One small step of yours,

One giant leap in data science

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THE WORLD’S BIGGEST
CHALLENGES IN DATA SCIENCE

Hero Vired’s Accelerator Program in

Business Analytics & Data Science is built
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predict the trends of tomorrow.

It will get you the head-start you need to

become a game-changer in the world of
Business Analytics and Data Science.

This program is designed for everyone

who want to accelerate their career in
Data Science and uplift their
decision-making processes in business.

It lays solid foundations for machine

learning algorithms, mathematical and
statistical models that enable you to make
data-driven decision making.

You will be exposed to the applications and

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ACCELERATOR PROGRAM
IN BUSINESS ANALYTICS
AND DATA SCIENCE
TIME TO TAKE ON
THE WORLD’S BIGGEST
DATA CHALLENGES

Based on experience, the

average salary in roles like
Data Science Associate, Business Analyst
Business Analytics Manager, Business
Analytics Lead, Model Risk and
70+
Governance Data Analyst etc.
can be anywhere between LIVE
6-12 LPA* SESSIONS
with global and Indian faculty

10-12
9 MONTH HOURS
program including a 1-month weekly effort
capstone

*Indicative salaries
7+ Tools covered

INDUSTRY EXCEL, PYTHON,

projects and case studies
R, SQL, POWER BI,
AZURE AND
TABLEAU *

UNDERGRADUATE
DEGREE IN ANY Instructor-led

DISCIPLINE live online

classes

70%-90%
(Final year students are also welcome to join
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for placements only after graduation)

PLACEMENT
ASSURANCE 1:1 CAREER
included with a minimum of
8-10 job opportunities**
COACHING
with just-in-time
interview preparation

*Tableau is optional
**As per the Hero Vired placement assurance policy
LEARN FROM THE
BEST INDUSTRY
EXPERTS IN
DATA SCIENCE *
AND BUSINESS ANALYTICS

• Develop relevant business analytical skills • 1:1 career coaching with just-in-time
along with skills such as programming using interview preparation
languages like Python and R
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interactive learning
• A minimum of 8-10 job opportunities* across the
9-month program • Personal branding sessions, career
assistance workshops, and placement
• Work on industry-relevant problems using assurance
Data Analysis and Predictive Modeling
• 8 mini-projects tied into the program

• Dedicated Program Manager to assist • Discussion forums and community

in your learning journey
• Lifetime access to “VRise”, Hero Vired’s
online placement portal

This program is accredited by the

National Skill Development Corporation

*As per the Hero Vired placement policy

PROGRAM
HIGHLIGHTS
• Modeling techniques covered: Linear and Logistic
Regression (OLS/MLE and Gradient Descent/SGD
- along with related assumptions, assumption testing,
etc), Decision Trees, Ensemble Models, Time Series,
Clustering, PCA., Ridge and Lasso, Regression

• Exploratory data analysis and visualization-heavy

program with database basics covered thoroughly

ELIGIBILITY
CRITERIA
• Bachelors degree in any discipline

• Final year students can also join but will receive

their certificate and be eligible for placements
after graduation
CURRICULUM *
PROGRAM DURATION : 9-months (including a 1-month capstone)
Approximately 10-12 hours of student effort expected per week
Live Projects integrated through the curriculum*

MODULE TOPICS COVERED

Induction and • What is Analytics?

Introduction to • Why Analytics?
Analytics
• Types of Analytics: Descriptive, Diagnostic, Predictive, and Prescriptive
• Data and Data Sources for Analytics: Small Data, Big Data, Traditional
Data and Non-Traditional Data Sources
• Analytics in Business
• Introduction to Problem Solving using Data
• Managing Analytics Projects: CRISP-DM
• Analytics Tools: What Tools to Use for which Type of Problems?

