India's best selling program with a 4.5 star rating. Learn in-demand skills to kick-start your big data career with the widely recognised PG Program in Big Data & Analytics by BITS Pilani.

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Duration Recommended 8 - 10 hrs/week

12,600

Students Enrolled

300+

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Program Overview

Key Highlights

Designed for Working Professionals

5+ Case Studies & Projects

Practical hands-on Workshops

BITS Pilani Alumni Status

Job Assistance with Top Firms

It is a one-stop solution for professionals looking to upskill in Big Data. If you are looking to step up the ladder, then this is the right choice for you!

Syllabus

Best-in-class content by leading faculty & industry experts in the form of videos, industry projects, assignments & live sessions

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Programming Languages & Tools Covered

Post Graduate Certificate Program from BITS Pilani

Complete all the courses successfully to obtain this prestigious recognition by BITS Pilani

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Connect with a global network of accomplished BITS Alumni
Widely recognised and valued Post Certificate Graduate Program in Big Data
Network with Big Data professionals across all industries

Top Skills you will learn

Data Processing, MapReduce, Data Warehousing, Big Data Analyview more

Job Opportunities

Big Data Engineer, Big Data Devloper, Big Data Admin, Big Daview more

Who is this course for?

IT & Technology Professionals, Project Leads & Managers in Iview more

Minimum Eligibility

Bachelors Degree with min. of 6 months of work experience (iview more

Empowering learners of tomorrow

Over 2,300 students have completed this course and started working at their dream job, whats stopping you?

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Opening the doors to the best in the industry

Instructors

World Class Faculties & Industry Experts

Prof. S. Balasubramaniam

ex Dean - Academics

A stalwart with a rich work experience that includes academic research, experimental research and software product development

Joy Mukherjee

Engineering Manager

A leading industry expert with experiences in engineering and delivering platforms & products across varied domains and verticals

Sourabh Mukherjee

VP - Lead Data Management

A leading industry expert with over 15 years of experience in Data Management, Big Data Analytics and Strategy

Dr. Chittaranjan Hota

Asst. Dean - Computer Science

Dr. Chittaranjan Hota completed his Ph.D from BITS Pilani. He has an academic and research experience of over 28 years at universities in India and abroad

Shakun Gupta

Engineering Manager - Big Data

An experienced industry stalwart with more than 13 years of industry experience in Big Data.

Prof. Amit Dua

Asst. Prof Computer Science

Prof. Dua completed his BE in Computer Science & MS in Software Systems from BITS Pilani. He has extensive experience in Data Processing and Computing

Parwaz Dalvi

Lead Architect

He comes with 20 years of industry experience in Enterprise Data Architecture, Design and Consulting with expertise in providing solutions for Cloud and Big Data

Dr. Hari Babu

Asst. Prof Computer Science

Prof. Hari completed his ME (Hons) in Software Systems and MSc in Engineering Technology from BITS Pilani

Rahul Mathur

Big Data & ML Analyst

He has over 6 years of experience in development, designing and analysis of large scale data using Big Data Technologies and Machine Learning

Prof. Vimal SP

Asst. Prof Computer Science

Prof. Vimal is MS (Hons) in Computer Science & Engineering and currently working as Asst. Professor in the Computer Science and Information System Department

Pallavi Nagesha Rao

Software Engineer

Prof. Pallavi Nagesha Rao has more than 20 years of experience in development, designing and analysis of large scale data using Big Data Technologies

Syllabus

Best in-class content by leading faculty and industry leaders in the form of videos, cases and projects, assignments and live sessions.

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200+

Content Hours Available

Case Study & Projects

Live Learning Sessions

Preparatory Content

3 Week

1 Assignment

Introduction to Programming
20hr
OOP
9hr 30min
Data structures and algorithms
29hr
RDBMS and SQL
6hr 27min
Java Crash Course
16hr
Diagnostic Test
1hr 30min
Course Assignment
8hr
Introduction to Big Data
3hr 15min

The Hadoop Framework

6 Weeks

1 Assignments

Introduction to Hadoop: Distributed Computing Env.
9hr 27min
Data and Distributed Storage (HDFS)
9hr 9min
MapReduce Programming
22hr 27min
Course Project - MapReduce (Saavn)
19hr
Pig
14hr

ETL & Batch Processing with Hadoop

7 Weeks

1 Projects

ETL and Data Warehousing
11hr
Data Ingestion using Sqoop and Flume
16hr
Hive
18hr
HBase
14hr
Oozie: Workflow Schedular for Hadoop
10hr
Course Project - RDS + Sqoop + Hive
17hr

Big Data Analytics with Spark

10 Weeks

1 Projects

Introduction to Spark
19hr
Analytics using SparkSQL
16hr
Data preprocessing for ML
9hr
Regression using SparkML
13hr
Classification using SparkML
9hr
Clustering using SparkML
9hr
Course Project - Spark ML (Saavn)
20hr

Capstone Project

3 Weeks

0 Projects

Industry Capstone Project
21hr

Industry Projects

Real-life industry sponsored Big Data Projects
Get valuable hands-on experience and develop a portfolio of projects
Access to $100 worth of free AWS Cloud to deploy your projects

Build a music recommendation engine

Help Saavn build a recommendation engine that processes 20 million+ of customer data points to generate notifications to keep users up to date with their music choices.

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Find Top 100 Trending Songs on Saavn

Saavn uses tons of historical data to periodically compute trending songs, artists and popular playlists. Help Saavn build a Big Data solution to identify top ranking songs, artists and playlists!

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Build Big Data Infrastructure for Credit Card Fraud Detection

Design and implement Big Data solutions to ingest, process, and store data to detect credit card frauds

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The upGrad Advantage

Strong hand-holding with dedicated support to help you master Big Data

Regular 1-on-1 interaction with Industry Experts

Discussions on career growth and industry expectations
Feedback on project work and assignments

Dedicated Student Success Mentors

Help in learning plans ensuring consistent progress
Resolve non-academic queries for smooth learning experience

Doubt Resolution on Q&A Forums & WhatsApp Groups

Timely doubt resolution by qualified teachers
Regular live Q&A sessions with experts

Networking with Industry Experts & Peers

Live sessions by industry experts on relevant topics
Interaction with experts and peers in online and offline events translating into new job opportunities

Job Placement Assistance

Personalised resume building exercise
Mock interviews with our hiring experts
Job Interviews with 250+ hiring partners