PG DIPLOMA IN DATA SCIENCE

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Data Science

• Sexiest job of the 21st Century
• 
  Harvard Business Review

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What is Data Science?

• Data science is the study of the extraction of
  knowledge from data

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Elements of Data Science
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Reasons to go for Data Science

• Data analytics is now a priority for top
  organizations
• Increasing job opportunities
• Increasing pay for data analytics professionals
• Big data analytics is everywhere
• You will have various job titles from which to
  choose
• You will be at the core of decision-making in
  the company
• Adoption rate of big data analytics is high
• Data analytics is taking over faster than
  expected

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Scope of the profile

• Statistician
• Business intelligence reporting professional
• Data Analyst
• Data Mining Engineer
• Big Data Engineer
• Program/Project Manager

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Top Companies you can work for

• Startups Ola cabs, Uber, Housing...
• Ecommerce Snapdeal, Flipkart, Amazon...
• Product based MNCs Microsoft, VMware,
  Honeywell...
• Service based analytics company Mu-Sigma,
  Vizury, Fractal Analytics, Impetus, TCS...

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What knowledge should one acquire for a job in
Data Science?

• Core programming knowledge like R, Python, SQL
  and SAS
• Statistics to analyze data
• Tools like Tableau to present data
• Machine learning algorithms to build productive
  models

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Where do I start?

• Start your Data Science career by pursuing a
  course in PG DIPLOMA IN DATA SCIENCE at UpGrad