M.Tech.

Software Engineering
for Working
Professionals
INDEX
Programme Introduction 01
Who Should Apply 02
Programme Highlights 03
Programme Objectives 04
WILP Presence and Impact 05
Student Learning Outcomes 06
Mode of Learning 07
Experiential Learning 09
Continuous Assessment
Case Studies and Assignments
Dissertation/Project Work

Programme Curriculum 11

Coures Wise Syllabus 13

Eligibility Criteria 22

Fee Structure 23

Mode of Examination 24

How to Apply 25

Students Speak 27
 Program Introduction

M.Tech. Software Engineering at BITS WILP is a unique work-integrated learning

programme for professionals in the software industry. It equips learners with a full stack of
technologies, essential competencies, and specialized knowledge in areas like Full Stack
Engineering and Software Product Management.

With a comprehensive curriculum, hands-on experiential learning through remote and

cloud labs, and flexible education methods, this program empowers professionals to excel
in the software industry, where career growth demands expertise in various technologies,
solution architecture, product design, and effective collaboration across functions.

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 Programme Highlights

M.Tech. Software
Engineering is a BITS Pilani
Work Integrated Learning
Blend of classroom and
Programme (WILP). BITS
experiential learning
Pilani Work Integrated
Learning Programmes are
UGC approved

This programme is of
The program offers core and
4 semesters and can be
elective courses for
pursued only by working
specialization in Full Stack
professionals. You can
Engineering and Software
pursue the programme
Product Management
without any career break

The programme will also

enable working professionals
to attend contact classes
The final semester includes
from anywhere over a
a practical Dissertation
technology-enabled platform.
(Project Work) for
The contact classes will be
real-world application
conducted mostly on
weekends or after business
hours

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 It extensively uses
Cloud-based labs providing
hands-on access to tools like
Jenkins, Docker, GitHub, Lectures by BITS Pilani
SonarQube, Selenium, and faculty and industry
various programming experts
languages and libraries such
as Java, Python, JavaScript,
and more

Employs Continuous
Become a part of Elite
Evaluation to provide
and Global BITS Pilani
ongoing feedback and
Alumni community
support

Emphasizes experiential
learning with lab Fee submission using easy -
exercises, assignments, EMI with 0% interest and 0
case studies, and down payment
work-integrated activities

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 Programme Objectives

Explore customer needs and Define product requirements,

market insights to identify create a strategy, and establish a
software product opportunities roadmap for product rollout

Implement robust, maintainable, Develop, test, and deploy software

and scalable software products while adhering to best practices,
using contemporary software including automation with
architectural and design continuous integration and delivery
principles

Manage the software product Continuously evaluate product

lifecycle using agile methodologies performance through relevant
and rapid release cycles analytical methods to refine the
roadmap and prioritize features

Apply software engineering and

product management practices
within specific domains

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 WILP Presence and Impact

45+ 1,20,000+
Years of Working
Educating Working Professionals
Professionals Graduated

46,000+ 1100+
Working Professionals
Currently Enrolled Faculty Members

46+
Programmes

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 Student
Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the

program, participants will have developed:

Competency in evaluating and

Skills required for eliciting
adapting software
An advanced knowledge of user needs, designing,
development processes, and
software architectural implementing and releasing
in tools needed for a range of
models and practices an effective solution
applications from the
appropriate for engineering employing state-of-the-art
conventional web/mobile apps
complex software systems full stack frameworks, and
to the modern cross-platform,
technologies
cloud-native apps

Readiness to take an idea

from concept through An ability to effectively
prototype creation to market function individually and
launch with the help of collaborate as a part of a
tried-and-true software team to establish
methodologies practiced in goals, plan tasks, and meet
software product objectives
management

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 Mode of Learning
The Mode of Learning used in this programme is called - Work Integrated
Learning. Internationally, Work Integrated Learning (WIL) is defined as "An
educational approach involving three parties - the student, educational institution,
and employer organization(s) - consisting of authentic work-focused experiences
as an intentional component of the curriculum. Students learn through active
engagement in purposeful work tasks, which enable the integration of theory with
meaningful practice that is relevant to the students' discipline of study and/or
professional development*.

