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IBM is working with faculty members from 500 universities to help more than 30,000 students develop skills in predictive analytics. As part of its program, IBM will conduct a series of training programs with business school faculty concentrating on predictive and business analytics, in 15 major cities throughout the country. The company has planned to start its new programs in India, China, Ireland and Scotland.

Under this programme, the faculty members will complete a certification process in analytics at the end of the program. Once certified they will begin to teach students about how analytics can be applied to their topic of study.  The learning will involve access to predictive analytics technology and will focus on how to act on the results the analytics technology uncovers.

Indian Institute of Management Calcutta’s (IIM) Operations Management Group- Prof Sahadeb Sarkar said, “I have been using IBM predictive analytics technology in a number of programs at Indian Institute of Management Calcutta. I hope this initiative will help teachers in universities to learn and include analytics in existing courses and design new curriculum that will helps students gain a top-notch education to meet the demands of today’s businesses and government organizations.”