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INDUSTRY,
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About Scaler
Scaler (by InterviewBit) is an outcome-focused leading ed-tech

platform for tech enthusiasts. The Industry-vetted approach towards

training young professionals helps them upskill and bag the career

of their dreams. We are a transformative tech school devoted to

creating a growth ecosystem to assist them in unlocking talent and

opportunities at every stage of their careers. Students enrolled with

us are taught, guided, and mentored by top professionals and

experts working at leading organisations, including Google,

Facebook, Intuit, Microsoft, Amazon, Hotstar, etc. Our learners have

witnessed a 5x RoI (Return on Investment) from our program. Our

offerings include- Scaler Academy, Scaler Data Science & now,

Scaler Neovarsity.
INDEX
Introduction to Scaler Neovarsity

Why Neovarsity?

Curriculum Overview

Eligibility Criteria

Evaluation & Certification

Know your Instructors

Meet your Mentors

The Advisory Committee

Scaler Support & Network

Fee Structure

Deep Dive Curriculum

 Introduction to Scaler Neovarsity

A run down into Scaler

Neovarsity’s Master’s Program

95% 80%
About

of professionals wish stumbled as they

to understand business began working with
problems better real-world datasets

The large percentage indicates an evident gap between what conventional

academia offers & what the industry demands - enter Scaler Neovarsity.

Scaler Neovarsity is our handcrafted initiative to help techies kick-start their

careers in Computer Sciences. In partnership with Woolf University, backed
by European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System (ECTS) for
accreditation and approved by Educational Credential Evaluators (ECE),
Scaler has chalked out a Master’s Program that re-invents higher education
so that our Computer Science graduates meet industry standards.

Scaler Neovarsity is the first institute of its kind that preserves and upholds
the Skills with Degree culture. It can be your breakthrough from the rat-race
culture of conventional education and help you scale ahead in the tech
industry. The course covers foundational subjects and real-world skills in
such a way that you are ready for your next step, be it top-tech companies
or research. We aim to revolutionise the ed-tech space altogether so that
you can #CreateImpact in your career and the tech world.

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 Why Neovarsity?

Neovarsity Highlights
Here’s what you can expect as you opt for a Master’s in
Computer Science by Neovarsity that validates your skillset

Industry-Vetted (MAANG Regular 1:1 Live classes with

Approved) Curriculum Mentorship product industry experts

Strong & supportive Large Networking Business Case studies on

Tech Community Events real-world datasets

Course accredited by A dedicated team Actionable

European Credit Transfer of recruiters Career Assistance with
System (ECTS) Placement Support

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 Why Neovarsity?

The Scaler Way to be

Industry-ready
As a Computer Science enthusiast, you are actively looking for ways that
can help you scale ahead both professionally and academically. To tackle
real-world challenges, you need real-world exposure. Be it higher
education or getting a job, Neovarsity will carefully weave the skill to
understand business & enrich your learning experience. Learn in-demand
skills & establish yourself with our Master’s Program in Computer Science.

We are ECTS accredited

Designed & taught by MAANG experts
Recognised by eminent Industries across the globe
Assistance to ease out Immigration Process
Transferable Credits to secure academic achievements
Seamless support for higher education & employment

We are ECE approved

ECE is your passport to education & employment overseas
Hassle-free evaluation of credits
US equivalency for academic credentials
Quick & responsive document verification
Immigrants & refugees are welcome
International recognition of academic credentials

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 Curriculum Overview

Industry-powered Curriculum
A comprehensive approach is crafted to sow the seeds of strong
foundational concepts of CS, gradually escalating you to come to grips with
Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning.

The experts from top-tech companies have carefully crafted the curriculum
without compromising the academic standards. Neovarsity will train you to
be a lifelong learner & evolve along with the industry.

