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Professional Certificate Program in Business Analytics & Consulting in association with PwC Academy

Build your career in Business Analytics and Consulting through a curriculum co-designed by PwC Academy.

Professional Certificate Program in Business Analytics & Consulting in association with PwC Academy

Is the Professional Certificate Program in Business Analytics and Consulting with PwC Academy worth it?

Enhance your data science career with our Professional Certificate in Business Analytics & Consulting program, developed in collaboration with PwC Academy. This program will provide you job-ready skills, certifications, and real-world experience that will strengthen your career in analytics and consulting.

Benefits of Enrolling in the Business Analytics & Consulting Program:

  • ✔ Earn dual certification from PwC Academy and upGrad.
  • ✔ Get real-world experience through various projects with companies like Cars24, Jupiter Money, The Thickshake Factory, and more.
  • ✔ You will learn 12 industry-standard tools.
  • ✔ Our program offers flexible learning with live sessions and mentor support.
  • ✔ Create a strong portfolio and join network of experienced analytics professionals.

If you’re looking to expand your career opportunities even further, you can also enroll in our top-rated data science courses:

What Will You Gain from this Professional Certificate Program in Business Analytics & Consulting?

When it comes to upgrading your career to the next level, the right program should deliver clear and beneficial results.

Here’s how this certificate helps you get ahead:

  • Real Career ROI: Graduates of this program report an average annual salary in the range of ₹5L to ₹10L, which generally depend on prior experience.
  • Immediate Job Impact: Acquiring skills in data science and AI, problem-solving, visualization, and consulting frameworks can benefit your current and next jobs.
  • Hands-On Growth Advantage: Gain practical experience with 8 real projects, mentor-led internships, and 90+ live learning hours which will prepare you for promotions, top management jobs, or a career switch.
  • Future-Proof Your Career: As digital transformation is rising among various industries, analytics professionals are in high global demand.

Need to know more about Business Analytics Training with PwC?

Get to know the Business Analytics certification course in depth by downloading the course brochure

Business Analytics & Consulting Bootcamp Curriculum

Learn with a World-Class Curriculum

Learn key data analysis techniques using Excel and master advanced Excel functions for complex tasks

Topics Covered:

  • Slicing and Dicing Data
  • Cell Referencing and Text Functions
  • Creating and Formatting Charts
  • Pivot Table and VLOOKUP
  • What-If Analysis



Master essential management principles, problem-solving frameworks, as well as data visualisation and storytelling

Topics Covered:

  • Fundamentals of Management
  • Understanding Problem & Formulating Hypotheses
  • Analysing Patterns and Storytelling
  • Data Analysis and Visualization Using Power BI
  • Data Visualisation with Tableau (Optional)


Learn the essentials of programming by problem-solving using Python and its relevant data science libraries

Topics Covered:

  • Python Datatypes and Operations
  • Python data structures
  • Python control structures
  • Python libraries - NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Seaborn (Optional)


Explore data modelling and learn the fundamentals of database management using MySQL to solve business problems

Topics Covered:

  • Database Design & Data Warehouse
  • Data Modelling
  • SQL Querying
  • Joins and Sets Operations
  • Advanced SQL (Optional)


Learn basic consulting skills such as requirement gathering and project management to drive successful business outcomes

Topics Covered:

  • Requirement Gathering
  • Business Requirements Document (BRD)
  • Project Management
  • Gap Analysis


Master exploratory data analysis as well as advanced statistical techniques to tackle various industry problems

Topics Covered:

  • Data Preprocessing
  • Univariate and Bivariate Analysis
  • Probability Distributions
  • Central Limit Theorem
  • Hypothesis Testing


Learn predictive and prescriptive analytics techniques to forecast trends and make data-driven business decisions

Topics Covered:

  • Linear Regression
  • Clustering and Classification
  • Time-Series Forecasting
  • Prescriptive Analytics
  • Market Basket Analysis (Optional)


Explore how to leverage ChatGPT and generative AI for enhanced communication and data querying

Topics Covered:

  • ChatGPT for Communication and Research
  • Using ChatGPT for Excel & SQL
  • No Code Analytics
  • Prompt Engineering Basics


Tools

Real-World Projects to Sharpen Your Business Analytics Skills

Choose from the 4 Following Hands-On Projects to Gain Practical Experience and Applying to Solve Real-World Problems

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Practo

Practo: Identify heart disease traits from health data

Analyze health and demographic data to identify traits linked to heart disease using EDA

Cars24

Cars24: Analyse market trends for used cars

Analyse used car market trends across regions using EDA and data visualization

Jupiter Money

Jupiter Money: Analyse customer churn for banking

Study customer churn analytics for the banking industry using Excel and SQL

The Thickshake Factory

The Thickshake Factory: Design Best-Selling Menu

Use Power BI and Excel to design a best selling menu for a restaurant

What skills are covered in the Professional Certificate Program in Business Analytics?

Our business analytics course is designed to provide you with hands-on expertise in analytics, problem-solving, and data management to solve real-world challenges. This program covers essential skills that will help you excel in different data jobs.

Skills you’ll master during the program:

  • Data Analysis with Excel: Learn advanced Excel techniques like Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, and chart creation, crucial for any business analytics and consulting certification course.
  • Business Problem-Solving: Develop structured problem-solving approaches, master hypothesis formulation, and leverage Power BI & Tableau for data visualization which are the key skills in a business analytics and consulting certification course.
  • Python Programming Basics: Learn Python and essential libraries like NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib, and Seaborn for data analysis.
  • SQL for Database Management: Understand SQL querying, joins, and data modeling with MySQL to manage large datasets which is a crucial aspect of any Professional Certificate Program in Business Analytics and Consulting.
  • Business Consulting Essentials: Learn key consulting skills such as requirement gathering, project management, and gap analysis.
  • Statistics & Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA): Gain statistical methods like hypothesis testing, probability distributions, and data preprocessing.
  • Predictive & Prescriptive Analytics: Get expertise in advanced analytics methods like regression, classification, clustering, and time-series forecasting skills that are highly valued in a Professional Certificate Program in Business Analytics and Consulting.
  • Generative AI & ChatGPT Applications: Use AI tools like ChatGPT for efficient data querying, automation, and no-code analytics which will help you to stay ahead in the analytics field.

Most Hands-on Business Analytics Program

Master 12 Cutting-Edge Business Analytics Tools

Data Analysis & Manipulation

Tools: Excel, Pandas, NumPy, SQL, Kaggle

Data Visualization

Tools: Power BI, Tableau, Matplotlib, Seaborn

AI & Project Management:

Tools: OpenAI, JIRA

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Business Analytics & Consulting Projects

Learn by Doing

Learn from India's leading Business Analytics & Consulting instructors

8+

Industry Projects to choose from

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Report Making

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Superstore Sales

Create a report containing a summary of sales for the corporate customer segment at Superstore Sales retail store 

Skills learned

Excel

Report Making

Formulate hypotheses for low sales conversions faced by a SaaS startup, and analyse the dataset provided to arrive at possible solutions to increase it

Problem-Solving

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SaaS Pipeline Conversions

Formulate hypotheses for low sales conversions faced by a SaaS startup, and analyse the dataset provided to arrive at possible solutions to increase i… Know More

Skills learned

Data Storytelling

Problem-Solving

Data Visualisation

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IPL Visualisation

Build a Tableau dashboard of IPL statistics over the years in order to create an infographic for a newsletter 

Skills learned

Tableau

Data Visualisation

Data Analysis

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Movies Dataset

Find insights on entities such as actors, directors etc. for some movies released between 1916 and 2016 by exploring a dataset of the same 

Skills learned

Python

Data Analysis

Use SQL to analyse the data of movies released from 2017-2019, draw meaningful insights, and give recommendations to help RSVP Movies production company in starting their new project

Data Analysis

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RSVP Movies

Use SQL to analyse the data of movies released from 2017-2019, draw meaningful insights, and give recommendations to help RSVP Movies production compa… Know More

Skills learned

mySQL

Data Analysis

Apply the knowledge of probability and hypothesis testing to help Sun Pharma decide whether a new batch of painkiller medications is good enough to be rolled out into the market

Excel

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Sun Pharma

Apply the knowledge of probability and hypothesis testing to help Sun Pharma decide whether a new batch of painkiller medications is good enough to be… Know More

Skills learned

Hypothesis Testing

Excel

Excel

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Bank Marketing

Analyse a bank’s marketing campaign dataset and apply the concepts of EDA to derive insights for a future marketing campaign 

Skills learned

EDA

Excel

Logistic Regression

Excel

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Market Entry Analysis

Using EDA and predictive analytics, assist a mobile phone manufacturer in deciding whether to enter the Indian market or not 

Skills learned

Clustering

Logistic Regression

Excel

What are the Career Benefits of this Professional Certificate Program in Business Analytics and Consulting?

The demand for skilled business analysts is increasing in multiple industries, which offers various career opportunities for career growth. Enrolling in a Business Analytics and Consulting Certification Course helps you acquire top skills for high-paying job roles in business analytics, consulting, and other fields.

What is the average salary after completing the PwC Academy business analytics & consulting program?

Expected Yearly Salary in India:

  • Business Analyst: ₹5L - ₹10.0L/yr
  • Analytics Consultant: ₹9L - ₹18.0L/yr
  • Data Analyst: ₹5L - ₹10.0L/yr
  • Business Intelligence Analyst: ₹6L - ₹12.0L/yr
  • Marketing Analyst: ₹5L - ₹6L/yr
  • Financial Analyst: ₹4L - ₹10.0L/yr


Expected Yearly Salary in the USA:

  • Business Analyst: $66,000 – $100,000/year (₹55.4 Lakhs – ₹84 Lakhs/year)
  • Analytics Consultant: $76,000 – $200,000/year (₹63.8 Lakhs – ₹1.68 Crores/year)
  • Data Analyst: $58,000 – $95,000/year (₹48.7 Lakhs – ₹79.8 Lakhs/year)
  • Business Intelligence Analyst: $61,000 – $200,000/year (₹51.2 Lakhs – ₹1.68 Crores/year)
  • Marketing Analyst: $48,000 – $100,000/year (₹40.3 Lakhs – ₹84 Lakhs/year)
  • Financial Analyst: $54,000 – $100,000/year (₹45.4 Lakhs – ₹84 Lakhs/year)

Sourced By: Glassdoor, Indeed

(Note: The listed salaries are for Business Analytics roles. Actual figures may vary depending on region, industry, and skill level.)

Business Analyst Course Certificates

Unlock Your Potential with Industry-Recognised Certifications

Program Certificate

    Earn a program completion certificate co-signed by PwC Academy to validate your skills and knowledge acquired throughout the course

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What makes this upGrad’s Professional Certificate Program in Business Analytics and Consulting different from others?

The Business Analytics & Consulting Program gives you a clear learning path which can help you to build important analytics skills without affecting your daily life. upGrad PwC Business Analytics and Consulting course is taught by experienced professionals and provides three certifications from PwC, NSDC, and a Mentorship Certificate. 

See why it’s the right choice to boost your career! 

Comparison: upGrad PwC Business Analytics and Consulting Program vs. Other Programs: 

Features 

upGrad PwC Business Analytics and Consulting Program 

Other Institutes 

Curriculum 

Learn advanced analytics skills with tools like Excel, Power BI, Tableau, SQL. industry-based projects and real-world business projects. 

Minimal practical content, no real-world business case studies. 

Hands-On Learning 

12+ tools and real-world projects. 

Limited hands-on learning, fewer industry tools. 

Industry-Ready Knowledge 

Focus on 8+ industry-based and 4 real-world projects. 

No real-world projects or industry focus. 

Individual Mentorship 

Personalized coaching from industry experts and career mentors. 

No personalized mentorship or expert guidance. 

Career Counseling 

Professional guidance for choosing the right role and industry. 

Limited career counseling services. 

Mock Interviews 

Mock interview sessions to boost your confidence. 

Few or no mock interviews to prepare for job roles. 

Recommendation Letter 

Personalized letter of recommendation based on your project and mock interview performance. 

No provision for recommendation letters to enhance profiles. 

Triple Certification 

Triple certification from PwC Academy, NSDC, and Mentorship Certificate. 

Certifications with limited global recognition or endorsements. 

Flexible Learning 

90+ hours of live sessions, self-paced study, and both live and recorded content. 

Limited flexibility and fewer learning resources. 

Freelancer Training 

Sessions designed to help you transition into freelancing roles. 

No support for freelancers or freelancing-specific guidance. 

Aptitude & Problem-Solving Coaching 

Dedicated coaching to improve your problem-solving and analytical thinking. 

Few structured exercises for aptitude and problem-solving. 

Salary Growth & Job Opportunities 

Reported salary growth and access to global job opportunities with top companies like Accenture, TCS, and Deloitte. 

Fewer job opportunities or salary growth potential. 

Global Perspective & Networking 

Continuous access to a global community of learners, mentors, and professionals. 

Limited networking and global exposure. 

