1.

Applied Econometrics
Summary
Course Status : Upcoming

Course Type : Elective

Duration : 12 weeks

Start Date : 26 Jul 2021

End Date : 15 Oct 2021

Exam Date : 24 Oct 2021 IST

Enrollment Ends : 09 Aug 2021

o Management Studies

Category : o Economics

o Managerial Economics

Credit Points : 3

Level : Postgraduate

Course layout
Week-1 : Sampling Fundamentals
Week-2 : Descriptive Statistics: Mathematical Distributions

Week-3 : Statistical Inferences

Week-4 : Review of Least Square and Linear Model

Week-5 : Probit, Logit & 2SLS

Week-6 : Review of Instrumental Variable

Week-7 : Introduction to Nonparametrics
Week-8 : Regression & Matching
Week-9 : Regression Discontinuity Design
Week-10 : Difference in Difference
Week-11 : Estimation of Treatment Effect 
Week-12 : Introduction to Data Mining (for High Dimensional Data)
Books and references
Basic Econometrics by Damodar Gujarati, Selected Handouts

2. Econometric Modelling

Summary
Course Status : Upcoming

Course Type : Elective

Duration : 8 weeks

Start Date : 23 Aug 2021

End Date : 15 Oct 2021

Exam Date : 23 Oct 2021 IST

Enrollment Ends : 23 Aug 2021

o Management Studies

Category : o Economics

o Managerial Economics

Credit Points : 2

Level : Postgraduate

Course layout
Week 1 : Introduction 

Week 2 : Overview of Classical Linear Regression Model 

Week 3 : Multiple regression analysis and diagnostic tests 

Week 4 : Statistical inference and hypothesis testing 

Week 5 : Univariate Time Series Modelling 

Week 6 : Models with Binary Dependent and Independent Variables 

Week 7 : Multivariate Models 

Week 8 : Modelling Long Run Relationships 

Books and references

1. Jeffrey M. Wooldridge/ Introductory Econometrics /South-Western Cengage, 4th edition
2. William H. Greene / Econometric Analysis / Pearson / 7th edition
3. Brooks, Chris/Introductory Econometrics for Finance/Cambridge
4. Damodar Gujrati / Basic Econometrics / McGraw Hill / 5th edition

3. Practitioners Course in Descriptive,Predictive and

Prescriptive Analytics
Summary
Course Status : Upcoming

Course Type : Elective

Duration : 8 weeks

Start Date : 23 Aug 2021

End Date : 15 Oct 2021

Exam Date : 24 Oct 2021 IST

Enrollment Ends : 23 Aug 2021

o Management Studies
Category :
o Operations

Credit Points : 2

Level : Undergraduate/Postgraduate
Course layout
 Introduction to analytics
 Differentiating descriptive, predictive, and prescriptive analytics, data mining vs data analytics
 Industrial problem solving process
 Decision needs and analytics, stakeholders and analytics, SWOT analysis
 Model and modeling process, modeling pitfalls, good modelers, decision models and business expectations, 
 Different types of models – overview of context diagrams, mathematical models, network models, control systems
models, workflow models, capability models
 Data and its types, phases of data analysis, hypothesis and data
 Scales, relations, similarity and dissimilarity measures, sampling process, types of sampling, sampling strategies, error
mitigation
 Visualization of numeric data, visualization of non-numeric data, tools available for visualizations
 Hypothesis testing, pairwise comparisons, t-test, ANOVA, Wilcoxon signed-rank test, Kruskal-Wallis test, A/B testing
 Data infrastructure, analytics and BI, data sources, data warehouse, data stewardship, meta data management
 Data and forecasting, super-forecasting, S-curve (lifecycle), moving average, exponential smoothing, error in forecasting
 Linear correlation, correlation and causality, spearman’s rank correlation, Linear regression, logistic regression, robust
regression
 Hierarchical clustering (Euclidean & Manhattan), k-means clustering,Nearest neighbor, decision trees
 Basics, customer lifetime value, customer probability model,Net promoter score, survival analysis
 Product lifecycle analysis, Ansoff’s matrix, competitive map, Fundamentals of simulation, simulation types, Monte-
Carlo simulation

Books and references

•    Wu, J., and Coggeshall, S., 2012. Foundations of Predictive Analytics. CRC Press.
•    Runkler, T.A.2013. Data Analytics: models and algorithms for Intelligent Data Analysis.Springer Vieweg.

•    Ohri, A, 2013. R for Business Analytics.Springer.

•    Provost, F., and Fawcett, T., Data Science for Business, O’Reilly

4. Innovation, Business Models and Entrepreneurship

Summary

Course Status : Upcoming

Course Type : Elective

Duration : 8 weeks

Start Date : 23 Aug 2021

End Date : 15 Oct 2021

Exam Date : 24 Oct 2021 IST

Enrollment Ends : 23 Aug 2021

o Management Studies
Category :
o Patents and Intellectual Property Rights

Credit Points : 2

Level : Undergraduate/Postgraduate

Course layout
Week 1 :  Analyzing the Current Business Scenario, Innovation and Creativity- An Introduction, Innovation in Current
Environment, Types of Innovation , School of Innovation.
Week 2 :  Challenges of Innovation,Steps of Innovation Management,Idea Management System,Divergent V/s Convergent
Thinking,Design Thinking and Entrepreneurship
Week 3 :  Experimentation in Innovation Management, Idea Championship,Participation for Innovation, Co-creation for
Innovation, Proto typing to Incubation.
Week 4 :  What is a Business Model,Who is an Entrepreneur,Social Entrepreneurship,Blue Ocean Strategy-I,Blue Ocean
Strategy-II
Week 5 :  Marketing of Innovation, Technology Innovation Process, Technological Innovation Management Planning,
Technological Innovation Management Strategies, Technology Forecasting.
Week 6 :  Sustainability Innovation and Entrepreneurship,Innovation Sustainable Conditions,Innovation: Context and
Pattern,SME’S strategic involvement in sustainable development,Exploration of business models for material efficiency services 
Week 7 :  Management of Innovation, creation of IPR ,Management of Innovation, creation of IPR,Types of IPR,Patents and
Copyrights, Patents in India
Week 8 :  Business Models and value proposition, Business Model Failure: Reasons and Remedies, Incubators : Business Vs
Technology, Managing Investor for Innovation , Future markets and Innovation needs for India.

Books and references

1. 8 Steps To Innovation : Going From Jugaad To Excellence- Book by Rishikesha T. Krishnan and Vinay Dabholkar        

2. Innovation and Entrepreneurship Book by Peter Drucker  

3. HBS series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship