Your love for numbers can add up to infinite career opportunities with this 1-year full-time programme. The last date of receipt of completed application forms is September 8, 2011. Students will be shortlisted on the basis of an assessment test, followed by an interview with a panel comprising representation from Praxis, PwC and ICICI Bank.
                          
An organization’s ability and agility to respond to changing market dynamics defines its future.  Making timely, informed and transparent decisions that reduce costs and drive better business propositions is what helps organizations differentiate themselves to customers, investors and regulators. For businesses, such decisions are outcomes of application of predictive insights which translates into the deployment and constant usage of Analytics.

Business Analytics is used for strategic, operational and tactical decision making across industry verticals such as banking, financial services, telecom, manufacturing and retail. This has created immense career opportunities for individuals with an aptitude for quantitative analysis and formal training in business decision tools and techniques. 

To respond to this growing global and domestic demand, Praxis Business School is pioneering an industry supported programme in Business Analytics. The B-school has collaborated intensively with its knowledge partners, PwC and ICICI Bank to put together a program that is rigorous, effective and relevant.

PwC, one of the largest professional services firms in the world, and ICICI Bank, the second largest bank in India, have extensive experience and expertise in the field of analytics. They recognise the dearth of trained resources and have decided to support this program as they believe that this will help create a larger talent pool for this industry.

Program Details
Program name: Post Graduate Program (Full Time) in Business Analytics
Program structure: 9 months of classroom training and 3 months of industry internship. It allows experiential learning through a combination of classroom training and live projects.

Course Objective:
The program aims at equipping the students with the tools, techniques and skills to enable their seamless absorption in the domain of Business Analytics. More specifically, the course will expose the student to the functions of:

• The Data Modeler, who is equipped with the statistical and quantitative tools to build computer models.
• The Business Analyst, who is equipped to interpret business problems, retrieve the relevant data to address these problems, analyze the results and communicate the same effectively.

This course will address the three pillars of business analytics: technology, quantitative tools & techniques and business management. This course aims at imparting the following key skill sets:

• Technology Skills: Thorough understanding of the relevant software packages and the ability to extract and analyze data
• Statistical Modeling and Analytical Skills: Familiarity with the statistical tools and techniques  and the ability to create models
• Understanding of Business: Ability to relate business fundamentals to the data analyzed in order to facilitate better business decisions
• Communication and Soft Skills: Ability to work in high-performance teams and present analyses with clarity

Who should apply:  Engineers or Graduates from any other field with Mathematics/ Statistics as one of the subjects.
How to apply: Candidates need to apply on-line at http://praxis.ac.in/admissions/business-analytics
Last date of receipt of the filled-up application forms: September 8, 2011
Commencement of written test and interviews: September 10, 2011
Program Commencement:  September, 2011