An education model can be considered as WIL if and only if:

1. The programs are designed and developed by the institute in collaboration

with industry.
2. Work-focused experiences form an active part of the curriculum.
3. The program structure, pedagogy and assessment enable integration of
theory-with relevant practice.

The innovative Work Integrated Learning Programs (WILP) of BITS Pilani are
quite aligned with the above definition and requirements. The programs are
designed in collaboration with its industry partners, subject matter experts from
industry and academia that enable the students to remain relevant in their
chosen profession, grow in their career and retain the habit of lifelong learning.
The continued availability of workplace related experiences along with the
weekly instruction sessions promote integration of theory with practice. An active
participation of the organization mentor in the learning process of the student
plays a key role. Case studies, simulation exercises, labs and projects further
strengthen this integration.

The WILP of BITS Pilani is comparable to its campus-based programs in terms

of structure, rigor, instruction, labs, assessment, faculty profile and learning
support. The pervasive adoption of technology in all its academic processes
makes the same high-quality education of BITS Pilani available to the aspirants
at scale with the required flexibility.

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 Key Benefits of BITS Pilani WILP

● Can pursue the programme without any career break and along with the job.

● The programme curriculum is highly relevant to sectors, industries and

organisations they work for.

● In addition to the institute, the learning experience of working professionals in

the programme is also supported by the employer organisation and Industry
Mentors.

● Effective use of technology to deliver a range of learning interventions at the

location of the working professional such as faculty contact sessions,
asynchronous learning materials, remote, virtual and cloud labs, Learner
support, peer to peer collaboration etc.

● Contact sessions with faculty take place mostly over weekends or after
business hours and are conducted over a technology platform that can be
accessed from anywhere.

● Mid semester and End semester examinations for every semester are
conducted mostly at designated examination centres distributed across the
country (for details refer to link mode of examinations).

● Learners can access engaging learning material which includes recorded

lectures from BITS Pilani faculty members, course handouts and recorded
lab content where applicable.

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 Experiential Learning
The programme emphasizes on Experiential Learning that
allows learners to apply concepts learnt in the classroom
in simulated, and real work situations. Apart from these,
AWS is also extensively used for experiments on Scalable
Services

Cloud based virtual lab hosts Dev-Ops tool chain, languages

and programming platforms for Full Stack engineering and
other simulators

Experiential Learning: Tools / Frameworks / Technologies

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 Continuous Assessment
The assessment includes graded assignments/quizzes,
mid-semester and comprehensive exam

Case studies & Assignments

Carefully chosen real-world cases & assignments are both
discussed and used as problem-solving exercises during the
programme

Dissertation/ Project Work

The fourth semester offers an opportunity for learners to apply
their knowledge gained during the programme to a real-world like
complex project. The learner is expected to demonstrate
understanding of vital principles learnt across semesters and
their ability to successfully apply these concepts

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 Programme Curriculum
Participants need to take at least 12 courses towards coursework, and complete
one Project/ Dissertation. The coursework requirement for the programme would
consist of a set of core courses and electives. Core courses are compulsory for all
participants, while electives can be chosen based on individual learning preferences.

First Semester Second Semester

● Software Architectures ● Software Quality Assurance
● Cloud Computing and Testing
● Elective 1
● Agile Software Processes
● Elective 2
● Software Product Management
● Elective 3

Third Semester Fourth Semester

● Elective 4 ● Dissertation
● Elective 5
● Elective 6
● Elective 7

General Pool of Electives ● Data Warehousing

● Data Structures & Algorithms ● Applied Machine Learning
● Data visualization and ● Secure Software Engineering
Interpretation ● Middleware Technologies
● Artificial and Computational ● Advanced topics in Software
Intelligence Engineering
● Blockchain Technologies
& Systems
● Cyber Security