Semester 1
Topics Covered Topics Credits Total Duration

Introduction to Computer Programming - Part 1

Introduction to Computer Programming - Part 2

Introduction to Problem Solving - Part 1 30

CREDITS
06
MONTHS
Introduction to Problem Solving - Part 2

Relational Databases

Numericals Programming for Python

Semester 2
Topics Covered Topics Credits Total Duration

Applied Statistics

High Dimensional Data Analysis

Introduction to Machine Learning

Advanced Machine Learning

30
CREDITS
06
MONTHS
Introduction to Deep-Learning

Deep Learning for Computer Vision

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 Curriculum Overview

Semester 2
Topics Covered Topics Credits Total Duration

Deep Learning for NLP

Productionisation of ML systems

Mathematics for Computer Science

Design and Analysis of Algorithms

30
CREDITS
06
MONTHS
Data Structures

Advance Algorithms

The highlight of Neovarsity’s Master’s Program is its real-world utility. We’ll

nurture you to understand cutting-edge research work & computational tools
from first principles.

SCALER You get personalised Career Assistance from experts to

PLUS shape your future better.

Want more details on the curriculum?

Check out Page 17- Page 26
for a deeper dive into our curriculum.

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 Eligibility & Certification

Neovarsity welcomes you…

Our Master’s program is diligently designed to meet the requirements of
working professionals (1+ years of experience) looking to learn, upskill & grow.

You’re welcomed, if you are

Looking to transit to Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning domain

A Machine Learning Engineer who wants to scale ahead

A working professional who wants to shift to product-based companies

A Non-Software Professional willing to make a career in Computer

Science (DS or ML)

We don’t expect you to have any programming experience as we’ll take you
through the concepts from scratch. However, individuals with prior
programming experience are free to skip the basics and head straight to ML &
AI Development.

Let Your Skills Certify You!

We will evaluate your skill set
Our evaluation process chalks out your performance based on assignments &
quizzes including both objective & subjective type questions.

We will certify your skill set with a Degree

Upon completion of the program, you will be awarded a Degree that
industry-approves your talents & skills. Scaler Neovarsity will Skill-Certify you -
a quality-assured process based on the Standards of ECTS, aligning with ECE
Norms & in partnership with Woolf University.

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 Know Your Instructors

Learn from experts

who’ve been there, done that!
Pull out your learners’ hat as our Industry Experts walk you through every
concept with a fresh perspective. Have a look at our teaching army who’ll
impart industry wisdom so that you gain real-world exposure.

Mudit
Goel
Ex - ,
At LinkedIn and Intuit, Mudit was granted patents by
the US Government. He led the Data Science team at
D2L (ranked among the most innovative companies
in Data Science). Mudit founded Coding Elements,
which was selected by the Govt. of India to teach
coding to 2 Million students. He currently leads the
Data Science and ML program at Scaler.

Anant
Mittal
As a researcher at the University of Maryland, he
worked on cutting-edge systems to find biomarkers
of task activities in the brain. He designed and
developed COVID-19 & hygiene-related analytics
solutions such as temperature screening and
violations related to preventive measures.

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Know Your Instructors

Srikanth
Varma
Ex - Lead Machine Learning Scientist,

Srikanth enjoys teaching and loves solving problems

that matter, by building products and services from
the ground up. He is a lifelong learner, tinkerer and a
team builder, who has worked with Amazon, Yahoo,
and co-founded Applied Roots.

Mohit
Uniyal
Co-founder, Mentor - ,

Mohit is the co-founder of 2 ed-tech startups

dedicated to competitive coding preparation. He
began his mentoring journey as a Mentor@TensorFlow
at Google Code-in. An ex-instructor and Product
Engineer at Coding Blocks, he has extensive teaching
experience. Currently, he is a Data Scientist at
Coding Minutes.

Harshit
Tyagi
Ex-Data Engineer, , Instructor -

Harshit is a Lead Instructor (Data Science & Machine

Learning) at Scaler Data Science. He is the creator of
bestselling Data Science & Engineering courses at
LinkedIn Learning, OpenClassrooms, Manning, and
O'Reilly Media. An ex-Data Engineer at Elucidata, he
created biomedical apps for Research Scientists at
Yale, UCLA, and MIT.

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Know Your Instructors

Suraaj
Hasija
Ex Sr. Data Scientist ,
He leads Data Science Business Cases at Scaler Data
Science. Working as a Data Scientist 2 at MasterCard,
he has transformed industry insights into actionable
success for the business. Responsible for building
International Market Pricing Strategy, he leads some
of the exemplary large-scale Data Science projects
within MasterCard.

