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Executive Diploma in

Machine
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Artificial
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With MLOps and
Generative AI Specialisations

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 About IIITB
The International Institute of
Information Technology Bangalore (IIITB)
Established in 1998, IIITB is a premier institute known for its interdisciplinary
approach, integrating technology with social sciences. Supported by the
Government of Karnataka and the IT industry, IIITB fosters strong
academic-industry partnerships and attracts top talent from across India
and abroad through its merit-based selection process.

The institute has graduated over 3,500 students, many of whom work at
leading IT companies globally. With a focus on research and development
in fields like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), IIITB is
recognised as a leader in AI education.

Ranked 74th in the Engineering category of the National Institutional

Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2022, IIITB continues to excel in education
and research, making it a preferred destination for aspiring technologists
and future leaders.

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Current Industry Trends

36.08% CAGR of global

Machine Learning
market till 2030

Source: Statista

50% Increase in search

volume for ‘Data Science
and Machine Learning’
since 2020

Source: Exploding Topics

74% Annual increase in

growth of AI and
Machine Learning jobs
since 2020

Source: Careerist

$503.4B Size of global

machine learning market
by 2030

Source: Statista
Program Highlights

Here are the

top reasons why
you should consider
this program

AI

Future-Ready Personalised Learning

Curriculum Experience
Master In-Demand and Learning Experience Tailored
Trending Competencies to Your Needs

Specialisations In-Demand Tools

Specialise in Two In-Demand 80+ Industry Tools,
Data Science Specialisations Languages, Libraries

Outcome-Driven Best-in-Industry
Learning Experience Experts
Personalised Portfolio-Building Decorated IIITB Faculty
Support and Career Preparation and Top Industry
Sessions Practitioners

Golden Learning Ratio Hands-on Learning

Perfect Blend of Mathematics, Solve 30+ Domain-Focused
Technology, and Business Assignments and
Understanding Case Studies

Offline Graduation Function

On-Campus Graduation Ceremony for a Complete Program Experience
 Program Completion Certificate

Earn valuable credentials with an Executive Diploma in

Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence-equivalent to a 1-year PG Diploma
and accredited with NAAC A+ (2021).
 Faculty

Dr. Debabrata Das

Director of IIITB

He has received his PhD from IIT-KGP.

His main areas of research are IoT and Wireless
Access Network.

Prof. Chandrashekar Ramanathan

Dean Academics, IIITB

Prof. Chandrashekar has a PhD from Mississippi State

University and experience of over 10 years in several
multinational organisations.

Prof. G. Srinivasaraghavan
Professor, IIITB

Prof. Srinivasaraghavan has a PhD in Computer Science

from IIT-K and 18 years of experience with Infosys
Technologies and several other companies.

Dr. Dinesh Babu Jayagopi

Professor, IIITB

Dr. Dinesh is currently an Associate Professor at IIIT-B where he

heads the Multimodal Perception Lab. His research interests are in
Audio-Visual Signal Processing, Machine Learning, and Social
Computing. He obtained his doctorate from Ecole Polytechnic
Federale Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland.

Chandrashekar Ramanathan
Professor & Dean (Academics)

Prof. Chandrashekar is a faculty member at IIIT-B since

2007 serving as professor, researcher and administrator. He
has been working in the field of Computing for over 25
years in various capacities across industry and academia.

Tricha Anjali
Ex-Associate Dean

Prof. Anjali has a PhD from Georgia Institute of Technology

as well as an integrated MTech (EE) from IIT Bombay.

Industry Experts

Abhishek Vijayvargia
Senior Data Scientist

Having worked with Microsoft as a Senior Data Scientist, he is

an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur with 10+ years of experience in a
Data Science domain

Ex-Senior Data
Scientist

Anand
CEO

CEO, Gramener A gold medallist from IIM Bangalore, an

alumnus of IIT Madras and London Business School, Anand is
among the top 10 data scientists in India with 20 years of
experience.

Faculty Principal Ex-Consultant

Manish Shukla
Head of Generative AI

Leading cutting-edge GenAI platform development at NatWest

Group. Expertise in OpenAI products and MLOps for optimisation
of operational efficiency and seamless project delivery with high
user satisfaction.

Release Manager Release Manager Certified Scrum

Master

Deependra Singh
VP & Head of Data Science

Over 15 years of experience in leading analytics practices, data

science, deep learning, and AI product development. Successfully
led teams at Junglee Games, American Express Digital Business,
and National Insurance Company, pioneering key projects like the
analytics engine for the GOI PMJAY policy. Respected speaker at
top educational institutes like IMT Hyderabad, BIT Mesra, and
NMIMS.