MS Excel basics • Navigation and Shortcuts, Cells and Ranges, Entering Data, Applying
Filters and Formatting
• Data Handling Using Functions: if-else, concat, Vlookup, Hlookup, mid,
len, test-to-column, de-duplication, missing value imputation, etc.
• Data Summarizing Using Functions: Countif, Sumif, Sumproduct, iferror,
Average, Correlation, etc.
• Visualization: Basic Charts / Graphs / Tables and Related Customizations

MS Excel • Array based Functions and Advanced Usage of Match, Index, Countif, and
Advanced Sumproduct
• Pivot Tables and Data Analysis
• Dashboarding Using Excel Pivot Charts – with Slicers, Timelines, Data
Sources, Auto-refresh, and others

Introduction to • Databases: Schema, Table, Relations

SQL: SQL Basics • Install SQLITE, Basics of SQL, SQL commands: SELECT, FROM, WHERE,
AND, OR, NOT, Pattern matching, Sorting, Orderby, Comments and Operators
• Group by, Aggregate Functions(MIN,MAX,SUM,AVERAGE,COUNT), having
clause
• CRUD Operations: Create and Drop Databases, Create and Drop Tables

Introduction to • Constraints (Primary key, Foreign Key, Unique key, Not Null, Default and
SQL: Analyzing CHECK), JOINS (inner/left/right/full), Nested Queries.
Data Using SQL
• Windows Analytical Functions (Aggregate, Ranking and Windows
Analytical Functions)

*The curriculum is subject to change

CURRICULUM
MODULE TOPICS COVERED

Introduction to • Installation and Set-up, IDE, etc.

Python • Python Basics: Syntactics, Variable types, Operators, For/While Loops,
Programming:
Conditional Statements
Python Basics
• Functions: Built-in, Library and Custom, Arguments, Return
• Data Structures and Operations: Lists, Tuple
• Data Structures and Operations: Dictionaries
• File Handling: i/o functions, open() read, write, append , with
{Have as a handout, not to be covered in class.}

Introduction to • Introduction to Pandas and NumPy Modules

Python • Pandas Basics: Data File Handling, Row/Columns Handling, Slicing, Drop,
Programming:
Sort, New Variable Creation, Observing Frequency Count Day
Analyzing Data
Using Pandas • Pandas Advanced: Multiple Datasets Handling - Merge/Append,
and Numpy Multivariable GROUP BY/crosstab summaries

Performing • Central Tendency: Mean (Arithmetic, Weighted and Geometric), Median, Mode
Descriptive • Measures of Dispersion: Ranges, Variance, Standard Deviation, Quartile
Statistics with
Python

Data • Importance of Visualizing Data through Charts

Visualization • Types of Charts and their Best Uses
with Python • Basics of Visualization in Python using matplotlib and seaborn
• Components of a Plot, Subplots, Functionalities of a Plot
• Plotting Data Distributions and Univariate Distributions

Probability • Probability Basics: Relative Frequency

Basics • Idea of Distributions: Discrete and Continuous
and Distributions • Computing Distributions from Data and Deriving Insights
(Frequency
Distributions)

Performing EDA • Row/columns handling (Filtering, Dropping, New Variable Creation), Data
with Python Transformations, Binning, Merges, Single and Multivariable, GROUP By/crosstab,
Summaries, and Pivot Tables
• Analyzing data by Conducting Bivariate Analysis
• Generate Statistical and Meaningful Summaries
• Observe Variables Correlation and Relationships
• Handling Missing Values, Imputing, Dealing with Outliers
CURRICULUM
MODULE TOPICS COVERED

Introduction to • Exploring the Interface, Comparison with other Tools, Connect to Data Sources,
Power BI Retrieving the Data, Apply Transformation using Power Query Editor
(Duplicates Removal, Sorting, Slicers, Filter, Groups, Replacing Values, and
Custom Columns or Measures)
• Joins and Relationships - Cross Directional Filters, Cardinality, Active and
Inactive Relationships, Model Views
• Data Loading and Transformation, Eliminating Duplicates, Filter, Groups,
Replacing Values, and Custom Columns or Measures, Hierarchies

