One small step of yours,

One giant leap in data science

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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
SQL, POWER BI,
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
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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)

• 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, 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 • Lookup Functions: vlookup (exact and approx.), hlookup (exact and approx.),
Advanced I Match, Index, Advanced Sort and Filter, Advanced Charting
• Text Functions: Right, Left, Mid, Concatenate, Upper, Lower, Proper, Len
• Date Functions: Datevalue, Timevalue, Today, Now, Networkdays,
Networkdays.intl
• Data Forecast, Data Consolidation
• Pivot Tables: Create Table, Grouping, Slicer
• Data Security, what-if analysis, Macro, Data Validation

MS Excel • Dashboard Making

Advanced II • Workshop (Group presentation and Viva voice)

Macros and VBA • Record and Play Macro

• Cell Reference
• Copy Paste
• Variable

*The curriculum is subject to change

CURRICULUM
MODULE TOPICS COVERED

• Loops-for, do while, do until

• if-if else, if elseif else, if elseif else with and operator, if else using for loop,
select case
• Userform-message box, input box, command button, radio button

Introduction to • Databases: Schema, Table, Relations

SQL Basics -I • Install SQLITE, Basics of SQL, SQL commands: SELECT, FROM, WHERE, AND,
OR, NOT, Pattern matching, Sorting, Orderby, Comments and Operators

Data Analysis • Group by, Aggregate Functions (MIN,MAX,SUM,AVERAGE,COUNT), having

Using SQL-II • CRUD Operations: Create and Drop Databases, Create and Drop Table

Data Analysis • Constraints (Primary key, Foreign Key, Unique key, Not Null, Default and CHECK)
Using SQL -III • JOINS (inner/left/right/full)
• Nested Queries

Data Analysis • Windows Analytical Functions (Aggregate, Ranking, and Windows

Using SQL -IV Analytical Functions)
• Speed up Queries Using Indexes
• Various Types of Indexes
• Update and Upsert in Case of Conflicts

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

Python • Python Basics: Syntactics, Variable types, Operators, For/While Loops,
Programming: Conditional Statements
Python Basics I
• Functions: Built-in, Library and Custom, Arguments, Return
• Data Structures and Operations: Lists, Tuple
• Data Structures and Operations: Dictionaries, Sets

Introduction to • For/While Loops, Conditional Statements

Python
• Nested Loops and Nested Conditions, Lambda Functions, List
Programming:
Python Basics II Comprehensions

Introduction to • File Handling: i/o functions, open() read, write, append , with
Python
Programming:
Python Basics III
CURRICULUM
MODULE TOPICS COVERED

Data Analysis • Introduction to Pandas and NumPy Modules

Using Pandas • Pandas Basics: Data File Handling, Row/Columns Handling, Slicing, Drop,
and NumPy I
Sort, New Variable Creation, Observing Frequency Count
• Pandas Advanced: Multiple Datasets Handling, Merge/Append, Multi-variable
GROUP BY/cross-tab summaries

Data Analysis • Working with Date-time Series Data

Using Pandas • Working with Indexes and Multi-level Indexing
and NumPy II

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

Data Visualization • Importance of Visualizing Data through Charts

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

Probability Basics • Probability Basics: Definition of Probability, Mutually Exclusive Events,

and Distributions Independent Events, Relative Frequency
(Frequency • Idea of Distributions: Discreet and Continuous
Distributions)
• Computing Distributions from Data and Deriving Insights

Performing EDA • Row/Columns Handling (Filtering, Dropping, New Variable Creation), Data
with Python I Transformations, Binning, Merges, Single and Multi-variable, GROUP
By/crosstab, Summaries, and Pivot Tables
• Analyzing Data by Conducting Univariate/Bivariate Analysis and
Multivariate (Pair Plots)
• Generate Statistical and Meaningful Summaries
• Observe Variables Correlation and Relationships

Performing EDA • Handling Missing Values, Imputing, Dealing with Outliers

with Python II
CURRICULUM
MODULE TOPICS COVERED

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

Introduction to • DAX: Calculated Columns and Measures

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

Power BI • Workshop and Viva Voice

Workshop

Data Visualization • Interface Tour

Using Tableau • Connect to Data Source and Data Interpreter
(Optional) - I • Concept of Dimension and Measures, Continuous and Discrete
• Groups, Hierarchies, Set, Parameter
• Sort, Filter
• Joins, Relationship, Union, Blend
• Functions
• Quick Table Calculations

Data Visualization • LOD

Using Tableau • Reference lines, Bands, Distribution
(Optional) - II • Forecast, Trend Lines
• Charts, Formatting Charts
• Dashboard
• Storytelling

Storytelling with • The Basics of Storytelling

Data • ABT Framework
(Dashboarding • Selecting the Right Data and Creating a Story from Data
and storytelling • Thinking in Data Stories
with PowerBI)
• Building Good Data Presentations
• Which Chart to Use When? Presentation Design, Creating Good Data
Visualizations
CURRICULUM
MODULE TOPICS COVERED

• Beyond Bullet-Points and Charts: Planning, Practice, and Delivery of a

Good Presentation

Statistics for • Binomial

Decision Making: • Poisson
Probability • Chi-Square
Distributions

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 • One/two way ANOVA

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

Modeling • Statistical Models and Small Data

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

Data Science and • Predicting Continuous Variable

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

Data Science and • Predicting a Binary Variable, Interpreting Model Output, Using Python to
Predictive Create a Logistic Model – Using Statistics and Machine Learning Methods
Modeling: • Checking Model Diagnostics
Logistic
• Concept of Confusion Matrix and Computing Accuracy Metrics (Accuracy,
Regression
Precision, Recall, F1-Score, ROC, AUC)

Data Science and • Introduction to Clustering

Predictive • Distance Norms
Modeling:
• K-means Clustering, Elbow method
Clustering
CURRICULUM
MODULE TOPICS COVERED

• Hierarchical Clustering
• Interpreting Clusters for Business

Business • Projects depicting end-to-end application of ML in business use cases

Analytics • Create PowerPoint presentations
Applications

Capstone Project Work on a real-world industry project and get a first-hand experience of
what it means to create business insights from data using the skills acquired
in this curriculum.

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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