ACCELERATOR

PROGRAM IN
BUSINESS
ANALYTICS AND
DATA SCIENCE

in partnership with

Aligned
with

Ranked 1st as per ‘Best Global University’

indicator rankings in 2024-25
BE MADE TO TAKE ON
THE WORLD’S BIGGEST
CHALLENGES IN DATA SCIENCE

The Accelerator Program in Business Analytics & Data Science is built to help
you find your niche as a Data Analyst and become the one who can predict the
trends of tomorrow.

Hero Vired has partnered with edX*, a global online learning platform, to give
Hero Vired customers access to a curated selection of job-relevant courses
and programs. Together with hundreds of world-class institutions, edX offers
thousands of learning opportunities in critical disciplines like AI, sustainability,
and finance.

This will get you the head-start you need to become a game-changer in the
world of Business Analytics and Data Science.

This program is designed for everyone who wants to accelerate their career in
Data Science and uplift their decision-making processes in business. It lays
solid foundations for learning machine learning algorithms, mathematical and
statistical models that enable data-driven decision-making.

You will be exposed to the applications and benefits of predictive modeling,

along with exploratory data analysis in management functions like marketing,
finance, operations, etc.

*edX and the edX logo are registered trademarks of edX LLC. All rights reserved.
ACCELERATOR PROGRAM
IN BUSINESS ANALYTICS
AND DATA SCIENCE
TIME TO TAKE ON
THE WORLD’S BIGGEST
DATA CHALLENGES

70+
LIVE
SESSIONS
with expert faculty members

Initial average salary in roles like Data

Analyst, Business Analyst, Business
Intelligence Analyst, Business Analytics
Manager, Visualization Expert
and Business Analytics Lead, can be
anywhere between

3-6 LPA *

10 MONTHS
*Based on experience
 Tools &
Technologies
7+ PORTFOLIO
projects and case studies
MS Excel Power BI Python

10-12 HOURS
weekly effort

WORKSHOPS* 70%-90%
on industry-trending topics, such as
Azure Databricks, Large Language Instructor-led live online
Models (LLM), and GPT (Generative
classes
Pre-trained Transformer), are offered.

CAREER
COACHING
*Tableau is optional and mentorship
*Workshops duration - 6 Hours
LEARN FROM THE
BEST INDUSTRY
EXPERTS IN
DATA SCIENCE
AND BUSINESS ANALYTICS

• Develop relevant business analytical and • Work on industry-relevant problems using

programming skills using languages like Data Analysis and Predictive Modeling
Python and SQL

• Dedicated Program Manager to assist • Personal branding sessions and career

in your learning journey assistance workshops*

• Workshops with industry experts • Discussion forums and community

• Case-based and interactive learning • Integrated Capstone project with

HarvardX module

This program is accredited by the

National Skill Development Corporation

Additional Certification aligned to Competency Standards

developed by SSC NASSCOM in collaboration with Industry
& approved by the Government.

*As per the Hero Vired Career Services Policy

PROGRAM
HIGHLIGHTS
• Participate in workshops focusing on industry
trending topics like Azure, LLMs, and different GPTs

• Utilize Excel, SQL, and Python for data handling,

summarization, visualization, and analysis

• Perform exploratory data analysis and data visualization

using Matplotlib, Seaborn, and Power BI

• Use statistical measures, distributions, hypothesis

testing, and modeling

• Use modeling techniques like linear regression, logistic

regression, and clustering (OLS/MLE and Gradient
Descent/ SGD- along with related assumptions,
assumption testing, etc.)

• Explore analytics applications in various industries such

as retail, finance, supply chain, HR, operations, and
accounting

• Communicate insights effectively across teams and

utilize storytelling principles for presenting data-driven
decisions

ELIGIBILITY
CRITERIA
• Bachelors degree in any discipline

• Final year students can also join but will receive

their certificate and be eligible for 3 assured interviews
after graduation
CURRICULUM *
PROGRAM DURATION : 10-months
Approximately 10-12 hours of student effort expected per week
Projects integrated through the curriculum*

MODULE SESSION NAME SESSION LEARNING OUTCOMES

• What is Analytics?
• Why Analytics?
• Types of Analytics: Descriptive, Diagnostic, Predictive,
and Prescriptive
Introduction to Introduction to • Data and Data Sources for Analytics: Small Data, Big Data,
Analytics Analytics Traditional Data and Non-Traditional Data Sources
(Self-paced) • Analytics in Business
• Introduction to Problem Solving using Data
• Managing Analytics Projects: CRISP-DM
• Analytics Tools: What Tools to Use for which Type
of Problems?