Introduction to • Creating Reports: Create Different Charts and Reports and Build a Story, Deduce
Power BI: Data Inferences from the Charts, Publish to Power BI Service, and Create
Slicing and
Dashboards
Dicing Using
DAX Quer • Industry-specific Case Studies and Projects

Visualizing Data • Types of Data: Time Series, Cross Sections, Panel and Geographical
Using Tableau • Chart Selection: Right Chart for the Right Data
(Optional)
• Connecting to the Data
• Data Preparation and Exploration in Tableau
• Data Formats and Tableau Interface
• Visualizing and Analyzing Data in Tableau
• Hierarchies, Sorting, Grouping, Sets and Filters, Parameters, Table calculations,
Level of detail, Step Lines and Introduction to Maps, Exploratory Data Analysis,
and Other Visual Cues, Formatting Your Visualizations, Dashboards and Story
Features
• Pre-modeling Visualization and Post-modeling Visualization
• Industry Specific Case Studies and Projects
• Inferencing from Data using Visualizations

Dashboarding • The Basics of Storytelling

and Storytelling • ABT Framework
with Power BI • Selecting the Right Data and Creating a Story from Data
and Tableau
Workshop • Thinking in Data Stories
• Building Good Data Presentations
• Which Chart to Use When? Presentation Design, Creating Good Data
Visualizations
• Beyond Bullet-Points and Charts: Planning, Practice and Delivery of a Good
Presentation
CURRICULUM
MODULE TOPICS COVERED

Statistics for • Hypothesis Testing

Decision Making: • Hypothesis Testing in the Industry for Statistical Testing
Hypothesis
• Core Statistical Concepts: p-value and Others
Testing

Statistics for • Binomial

Decision Making: • Poisson
Probability
• Chi-Square
Distributions

Statistics for • One/two way ANOVA

Decision Making: • T tests
ANOVA, • Chi Square
Hypothesis Tests, • Non Parametric
and p-values

Modeling and • Statistical Models and Small Data

Industry • Machine Learning and Large Data
Applications
• Supervised and Unsupervised techniques
• Introduction to ML, Industry Specific Applications, Real World Examples
• Method of ML – Train, Test, Validation, Random Selection vs. Intertemporal
Selection of Data, Random Seeds, Evaluation, Prediction

Data Science and • EPredicting Continuous Variable

Predictive • Assumptions and Assumptions Testing for OLS RMSE, R-Square
Modeling: Linear • Visualizing a Linear Regression Model and Communicating its insights
Regression

Data Science • Predicting a Binary Variable, Interpreting Model Output, Using Python to Create
and Predictive a Logistic Model – Using Statistics and Machine Learning Methods
Modeling: • Checking Model Diagnostics
Logistic
• Concept of Confusion Matrix and Computing Accuracy Metrics, ROC, AUC,
Regression
doing k fold cross validation

Data Science and • What is a Decision Tree and the Type of Problems it can Solve?
Predictive • Understanding Purity Metrics, Gini, Entropy, Information Gain
Modeling:
• Creating Regression Trees and Classification Trees
Decision Trees
• Hyperparameter Tuning, Pruning a Tree, and the Bias Variance Tradeoff

Data Science and • Bagging and Boosting Techniques

Predictive • Random Forest
Modeling: • Introduction to XGBoost
Tree-based
Ensembles
CURRICULUM
MODULE TOPICS COVERED

Data Science and • Introduction to Clustering

Predictive • Distance Norms
Modeling: • K-means Clustering, Elbow Method, Silhouette Score, Profiling
Clustering • Hierarchical Clustering
• Interpreting Clusters for Businesses

Data Science and • Overview of Linear Algebra: Matrices, Inverse of a Matrix, Eigenvalues and
Predictive Eigenvectors
Modeling: PCA • Dimensionality Reduction - PCA

Data Science and • Univariate Analysis - Explanation of Seasonality, Stationarity, Trend, Irregularity,
Predictive Moving Average, Weighted Moving Averages, Exponential Smoothing
Modeling: Time
• Multivariate Modeling - Different Types of Variables, Importance of Differencing,
Series Analysis
Univariate Vs Multivariate
• Introduction to ARIMA, Holt-winters, Model Performance KPIs - MAE, MAPE, etc.