Prateek
Narang
Ex-Software Engineer,
An ex-Googler, Prateek is the co-founder of 2 ed-tech
startups dedicated to competitive coding preparation.
He has completed his MS in Machine Learning from IIT
Delhi. Also, he is a popular Udemy Instructor, teaching
coding to 75K+ students. Currently, Prateek is an
Instructor and the Engineering Lead at Scaler.

Anshuman
Singh
Co-Founder, , Ex -

He is the co-founder of Scaler Academy and a

two-time ACM ICPC world finalist. He was one of the
founding team members of Facebook Messenger and
worked directly with Mark Zuckerberg on product
development.

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 Meet Your Mentors

Meet Your Mentors

Get clarity on your career path & tackle every stage of your Upskilling journey
with 1:1 guidance twice a month. Our mentors will go all the way to help you
with your queries, give interview insights, provide placement assistance &
make sure you’re on the right track.

Sahil Chelaramani Girijesh Prasad

Data Scientist, Senior Manager, Data
Science,

He has worked on Bing Search and He has extensive experience in delivering

Azure Global Development teams. He end-to-end Data Science solutions - from
has experience in building large Deep infrastructure to models. He can also
Learning projects and robust Data share his experience about management
Science systems. and business.

Rajeev Baditha Hitesh Hinduja

Data Scientist, Senior Manager, Artificial
Intelligence,

He has theoretical as well as hands-on He is passionate about cutting-edge

knowledge of Data Science, and has research. He also leads a team of 20 to
worked at Walmart and Fractal deliver the best electric vehicles, while
Analytics. He has a Master’s degree leveraging end-to-end Machine
from Indian Statistical Institute. Learning pipelines.

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 The Advisory Committee

Advisory Board:
Cornerstone of Neovarsity
How exciting it’d be for you to work on business problems that come fresh
from the industry?

Our Advisory Committee consists of tech professionals who give us a good

peek into the industry insights to help us craft about 80 business case
studies. Take a look at our industry advisors who help us (hence you) to put
our best foot forward.

Pawan is an experienced Data Scientist with a strong

product sense and an innate ability to communicate
complex insights clearly. He has been leading and
spearheading the Data Science divisions at Uber and
LinkedIn.

Pawan Kumar He has been empanelled as an advisor for the Scaler

Head of Data Science, Data Science Program.
, Ex -

A seasoned software engineer, Ramit is a globally

published and recognised researcher at IIIT-Delhi,
Georgia Institute of Technology, the AI Institute at
University of Southern Carolina, and Open Source
Maintainer at AnitaB.org

Ramit Sawhney
He has been empanelled as the research advisor for
the Scaler Data Science Program.
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 Scaler Support & Network

Amp up your Career

With the right support & career guidance, your Skills can have a
real-world impact.

Access job Practice mock

opportunities from interviews
600+ Partner Employers with Industry Ninjas

Connect & Get the needed Placement

collaborate with 20K+ Assistance with insights to
Scaler learers and alumni optimise your Resume &
LinkedIn Profile

Creating Impact with

1000+ tech professionals
& counting…
From checking our brochure to making the leap to their Dream
companies- they made it.

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 Fee Structure

Invest in Skills &

say Hello to Success
Master’s Program Fee - INR 4 Lakhs (Inclusive of GST)

Our Payment plans include multiple easy financing options that

make Scaler accessible & affordable to everyone. Not to forget,
this investment will benefit your career for years to come.

Need more clarity on the fee structure?

TALK TO US

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 Deep Dive Curriculum

A deeper dive into

the Curriculum
Scaler Neovarsity will prepare you to tackle the toughest challenges
that Machine Learning engineers can face in their journey. Go
through our detailed curriculum to understand how.

Note: Listed below is our Semester wise course

structure with (Scaler Advantage)

Semester 1

01 Introduction to Computer Programming Part 1

TOPICS COVERED
Introduction to Python, Data Types, Operators, Control Statements 1
and 2, Beginner Maths, Iteration-While Loops, Problem Solving1, For
Loops, Iteration- Problem Solving, Iteration-Nested Loops, Iteration -
Pattern Printing

SCALER
ADVANTAGE
You’ll start from the scratch with the basics of
programming to understand the logic behind
programming and why programming is
important. Learn about control statements with
loops and printing results!