• Installation and Set-up, IDE, etc.

• Python Basics: Syntactics, Variable types, Operators,
Programming For/While Loops, Conditional Statements
Basics • Functions: Built-in, Library and Custom, Arguments, Return
• Data Structures and Operations: Lists, Tuple
• Data Structures and Operations: Dictionaries, Sets

• Implement nested loops and control mechanisms

(break, continue, pass).
Complex Loops • Create and use lambda functions for concise data
Python and Lambdas processing.
Programming • Combine loops and lambda functions for efficient
data manipulation.

File Handling • File Handling: i/o functions, open() read, write, append
• More focus on the CSV files.

• Data scraping through various python library like

Data Scraping beautifulsoup, selenium

• Linear Algebra: Vectors, Matrices

Basic Maths for Data • Calculus: Differentiation, Integration
Mathematics Analytics • Probability and Statistics: Mean, Median, Mode, Variance,
Standard Deviation

*The curriculum is subject to changes

CURRICULUM
MODULE SESSION NAME SESSION LEARNING OUTCOMES

Building simple • Scrape data to collect data and store the data in csv
Project: Pipeline ETL pipeline • Clean the data according to the requirement
• Store the cleaned data in csv

• Navigation and Shortcuts, Cells and Ranges, Entering

Data, Applying Filters, and Formatting
• Data Handling Using Functions: if-else, Concat,
Deduplication, Missing Value Imputation etc.
MS Excel Basics
• Data Summarizing using Functions: Countif, Sumif,
Sumproduct, iferror, Average, Correlation, etc.
• Visualization: Basic Charts/Graphs/Tables and related
Customizations

• Lookup Functions: vlookup (exact and approx), hlookup

(exact and approx), Match, Index, Advanced Sort and
Filter, Advanced Charting
• Text Functions: Right, Left, Mid, Concatenate, Upper,
Excel Lower, Proper, Len
MS Excel Advance • Date Functions: Datevalue, Timevalue, Today, Now,
Networkdays, Networkdays.intl
• Data Forecast, Data Consolidation
• Pivot Tables: Create Table, Grouping, Slicer
• Data Security, what-if analysis, and Data Validation

• Record and Play Macro

• Cell Reference
Macros and VBA • Copy Paste
• Variable
• Loops-for, do while, do until
• if-if else, if elseif else, if elseif else with and operator,
if else using for loop, select case
• Userform-message box, input box, command button,
radio button
CURRICULUM
MODULE SESSION NAME SESSION LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Set up and install SQL-related software on your

local machine
• Examine why SQL databases are a preferred choice
for storing data
• Explain the need for a client-server architecture in
a database server
• Appreciate why SQL is used as a query language to
pull data from a database
• Fetch data from one or some columns in a table
SQL Basics
• Use the WHERE clause to filter subsets of data
• Use ORDER BY clause to sort data
• Use GROUP BY clause with aggregations to
summarize data
• Use GROUP BY with HAVING Clause to filter grouped
data
• Use CASE statements to write conditional logic like
IF ELSE statements
• Work with DATE functions to perform date related
operations
• Create Databases and Tables
• Use INSERT command to add rows to the table
Database

• Use SQL Data Definition Language Statements to

define the database structure or schema
• Use Data Manipulation Language Statements to
manage data within objects
• Establish relationships in data to combine data from
different tables
• Analyze data after combining two or more tables
SQL Advance using JOINS
• Get insights on data using nested queries
• Implement Windows Analytic function in Data Science
• Analyze the usage of the OVER clause with PARTITION
FRAME and ORDER FRAME
• Use Aggregate, Ranking, and Windows Analytical
Functions for analysis and insights

• Establish relationships in data to combine data from

different tables
Relating data • Analyze data after combining two or more tables using
using SQL JOINS
• Get insights on data using nested queries
CURRICULUM
MODULE SESSION NAME SESSION LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Implement Windows Analytic function in Data Science