Developing an • Operationalize ML Model in Python

Analytics
Pipeline:
Operationalizing
ML

Developing an • Basic Guide to the Studio Interface and Assets

Analytics • Create Workspace and Compute Instance
Pipeline:
• Apply the Techniques Learnt to Develop an End-to-End Pipeline with Relevant
Introduction to
Azure ML Studio Case Studies and Business Problems on Azure ML Studio using no-code
Interfaces such as AutoML and Designer
• Submit a Run in an Experiment and View Metrics and Explanations

Business • Customer and Retail Analytics

Analytics • Financial Analytics
Applications • Supply Chain Analytics
• HR Analytics
• Operations Analytics
• Accounting Analytics

Introduction to • Base R and Rstudio Install

R (Optional) • Basic R Syntax
• R Programming Concepts such as Data Types, Vectors Arithmetic, and Indexing
CURRICULUM
MODULE TOPICS COVERED

Data Analysis • R Operations including Sorting, Functions, Loops, Data Frames, Data
Using R (Optional) Wrangling using dplyr, and Making Plots (ggplot)

Developing • Translation of a Business Problem to an Analytical Problem

Analytical Case • Analyze Data using Various Tools, and Generate Business Insights
Study
• How Business Analytics can Improve Business Performance
• Case Study Examples and Demos | Design Thinking

Storytelling in • What is Data-Driven Decision Making

Business • How to Translate Insights to Business Actions
Analytics
• Effective Communication of Insights Across Teams
• Basic Storytelling Principles

CAPSTONE PROJECT
SAMPLE INDUSTRY PROJECTS

Enable Hospitality Minds team for proper utilization of their resources by data analysis
and visualization tools to uncover insights into hotel booking behavior and preferences,
with the goal of helping hotels to better understand and cater to their customers' needs.

• Demonstrate the ability to perform data cleaning, exploratory data analysis

• Demonstrate the ability to implement data visualization and interactive dashboards

To gain a comprehensive understanding of the inventory data, which includes sales

trends, product demand, customer behavior, and shipment status. The analysis will help
the business identify profitable products and top-selling products, monitor inventory
levels, evaluate the performance of different warehouses, analyze customer behavior,
and provide a user-friendly platform for data exploration and analysis

• Data exploration and analysis using SQL

• Data visualization using Power BI

New users are joining all the time and you need to make a decision on which songs you
are going to recommend to them. Your new users might have listened to only 3 songs,
and you will need to recommend them based on that.

• Break it down into logical components

• Create the logical components using Python code and implement a legitimate
solution
CASE STUDY
Analyzing Home Equity dataset for drawing inferences on loan defaults

A vehicle that has had one or more retail owners in the past is referred to as a used
automobile, pre-owned car, or secondhand car. Franchise and independent vehicle dealers,
rental car agencies, buy here pay here dealerships, leasing offices, auctions, and private party
sales are just a few of the places where used cars can be purchased.

• Analyze Used Automobiles data using Power BI to draw meaningful insights on realized
prices

• Use Power BI efficiently whilst dealing with various business problems to facilitate effective
decision making

Airbnb Data Analysis

Airbnb based in San Francisco, California, operates an online marketplace focused on

short-term homestays and experiences. The company acts as a broker and charges a
commission from each booking. It was founded in 2008 by Brian Chesky, Nathan
Blecharczyk, and Joe Gebbia. Airbnb is a shortened version of its original name,
AirBedandBreakfast.com.

