IIT Mandi is the first IIT to provide fulltime B.Tech course to the students in Data Science and Engineering field according the information obtained from the institute. IT trains the students in Machine Learning, Applied Mathematics, Applied Statistics and Computer Science fields which are important in Data science and its usage for the future.
The full time B.Tech program is offered by the School of Computing and Electrical Engineering (SCEE) and School of Basic Sciences (SBS) in the future academic year 2019-2020.
With the main vision of becoming the best in Science and Technology education, innovation and creation of knowledge and understanding the importance of Data Science IIT Mandi offers B.Tech course of four years duration in Data Science and Engineering. About 15-20% of the lecturers at IIT Mandi work in the relevant field and projects based on research to cater the demands of the industries.
The B.Tech course at IIT Mandi will educate the students to obtain, understand and study the data sets, patterns and insights as per Prof. Timothy A. Gonsalves, Director, IIT Mandi explained about the course.
The students after pursuing the course will have expertise which helps them to face the problems in the changing corporate world in the future decades. This B.Tech course will provide the students with the skills required in the changing industrial sectors as per Prof. Gonslaves.
Practical knowledge is provided to the students using practicums and labs as a part of the program providing good learning experience. The B.Tech course fills the students with much knowledge about the various fields of data science and engineering which is necessary to provide solutions to face the future challenges as per Dr. Manoj Thakur, Associate Professor and Course Coordinator, IIT Mandi.
IIT Mandi is going to introduce new courses like B.Tech-M.Tech Integrated Dual Degree Program in Bioengineering and B.Tech Engineering Physics from 2019 August.
