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About the Post Graduate Program in Digital Transformation 3

Key Features of the Program 4

About Purdue University 5

About Simplilearn 6

Program Eligibility Criteria and Application Process 7

Talk to an Admissions Counselor 8

Learning Path Visualization 9

Program Outcomes 10

Who Should Enroll in This Program? 11

Courses

Step 1 - Digital Disruption & Strategies for a Digital Transformation 12

Step 2 - Design Thinking 13

Step 3 - Agile Business Transformation 14

Step 4 - Digital Leadership 15

Step 5 - Capstone Project 16

Electives 17

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About the Post Graduate

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This Post Graduate Program in Digital Transformation will
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the organization navigate through the digital disruption.

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you with a deep understanding needed to spot the opportunities
for disruption in your industry. You gain the framework to build
a disruptive digital business model driven by a customer-centric
product and the toolkit to create a winning marketing strategy in
a digitally disrupted world. You also learn how to lead yourself,
your team, and your organization successfully through a massive
transformational change.

This Digital Transformation program blends together online self-

paced videos that teach you the concepts and frameworks, live
virtual classes that provide context and industry examples, and
hands-on mid-cohort and capstone projects that help you apply your
skills in context and crystallize your learnings. Moreover, you also
gain a whole new perspective of digital transformation via the live
online masterclasses delivered by top faculty members of Purdue
University, where you learn about industry advancements and
modern digital transformation tools.

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Program Eligibility Criteria and

Application Process
If you wish to enroll in the Post Graduate Program in Digital Transformation, we request you
to apply for admission.

Eligibility Criteria

For admission to this Digital Transformation program, you must possess at least one of the
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Learning Path

Digital Disruption & Strategies for

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Design Thinking Agile Business

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Program Outcomes
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Transformation, you will:

Learn about the elements and examples of digital

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Develop an innovative customer-centric product or service

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of your digital transformation vision

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and develop a marketing strategy for a digitally disrupted
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Explore the possibilities data can bring and acquire the

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Lead the disruptive change through the personal, team, and

organizational leadership

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Who Should Enroll in this

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This is to certify that

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Senior Vice President, CEO, Simplilearn
Purdue University Online

This is to certify that

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POST GRADUATE PROGRAM IN
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on 14th April 2021

Krishna Kumar Dr. K.K Raman

CEO, Simplilearn Partner, Management Consulting
KPMG in India

Upon completion of the Post Graduate Program in Digital Transformation, you will receive
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