• Analyze the usage of the OVER clause with PARTITION
SQL Analytics FRAME and ORDER FRAME
• Use Aggregate, Ranking, and Windows Analytical
Functions for analysis and insights

• Introduction to NoSQL databases

Database MongoDB • Introduction to MongoDB

• Introduction to Apache Cassandra

Apache • Playing with Big Cassandra Databases
Cassandra

Project:
Manipulation SQL and Excel • Data manipulation over excel from SQL
from SQL

• Introduction to Pandas and NumPy Modules

• Pandas Basics: Data File Handling, Row/Columns
Data Analysis Handling, Slicing, Drop, Sort, New Variable Creation,
Using Pandas and Observing Frequency Count
Numpy • Pandas Advanced: Multiple Datasets Handling,
Python for Merge/Append, Multivariable GROUP BY/crosstab
Data Analysis summaries

Datetime and • Working with Datetime Series Data, Dataframe

Indexing • Working with Indexes and Multi-level Indexing

Data Analysis & Data Analysis and • Dashboard Making

Visualization Visualization
using Excel

Performing Descriptive • Central Tendency: Mean (Arithmetic, Weighted and

Statistics with Python Geometric), Median, Mode
• Dispersion: Ranges, Variance, and Standard Deviation

• Importance of Visualizing Data through Charts

Statistical • Types of Charts and their Best Uses
Analysis • Basics of Visualization in Python using Matplotlib
Data Visualization
with Python and Seaborn
• Components of a Plot, Subplots, Functionalities of a Plot
• Plotting Data Distributions, Univariate Distributions,
and Bivariate Plots
CURRICULUM
MODULE SESSION NAME SESSION LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Binomial
Probability
• Poisson
Distributions
• Chi-Square

• Hypothesis Testing
Hypothesis • Hypothesis Testing in the Industry for Statistical
Statistical Testing Testing
Analysis • Core Statistical Concepts: p-value and Others

• One/two way ANOVA

ANOVA, Hypothesis • T tests
Tests, and p-values • Chi Square
• Non Parametric

• Probability Basics: Definition of Probability, Mutually

Probability Exclusive Events, Independent Events, Relative
Basics & Frequency Frequency
Distributions • Idea of Distributions: Discrete and Continuous
• Computing Distributions from Data and Deriving
Insights

• Introduction to EDA
• Performing EDA using Python
• Row/Columns Handling (Filtering, Dropping, New
EDA Performing EDA Variable Creation), Data Transformations, Binning,
(Exploratory with Python Merges, Single and Multivariable, GROUP By/crosstab,
Data Analysis) Summaries, and Pivot Tables
• Analyzing Data by Conducting Univariate/Bivariate
Analysis and Multivariate (Pair Plots)
• Generate Statistical and Meaningful Summaries
• Observe Variables Correlation and Relationships

• Apply filters on columns to restrict the data and

display charts
Introduction to
• Create various charts to present a Power BI report
Power BI
• Perform joins and relationships to calculate and
PowerBI display correct information in reports

• Explore basics of storytelling and ABT framework

Dashboarding and • Create stories from data
Storytelling with • Build good data presentation
Power BI • Make a meaningful data visualization using
appropriate charts
• Deliver data storytelling
CURRICULUM
SESSION NAME SESSION LEARNING OUTCOMES
MODULE

• Develop advanced DAX measurements and

computed columns for advanced computations
• Use graphics like column, line, pie, combination,
scatter, treemap, funnel, gauges, and others to
present data
Data Slicing and
• Clean up messy data, model it as per the need,
PowerBI Dicing Using DAX
and then format the report to make a professional
Query
presentation
• Make sophisticated reporting tables and matrices
• Convey a story through visuals, turn data to provide
insights, and data into interactive visuals
• Discover how to use advanced features such as the
report page, tooltips, and bookmarks in the data
visualization process

Comprehensive Data • Complete Analytics project where data needs to be

Project:
Analytics Project cleaned, processed, stored, analysed and visualized
Data Analytics

• Analysis through ChatGpt

GenAI GenAI Data Analysis • Create Python Code through ChatGPT
• Big Data analytics through Gemini

• Overview of Apache Spark

• Spark Architecture
Apache Spark • RDDs (Resilient Distributed Datasets) and DataFrames
Apache Spark
Essentials • Basic Spark Operations and Transformations
• Spark SQL and DataFrames
• Spark Streaming
• Machine Learning with Spark MLlib

• Understanding the basics of Azure

• Azure Storage - blobs, file storage, table storage,
Azure for Big Azure Fundamentals
queue storage
Data
CURRICULUM
MODULE SESSION NAME SESSION LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Overview of Azure Big Data Solutions

• Azure Data Lake Storage
• Azure HDInsight
Azure for Data • Azure Synapse Analytics
Azure for Big
Analytics • Integrating Apache Spark with Azure Databricks
Data
• Optimizing performance on Azure
• Best practices for security and cost management

Spark Streaming • Real-time Data Processing with Kafka

(Self-paced)

• ETL Processes
Data Engineering
• Data Warehousing
(Self-paced)

• Introduction to Hadoop
• HDFS Architecture
• HDFS Commands
Hadoop
• MapReduce Framework
(Self-paced) • YARN
• Introduction to hadoop ecosystem tools like Hive, Pig,
Hbase, Flume, Sqoop
• Mini Project on Hadoop

Project: Azure Project with Azure • Project with Azure

• Statistical Models and Small Data

• Machine Learning and Large Data
Machine Introduction to • Supervised and Unsupervised Techniques
Learning Machine Learning • Introduction to ML, Industry Specific Applications,
Real World Examples
• Method of ML – Train, Test, Validation, Random
Selection vs. Intertemporal Selection of Data, Random
Seeds, Evaluation, Prediction
CURRICULUM
MODULE SESSION NAME SESSION LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Data Cleaning
Data Pre-processing • Data transformation
• Data splitting

• Simple Linear Regression

Linear and Polynomial • Multiple Linear Regression
Regression • Assumptions, Interpretation of Coefficients
• Concept of Polynomial Features
• Overfitting and Underfitting

• Binary Classification
• Sigmoid Function, Cost Function
Classification • Model Evaluation: Confusion Matrix, ROC Curve, AUC
• Structure of Decision Trees
Machine
• Entropy, Information Gain
Learning
• Pruning

• Concept of Ensemble Learning

Model Evaluation and • Bagging, Out-of-Bag Error
Selection • Distance Metrics
• Choosing the K Value
• Advantages and Limitations

• Introduction to Clustering
Unsupervised Learning: • Distance Norms
Clustering • K-means Clustering, Elbow method
• Hierarchical Clustering
• Interpreting Clusters for Business

• Neurons, Activation Functions

Introduction to • Layers: Input, Hidden, Output
Deep Learning • Forward Propagation, Backward Propagation
• Gradient Descent, Learning Rate
Deep
Learning
• Installing TensorFlow
Building Neural • Basic TensorFlow Operations
Networks with • Introduction to Keras API
TensorFlow and • Sequential Model
Keras • Compiling and Training the Model
• Evaluating the Model
CURRICULUM
MODULE SESSION NAME SESSION LEARNING OUTCOMES

Business Industry Case • Understanding business and industry use cases

Problem Studies & architecture • Architecting the data pipeline
Solving

Project: • Building Industry relevant predictive model

Building Model
Building
Model

• Introduction to Agile Methodologies

• Agile Frameworks
Agile Project • Agile in Data Analytics
Management • Project Initiation and Planning
for Data • Execution and Delivery
Analytics • Collaboration and Communication
(Self-paced) • Monitoring and Adapting
• Challenges and Best Practices

Capstone

MODULE (Harvard X) TOPICS COVERED

Introduction to Gain insights into Python and learn regression models (Linear,
Data Science & Multilinear, and Polynomial) and classification models (kNN, Logistic),
Python utilizing popular libraries such as sklearn, Pandas, matplotlib, and
numPy.
OUR CONTENT PARTNER

Hero Vired has partnered with edX*, a global online learning platform, to give Hero Vired customers
access to a curated selection of job-relevant courses and programs. Together with hundreds of
world-class institutions, edX offers thousands of learning opportunities in critical disciplines like
AI, sustainability, and finance.