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 Pool of Electives : Pool of Electives :
Full Stack Engineering (FSE) Software Product Management
● Cross Platform Application ● Product Discovery and Requirements
Development Engineering#
● Introduction to DevOps# ● Product Strategy and Planning#
● Scalable Services# ● Communication, Estimation and
● Software Testing Methodologies Negotiation#
● Product Analytics
● Full-stack Application Development#
● API-based Products
● Database Design & Applications
● User Experience Design
● API-based Products
● Marketing
● User Experience Design
● Design of Conversational ● Software Project Management
Experiences ● Open Source Software Engineering
● API-driven Cloud Native Solutions
● Open Source Software Engineering
● Object Oriented Analysis and Design

For any specialization, 4 courses (including mandatory electives marked #) are to be selected for
that specialization.

For graduating without a specialization, at least 3 courses from those marked # (from either
specialization) to be selected.

Note: Student can also obtain the degree without any specialization.

# indicates mandatory elective for this specialization

Choice of Electives is made available to enrolled students at the beginning of each semester. A
limited selection of Electives will be

offered at the discretion of the Institute.

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 Coures Wise Syllabus
Software Architectures
Systems engineering and software architectures; Hatley°Pirbhai architectural
template; architecture flow diagrams; requirements engineering and software
architecture; architectural design processes; design post-processing; real- VII-68
time architectures; architectural design patterns; software architecture and
maintenance management; object oriented architectures; client-server
architectures; forward engineering for object oriented and client-server
architectures; emerging software architectures.

Cloud Computing
Concurrency and distributed computing, message passing over the network,
connectivity and failure models, local vs remote connectivity, distributed resource
modeling, distributed data models; replication & consistency; virtualization; CPU
virtualization, memory and storage virtualization, virtualized networks, computing
over WAN and Internet; computing on the cloud, computing models, service
models and service contracts, programming on the cloud; Cloud infrastructure,
LAN vs Wan issue, resource scaling and resource provisions, performance
models, scalability, performance measurement and enhancement techniques;
cloud applications and infrastructure services.

Agile Software Processes

Introduction to Agile; Basics of Agile Software Development approaches;
Principles of Agile; Agile Methodologies; Release Planning; Roles and Artifacts in
Agile; Agile Requirements; Iteration Planning and Ceremonies; Executing a
Sprint; Agile Metrics; Agile Testing and Maintenance; Agile Pitfalls; Ensuring Agile
Success.

Software Product Management

Identifying customer needs. Defining value proposition. Specifying and validating
MVP. Building products through agile and scrum. Metrics, measurement and
improvements. Software product lifecycle management; analytical evaluation
techniques; quality systems.

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 Software Quality Assurance and Testing
Quality assurance, management and testing; SQA process and activities; Quality
planning, metrics and QMS; Team structure & organization of SQA; Quality control
tools, Six-Sigma methodology; Types of quality; Software testing as a tool for
improving quality; Planning, management & control of testing; Testing in different
domains; Test Automation – Strategy, Process and Architecture.

Data Structures & Algorithms

Introduction to Abstract Data Types, Data structures and Algorithms; Analysis of
Algorithms – Time and Space Complexity, Complexity Notation, Solving Recurrence
Relations.; Divide-and-Conquer as a Design Technique; Recursion – Design of
Recursive Functions / Procedures, Tail Recursion, Conversion of Recursive
Functions to Iterative Form. Linear data structures – Lists, Access Restricted Lists
(Stacks and Queues) – Implementation using Arrays and Linked Lists; Searching
and Order Queries. Sorting – Sorting Algorithms (Online vs. Offline, In-memory vs.
External, In°space vs. Out-of-space, QuickSort and Randomization). Unordered
Collections: Hashtables (Separate Chaining vs. Open Addressing, Probing,
Rehashing). Binary Trees – Tree Traversals. Partially Ordered Collections: Search
Trees and Height Balanced Search Trees, Heaps and Priority Queues. Algorithm
Design: Greedy Algorithms and Dynamic Programming. Graphs and Graph
Algorithms: Representation schemes, Problems on Directed Graphs (Reachability
and Strong Connectivity, Traversals, Transitive Closure. Directed Acyclic Graphs -
Topological Sorting), Problems on Weighted Graphs (Shortest Paths. Spanning
Trees). Introduction to Complexity Classes (P and NP) and NP-completeness.
NP°Hard problems. Designing Algorithms for Hard Problems – Back tracking,
Branch-and-Bound, and Approximation Algorithms.

