Centre of Excellence
Lloyd Business School and Centre of Excellence for Business Analytics and AI with IBM and Celebal Technologies.
Lloyd Business School, renowned for its commitment to fostering innovation and excellence in management education, has established the Centre of Excellence for Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (AI). This initiative aligns with the institution's vision to equip students and professionals with the skills required to navigate the evolving business landscape driven by data and AI technologies. The Centre aims to be a hub for advanced research, training, and industry collaboration, setting a benchmark in the integration of business analytics and AI in management education.
Centre of Excellence: Vision and Mission
The Centre of Excellence for Business Analytics and AI is designed to address the growing demand for skilled professionals in the fields of data science, business analytics, and AI. Its mission is to provide a robust platform for learning, research, and industry interaction, fostering an environment where students and professionals can develop cutting-edge skills. The Centre aims to become a leader in producing industry-ready professionals who can drive business transformation through data-driven decision-making.
Academic and Training Programs
The Centre offers a range of academic and training programs tailored to meet the needs of various stakeholders, including students, working professionals, and corporate clients. The curriculum is meticulously crafted to cover essential topics such as data analytics, machine learning, AI, big data, and business intelligence. The programs are designed to provide hands-on experience through practical projects, case studies, through the LMS portal launched in 2021, ensuring that participants gain real-world insights and expertise.
This program is a blend of theoretical knowledge and practical applications, with a focus on developing proficiency in tools such as Python, R, SQL, and various AI frameworks. The program also emphasizes the importance of ethical considerations in AI, preparing students to make responsible decisions in their professional careers.
Research and Development Initiatives
Research is a cornerstone of the Centre’s activities. The Centre actively engages in cutting-edge research in areas such as predictive analytics, natural language processing, and AI-driven decision-making models. Faculty members and students collaborate on research projects that contribute to the body of knowledge in business analytics and AI, with several research papers published in reputed journals.
The Centre also facilitates industry-academia collaboration by partnering with leading companies in the analytics and AI sectors. These partnerships result in joint research projects, live case studies, and opportunities for students to work on real-world business challenges, thereby enhancing their practical skills and employability IBM being one such example.
Industry Collaboration and Outreach
The Centre of Excellence for Business Analytics and AI is committed to bridging the gap between academia and industry. It regularly organizes workshops, seminars, and webinars featuring industry experts from IBM and thought leaders from IBM who share their insights on the latest trends and innovations in business analytics and AI. These events provide valuable networking opportunities for students and professionals, helping them stay abreast of industry developments.
Lloyd Business School’s Centre of Excellence for Business Analytics and AI stands as a testament to the institution’s commitment to excellence in management education. By providing cutting-edge academic programs, fostering research and development, and facilitating industry collaboration, the Centre is poised to play a pivotal role in shaping the future of business analytics and AI. It offers students and professionals the knowledge, skills, and opportunities needed to thrive in the increasingly data-driven world of business.
Currently, under the successful Centre of Excellence (CoE) engagement model with Celebal Technology, the HTD model of Hire-Train-Deploy enables students to be trained in Power BI analytics platform by Microsoft. The trained Interns thereafter from the CoE, are deployed in projects with Celebal Technologies to design, develop, and deploy products, platforms and services. The CoE has many distinguished domain experts as mentors/guides visiting the CoE for training the students of the Engineering and Management School at Lloyd. To ensure that the gap between research and industry is bridged, there are efforts at ensuring continuous engagement at multiple levels in many of the key areas of study like enhancing and customising course curriculum as per requirements from the company.
The year 2021-23 PGDM-Business Analytics batch proudly has a 100% hiring in the centre of excellence by Celebal technologies which is a proud delight ! at an encouraging package .
The CoE with Celebal Technology would be coordinating:
- Hackathons
- Training and development of students
- Mentoring by Industry
- Summer Internship for students
- Projects and other assignments for students in industry
