IIT Roorkee Inks Mou With TSW To Launch PG Certificate Program In Data Science And Machine Learning
September 30, 2020: Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee soon will be launching a new course, Post Graduate Certificate Program in Data Science and Machine Learning which is specifically designed for working professionals with insights from academics and industry experts and will strike the right balance between rigor and practice. The course will be offered in collaboration with Times Profesional Learning (a part of The Times of India group).
Aspirants will be given three specialsiation options to choose from-
- Computer vision and image recognition
- Speech recognition
- Data engineering
This comprehensive hands-on curriculum involves more than 184 hours of Live Training Sessions to be delivered by IIT Roorkee faculty and industry experts and has approximately 200 hours of self-learning content.
This 11-month certification course aims to train the learner for a career in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science. No previous coding experience is required, althou
IIT Roorkee Inks Mou With TSW To Launch PG Certificate Program In Data Science And Machine Learning
September 30, 2020: Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee soon will be launching a new course, Post Graduate Certificate Program in Data Science and Machine Learning which is specifically designed for working professionals with insights from academics and industry experts and will strike the right balance between rigor and practice. The course will be offered in collaboration with Times Profesional Learning (a part of The Times of India group).
Aspirants will be given three specialsiation options to choose from-
- Computer vision and image recognition
- Speech recognition
- Data engineering
This comprehensive hands-on curriculum involves more than 184 hours of Live Training Sessions to be delivered by IIT Roorkee faculty and industry experts and has approximately 200 hours of self-learning content.
This 11-month certification course aims to train the learner for a career in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science. No previous coding experience is required, although an engineering degree is required to qualify for the programme. The candidate must have a Bachelor's degree with a minimum aggregate of 50 per cent and a minimum of two years of work experience in the tech industry. Alumni of IIT Roorkee institute can also avail of a 15% waiver in the tuition fee.
On completion of the course, students will be entitled to complete industry mentorship and career support. TSW has reportedly collaborated with more than 250 leading organisations across the industry and in recent years more than 11,000 students have been actively placed with organisations of repute.
With a combination of 10 projects and real datasets, students would benefit from hands-on learning on diverse topics such as a recommendation system based on the dataset from Amazon, Auto-tagging photos uploaded by Yelp users on a review website, Classify the audio based on Google Audio set, Sentiment analysis on the live Twitter feed, Lung Cancer Detection, Satellite image classification, Covid-19 dataset analysis and Chatbot using Google Dialogflow.
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Placements: Overall, the placement percentage is around 70-80%. Placements are mostly dependent on the market conditions and demands. Teachers are assuming that by the end of 2030, the percentage may decrease by 5%. The average package offered ranges from 17-19 LPA. The highest package offered is 25 LPA. The major recruiters are Tata, ISRO, Google, Microsoft, Honda, L&T, Bajaj, etc. Roles like consulting, financing, etc., are offered here.
Placements: The placement is, I think, one of the best placements in the history of IITs. The average package here overall is 18-25 LPA. The mechanical average package is above 15 LPA. The highest goes up to above 40 LPA. You can assume that 50% of students choose core placement, while the other 50% choose non-core roles, like the IT sector. The core roles offered are design manager, manufacturing engineer, etc. The non-core roles offered are software engineer, finance, etc.
Placements: The placement of this IIT campus is extraordinary. The highest package for the mechanical branch is above 50 LPA. The average package is 15 to 18 LPA. The recruiting companies are Microsoft, Google and other top companies. The internship programme is available with a good stipend. The placement percentage is close to 100%.
Placements: Out of 120 students enrolled in my course, around 70 to 80 are placed at the end of the semester, the rest went for Master's, UPSC, or in other fields. The highest package of Chemical Engineering is around 55 LPA, the average is around 16-17 LPA, and the lowest is 8 LPA. Top recruiting companies are HUL, BPCL Dr Reddy's, Microsoft, Adobe, Infoedge, Urban Company, etc. Around 30 to 40 students got on-campus internships in companies like Amazon, Infoedge, Microsoft, and PayPal. Top roles offered a...
Placements: 60-70% students are placed. The rest go for higher studies, entrepreneurship, GATE, UPSC, etc. There are opportunities to go in core, tech, or finance sectors as per your wish. Top companies from PSUs like GAIL and HPCL come for placement. Students are also placed in Microsoft, Accenture, Amazon, etc.
Placements: The greatest student placement prospects were provided by this university. 35 LPA was the highest package this university offered. 7 LPA was the cheapest bundle. Every year, a number of renowned IT businesses come to this university to look for placements. This university offered a wide range of internship possibilities. A software developed was the top job provided to students in this course.
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 3 days ago
Professors in the Computer Science and Engineering department at IIT Roorkee are highly qualified & active in research. Though students experiences can vary widely. The faculty excels in research but teaching styles may differ by individual.
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The Electrical Engineering programme at IIT Roorkee is very prestigious. It is often ranked among top 6 engineering courses in India by NIRF. It provides excellent curriculum, hardware/software exposure & phenomenal placement opportunities.
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The 5 year integrated BS-MS in Economics at IIT Roorkee is a highly analytical programme. It uniquely blends traditional economic theory with heavy quantitative, statistical & programming skills like Python, R & STATA making graduates highly competitive in the finance, banking & data sectors.
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Answered a month ago
You’ve got solid options ,so let’s keep it simple and real.
Top pick (overall):
👉 Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee (Biotech) or Indian Institute of Technology Ropar (Mechanical)
IIT tag + exposure + long-term value is hard to beat.
If you’re 100% sure about coding/tech:
👉 LNM Institute of Informa
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Answered a week ago
Life as an M.Tech student at IIT Roorkee is a blend of intense lab work, independent living & career preparation. You will experience contrast between a hectic first year of classes & second year focused entirely on your thesis and job placements.
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How are the professors in CSE at IIT Roorkee?