Sajan Kedia
Sr. Engineering manager

Senior Engineering Manager, Hotstar Sajan has extensive

experience in the field of ML, Big Data, Data Science, and AI.

Sr. Engineering Machine Learning Machine Learning

manager Engineer Research
Engineer

Analytics Lead, Zalando Mirza is a veteran professional with 10+

years of experience in application of data science, machine
learning in e-commerce and healthcare.

Ex-Analytics Lead

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Assignments and Case Studies f rom
12+ In-Demand Business Domains

Retail & Media & Transportation

Ecommerce Entertainment EDA
ETL Pipelining with Spark Data Analysis using SQL using Python

Education Civil Engineering HR

Model Selection Classification using Semantic Classification
using Sklearn CNNs using Word2Vec

Manufacturing Healthcare Law

Regularisation using Classification using RAG using
Sklearn Sklearn LangChain

InfoSec FMCG BFSI

Feature Engineering Big Data Analysis Sequence Data Prediction
using Sklearn using Spark using RNN
 Learn by Doing
Your Program Journey

Phase 0
Math and Programming Bootcamp (12 weeks)

Phase I
Core Curriculum
(25 weeks, 15 credits)
Phase III
Capstone
(4 weeks, 7 credits)

Phase II
Specialisations
MLOps/GenAI
(20 weeks, 14 credits)
Applied Math and Programming Bootcamp
Personalise the initial 3 months of the program to your profile

Math and Programming

Profiling Test

Pre-Test Phase Skill approved 11-Month

Test Profile
(2 Weeks) Program

LMS expectation setting and upskilling

revision sessions

12-Week
Personalized Training

Maths, Python, SQL

Topics: Sets, Combinatorics, Basics of Probability, Conditional Probability, Descriptive Statistics,

Functions, Vector Algebra, Derivatives, Integrals, Coding Environments, Variables, Data Types,
Syntax, Conditionals, Loops, Functions, Lists, Sets, Tuples, Dictionaries, Introduction to MySQL,
Basic SQL Querying

Marks Structure: Total marks - 100

Section A - 40 marks, basic mathematics Section B - 60 marks, basic programming

Passing marks - 25 marks in section A & 35 marks in section B

Unlimited attempts at the test and the bootcamp at no added cost!

We make sure that you are well-equipped to draw the most benefit from the program!
 Core Curriculum

The core phase of the curriculum will equip you with the most up-to-date
CORE CURRICULUM

and industry-relevant skills and technologies for data science and machine
learning such as programming and mathematics, data analysis tools and
techniques, cloud computing and big data analytics, and foundational
topics in machine learning, deep learning, and natural language processing.

Topics
Advanced Mathematics for Data Science and Machine Learning
Master essential mathematical concepts to understand how to work with
large amounts of data and train efficient machine learning models

Conditional Probability and Probability Distributions

Advanced Linear Algebra and Linear Transformations
Multivariate Calculus

Advanced Programming for Data Science and Machine Learning

Wrangle real-world data using universal programming languages such as
Python and SQL, and use GenAI for generating and debugging code faster

GenAI for Coding and Problem-Solving

Object-Oriented Programming
Python Data Science Libraries
Database Design and SQL Querying with MySQL
Introduction to NoSQL Databases

Data Analysis and Exploration

Implement industry-standard statistical methods using tools such as
Python, Tableau, and Power BI to analyse data and derive business insights

Data Analysis with Python

Exploratory Data Analysis
Inferential Statistics and Hypothesis Testing
Data Analysis and Visualisation with Power BI and Tableau

Cloud Computing and Big Data Fundamentals

Take your data processing and analysis workflows to the cloud and work
with larger amounts of data to derive enterprise-scale business insights

Cloud Computing with AWS, GCP, Microsoft Azure

Big Data Analysis with PySpark

Foundations of Machine Learning

Train industry-standard machine learning models to automate insight
generation and predict business metrics behaviour

Machine Learning Paradigms

Linear and Logistic Regression
K Nearest Neighbors
Regularisation and Hyperparameter Tuning
Decision Trees and Ensembles
Clustering Models

Deep Learning and Natural Language Processing

Build and train deep neural network models for different kinds of business
data such as images and sequences

Artificial Neural Networks

Convolutional and Recurrent Neural Networks
Lexical, Syntactic, and Semantic Processing