• Analyze Airbnb data using PowerBI to draw meaningful insights on the customer review
scores and satisfaction with the various rentals and stays

• Use an end-to-end BI platform to create a single source of truth, uncover more powerful
insights, and translate them into the impact
KEY FACULTY PROFILES
Manoj Agarwal
Ph.D., University of Delhi (Computer Science)
Masters of Computer Application, University of Delhi

Experience

Program Director Associate Professor

Hero Vired Hansraj College,
University of Delhi

Abhaya Agrawal
MCA, Computer Science

Experience

Business Analyst System Analyst

IBM American Express

Kartik Mudaliar
MS, Computer Science - KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Bachelor’s Degree, IT -Dharmsinh Desai University

Experience

Faculty Member
Global Engineering Academy (Education, Training & Assessment)
L&T Technology Services Limited Infosys
KEY FACULTY PROFILES
Shilpi Taneja
MCA, Computer Science

Experience

Associate Professor Lead Engineer

Dyal Singh College HCL Technologies

Rupal Bhargava
Ph.D., Computer Science Engineering

Experience

Lead Research Scientist Research Scholar

C-Zentrix BITS Pilani
(Towards Vision Technologies Pvt. Ltd.)
LEARNING HOURS
Assignments,
TOTAL Projects, and Live Online Career
LIVE LEARNING
COURSE DURATION Self-Paced Capstone (Faculty-Led) Services
SESSIONS

9
Months
60
Hours
110
Hours
260
Hours
40
Hours
(includes a 1-month capstone)

TOTAL
TOTAL EFFORT
(Learning Hours + Self Work) 470 Hours WEEKLY EFFORT 10-12 Hours

*Incremental capstone/mini project hours will keep alternating in the total number of hours
BATCH DEMOGRAPHICS

0-3 Years
31%
10+ Years
14%

3-6 Years ~ 6 years

6-10 Years
34%
22%

Your cohort includes learners in companies such as

Your cohort includes learners from the following sectors

BFSI Automotive Information Technology

FMCG Consulting Pharmaceuticals E- Commerce

YOUR
LEARNER
SUCCESS INDUSTRY FACULTY
Learners will have the opportunity to interact

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with domain experts from across industries
through regular faculty lectures, industry
sessions and networking opportunities.

INTEGRATED MINI-PROJECTS
All learners will work on multiple domain-focused real
world projects that will be spread out over the span of the
program with expert mentoring and guidance sessions.

INTERNSHIP OR INDUSTRY PROJECT

Every learner will have the opportunity
to gain industry experience with
specialisation-focused long-term projects of 1
month with a personal assigned mentor and an
industry guide.

PERSONALISED CAREER SERVICES

Each learner will work with an assigned career
specialist from the learner success team to build
out their personal and professional brand, prepare
and work on their presentation, interviewing and
communication skills.

POST PROGRAM OUTCOMES

With rigorous hands-on learning, the program
equips you with the appropriate skills and knowledge
of the latest industry-acclaimed technology.
You can apply for roles such as: Data Science Associate,
Business Analyst,Business Analytics Manager, Business
Analytics Lead, Data Analyst. This program comes with
the Hero Vired Placement Assurance.*

*T&C apply as per the Hero Vired placement policy

LEARNER TESTIMONIALS

Ipsa Bhutani
The program itself was very helpful as it
gave me a lot of practical knowledge that
can be utilized in the workspace. The live
sessions with the faculty helped in clearing
my doubts instantly.

Ridhijeet Sen
The program was well structured and
covered a wide range of topics that were
relevant to my professional growth. The
instructors provided valuable insights and
practical tips that i could apply in my work
CERTIFICATION
On successful completion of the program, you will be eligible for the following
certificate.*

Hero Vired Certificate

in collaboration with the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Integrated with
MITx MicroMasters® Program

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*Terms and Conditions Apply.

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companies with primary interests and operations in automotive
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