Data visualization and Interpretation

Visualization as a Discovery tool, Visualization skills for the masses, The
Visualization methodology, Visualization design objectives, Exploratory vs.
explanatory analysis, Understanding the context for data presentations, 3 minute
story, Effective Visuals, Gestalt principles of visual perception, Visual Ordering,
Decluttering, Story Telling, Visualization Design; Taxonomy of Data Visualization
Methods: Exploring Tableau, Dashboard and Stories, Bullet graphs, Pareto charts,
Custom background images; Dashboard : Dashboard categorization and typical
data, Characteristics of a Well-Designed Dashboard, Key Goals in the Visual
Design Process; Power of Visual Perception: Visually Encoding Data for Rapid
Perception, Applying the Principles of Visual Perception to Dashboard
Design.

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 Artificial and Computational Intelligence
Agents and environments, Task Environments, Working of agents; Uninformed
Search Algorithms: Informed Search. Local Search Algorithms & Optimization
Problems: Genetic Algorithm; Searching with Non-Deterministic Actions, Partial
Information and Online search agents, Game Playing, Constraint Satisfaction
Problem, Knowledge Representation using Logics: TT-Entail for inference from truth
table, Proof by resolution, Forward Chaining and Backward Chaining, Inference in
FOL, Unification & Lifting, Forward chaining, Backward Chaining, Resolution;
Probabilistic Representation and Reasoning : Inference using full joint distribution,
Representation of Conditional Independence using BN, Reinforcement Learning;
Difference between crisp and fuzzy logic, shapes of membership function,
Fuzzification and defuzzification, fuzzy logic reasoning; Decision making with fuzzy
information, Fuzzy Classification; Connectionist Models: Introduction to Neural
Networks, Hopfield Networks, Perceptron Learning, Backpropagation & Competitive
Learning, Applications of Neural Net: Speech, Vision, Traveling Salesman; Genetic
Algorithms - Chromosomes, fitness functions, and selection mechanisms, Genetic
algorithms: crossover and mutation, Genetic programming.

Blockchain Technologies & Systems

Highly successful decentralized blockchain-based systems, such as Bitcoin, have
immense potential to revolutionize financial, information, and other infrastructures.
This course aims to provide a broad overview of the essential concepts involved in
blockchain technology in order to lay down the foundation necessary for developing
applications. This course also covers the technical aspects of consistency and
consensus in distributed algorithms, public distributed ledgers, public-key
cryptography and cryptographic properties, cryptocurrencies, and smart contracts.
The course aims to develop expertise among students to build these systems,
interact with them, and to design and build secure distributed applications.

Cyber Security
Cyber Security principles; Security architectures; Security threats, attacks and
vulnerabilities; CIA Triad, Cyber Security Policies, Models and Mechanisms; Types
of Cyber Attacks; Security Risk Management; Malware; Ransomware; Implement-
ing Cyber Security Solutions.

Data Warehousing
Introduction, evolution of data warehousing; decision support systems; goals,
benefit, and challenges of data warehousing; architecture; data warehouse

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 information flows; software and hardware requirements; approaches to data
warehouse design; creating and maintaining a data warehouse; Online Analytical
Processing (OLAP) and multi-dimensional data, multi-dimensional modeling; view
materialization; data marts; data warehouse metadata; data mining.

Applied Machine Learning

Need for machine learning. Prediction and classification methods. Use cases in
application domains. Interpretation of results. Limitations of various techniques.
End to end Machine learning - data collection, data preparation, model selection.

