Syllabus
Syllabus
INTENDED AUDIENCE : UG & PG engineering students: All branches, MBA students, Professionals
working in or aspiring for Business Analyst, Data Analyst, Data Scientist, and Data Engineer roles.
PREREQUISITES: Relevant sessions from the courses Business Analytics & Data Mining Modelling
Using R Parts I and II
COURSE OUTLINE :
Objective of this course is to impart knowledge on use of text mining techniques for deriving business
intelligence to achieve organizational goals. Use of Python based software platform to build, assess,
and compare models based on real datasets and cases with an easy-to-follow learning curve.
ABOUT INSTRUCTOR :
Prof. Gaurav Dixit is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Management Studies at the Indian
Institute of Technology Roorkee. He earned his doctoral degree from the Indian Institute of
Management Indore and an engineering degree from Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi.
Previously, he worked in Hewlett-Packard (HP) as software engineer, and Sharda Group of Institutions
as project manager on deputation. Gaurav’s research focuses on information technology (IT) strategy,
electronic commerce, electronic waste, data mining, text mining, and big data analytics and provides
insights on business and social value of IT. His research has appeared in quality journals &
conferences, including Resources, Conservation and Recycling, Journal of Global Information
Technology Management, Sustainable Production and Consumption, Journal of Information Technology
Management, ICIS conference, DIGITS conference, India Finance Conference.Indian Academy of
Management conference, and Academy of Management conference.
COURSE PLAN :