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02 Introduction to Computer Programming Part 2

TOPICS COVERED
Functions, Lists -1D, Lists - 1D Problem Solving, Statistics, List Slicing,
List Problem Solving, List 2D, Lists 2D Problem solving, Linear
Algebra, Strings 1 and 2, Tuples, Set Theory, Dictionaries, Buffer.

SCALER
ADVANTAGE This is the next step of programming where
you learn about various data types, about
classes and objects, and dive deeper into the
world of programming.

03 Introduction to Problem Solving - Part 1

TOPICS COVERED
Introduction to Problem Solving, Time Complexity - 1, Time
Complexity - 2, Introduction to Arrays, Arrays : Carry Forward, Arrays :
SubArrays, Arrays: 2D matrices, Arrays : Interview Problems, Bit
Manipulations - 1, Bit Manipulations -2, Bit Manipulations - 3, Maths -
Modular Arithmetic Introduction, Arrays and Maths

SCALER
ADVANTAGE Programming is a tool to solve problems - so
you’ll learn how to solve problems. But, more
importantly, you’ll understand the intuition
behind the concept, which will enable you to
identify patterns easily. You’ll also learn about
time and space complexity, manipulation bits
to solve basic problems.

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04 Introduction to Problem Solving - Part 2

TOPICS COVERED
Sorting, Strings, Hashing -1, Hashing 2, Recursion -1, Recursion -2,
Linked Lists - Basics. Stacks and Queues - Basics, Trees Basics - 1,
Trees Basics -2, Subsequences & Subsets

SCALER
ADVANTAGE Learn solving problems using programming
tools and solve some fundamentals of computer
science problems. Sorting, Hashing and various
ways to arrange data structures and a small intro
to the world of data structures.

05 Relational Databases
TOPICS COVERED
Databases-Relational, Non-Relational; SQL 01 (Basic SQL Keywords
and Calculations), SQL 02 (Filtering and Subqueries), SQL - 03 -
JOINs and Aggregation, SQL - 04 - Window Functions, SQL - 05 -
Date and Time Functions, SQL - 06 - Advanced constructs and
Query Structures

SCALER
ADVANTAGE Manage to deal with large amount of Data Sets.
Visualise Data Sets easily & get more insights into
Data patterns by applying these algorithms.
Reduce high-dimensional data to 2D & 3D data
for easy visualisations.

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06 Numericals Programming for Python

TOPICS COVERED
Introduction to Python Programming, Conditional Statements,
Loops, Functions, Recursion, Lists, Tuple. Strings, Dictionary, Sets,
Numpy, Pandas, Matplotlib, Seaborn, Python RegEx, Advanced
Concepts in Functions, Functional Programming.

SCALER
ADVANTAGE Prior know-how of Python is not a mandate.
You’ll cover essential tools like Git and solve
complex business problems using Numpy
& Pandas.

Semester 2

01 Applied Statistics
TOPICS COVERED
Hypothesis Testing, Experiment Design, Counting and
Combinatorics, Probability and Set Theory, Advanced Probability
Concepts, Basic Probability Distributions, Advanced Distributions,
Inferential Statistics, Statistical Testing (Anova)

SCALER
ADVANTAGE From Emergency Call Centre to Casino of Las
Vegas - Experience Probability & Statistics
with a fresh perspective.

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02 High dimensional Data Analysis

TOPICS COVERED
Image Processing (OpenCV), Introduction to ConvNets, Popular
CNN Architecture, CNN Visualisation & Data Augmentation, Transfer
Learning, Segmentation - Object Localization and Detection,
Introduction to Generative Models & GANs, Application of GANs,
Advanced CNN+NLP

SCALER
ADVANTAGE Get to grips with Computer Vision models that
power object detection, virtual reality and
explore the mechanism of self-driving cars

03 Introduction to Machine Learning

TOPICS COVERED
Vector Algebra, Optimization, Advanced Linear Algebra,
Coordinate Geometry, Linear Regression, Overfitting, Regularisation,
Cross-Validation, Logistic Regression, KNN, Working with
Imbalanced Data

SCALER
ADVANTAGE Solidify your fundamentals & fall in love with
Mathematics as you solve engaging problems
- from Drone Delivery to Soccer Matches.
Separate Data Sets or find similar Data Points
with KNN. Apply your understanding of Logic
Regression in the field of Data Analytics.

