M.Sc. in Information Technology 

at Centre of Distance Education, Jammu, Jammu

Centre of Distance Education, Jammu provides programmes including M.Sc, MCA, M.Ed, B.Ed, MBA/PGDM, PG Diploma in streams such as IT & Software, Teaching & Education, Humanities & Social Sciences, Science, Business & Management Studies, and are excellent for students to build their careers.

Yes, many books are recommended for MSc IT students apart from their regular syllabus:

• The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win by Gene Kim.
• The Pragmatic Programmer: From Journeyman to Master by Dave Thomas.
• The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering by Frederick P. Brooks Jr. 
• The Unicorn Project by Gene Kim.
• The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood by James Gleick.

Yes, a candidate who has completed MSc in IT course a become a data scientist. The minimum qualifications required to apply for the position of Data Scientist may vary depending on the company. Some companies, recruit graduates in relevant degrees while other might recruit candidates who have completed Masters or PhD degree.

Apart from academic qualifications, work experience also plays a major role in selection process of many companies for the profile of Data Scientist.