Harvard University, a prestigious Ivy League institution, stands as a beacon of academic

excellence. Founded in 1636, it's the oldest university in the United States. Renowned for
its rigorous curriculum and world-class faculty, Harvard consistently ranks among the
top universities globally, often securing the #1 spot in prestigious rankings.

Harvard University is ranked 1st as per

‘Best Global University’ indicator rankings
in 2024-25

*edX and the edX logo are registered trademarks of edX LLC. All rights reserved.
PORTFOLIO PROJECTS

Gain a comprehensive understanding of the inventory data, which includes sales

trends, product demand, customer behavior, and shipment status. The analysis will
help the business identify profitable products and top-selling products, monitor
inventory levels, evaluate the performance of different warehouses, analyze customer
behavior, and provide a user-friendly platform for data exploration and analysis.

• Data exploration and analysis using SQL

• Data visualization using Power BI
• Inventory management and analysis using Python

Analyze Airbnb data to draw meaningful insights on the customer review scores and
satisfaction with the various rentals and stays.

• Use an end-to-end BI platform to create a single source of truth, uncover insights,

and translate them into impactful decisions
• Inventory management and analysis using Python
PORTFOLIO PROJECTS

New users are joining all the time and the algorithm needs to make a decision on
which songs to recommend to them. New users might have listened to only 3 songs,
and the recommendations should be based on that.

• Break it down into logical components

• Create the logical components using Python code and implement a legitimate
solution

Analyze the Uber dataset containing information about Uber rides. The dataset
includes details such as start and end dates, category, start and stop locations, miles
traveled, and purpose of the ride.

• Perform various tasks such as data cleaning, exploratory data analysis, and
modeling using machine learning algorithms
• Prepare visualizations and statistical analysis to gain insights into the patterns
and trends present in the data
 SOME CASE STUDIES

Analyzing Supermarket Sales

Analyze the three-month sales of a supermarket chain and depict the strategies that can be
implemented soon to improve the product sales along with the customer ratings.

Analyzing the COVID-19 World Vaccination Progress

Analyze the COVID-19 World Vaccination progress data to observe and draw inferences on
vaccination statuses around the world.

Analyzing Global Superstore Sales

Analyze the sales data of the superstore to discern the trend of sales and profit of the
items sold.

Analyzing Zomato Restaurants

Analyze the restaurant ratings to differentiate the high-rated restaurants from the low-rated
ones by location.

Analyzing Employee Retention and Satisfaction

Analyze the HR data and visualize the insights to decide what steps should be taken for
employee retention and satisfaction.

House-price Prediction
Predict the final price of each home based on 79 explanatory variables describing (almost)
every aspect of residential homes in Ames, Iowa.
KEY FACULTY PROFILES
Sanjoy Paul
MBA - Business Administration & Management, General

Experience

Co - Founder & CTO Senior Associate Senior Associate Consultant

myELSA Cognizant Infosys

Shakul Malik
Prashant Dey
Master's Degree, Data Security

Experience

Co founder Chief Technology Ex-Google,

AtharvaAI officer Infosec BMW
United

Shakul Malik
Master’s in Computer Science

Experience

Freelance Consultant Senior IT Trainer

Primed Talent Web - Forte Technologies
KEY FACULTY PROFILES

Upendra Kumar Tiwari

M.Tech

Experience

Data Science & Machine Learning Trainer

Synergistic Compusoft Pvt. Ltd.

Halasya Siva Subramania

Senior Executive MBA, General | PhD, Physics

Experience

Head of AI and Automation

Telstra
LEARNING HOURS
Assignments
TOTAL and Live Online Career
LIVE LEARNING
COURSE DURATION Self-Paced Projects (Faculty-Led) Services
SESSIONS

10 Months
60
Hours
110
Hours
260
Hours
40
Hours

TOTAL
TOTAL EFFORT
(Learning Hours + Self Work) 470 Hours WEEKLY EFFORT 10-12 Hours
BATCH DEMOGRAPHICS

0-3 Years
31%
10+ Years
14%

3-6 Years ~ 6 years

6-10 Years
34%
22%

Your cohort includes learners in companies such as

Your cohort includes learners from the following sectors

BFSI Automotive Information Technology

FMCG Consulting Pharmaceuticals E- Commerce

SETTING YOU
UP FOR SUCCESS
We are geared to provide our learners with the right opportunities
across growing functions in the Data Science domain, arming them
with career preparedness and interview support.

