Premium Institutes offering MBA in Business Analytics & Data Science in South India

Over the last decade, Business Analytics has become one of the main pillars of any business enterprise (individual or organization). As a study of data for building predictive model of future business plan, Business Analytics is the need of the hour. 

Business Analytics not only helps in optimizing operations, but also helps in increasing revenue by saving on operational cost, help improve better customer relation, predict future trends in the market thereby enabling accurate strategic decisions and business plans.

Given the significance of business analytics and data science viz a business enterprise, this field requires highly skilled professionals who have complete knowledge of the tools employed, like Machine Learning, Deep Learning, Natural Language Processing (NLP), R, Python, SQL, SAS, Hadoop, Spark, Cogonos, Tableau, Click View, etc.

Any professional having strong analytical skills and interest in data crunching, can pursue Business Analytics at MBA/PGDM level. Most of the programmes offered in India are 2-year full time courses, which include:

• Understanding the role of Business Analyst
• Imparting training and developing skills on Descriptive, Predictive, Prescriptive and Cognitive Analytics
• Training the candidate to use advanced statistical tools to analyze complex business problems
• Using analytical skills in various domains and industries

Although Business Analytics as a career is very demanding, it is rewarding as well. At entry level a Business Analytics professional can command a salary of Rs 6 lakh per annum, while the overall salary across India is reported to be around Rs 9 lakh per annum.

In the series of introductory features by Shiksha about Indian B-schools offering MBA/PGDM in Business Analytics & Data Science, this article shares basic information of Business Analytics programmes offered by management institutes in southern part of the country.

Institute/University	Course name	Course duration	Tuition fee	Selection criteria
Great Lakes Institute of Management, Chennai	PGP Business Analytics	1 year	Rs 3.95 lakh	Telephonic Interview
Vel’s Institute of Science, Technology and Advanced Studies	MBA Business Analytics	2 years	Rs 4.20 lakh	CAT, MAT, XAT, VEE
Presidency University, Bangalore	MBA Business Analytics	2 years	Rs 5.50 lakh	CAT, XAT, NMAT By GMAC, MAT + WAT/GD/PI
Gitam School of International Business	PGD in Business Analytics	1 year	Rs 5.50 lakh	CAT, XAT, MAT, NMAT by GMAC, GMAT, CMAT + GD/PI
Loyola Institute of Business Administration, Chennai	Executive Diploma in Business Analytics (weekend programme)	1 year	Rs 2.4 lakh	Written test + personal interview
XIME, Bangalore	PGDM with specialization in Business Analytics	2 years	Rs 12.10 lakh	CAT, XAT, CMAT, MAT, ATMA, GMAT + group discussion and personal interview
Amrita School of Business, Coimbatore	MBA with specialization in Business Analytics and Predictive Modeling	2 years	Rs 11.8 lakh	CAT, XAT, GMAT, GRE, CMAT,MAT + personal interview
ISME, Bangalore	PGDM Business Analytics	2 years	Rs 5.95 lakh	CAT + Work Experience is desirable

 

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*Institutes are not listed in any particular order