Our Star Learners

Our Business Analytics Alumni Success Stories

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Chinmay Nemade

1+ Years of Experience

Before upGrad

Business Analyst, e2e Rail

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After upGrad

Analyst, iQuanti

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Shobin I D

3+ Years of Experience

Before upGrad

Business Ops Associate, 56 AI Technologies

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After upGrad

Multi-Cloud Software Engineer, Cognizant

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Deepsikha Mondal

3 Years of Experience

Before upGrad

HR Operations, CS Softtech

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After upGrad

Senior Executive, Cognizant

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PwC India Business Analytics Course Instructors

Whom will you learn from?

5

Industry Experts

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Pratik Goenka

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Director

Pratik is a Director working in PwC for more than 13 years, in the field of data analytics. Strong consulting professional skilled in Financ… Read More

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Priyanka S. Sangani

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Associate

Priyanka is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Management Udaipur and a D&A consultant at PwC.  

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Arunabha Banik

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Manager, PwC India

Arunabha is a part of Enterprise Performance Management practice of PwC India, with more than 6 years of experience serving clients in North… Read More

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Suraj Jha

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Data Analyst

Suraj is a dedicated Data Analyst with over 4 years of experience; he specializes in transforming data into meaningful insights that drive s… Read More

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Debargha Biswas

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Manager

Debargha brings over 7 years of consulting expertise, focusing on finance transformation and EPM implementation at PwC India. Proficient in … Read More

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Empower Your Masters with Our Comprehensive Methodology

Our Proven S.M.A.R.T. Learning Approach

1

Study

Live Expert-Led Sessions

High Quality Recorded Videos

Detailed Lecture Notes

2

Make

Build Real Applications

Solve Hands-On Case Studies

Simulate Industry Work

3

Attempt

Challenging Practise Assessments

Interactive Coding Questions

Problem-Solving Scenarios

4

Revise

Comprehensive Review Guides

Tailored Spaced Repetition

Engaging Summary Videos

5

Test

Regular Project Submissions

Constructive Code Reviews

Personalised Feedback

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Business Analytics Training Certification Fees

Invest In Your Success

6 Months
Starting at
INR 2,791/month
Totally INR 62,000*(No Additional Taxes)

Inclusions

12 Tools
30 Case Studies
90+ Live Hours
Mentor-Led Internship
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Career Support

Career Accelerator

1-1 Career Coaching

    Goal clarity & action plans

    Application & interview readiness

Career Preparation Modules

    Bite-sized videos & templates

    Focused interview preparation content

AI-Powered Profile Builder

    ATS-compliant resumes in minutes

    Optimized LinkedIn for top roles

Integrated Job Portal

    Curated roles from top portals

    Faster applications, better fit

High-Impact Networking Events

    Connect with industry leaders & alumni

    Gain insights on trends & challenges

Just-In-Time Interview Support

    Technical & HR mock interviews

    Boost confidence to ace interviews

Post-Program Career Support

    Continued support up to 6 months

    Stay prepared for opportunities

Why Should You Choose Online Learning for the Professional Business Analytics Certification Course?

Many busy professionals and students who have busy schedules cannot always opt for traditional on-campus learning that’s why they usually prefer online learning. It makes it easier, flexible, and more affordable to build in-demand skills.

Here are some top reasons to consider online Professional Certificate Program in Business Analytics and Consulting:

1. Industry-Focused Curriculum:

  • Online Business Analytics and Consulting Certification Course is designed in such a way to give you hands-on skills in data analysis, consulting, and problem-solving.
  • Our program is taught by PwC experts where you will learn 12+ analytics tools while working on real-world projects.


2. Flexible Learning for Working Professionals:

  • Learners only need just 12 hours of study per week, so you can balance your work, study, and personal life.
  • You can engage with our experts through live sessions, mentorship, and doubt-clearing at any stage of their career.


3. Affordable and Accessible:

  • The PwC Academy Business Analytics and Consulting Program is very cost-effective, with EMI plans starting from just ₹2,791/month.
  • Through online programs you can access world-class education without paying high expenses of relocation or full-time study.


4. Practical Career Growth:

  • Online Business Analytics and Consulting Certification Course offers you recognized credentials, real-world projects, and placement support.
  • By completing this online program you can opt for top job roles in analytics and consulting across top companies in the World.

PwC Business Analytics & Consulting

How To Apply

Please find below the detailed steps to be followed as a part of the admission process

Eligibility

Candidate must be in college or  with 0-2 years of work experience

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  1. The above statistics depend on various factors and individual results may vary. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

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