Deployment Fundamentals
Share and deploy your insights and machine learning models so that other
collaborators can work with your contributions

Containerisation and Deployment Tools

Version Control

Projects
Querying with SQL
Analyse Spotify music data for targeted
recommendations or NDAP insurance
data for risk assessment

Exploratory Data Analysis

Analyse NYC taxi operations for efficient
taxi positioning or US beer production
data for better brewery operation
management

Big Data Analysis

Analyse Mercari products data for better
targeted recommendations or customer
interaction data to enhance customer
engagement

Linear Regression
Predict household energy consumption
using appliance energy readings data to
increase power consumption efficiency
or parcel delivery time for Porter using
historical delivery data for better
planning and management

Deep Learning
Predict stock prices of Microsoft,
Amazon, Google, IBM, using their
historical stock price variations or
temperature/pressure readings in
Morocco using historical weather data

Tools

scikit

statsmodels

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 MLOps Specialisation
MLOps SPECIALISATION

The machine learning operations (MLOps) specialisation of the curriculum

will equip you with core in-demand and industry relevant skills and
technologies essential for ML engineers such as advanced machine
learning methods, modern deep learning architectures, real-time data
processing and end-to-end data pipeline creation and monitoring, and
model pipelining and monitoring at scale.

Topics
Advanced Machine Learning
Train advanced industry-oriented machine learning models for enhanced
predictive power and stronger business insight generation

Support Vector Machines and Naive Bayes

Feature Engineering and Model Selection
Dimensionality Reduction
Time Series Analysis
Association Rule Mining and Recommendation Systems
Explainable AI

Advanced Deep Learning and Generative AI

Design and train advanced industry-standard deep learning architectures,
and master core AI principles such as attention mechanisms, transformers,
and prompt engineering

Advanced CNN Architectures

LSTMs and GRUs
Transfer Learning Techniques
Encoder-Decoder Architectures and Seq2Seq
Machine Translation
Attention Mechanisms and Transformers
Fundamentals of Generative AI and Prompt Engineering
Computer Vision, Variational Autoencoders, Generative Adversarial
Networks
Data and Model Security Principles

Large-Scale Data Pipelining

Build complete end-to-end data pipelines and automate them to generate
both batch-wise and real-time business insights

End-to-End Data Pipelining Fundamentals

Pipeline Automation with AWS Lambda, GCP Functions,
and Azure Automation
Data Monitoring with Amazon CloudWatch, Google Cloud
Monitoring, and Azure Monitor
Feature Stores and Vector Databases
Real-Time Analytics with Flink, Kafka, and Spark Streaming
Real-Time Analytics with Amazon Kinesis, Google Cloud Pub/Sub and
DataFlow, Azure Stream Analytics and Event Hubs
Multicloud and Hybrid Cloud Operating Principles

Machine Learning Model Pipelining

Build end-to-end industry-ready ML model pipelines and design their
functional behaviour such as training and inference

Model Pipelining Principles

Scheduling and Triggers
Parallel Model Training and Real-Time Model Serving
Data and Model Versioning
Model Monitoring and System Design

Projects
Feature Engineering and Model Selection
Predict fraudulent insurance claims using
the Mendeley farmers insurance claims
dataset or network intrusion events using
historical network activity data

Semantic Classification
Fake News Detection, Job Role Classification

Real-Time Data Analytics: Develop a

real-time analytics pipeline for ecommerce
data to enhance customer experience or a
real-time patient health monitoring system
for faster corrective actioning

Simulate and Retrigger Model Training

Pipeline

Tools

scikit

statsmodels

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trademark holders.
 Generative AI Specialisation
MLOps SPECIALISATION

The generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) specialisation of the

curriculum will equip you modern AI technologies and methods,
particularly generative AI technologies, essential to data scientists and
AI specialists, such as advanced machine learning methods, modern
deep learning architectures, advanced prompt engineering and generative
AI system design, information retrieval and retrieval-augmented generation,
large language model (LLM) deployment, advanced computer vision and
3D vision, GenAI optimisations, and AI ethics.