FUNCTIONS SALARY RANGE

Business Analytics
Data Engineering Intern – 10k-25k/month (Stipend)
Data Analytics
Analyst (Associate/ Entry Level)- 3-6 LPA
Business Intelligence
Prompt Engineering Sr. Analyst - 4-8 LPA
Data Visualization Asst. Manager - 8-12 LPA
Data Science
Manager - 12-20 LPA
Decision Science
Database Administration

Note - 3 Assured Interview policy criteria will be applied

YOUR
LEARNER
SUCCESS INDUSTRY FACULTY

STORY
Learners will have the opportunity to interact
with domain experts from across industries
through regular faculty lectures, industry
sessions and networking opportunities.

INTEGRATED MINI-PROJECTS
All learners will work on multiple domain-focused real
world projects that will be spread out over the span of the
program with expert mentoring and guidance sessions.

CAREER SERVICES*
Each learner will work with an assigned career
specialist from the learner success team to build
out their personal and professional brand, prepare
and work on their presentation, interviewing and
communication skills.

POST PROGRAM OUTCOMES

With rigorous hands-on learning, the program
equips you with the appropriate skills and knowledge
of the latest industry-acclaimed technology.
You can apply for roles such as: Data Analyst, Business
Intelligence Analyst, Business Analyst, Business Analytics
Manager, Business Analytics Lead, and Visualization Expert.

*T&C apply as per the Hero Vired Career Services Policy

LEARNER TESTIMONIALS

Ipsa Bhutani
The program itself was very helpful as it gave me
a lot of practical knowledge that can be utilized in
the workspace. The live sessions with the faculty
helped in clearing my doubts instantly.

Ridhijeet Sen
The program was well structured and
covered a wide range of topics that were relevant
to my professional growth. The instructors
provided valuable insights and practical tips that I
could apply in my work.
 CERTIFICATION
On successful completion of the program, you will be eligible for the following certificate*

Verified Course Certificate (on successful completion of courses on edX) and

Hero Vired Program Completion certificate (on successful completion of edX course and
successfully meeting the Hero Vired completion criteria)

*
Certificates are indicative and subject to change
 Get Nasscom Certified
Opportunity to gain additional industry and government approved certification from
Nasscom Future Skills Prime

Certificates are indicative and subject to change

*
WHY
VIRED? 1
VIL – Vired Integrated Learning
Comprehensive professional
development through measurable
transformation

Hero Vired offers a premium

learning experience with industry
2
VIR - Vired Industry Ready
‘Industry relevant focus’ from the
industry, of the industry, for
the industry
relevant programs and world
class partnerships, to create the

3
change makers of tomorrow.

Vired – Vired Personalized

With a goal to make learning a
Training
continuous endeavour, Vired offers Personalized & high-engagement
a holistic experience that is applied, learning experience
real-time and engaging.

At Hero Vired, we believe everyone is

made for big things. With the
experience, knowledge and expertise
of the Hero Group, Hero Vired is on a
4
Vired Access
Premium international learning
experiences

mission to change the way we learn.

5
Vired Globally
Recognized certification from the
world’s renowned institutions
OUR PARTNERS
OUR PARTNERS

BFSI Sector Skill Council of India

An Initiative of NSDC
THE HERO GROUP
IN EDUCATION
The Hero Group has made significant contributions in the field
of K12, medical education and higher education.

IN PRIMARY AND HIGHER SECONDARY EDUCATION

Raman Munjal BCM Chain Green Meadows

Vidya Mandir of Schools School

IN HIGHER EDUCATION

ISB Founding BML Munjal Dayanand Medical

Members University College & Hospital

THE HERO STORY

The Hero Group is one of the leading business conglomerates in the world.
The company saw its humble beginning in 1956 when the four Munjal brothers
migrated to Ludhiana from Kamalia (now in Pakistan). As first-generation
entrepreneurs, they started out by manufacturing bicycle components and then
rapidly expanding the business. From there, they continued their growth story
by diversifying and deepening their expertise across domains.

Today, the US $5 billion diversified Hero Group is a conglomerate of Indian

companies with primary interests and operations in automotive
manufacturing, financing, renewable energy, electronics and education.
 #getvired

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