Is anyone pursuing PGDBA course jointly conducted by IIM Calcutta, IIT Kharagpur and ISI Kolkata. What is the scope of this new course?

My friend had opted for the PGDBA course jointly conducted by IIM Calcutta, IIT Kharagpur, and ISI Kolkata. She claims it to be the best decision of her life.

• Course: The course curriculum comprises R, Python, Hadoop, MapReduce, Spark, Radian6, and Sql and is highly industry relevant. You get to work on a lot of data. The course also includes a number of projects that can be done based on the subjects chosen. On average, a student works on 2-4 projects.
• Exposure: Since the course is industry relevant, one can expect frequent industry expert visits and guest lectures. These academic collaborations ensure maximum exposure.
• Job prospects: This course is not for you if you have a specific company in mind. This is because the course is relatively new and has yet to make its mark among top companies. It also depends on whether the recruiting company is looking for people with Analytical skills.

The same friend who graduated from this course had worked on a total of 14 projects and ended up interning with McKinsey. At the end of her internship, McKinsey planned to create a new role - Data Scientist for graduates and other similar recruits. Since then, a lot of big companies have participated in internships and placements in addition to international offers. Since then, the demand for the course has been increasing.

Today, the placement reports show an average placement offer of INR 3507000 which is more than the course fee of INR 2400000.

We can safely conclude that this course places you well within the industry and is worth the high fee spent.