Topics
Advanced Machine Learning
Train advanced industry-oriented machine learning models for enhanced
predictive power and stronger business insight generation

Support Vector Machines and Naive Bayes

Feature Engineering and Model Selection
Dimensionality Reduction
Time Series Analysis
Association Rule Mining and Recommendation Systems
Explainable AI

Advanced Deep Learning for Generative AI

Design and train advanced industry-standard deep learning architectures,
and master core AI principles such as attention mechanisms, transformers,
and prompt engineering

Advanced CNN Architectures

LSTMs and GRUs
Transfer Learning Techniques
Encoder-Decoder Architectures and Seq2Seq
Machine Translation
Attention Mechanisms and Transformers
Fundamentals of Generative AI and Prompt Engineering
Computer Vision, Variational Autoencoders, Generative
Adversarial Networks
Data and Model Security Principles

GenAI System Design

Design and orchestrate generative AI systems to leverage the power of
generative AI models and transform business operations

Advanced Prompt Engineering and GenAI System Design

Prompting Multimodal Models
LLM Frameworks such as LangChain and LLaMa Index
LLM Evaluation Methods
Data Security and Governance
AI Ethics

Advanced Generative AI
Develop AI-based cutting-edge industry-level systems for greater business
efficiency such as retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems and
multimodal GenAI model prompt engineering

Information Retrieval Principles

Embeddings and Vector Databases
RAG Architectures
Agentic Systems and Multi-Agent Systems
Advanced Multimodal GenAI Models
LLM Deployment
Advanced Computer Vision and 3D Vision
GenAI Optimisations

Projects
Feature Engineering and Model Selection
Predict fraudulent insurance claims using
the Mendeley farmers insurance claims
dataset or network intrusion events using
historical network activity data

Semantic Classification
Fake News Detection, Job Role Classification

GenAI System Design

Analyse Amazon customer reviews to
identify prevalent sentiments and themes
to improve product offerings and enhance
customer satisfaction or ChatGPT customer
feedback to derive actionable insights for
business improvement

RAG
Develop an RAG system to transform Long
Beach County Municipal meetings
transcripts into actionable insights for
better organisational communication and
decision making or historical legal
documentations to optimise legal workflows

Tools

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 Capstone Projects
CAPSTONE PROJECTS

Capstone that Adapts to Your Preference

Infuse our Capstone with Your Data

Modify existing projects as per your industry data and problems

Bring Your Own Capstone

Work on a completely novel project of your choice and solve

problems that excite you

Pre-Designed Industry Capstone

Choose one of our existing projects that cover in-demand

trending industry domains

Bring Your Own Capstone

Design your own capstone project relevant to your domain and interest,
and get feedback throughout your capstone stages

Identify a real-world problem relevant to your domain

Source datasets aligned with your business problem

Design and implement your solution

Document your efforts and present your findings

Continuous expert feedback at every step of capstone

 Build A Strong Portfolio

Commits Kernels Headline

Demonstrate consistency, Highlight data processing Concise summary of goals,
collaboration, and coding and EDA methodologies competencies, and
discipline professional identity

Code Ranking Summary

Showcase well- Evaluate and reflect global Engaging overview of
documented repositories standing among data learnin and career
science practitioners journey

Projects Competitions Projects

Host end-to-end DS/ML/AI Demonstrate problem- Showcase practical
projects that highlight solving under tight experience, outcomes,
real-world problem-solving constraints and skill application

GitHub helps with Kaggle helps with LinkedIn helps with

Validating coding skills Building credibility in data Improving visibility with
Showing growth and science circles recruiters
consistency Applying learning to real Positioning better for job
Being interview-ready for datasets openings
Tech roles Speaking confidently in Networking with peers and
Tech interviews mentors in the field

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Rich and Dedicated Live Support

Industry expert sessions

Engage with industry practitioners as they
help you master in-demand skills and concepts
using a demonstrative hands-on approach.

IIITB faculty sessions

Learn from some of the most accomplished
academicians as they take your knowledge
and understanding of data science to
another level.

Personalised industry sessions

Participate in focussed sessions within
a limited audience group as industry
experts dive deeper into the industrial
and business-related aspects of various
advanced topics and technologies.

Career mentorship sessions

Engage in personalised career mentorship
connects with industry experts as they guide
you on the best practices for your career
future and even help you be better prepared
via mock interviews.

Daily doubt resolution sessions

Join doubt resolution session slots,
that are available daily, and have an
expert available to resolve your queries
for a smooth learning journey
Meet the Class
INDUSTRIES OUR STUDENTS COME FROM
5% Healthcare
5% E-Commerce

1% Telecom
57% IT
1% Finance

15% Other

1% Consulting

1% Education
3% Retail

1% Manufacturing

10% BFSI

WORK EXPERIENCE 15% 6.1-9 years

21% 3.1-6 years

33% 0-3 years 11% 9.1-12 years

20% +12.1 years

Option to articulate to a Master's degree
from Liverpool John Moores University after
successful completion of the program

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