Secure Software Engineering

Best practices for designing secure systems, software engineering principles for
designing secure systems, criteria for designing secure systems; analysis of
system properties and verification of program correctness; use of formal methods
and verification for security; tools for verification of security properties; techniques
for software protection (such as code obfuscation, tamper-proofing and
watermarking) and their limitations; analysis of software based attacks (and
defenses), timing attacks and leakage of information, and type safety.

Middleware Technologies
Evolution of Middleware Technologies: Transaction Processing, Remote Procedure
Calls, Message-Oriented°Middleware, Object Request Brokers, Web services and
REST; Forms of Middleware: Enterprise Middleware, Web Middleware, and Cloud /
Services Middleware; Middleware Elements: communication protocols, middleware
protocols, data representation, server process control, naming and directory
services, security, system management; Select case studies such as MS .NET,
J2EE. Service Oriented Architecture: Loosely Coupled Systems, Business
processes, Tiers, Architectural Choices; Resiliency in Middleware: resiliency
techniques, hardware failures, communication failures, software failures;
Performance and scalability in Middleware; Security in Middleware; Implementation
Aspects: business process implementation, enterprise integration, web and
database middleware (e.g. NoSQL middleware) change management. Case
studies of Enterprise application architecture (EAI) - Eg. Tibco, Websphere.

Advanced Topics in Software Engineering

Recent and emerging topics in software engineering will be discussed in detail with
the help of latest publications, software product information and industry practice.

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 Cross Platform Application Development
Cross-platform applications development involves creation of software applications
that are compatible with multiple platforms or software environments. This can be
achieved through various development frameworks like Ionic, React Native, Adobe
PhoneGap, Xamarin etc. This course aims to equip students with the expertise to
design and develop web and mobile based applications that can operate in varied
environments and platforms. Additionally, it also aims to develop the understanding
of the role and importance of API management in such applications. The course
involves hands-on exposure to full stack development of cross°platform
applications using some of the existing development frameworks.

Introduction to DevOps
Continual Service - continuous integration and continuous delivery; Scaling:
automating infrastructure and infrastructure°as-code; DevOps and Cloud:
platform-as-a service and DevOps, use of virtual machines and containers for
deployment, Micro-services; application lifecycle management: deployment pipeline
and application deployment, continuous deployment pipeline; stack management -
life cycle of stack and events, resource and event monitoring, auto healing;
Security: security of deployment pipeline, policy-as-code.

Scalable Services
Software principles related to scalability. Architectures for Scaling. Microservices -
design, service discovery, load balancing, API management. Deployment -
container configurations and orchestrations, automated deployments of
microservices, integration with CI/CD pipelines. Performance: Scaling and load
balancing with containers and microservices, Ensuring QoS and SLAs

Software Testing Methodologies

Software testing techniques and tools; software testing life cycle and its
management; specification-based testing; code-based testing; model-based
testing; integration testing; system testing; object oriented testing; regression
testing; user acceptance testing; Automated testing at different levels (unit,
integration, and system) – scripting and testing tools; test case minimization,
prioritization & optimization.

Full-Stack Application Development

Evolution in web app architectures: Client Server - 2 tier, 3/n tiered, Layered;
Distributed - SOA, Web Services, Microservices, Cloud (IaaS/PaaS/FaaS); Modern
application landscape; Web applications: Typical structure of end-to-end

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 application; Application components-Frontend / Backend / API / Database /
Services; Web Browsers - Client WebAPIs - Browsers APIs for storage, audio,
video; Web Assembly; Responsive web; Web Servers; Load balancers;
Application servers; API gateways; ORM; DNS; HTTP/S: HTTP headers, HTTP
messages, HTTP request methods; Caching; Modern application architectures
and Tech-Stacks: Microservices, Serverless; Application development
Stacks-Conventional; Modern JavaScript stacks; (Full-Stack) Application
Development: Languages (client/server side), Frameworks; Platforms,
Deployment (on-prem/cloud); Databases(RDBMS/NoSQL); Interactions(method
calls, APIs/REST, messaging); MEAN/MERN as exemplar frameworks.

