| | 8 July 2020HIGHERReviewIN MY VIEWROLE OF BUSINESS ANALYTICS IN HIGHER EDUCATION CURRICULUMSoon after the proclamation of Data Science & Analytics becoming one of the most sought professions of the 21st century in 2012, analytics became a lucrative field luring several professionals in this domain. With the drive of technological change (more computational power, easy storage, powerful tools) and the growth of piling colossal data in organizations waiting to be mined, analytics pervaded in the curriculum of several higher education programs. However, applications of Business Analytics (BA) is permeating all industry verticals (finance, marketing, HR Analytics, IT and others) today and hence making it vital to include Data Science and BA as core of several higher education programs than just optional modules. According to an article published recently by a re-nowned magazine, annual demand for the fast-growing new roles of data scientist, data developers, and data engineers will boost up by more than 30 percent in 2020. There are estimates for analytics capturing one-third of the Global IT market in near future. Glassdoor listed Data Science as the highest paying job in the year 2016, keeping the demand for analytics professional very lucid. While the demand is evident, the fact that these job positions remain open for a larger timeframe compared to other jobs demonstrates a supply shortage. Higher education institutions should By Dr. Krishnadas Nanath, Faculty and Data Scientist, Middlesex University - DubaiDr. Krishnadas Nanath,Faculty and Data ScientistDr. Krishnadas Nanath is currently a faculty and Data Scientist at Middlesex University Dubai Campus in the Information Systems Area (Data Science and MIS). He worked as Assistant Professor at IMT Dubai and is also a visiting Professor at IIM Indore (Dubai Campus) in Information Systems area. He is also the lead corporate trainer for Cloud Computing certification courses organized by Global Science and Technology Forum in Singapore.play a critical role here to close this demand-supply dichotomy.Business Analytics in education should no longer
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