new delhi with an aim to ensure that one is not left behind in the digital era delhi university du plans to set up delhi school of analytics under the institute of eminence the proposal to set up dsa that will focus in domain areas pertaining to economics and finance business management law environment and applied sciences is likely to come up at an executive council meeting scheduled to be held on march 25according to du officials dsa will offer short and longterm certificate courses diploma and degree programmes to equip students with required data and business analytical skills building a research platform for exploring new data analytical techniques promoting entrepreneurship by creating a platform for linking incubates mentors and fund providers are some of the other objectives the school will also aim to blend classroom and technologyaided learning for preparing data scientists who can handle large and complex data sets the officials addedobjective is to develop networks with international and local academic and research institutions companies and social organisations government agencies and innovation platforms in order to create desired exposure for the participants and exploit global opportunities to develop human potential by undertaking training and faculty development programmes the proposal readthose enrolled will also have to undertake projects and research studies that offerlongterm and innovative opportunities for both researchers as well as practitionersofficials addedstating that the school will work on application of various data techniques for finding optimal solutions to critical problems facing businesses and society the vision document further read dsa envisages to promote the spirit of innovation and entrepreneurs in the field of data sciences business analytics and other related areas to strengthen the startup india initiatives of the governmentapart from faculty appointed by du dsa will also have visiting faculty fellows postdoctoral fellows and research associates scholars with notable contributions in the field of business and financial analytics data analysis and the allied fields or those who have the research and teaching experience can be invited as visiting fellows or faculty the proposal said eminent experts from the fields may be designated as distinguished fellows