Pune institute ties up with IBM for promoting skills

PUNE: The

ASM Group of Institutes

recently announced a collaboration with IBM to help students learn about technologies such as

big data and business analytics

. As a part of this initiative, the institute has set up an IBM Business Analytics Lab to aid its career education programme whereby faculty members and students will be equipped with the knowledge and skills to work on various analytical tools and techniques to analyze and predict data.

A statement issued by ASM said that, this collaboration will help reduce the skills gap between the demands for skill in various industries. It will help the Institute hone and train executives equipped in the area of business analytics. Under this program, IBM is helping ASM Group of Institutes to develop an innovative curriculum, taught by IBM subject matter experts and institute faculty members.

The students will have access to relevant IBM software, such as IBM Cognos BI and IBM Infosphere Biginsight. Under this collaboration, ASM Group of Institutes has launched a new post graduate management program with specialization in areas of descriptive, predictive and big data analytics.

Sandeep Pachpande, chairman, ASM Group of Institutes said in the statement that, “There is a pressing requirement for niche specialization to empower students with skill sets to emerge as definitive value addition to their respective organizations. These co -branded programs ensure need based specific development to greatly enhance the employability of ASM students.”