Database Design & Applications

DBMS architecture; Data models: Network model, Hierarchical model and
Relational model; Database design & optimization; Query processing & Query
optimization; Transaction Processing; Concurrency control; Recovery; Security &
protection; Introduction to Object Oriented data model & Multimedia Databases.

API-based Products
API-based Products: Case for digital business/transformation, API-based Product
mindset; API users; API types, API paradigms; API ecosystem; API life cycle;
Principles and elements of API design; Collaborative API design process; API
Design-First approach; API standards and documentation; API architectural
stylesand implementation: REST, gRPC, GraphQL etc., API design and
implementation; Async APIs; API design practices: Design patterns and
anti-patterns; Scaling, API security, change management/versioning, API publish /
release; maintenance/deprecation; API testing strategies: Acceptance testing,
Automations, Contract testing; Tools; Developer Experience: DevRel and DX;
Developer ecosystem strategy; Developer resources; API product management:
API strategy, API economy, API revenue models; Metrics for APIbased Products;
API management platforms; API lifecycle management; API analytics.

User Experience Design

UX principles; UX roles and responsibilities; UX design Frameworks; UX strategy;
UX design process; UX research: Generative research, Evaluative research,
Qualitative and Quantitative research; Usability studies; Observation techniques
and feedback methodologies; Synthesis of results- Deriving actionable strategy
from the observations; Empathizing with users and user perspective; Interaction
design: User stories; User journey maps; Information architecture; UX writing;

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 Visual design: Wireframes; Prototypes, Storyboards; Design systems; Design for
accessibility; Internationalization and Localization; UX evaluation- Testing and
Validation; Design for Conversational UI- Chatbots, Personal/Voice Assistants;
Proximity-based UI.

Design of Conversational Experiences

Cognitive virtual assistant (CVA): Use-cases; Classification of conversational AI
platforms; Architecture of Conversational Platform; Deployment and Pricing
models; Platform landscape; Designing Bots: Bot Architecture; Bot Anatomy;
Design process overview; Branding, Personality, and Human Involvement;
Conversation; Rich interactions; Engagement methods; Use case definition and
exploration; Conversation scripting; Context and Memory; User testing; Designing
Voice User Interfaces(VUI): Conversational Voice User Interface(VUI); VUI
Designer; VUI design principles; Designing effective process and dialogue;
Personas, Avatars, Actors; Speech recognition technology; Advanced VUI
Design; User testing; Development: Building and deploying conversational AI
assistants (voice assistants & chatbots) using cloud native / open source
platforms such as Google Dialogflow, RASA or MS Bot framework; Bot Discovery
and installation; Monetization; Analytics and Continuous improvement; Trends:
SuperBot Platforms; Multiplatform Bots; Identity consolidation; Voice-enabled
Devices – Smart Homes and Smart Cars as example environments.

API-driven Cloud Native Solutions

Analyze, Design, Develop and Deploy cloud native applications in innovative
areas such as Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning (AI/ML), IoT, Data Analytics
etc.; Build an end to end complex application; Extensive usage of well-known
PaaS/APIs; Demonstration of compliance with relevant, industry adapted best
practices; Deployment using modern strategies; Presentation of the milestones
and outcomes in appropriate forms; Periodic review of progress of the project by
faculty.

Open Source Software Engineering

Understanding Open Source Software: The Cathedral and the Bazaar, Teams
and Hierarchies, Processes, Licensing, and Business Models; Code walking and
analysis of Open Source Products: Analyze the code of a few select products –
extract data flow and control flow from an input-output perspective or a high level
events perspective; Tools and Technologies in the Open Source Community:
Understand and use select open source tools for development, code analysis and
transformation, and deployment; Modify a module in an Open Source Product:
Identify a functional and/or a critical missing feature / or a potential improvement.

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 Product Discovery and Requirements
Engineering
Finding and defining product opportunities; Market research vs Product discovery;
Product discovery techniques - framing, assessing opportunities, planning,
ideation, prototyping, testing transformation; Product discovery approaches,
frameworks and tools; User Research and experiments; Creation of discovery
hypothesis, measurement for product-market fit, MVP specification; OKRs, KPIs
definition; Requirements specification and validation; Agile requirements: User
personas, Stories, Epics, Themes; Acceptance tests, Product Backlog, Story
Maps, Wireframes, Storyboards, Prototypes; Requirements estimation and
prioritization techniques; Managing use case evolution.

