Kolkata , June 8 : The School of Business and Management at Bhawanipur Global Campus hosted the second session of its Foundation Batch 2026 programme on 22nd May, 2026, with a focused discussion on Business Analytics and Industry Trends. The session was led by Mr. Prajwal Deep Khokhar, Big Data and AI Trainer at IBM, and drew active participation from students who had the opportunity to engage directly with a practitioner working at the intersection of data, technology, and business.
The Foundation Batch programme reflects how BGC approaches the early stages of a management education, not as an orientation exercise, but as a structured introduction to the thinking, tools, and industry realities that students will need to navigate throughout their careers. Bringing in professionals from organisations like IBM at this stage signals the intent clearly: industry engagement at BGC begins on day one, not in the final year.
Mr. Khokhar walked students through how analytics is being applied across industries today, grounding the discussion in the kind of data-driven decision-making that businesses are actually built around right now. The discussion moved between concepts and practice, with students engaging directly on questions about how analytics skills translate into professional roles and what the industry actually looks for in graduates entering this space.
The session sits within BGC’s broader academic partnership with IBM, through which the IBM Business Analytics certification is embedded within the curriculum of the School of Business and Management. For the Foundation Batch, it served as an early signal of what the programme is built around, direct access to industry knowledge, delivered by people who are working with it every day.
Commenting on the initiative, Dr. Subir Sen Principal, School of Business & Management, said,
“Business analytics is no longer a specialisation for a few, it is a baseline competency across every function and every sector. Giving our newest students access to IBM’s expertise this early in their programme is a deliberate choice. We want students to understand the industry they are preparing for, not just the textbooks that describe it.”
The Foundation Batch 2026 sessions are part of a continuing series designed to give incoming students direct exposure to industry thinking from the outset of their management education. For the School of Business and Management at BGC, it is a reflection of how the institution approaches professional preparation, not as something that begins after graduation, but as something built into the programme from the very first semester.
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