on Business Analytics to build next-gen Digital Talent
Loyola Institute of Business Administration
(LIBA), Chennai and Tata Consultancy
Services (TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions
organization, today announced its partnership to design a first-of-its-kind
management programme with a specialization focused on Business Analytics. LIBA
will offer this course from the next academic year (2017-18).
The partnership will mark
yet another milestone in the Industry-Academia collaboration to fulfil the growing
demand for Business Analytics in India. The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was
signed in the presence of Fr. P Christie S.J, Director – LIBA and Mr. Ranjan Bandyopadhyay, Vice President,
HR, TCS, along with and other senior management representatives and
academicians from TCS and LIBA.
Considering the increasing demand
for business analytics, TCS and LIBA have collaborated to design a management
course that specializes in this segment tobridge the existing skill gap in the
industry. This will be offered under full time and part time MBA (PGDM) in
Business Administration.
Fr. P Christie S.J,
Director, LIBA, said, “It is a momentous
event for LIBA to sign a MoU with TCS, the largest IT Company in India, as an
Industry Partner to offer programs in the area of Business Analytics. With its
expertise, TCS will be able to add value to the students of LIBA. LIBA is the first B-School in India which is
forging ahead in signing an agreement with TCS to offer Business Analytics as a
specialization for the full-time PGDM students”.
“We are extremely happy to
note that LIBA with its focus on excellence and ethics has found a renowned
industry partner, which espouses the same values”.
Commenting
on the launch of the course, Mr. Ranjan Bandyopadhyay, Vice President, HR, TCS,
said, “Analytics is emerging as a key growth area spanning industries. The need
of the hour is talent that can work on delivering carefully crafted analytics
solutions insights and recommendations to businesses. TCS designed courses bring in contemporary
application oriented inputs to the class room thorough its academic
collaboration. We are delighted to partner with LIBA in the field of analytics.”
One
of the key highlights of the course is the ‘Train the Trainer Program (TTT)
Program’, in which TCS specialists will train the faculty with the Industry knowledge.
TCS designed courses will also comprise of I year Executive diploma in Business
Analytics, to train experienced professionals through part time/weekend
programs offered at the Institute.
About LIBA: Loyola Institute of Business Administration (LIBA) is a premier B-school, established in 1979 within the premises of Loyola
College. LIBA is managed by Jesuits well known for their outstanding
contribution to higher education. LIBA stands for excellence and ethics which are
the hallmarks of Jesuit business education and all its programs and activities
embody these two elements. LIBA earnestly strives to inculcate in the students
the values of excellence, justice, honesty and service to the society. LIBA focuses
on the ‘holistic formation’ of students in all quotients, viz., intellectual,
social, emotional and spiritual. The Institution works with an undeterred zeal
to offer its students the best of the education, blending classroom and
experiential learning.
About
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (TCS)
Tata Consultancy Services is an IT services, consultingand business solutions organization that
delivers real results to global business, ensuring a level of certainty no
other firm can match. TCS offers a consulting-led, integrated portfolio of IT, BPS, infrastructure, engineeringandassurance services. This is delivered through its unique Global Network Delivery Model™, recognized as the benchmark of
excellence in software development.
A part of the Tata group,
India’s largest industrial conglomerate, TCS has over 378,000 of the
world’s best-trained consultants in 45 countries. The company generated
consolidated revenues of US $16.5 billion for year ended March 31, 2016 and is
listed on the BSE (formerly Bombay Stock Exchange) and the NSE (National Stock
Exchange) in India. For more
information, visit us at www.tcs.com
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