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04 Advanced Machine Learning

TOPICS COVERED
Decision Trees, Ensemble Learning - Bagging, Ensemble Learning -
Boosting, Bagging and Boosting Applications, SVM, Bayesian
Inference, Recommender Systems, EDA, Stationarity, Forecasting

SCALER
ADVANTAGE Thanks to Machine Learning, Netflix & Spotify
recommend exactly what you’d like to have.
Get insights into the recommendation systems
of applications & understand how they work.

05 Introduction to Deep-Learning
TOPICS COVERED
Introduction to Neural Networks, Keras/Tensorflow, Regularisation
Techniques, Optimisation, Improving Neural Network, Selecting the
best performing NN, Streamline NN Training workflow, Pytorch,
Word Embedding

SCALER
ADVANTAGE From Facial Recognition to Stock Market
Prediction - Learn how Neural Networks save
the day with their real-world utility.

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06 Deep Learning for Computer Vision

TOPICS COVERED
Image Processing (OpenCV), Introduction to ConvNets, Popular CNN
Architecture, CNN Visualisation & Data Augmentation, Transfer
Learning, Segmentation - Object Localization and Detection,
Introduction to Generative Models & GANs, Application of GANs,
Advanced CNN+NLP

SCALER
ADVANTAGE Get to grips with Computer Vision models that
power object detection, virtual reality and
explore the mechanism of self-driving cars.

Semester 3

01 Deep Learning for NLP

TOPICS COVERED
Attention Models, Siamese Networks, Advanced Concepts, Text
Representation, POS Tagging & Dependency Parsing, Topic
Modelling, Language Modelling, RNN, Information Extraction -
Named Entity Recognition, Transformers – Attention Mechanism,
Machine Translation; Application of BERT, Advanced CNN+NLP

SCALER
ADVANTAGE Understand how Chatbots & Virtual
Assistance make life easier with the right mix
of Natural Language Processing with Deep
Learning.

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02 Productionisation of ML systems
TOPICS COVERED
ML System Design - Product, System Design, Project; Inference
Serving 1 Rest APIs, Containerization, Data & Model Management,
Scripting 2, Testing, Reproducibility, GitHub Action, Prediction
Serving. Scripting, Testing, Reproducibility, Setting up CI/CD
pipelines for automated deployment, Predicting Serving

SCALER
ADVANTAGE Working with data is one thing, but deploying
your ML model for real-world application is
another. We’ll assist you in directly deploying
your ML Product in a real-world scenario. Get
hands-on with real-world’s unclean data as you
work on projects built-in partnerships with top
companies.
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03 Mathematics for Computer Science

TOPICS COVERED
Divisibility rules, Modular Arithmetic, Invert Mod by Fermat Theorem,
Prime Numbers, Fibonacci Numbers, Matrix Exponential,
Combinatorics , Probability

SCALER
ADVANTAGE Understand some fundamental concepts of
mathematics to solve programming problems.

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04 Design and Analysis of Algorithms

TOPICS COVERED
Sorting - Selection Sort vs Bubble Sort, Merge Sort, Insertion Sort,
Count Sort Binary Search, Pointers, Hashing, Strings and Pattern
Matching, Problems on Strings with Hashmaps

SCALER
ADVANTAGE Explore & analyse High-level and low-level
algorithms and learn how to design programs
by finding the most efficient way to manage
your data.

05 Data Structures
TOPICS COVERED
Recursion, Stacks, Queues, Linked Lists, Trees, Heap

SCALER
ADVANTAGE Manipulate & organise data in various formats
for most efficient solutions to business
problems. Manage Data Systems in various
ways to see better performance and pave your
way to high-paying jobs in MAANG like
companies.

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06 Advance Algorithms
TOPICS COVERED
Greedy Algorithms, Dynamic Programming (DP), Bottom up DP, Top
Down DP, Knapsack, Strings, Catalan Numbers, Graph Theory, Graph
Colouring, BiPartite graph, Topological Sort, Dijkstra

SCALER
ADVANTAGE Dig deep into the world of algorithms and
learn about dynamic programming and graph
theory which are important computer science
algorithms to solve real world data science
problems.

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