IBM commences MBA Programme for Business Analytics in India

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IBM (NYSE:IBM) and Galgotias University (GU), Delhi NCR, in a landmark initiative in India, launched a futuristic full-time MBA Programme in Business Analytics to help organizations build better skilled resources in the areas of managerial decision making and strategy. The curriculum of the programme has been developed jointly for better industry alignment and will be delivered by both GU faculty and experts from IBM.

The new MBA Programme aims to create managers and leaders who understand the implications of humongous volume of data generated by the enterprises today. With the rise of multimedia including social media, this has become an integral need from corporate leaders. 

With the MBA Programme in analytics, students will be able to help their employers gain better customer insights, manage risk, and financial metrics more effectively, and help strive for unique market differentiation.

“This is the very first time in India that IBM has partnered with a University to work on the Management Studies programme. Given the large amounts of new data created every single minute, analytics skills are no longer just a requirement for the IT professional, they are becoming increasingly important for businesses as well,” says Sudhir Sastry, Software Group Technical Sales Leader, IBM India / SA.....See More