IBM expand its Academic Initiative Globally
IBM has announced that it is expanding its Academic Initiative for business analytics with new programs in India, China, Ireland and Scotland, helping students keep pace with today's competitive job market by gaining skills in this fast-growing field of technology. To address a growing market demand for analytics savvy graduates, IBM is working with universities around the world to bring advanced analytics training directly into the classroom.
In India, IBM is working with faculty members from 500 universities to help more than 30,000 students develop skills in predictive analytics. As part of the program, IBM will conduct a series of training programs with business school faculty concentrating on predictive and business analytics, in 15 major cities throughout the country of India. The faculty members will complete a certification process in analytics at the end of the program.
Once certified they will begin to teach students about how analytics can be applied to their topic of study. The learning will involve access to predictive analytics technology and will focus on how to act on the results the analytics technology uncovers.
"I have been using IBM predictive analytics technology in a number of programs at Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. I hope this initiative will help teachers in universities to learn and include analytics in existing courses and design new curriculum that will helps students gain a top-notch education to meet the demands of today's businesses and government organizations," said Sahadeb Sarkar, Professor, Operations Management Group, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIM).
"Through IBM's Academic Initiative, universities are adding analytics to their course offerings, establishing new degree programs and now we are seeing acceleration in global demand for training in analytics. By combining IBM's leadership in analytics with its global reach. we will begin to bridge the gap between to better-equip students for new job opportunities," said Himanshu Goyal, Country Manager Academic & Developer Relations, Career Education & Localization, IBM India/SA.
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