B. Tech. ‑ Data Science (Lateral)

Durgapur

Overview

Witnessing its tremendous potential to rule the World of Technology, NSHM School of Engineering & Technology offers a new specialization – B.Tech. in Data Science. It is a 4-year undergraduate programme that trains students to learn about various tools and techniques of machine learning, applied statistics, mathematics and become skilled data scientists.

Data Science is taking centre stage in all areas—business and industry, public policy, the life sciences, natural sciences, humanities, and social sciences. This field has grown rapidly in recent years as a result of the increasing availability of large data sets and the opportunities and challenges that they present. Big Data Analytics help organizations harness their data and use it to identify new opportunities. It leads to smarter business moves, more efficient operations, higher profits and more satisfied customers. NSHM is now among the few Data Science colleges in West Bengal offering a B. Tech degree after witnessing its big impact on industry. In B. Tech. in Data science programme, one deals with both structured and unstructured data as well as algorithms that involve predictive analytics.

Programme Education Objective

Prepare the students with knowledge and skills of computing and data environments, object oriented technology, data structure & algorithm, Operating systems, programming, problem-solving, statistics and mathematics, data analysis, analytics, data mining, web mining, warehousing, soft computing, AI/ML, NLP, deep learning, Block chain, and other related and advanced data science and human-computer interactions for superior vocations and careers as data scientist, data engineer, data analyst, business analyst, big data analyst, security head, developer, entrepreneur, consultant, chief data officer, etc. in a diverse and multi-disciplinary settings in national and international organizations.
Enable them to adapt to modern and emerging technologies through lifelong learning and practice in an ethical and just manner.

Career Opportunities

When people were being laid off due to Covid-19 pandemic, around 93,000 jobs in Data Science were vacant at the end of August 2020 in India. Demand for skilled professionals in Data Science and Analytics is increasing not just in India but across the world.

Here are some of the roles a Data Science professional can look forward to in major organizations:

Data Scientist
Data Administrator
Big Data Analyst
Data Engineer
Statistician
Data Architect
Business Intelligence (BI) Developer
Data Engineer
Big Data Scientist
Software Developer

Programme Structure

Core Curriculum

Programming Languages

Programming for Problem Solving

programming system, structure, numerical method problems, function, pointers, array structures and files handing process,compiler, interpreter, shell, problem solving using C and/or R and/or python

Object Oriented Tecghnology

OOPS, object oriented programming language and apply programming conept to create class & its objects for solving inheritance,polymorphism,applets, swing programming etc.

Design Analysis and algorithms

Data Structure & Algorithm

computational efficiency of the principal algorithms – sorting, searching, hashing, Identify appropriate data structure & algorithmic methods

Design & Analysis of Algorithms

Analyze the asymptotic performance of algorithms, Synthesize efficient algorithms in common engineering design situations

Database Management

Analyze database requirements, determine relationships of entities, logical design of the database, DBMS/RDBMS and big data modeling and management.

Statistics for Data Science

statistical analysis of data, build and assess data-based models, execute statistical analyses with professional statistical software

Linear Algebra

matrix analysis, numerical methods of linear algebra, elements of functional analysis, mathematical statistics, modern machine learning and data analysis.

Data Analysis and Visualization

For presenting data to others, aspireing to be a business analyst or data scientist then the most effective with visualization tools used is tableu

Business Analytics

For presenting data from the point of view of a business analyst

Big Data Analysis

Learners are expected to apply principles of statistical analytics to solve problems and inform decision making.

Data mining

Data Base Management System

To design and build a simple database system and demonstrate competence with the fundamental tasks involved with modeling, designing, and implementing a DBMS.

Data Mining

To analyze data, choose relevant models and algorithms for espective applications and evaluate different data mining techniques like classification, prediction, clustering and association rule mining

Data Warehousing

“Design data warehouse with dimensional modelling and apply
OLAP operations – Relational, Multidimentional, Hybrid”

Web Mining

acquire statistical techniques to analyze complex information and social networks

Artificial Intelligence & Human computer Interaction

AI/ML

introduction to artificial intelligence, machine learning, current trends and characterization of knowledge-based systems, Search, knowledge representation schemes, production systems, and expert systems

Soft Computing

Fundamentals of Soft Computing, Artificial Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic and Genetic Algorithms, optimization associated with neural network learning

Neural Network and Deep Learning

Fundamentals of deep learning, computer learning model, perform classification tasks directly from images, text, or sound, Model training, testing, large set of labeled data, and multiple layers in neural network architectures

Natural Language Processing

Natural Language Processing (NLP) develops statistical techniques and algorithms to automatically process natural languages (such as English). It includes a number of AI areas, such as text understanding and summarization, machine translation, and sentiment analysis.

Human Computer Interaction

HCI design principles, standards and guidelines, analyze and identify user models, user support, socio-organizational issues, stakeholder requirements of HCI systems.

Distributed Systems

Computer Organization and Architecture

computer organization & parallel architecture , interconnected networks, distributed system architecture, Cloud architecture and computing

Operating System

mechanisms of OS, Network OS, Distributed OS, handle processes and threads, memory magagement, process management, exception handling

Block Chain Technology

individual components of the Bitcoin protocol, whole system work: transactions, script, blocks, and the peer-to-peer network

Fee Structure

Fee Structure as per latest Govt notification 466-Edn-(T)/10M-04/2004(Part IV) dated 16.10.2023

	Sem 3	Sem 4	Sem 5	Sem 6	Sem 7	Sem 8	TOTAL
	AY 23-24		AY 24-25		AY 25-26		AY 23-26
Admission Fee(One-Time)	10000
Tuition Fee	50000	50000	50000	50000	50000	50000
Development Fee	7500	7500	7500	7500	7500	7500
Lib-cum-Book-Bank Fee	4500	0	0	0	0	0
Student Welfare, Sports & Games Fee	500	500	500	500	500	500
Alumni Membership Fee	0	0	0	0	0	5000
Total fee excluding University charges	72500	58000	58000	58000	58000	63000	367500

Programme Type - UG

Duration - 3 or 4 years

Minimum Eligibility - 10+2 passed in Science stream. Qualifying entry requirement: WBJEE and JEE (Main)

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Mentor

Dr. Bijoy Kumar Mandal

Associate Professor, Dept. of Computer Science Engineering

Data Science is still a niche field in the massive global IT market. This 4-year undergraduate programme will train students to learn about various tools and techniques of machine learning, applied statistics, mathematics to become a skilled data scientist. There is still a huge skill gap in India due to the steep learning curve of this subject. Demand for skilled professionals in Data Science and Analytics is increasing not just in India but across the world. NSHM will train the students with knowledge and skills suitable for today’s dynamic job scenario.