M.Sc. in Big Data Analytics

Introduction

Data today is treated as a source of energy, in any venture. It is this very data that gives us glimpses of where we were yesterday, our current status and what areas we need to improve upon in order to excel in the future. In today’s context, the one who has data and can interpret it with the right kind of analysis, becomes the modern day oracle. The initiative taken by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has made remarkable strides in shaping the talent capability aligned to data analysis, business requirements and to accrue seamless mutual benefits for the world of academics and industry. The objective of this course is to contribute to overall development of the student community in order to enhance quality and consistency of talent supply by channelizing practical industry knowledge to the classroom. The course has gained a great admiration and reverence from academia, students and various stakeholders across the country. We are proud to announce that Padma Shri Dr. Bimal Roy, former Director, Indian Statistical Institute has developed the curriculum for Big Data Analytics. The course work comprises Statistical Methods, Probability & Stochastic Process, Linear Algebra & Linear Programming, Computing for Data Sciences, Machine Learning and Database Management. The Department of Information Technology, St. Xavier’s College (Autonomous) started a new Master’s degree course - M.Sc. in Big Data Analytics in June 2019 in collaboration with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).

Entrance Exam Syllabus

Interships [2023-24]

Internship based project A live project has to be undertaken at an industry for 16 weeks. Each student will have two supervisors: one from academic institution and one from the industry. The project shall involve handling data extensively and use of methodologies learnt during the course work to derive meaningful inferences. A final project report has to be submitted and an “open” presentation has to be made.

This academic year 31 students are currently pursuing their semester 4 - Internship program with reputed organisations like IDFC First, IndusInd Bank, CIPLA, PWC, CRISIL, Radio City, Zee Learn Ltd and several others. The highest monthly internship stipend being Rs. 40000/-.

Course Partner

M.Sc. in Big data analytics program will run in collaboration with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), Information Technology department and Statistics department of St. Xavier’s college, Mumbai.

Objective and Outcome

Objective - The main objective of this program is to develop the skill of Big data analytics and data analytics.

Outcome - students will be placed as data scientists or big data analysts in the IT industry.

Highlights

Mandatory internship in the fourth semester comprising of 20 weeks intensive hands-on work in the industry
Dedicated lab
Live session and guest lectures from TCS
summer internship after semester 2
Faculty expertise exposure to the students which covers areas ofEconomics, Statistics, Mathematics, rational thinking and InformationTechnology
Practical based approach

Course Structure

The M.Sc. with Big Data Analytics programme is a full-time Master’s degree programme consisting of four semesters over two years.
The course will teach the following modules across the four semesters.

Semester I

PSBDA6001CR1 - Linear Algebra & Linear Programming

PSBDA6002CR1 - Probability & Stochastic Process

PSBDA6003CR1 - Data Base Management -Relational

PSBDA6004CR1 - Basics of Programming

PSBDA6501EL1 - Computing for data science

PSBDA6502EL2 - Data Structures

PSBDA6504RP1 - Research Methodology and Statistical Methods

Semester II

PSBDA6005CR1 - Foundations of Data Science

PSBDA6006CR1 - Advanced Statistical Methods

PSBDA6007CR1 - Machine Learning-I

PSBDA6008CR1 - Enabling Technologies-1

PSBDA6003EL1 - Cloud computing

PSBDA6004EL2 - Operation Research

PSBDA6001OJ1 - Value Thinking

Semester III

PSBDA7001CR1 - Enabling Technologies-II

PSBDA7002CR1 - Machine Learning 2 including Deep Learning

PSBDA7003CR1 - Introduction to Econometrics and Finance and Data Visualization

PSBDA6501EL1 - Bioinformatics

PSBDA6502EL2 - Time series Analysis

PSBDA6501RP2 - Research Project

Semester IV

Internship Based Project: - A live project has to be undertaken at an industry for 16 weeks. Each student will have two supervisors: one from academic institution and one from the industry. The project shall involve handling data extensively and use of methodologies learnt during the course work to derive meaningful inferences. A final project report has to be submitted and an “open” presentation has to be made.

Course Fee Structure

First year M.Sc. (Big Data Analytics): Rs. 1,50,000/- (from the academic year 2024-2025)

Number of seats

The intake is a maximum of 40 students per year.

Allocation of seats

St. Xavier’s College is a Catholic Minority College, administered under the Provisions of the Indian Constitution, to promote the welfare of the minority community and to extend its services to all other communities in India, so as to contribute to the harmony and integration of Indian society. 50% of seats are reserved for Catholic minority students.

As per the Judgement dated 12th October 2017 of the Honourable Bombay High Court vide Writ Petition No.1726 of 2001, Minority Colleges do not need to set aside seats for Backward Classes. This was reiterated by the University of Mumbai Circular (No.Aff. / Recog.I / Admission (2018-19) / 10 / of 2018) dated 30th May, 2018.

Accordingly, the allocation of seats is as follows:

Category - Percentage of seats reserved - Number of seats

Management Quota - 15% - 5 out of 30

Christian Minority - 50% - 12 out of 25

General - 42% - 11 out of 25

Persons with disability - 5% - 1 out of 25

Special** - 3% - 1 out of 25

** The Special category is for the wards of transferred State / Central Government and Private Sector employees, Defence Personnel, Ex-Servicemen, Freedom Fighters; for students who have met with an accident and also for award winners at the District / State / National Level in Sports or Cultural activities.

Admissions for this course will follow the relevant Government and University Directives pertaining to Minority Colleges, and the extant practices of the Autonomous College.

Candidates applying in the Special category have to first select the General category and then select the appropriate special category they wish to apply to.

Candidates applying under the Christian minority have the option of applying for the Student with Disability category provided they upload the supporting documentation.

Eligibility

A student who has completed or is appearing for semester VI in B.Sc.(Maths), B.Sc. (Statistics), B.Sc. (IT), B.Sc. (CS/Data Science) or B.C.A. from any UGC recognized university in India.

It is mandatory that all students should have done a Calculus and Linear Algebra course during their graduation.

B.Sc(Physics) - students who have done Physics as a major subject and Mathematics or Statistics as a second subject (up to second year) during their graduation.

A student who has completed or is appearing for semester VIII in B.E(Electronics / Computer Science) in the academic year 2023-2024 from any recognized university from India.

Facilities

On campus classrooms for theory lectures
A dedicated lab of fully functional computer systems for a batch size of 40 students
Expert in-house, visiting and industry faculties.
Weekly workshops from industrial experts under various data analytics domains.

Faculty

The Instructors for this course comprise of in-house Professors from department of Information Technology, Statistics, Mathematics, English and Biotechnology, along with visiting faculty from reputed colleges of Mumbai. Data Scientists from industry also conduct lectures for the students. To add further value to the course, there are key sessions organized by TCS.

Syllabus

For any queries or clarifications, please send an email to bigdata@xaviers.edu