Certificate Course in Data Science classes participants will master the following concepts:

Candidates will build and gain expertise in handling unstructured and structured data.
In-depth learning and knowledge of concepts of NLP/Deep learning and Machine learning.
Prepare themselves and be confident in facing interviews pertaining to Data Science Jobs
Readiness to convert any business complexities into a data science problem and further find a solution out of it.
Be learned about machine learning techniques in R and Python.

Who it is for

Data Scientist

Candidates applying for a certification programme in Data Science in IIm Shillong must be:

Data Science Professionals

Application Details

Candidates need to follow the process below for applying to this programme:

Step 1: Candidates need to click on the website URL https://www.iimshillong.ac.in/ccds/ccds.html

Step 2: Click on the Tab Brochure and Application.

Step 3. Click on the Tab ‘For Application Form’.

Step 4: An admission form will appear which needs to be filled and downloaded.

Step 5: The candidates need to then proceed with fee payment. A receipt will be generated which needs to be saved.

Step 5: After the form is saved, candidates need to email this application form along with the payment receipt to the given email address.

Step 6: On receiving, the officials will give a confirmation for the same.

The Syllabus

Data summaries and descriptive statistics, central tendency, variance, covariance, correlation
Probability distribution functions—uniform, normal, binomial, chi-square, student’s t-distribution, Central limit theorem
Hypothesis testing, A/B testing, confidence intervals, p-values
ANOVA, t-test
Sampling, measurement, error, random number generation
Linear regression, regularization
Linear Programming
Basic probability: basic idea, expectation, probability calculus, Bayes theorem, conditional probability

Introduction to formatting in Excel
Pivot table, pivot chart
Writing formula
What-if analysis, scenario analysis, two-way table, goal-seeking
Writing functions: text, date/ time, finance, math and statistics, logical, lookup and reference
Monte Carlo Simulation
Excel Chart, conditional formatting, data presentation and visualization
Modeling business scenarios

Basic database terminology
INSERT Statement
UPDATE Statement
Loading database in SQL
DELETE Statement
Aggregate functions
Joins
Subqueries
Views
SELECT Statement

Basic Computations in R
Data Types in R
Useful R Packages
Data Manipulation in R
Exploratory Data Analysis in R
Control Structures in R

Python data types
Operation on Numpy arrays
Introduction to Numpy
Data Visualization with Matplotlib and Seaborn
Control structures and functions
Time Series data Analysis
Forecasting methods

Classification methods
Recommendation Engines Program Curriculum
Clustering methods
Association Mining

Neural networks Basics
HyperParameter Tuning
Transfer learning and FineTuning
Convolutional Neural Networks
Recurrent Neural Networks
AutoEncoders and Embeddings
LSTM

Basic NLP Pipeline
POS Tagging
Named Entity Recognition
Text classification
Text Pre-processing
Feature engineering on Text data
Sentiment analysis

Capstone project

IIM Shillong Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: How are candidates evaluated in the Certification course in Data Science training ?

Evaluations are either done online or when a candidate visits the campus. The evaluation is based on the participation of candidates in assignments, class, projects and examinations.

2: What happens if a candidate is unable to complete the online Data Science certification class programme from IIM Shillong with the current batch?

If a participant couldn’t appear for the exam or didn’t meet the criteria for attendance or was unable to complete the programme due to any reason they can rejoin by paying the requisite fee with one of the next two batches. And if a participant is unable to complete even within the next two batches, the admission will stand cancelled.

3: Are campus visits mandatory for online certificate course in Data Science?

Yes campus visits are mandatory for the candidate to successfully complete the programme.

4: What certificate is provided to the candidates?

On successful completion with all the given requirements of the programme a certificate will be received. The evaluation and examinations in relation to the certificate are carried out by IIM Calcutta

5: What teaching methodology is used in Certificate course in Data Science class?

The process is highly interactive which will incorporate expansive methods of teaching and approaches. The teaching is filled with case studies, discussions and corporate examples.