NMIMS Deemed to be University has inaugurated a full-Time M. Tech. in Data Sciences (Business Analytics) and has been attuned by leading academicians and experts from the industries. The institute has been ranked 57th among Top 200 universities in India by NIRF 2020 Rankings. ARIIA has ranked NMIMS at 26th out of 50 top universities in India. The total fee for the course is 10.03 Lakhs.

Eligibility:

• B.Tech. / B.E. final year students can also apply.
• Students applying, must have a minimum aggregate 55% marks or CGPA 3.0 or above out of 4 in B.Tech. / B.E. in all streams or M.Sc. – Maths, Statistics, Computer Sciences, IT, Electronics, MCA or AMIE or the other equivalent UGC approved qualification for M. Tech. program.
• Candidates who hold a graduation degree by doing a part-time course or via distance learning, externally, open school from recognized University are equally eligible to register as per UGC guidelines.

Placement:

• The college organizes placement drives for 4th-semester internships and most of the students get PPO’s according to the standard of industries.
• More than 166 companies visited the campus as of 2019 records and have a tie-up with more than 300 companies.
• Past recruiters of the college include Reliance industries limited, SAS, Morgan Stanley, FedEx, Axis Bank, Fidelis Macro Global Fund, Capgemini, Mahindra Group, etc.
• The internship stipend ranges from 20,000 to 80,000 per month which could be considered pretty decent.
• For the batch 2019-21, the placement season commenced a little early, and Reliance industries limited and SAS have already visited the campus and recruited students.

The details discussed above will assist you in acknowledging the college wisely for Masters in Data science you would like to prefer. However, the requirements must be considered a bit like the placements, fee,s and faculties to form sure your chances of getting admitted.

IISC Bangalore is the best institution for higher studies in India, in the field of Engineering and sciences. M.Tech at IISc Bangalore is highly reputed and sought after. This course is focused on research and IISC Bangalore is the best institute in our country in terms of research.

In this program, the student has to complete 40 credits, divided into electives (13 credits), softcore (10 credits), and hard-core courses (13 credits). The student also is entitled to complete a 28 credit dissertation project. The elective can be chosen from within/outside the department with the permission of the DCC/Faculty advisor.

The eligibility to get admission in the course is bachelor’s in the stream of Engineering or sciences, and a valid GATE score. Another requirement for selection i.e. the student needs to have a strong mathematical and programming background. Some of the major highlights of this course are:

• This is the first-degree program from a premier institute in our country to train Data scientists.
• Students have to complete a one-year-long practical dissertation project for this course.
• There are opportunities for meritorious students to take up Industry-sponsored fellowships

In the internship hiring placement of the batch 2020-21, the average stipend offered was 57 thousand per month, while the highest stipend offered was 1.15 lakhs per month.

Summarizing, the M.Tech program in computational science from IISC Bangalore is a great course for students with a keen interest in this field.

The Artificial Intelligence course in IISc was earlier known as System Science and Automation (SSA). It was later renamed because the concepts taught in the course had relevancy in AI, Machine learning, Deep learning, Speech processing , NLP, etc.

The eligibility requirement for the course is B.E/ B.Tech in CS and selection for admission is based on the performance of the students at the GATE exam. The course fee is INR 1 to 3 lakhs. Most organizations teach the course in 3 months or 11-12 months or so. However, the M.Tech at IISc will comprise three semesters where the concept of AL is taught from scratch to advanced level. The course curriculum is designed to bring the students to the forefront of AI research and development. The department offers good infrastructure and it’s fully equipped with state-of-the-arts computational and experimental facilities.

Students of the course get employed for job roles such as Software Engineer, Robotic Scientist, Game Programmer, Computer Scientist, etc. The average salary offered is 2.5 to 10 LPA.

Salary packages for MTech students in CSE branch were in the range of 10-16 lakhs per annum and the average salary was around 11.5 lakhs per annum according to the placement highlights of 2019. The average salary package has seen an upward rise in the past 3 years and has been continuously rising, it was 10 lakhs per annum in 2017, 11.1 lakhs per annum in 2018 and it rose to 11.5 lakhs per annum this year. The CSE branch received 100 % placement this year, the same as in 2018, which was 97% in 2017.

DRDO, ISRO, ONGC, IOCL, and HPCL are the major PSUs that offered jobs to around 68% MTech students. Amazon, Microsoft, BHEL, DRDO, Hindalco Industries, NTPC, Aditya Birla Group, etc. were the major recruiters last year. The number of companies visiting the college has been consistently rising in the last 3 years. 89 companies visited the college in 2019 for conducting placement drive, which is a significant rise from 55 in 2018 and 41 in 2017.

Consulting, IT, Finance, Engineering Services are the top sectors in which the students were required and recruited, along with other core sectors. L&T, Tata Power, Tata Steel, Tata Motors, Texas Instruments, Hindalco Industries are the companies that recruited in the core sectors and around 53% of students got placed in this sector. Microsoft, IBM, Adobe, Oracle, Mathworks, Samsung India, HCL, Deloitte, Capgemini, Cognizant, TCS, Wipro, Accenture were the major recruiters in the IT and Analytics sector with 23% of the students recruited in this sector. CSE branch received the highest placement and the highest CTC offered was 39 lakhs per annum.

So by looking at the numbers, IIT Bhubaneswar has been constantly showing growth in securing good job opportunities for its students and would be a good choice for any engineering student.

PES University in collaboration with Great Learning offers M. Tech in Data Science and Machine Learning on campus as a weekend classroom course. It is a 21-month course with placements and a degree from PES University itself. Details regarding curriculum, placements, as well as fee structure and eligibility, have been provided below.

Admission:

• For admission, students need at least 2 years of work experience.

• Final admission is based on the result of the admission test conducted and an interview with the Admission Director’s office.

A total of INR 5,90,000 is charged for a course of 21 months.

Program Curriculum:

• The program focuses on Python for data science which includes data handling, data structures, Numpy, etc.

• The course work includes an M. Tech thesis and an introduction to deep learning, big data analytics like batch processing, and neural networks.

• It also covers languages like SQL and Tableau as well as topics in machine learning and data visualization.

• It offers hands-on industry-relevant projects with mentorship and program managers.

Placements:

• Some of the top hiring partners at the institute include The Math Company, KPMG, Uber, Cognizant, American Express, Nielsen, etc.

• Most students can expect a salary hike of about 48% with an average salary package of 6.9 lakhs per annum and the highest salary package of INR 15.6 lakhs per annum.

Considering all the above aspects, students can expect a decent career outcome on the compilation of the course.