- 15 Jan, 2024
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IITs lead the way in Bachelor of Data Science courses; newer IITs shine
When it comes to Bachelor of Data Science courses, IITs dominate the space. As per a edtech platform Imarticus Learning’s Report 2023, IITs secured the top three positions among 100 colleges across India in the Bachelor of Data Science degree category. Additionally, IIM Calcutta, in collaboration with IIT Kharagpur and ISI Kolkata, secured the top position among 151 institutes in the Master’s in Data Science category.
In the Bachelor’s degree category, IITs lead the way with IIT Hyderabad taking the top rank, closely followed by IIT Delhi. Notably, IIT Guwahati is the third-best educational institute for the Bachelor’s Data Science programme. The analysis finds a regional distribution, with the south zone dominating at 35 per cent, followed by the west zone at 27 per cent, the east zone at 8 per cent, the north zone at 26 per cent, and the central zone at 4 per cent. When it comes to PhD programmes in Data Science, west zone has been leading with 43 per cent, followed by south zone at 30 per cent, 17 per cent in the east zone, and 9 per cent in the north zone.
For executive programmes in Data Science, the distribution is detailed as 21 per cent in the south zone, 44 per cent in the west zone, 12 per cent in the east zone, 18 per cent in the north zone, and 6 per cent in the central zone. Some of the top institutions offering these executive programmes include ISB Hyderabad, IIT Hyderabad and NMIMS Global Access School for Continuing Education with a pan-India presence and a multifaceted approach. Keeping up with the trends, it is also expected that India’s data science education market will rise at a CAGR of 57.52 per cent, from $204.23 million in 2023 to $1.391 billion by 2028. This is while the worldwide data science education market is predicted to reach $378.7 billion by 2030, with a 25 per cent increase in demand for data scientists across industries such as healthcare, banking, and retail.
As per the report, the big data and analytics job market is expected to grow from 215K positions in 2023 to over 338K by 2028, with major recruiters such as Amazon, AWS, Bain and Company, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, and Google offering competitive yearly remuneration packages ranging from Rs 6.5 lakh to Rs 35.1 lakh. “Organisations from all over the world are trying to expand their presence in India as the nation solidifies its position as a major global hub for data to take advantage of its enormous talent pool and fully realise the enormous potential of data analytics,” states the report.