IIT Kharagpur : Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics PGDBA Admission Written Test

Organisation : Indian Institute Of Technology Kharagpur
Announcement : Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics PGDBA Admission Written Test

Apply Online : https://erp.iitkgp.ernet.in/IITKGPApplications/index?admiss_ch=26
Notification: https://www.iitkgp.ac.in/
Home Page : https://www.iitkgp.ac.in/

PGDBA :

Minimum Eligibility criteria :
A candidate must hold a graduate/post graduate degree with any of the following:
10+2+4 : Minimum of 60% marks in the BS/BTech/BE or equivalent Level

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10+2+5: Minimum of 60% marks in the Integrated Masters or equivalent Level
10+2+3+2: Minimum of 60% marks in the Masters Level
For SC/ ST and Differently Abled (DA) category candidates, the qualifying marks for eligibility shall be 55%.

Candidates, who are in the final year, are also eligible to apply provided they appear in the final examination and complete other academic requirements as specified above by May 31, 2016.

For such cases, admission will be provisional subject to meeting the 60% for General / OBC category candidates and at least 55% aggregate marks or equivalent for SC/ ST and DA category candidates. Proof of having passed the qualifying degree with required eligibility, as specified above should be submitted by October 31, 2016.

Written Test and Personal Interview :
A written test will be held on February 14, 2016, to shortlist candidates for personal interviews. Candidates shortlisted after the written test will be called for personal interview to be held in March, 2016.The final offer would be made on the basis of performance in the written test, personal interview, work experience, and academic background.

Syllabus for Written Test :
Section A: Verbal Ability (Reading & Comprehension; Grammar/correction of sentences) and Logical Reasoning
Section B:
(i) Data Interpretation: Data driven questions (pie charts, graphs, trends)
(ii) Quantitative Aptitude: Sets, combinatorics, Algebra (solutions of quadratic equations, inequalities, simultaneous linear equations, binomial theorem, series, AP, GP, HP, matrices) Euclidean geometry, Coordinate geometry (lines, circles, conic sections) Trigonometry (triangles, trigonometric identities, heights and distances) Calculus (functions, limits, continuity, derivative, maxima & minima, methods of integration, evaluation of areas using integration).

Cities for Written Test and Personal Interview :
Kolkata, Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai

Reservation :
As per Government of India stipulations for SC/ST/OBC (NCL) and Differently Abled (DA) candidates.

How To Apply :

** Eligible candidates are requested to apply online.
** Self-attested copies of all requested documents should be uploaded.
** Application fee of Rs.2000/- (Rs.1000/- for candidates belonging to SC/ST/DA categories) has to be paid through the Payment Gateway at IIT Kharagpur’s Online Portal (SBIMOPS) at the time of final submission of application.
Last date of submission of online application: December 27, 2015
** In case of inquiries, please send an email to pgdba@vgsom.iitkgp.ernet.in, or Call 03222-282312

Important Dates :
Date of advertisement: November 23, 2015
Last date of submission of online application : December 27, 2015
Sending call letter for Written test (email) : January 15, 2016
Written Test : February 14, 2016
Announcement of short-listed candidates and sending call letter (email) for personal interview : March 7, 2016
Personal interview for short-listed candidates : March 27-28, 2016
Announcement of final offer On or before April 15, 2016
Date of admission : June 15, 2016
Commencement of PGDBA program : June 20, 2016

Tentative Course List :
Pre-semester module (at IIM Calcutta) :
** Contemporary business analytics
** Financial management
** Marketing management
** Organizational behavior

Semester II (at IIT Kharagpur) :
** Regression and time series models
** Foundations of algorithm design and machine learning
** Modeling in operations management
** Elective I
** Elective II
** Elective III
** Data Science Laboratory

Semester IV :
Project/Internship

Semester 2: Elective – II and III
(any two from the following list)
** Optimization and business decision analysis
** Analytics for ventures / Venture analytics
** Product analytics
** Business accounting and banking analytics
** Basics of marketing analytics
** Business model analytics
** Healthcare analytics
** Supply chain analytics
** Conversational analysis
** Ethical and legal considerations in business analytics

Semester 3: Elective – V, VI, and VII
(any three from the following list)
** Consumer analytics
** Applied marketing research
** Financial risk management
** Financial statement analysis
** Computational finance
** High frequency finance and news analytics
** Advanced spreadsheet modelling
** Business process management
** Pricing and revenue optimization
** Analytical tools in demand management
** Manufacturing analytics
** Legal aspects of data mining

Semester I : (at ISI Kolkata)
** Stochastic processes and applications
** Statistical structures in data
** Inference
** Computing for data sciences
** Fundamentals of database systems

Semester III : (at IIM Calcutta)
** Categorical data analysis
** Business data mining
** Business economics
** Project management
** Strategic management
** Human resource management
** Managerial communication
** Elective IV
** Elective V
** Elective VI
** Elective VII

Semester 2: Elective – I
(any one from the following list)
** Enabling technologies for data analytics
** Information retrieval
** Cloud computing
** Complex network

Semester 3: Elective – IV
(any one from the following list)
** Analytics in business forecasting
** Selected aspects of advanced predictive modeling
** Econometric methods with applications in business and economics