Product Strategy and Planning

Market scanning and analysis, Strategy Formulation, Strategy Implementation
and Control, Strategic Issues in Managing Technology & Innovation, Creating and
validating Opportunity Hypothesis; Product vision and product strategy, Principles
of Product Vision and Strategy Product objectives; Product Roadmap: Planning,
prioritization, development and communication of Roadmap, Roadmap changes;
Product Lines and Portfolios. Portfolio Roadmaps; Evaluating product portfolio,
OKRs, KPIs; New Products: Proposal, Development, and Launch; Outsourcing,
Licensing models, Economics of Software: Development Cost (Buying/Licensing,
Outsourcing/Building), Deployment Cost (Packaging and Distribution, Hosting,
Scaling, and Usage), Maintenance Cost; Costing vs. pricing (B2B vs. B2C,
Services, Usage models); Product release planning: Product evangelism; GTM
and Sales strategy; Product positioning and branding.

Communication, Estimation, and Negotiation

Product Manger’s Roles and Responsibilities: Understand organizational culture,
product stakeholders and their perspectives, Effective product descriptions and
presentations, Product news and crisis communication; The cross-functional
nature of product manager’s work: Strategic and tactical communication, Working
with engineering teams, Working with design teams, Working with customerfacing
stakeholders, Working with customers; Networking skills; Product-to-Project
Translation – Resource (human resources, tools/technologies, and time)
estimation and prioritization. Negotiation: Strategic negotiation with leadership;
Tactical negotiation with internal (i.e. design/engineering) teams and
customerfacing stakeholders.

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 Product Analytics
Concepts, approaches and process for data Analytics; Product Analytics scope;
Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis techniques; Product vs Marketing analytics;
Analytics in product lifecycle; Product analytics design; Product phases, goals and
metrics; Analytical frameworks; Direct/Indirect, Exploratory, Descriptive/Statistical,
Predictive product analytics; Product Analytics tools and platforms; Web and
Mobile analytics; Other relevant analysis techniques.

Marketing
Definition and scope, fundamentals of consumer behaviour, competitive behaviour,
demand estimation, new product introduction, channels of distribution, advertising
and other sales promotion, positioning, marketing regulation, market research,
basics of industrial marketing.

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 Eligibility Criteria
The minimum eligibility to apply: Employed professionals holding B. Tech., B.E,
M.Sc., MCA, or equivalent in relevant disciplines with at least 60% aggregate
marksand minimum one year of work experience after the completion of the degree
inrelevant domains.

If you are an IT professional in a technical role such as Software Developer, Test

Engineer, Lead Engineer, Architect, or techno-managerial roles such as Product
Manager and Project Manager, you should consider applying to the programme.

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 Fee Structure
The following fees schedule is applicable for candidates seeking new admission during
the academic year 2024-25.

Application Fees Admission Fees Semester Fees

(one time) (one time) (per semester)

`1500 `16,500 `66,750

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Important: For every course in the programme, institute will recommend textbooks,
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 Mode of Examination

Semester 1, 2 and 3 have Mid-Semester

Examinations and Comprehensive
Mode of Examinations Examinations for each course.

applicable for students These examinations are mostly

scheduled on Friday, Saturday or
admitted in Sunday. Students need to appear in
person for taking the examinations
Batch starting in at the institution’s designated
July 2024 . examination centres as per the
examination schedule, Instructions, rules
and guidelines announced before every
examination.

During these semesters,

in addition to the above
mentioned Mid-Semester and
In Semester 4 (Final
Comprehensive examinations,
Semester), the student will be
there will also be
Quizzes/Assignments conducted doing Dissertation/Project
online on the Learning Work as per the Institution’s
Management System (LMS) as per guidelines.
the course plan in which the
students need to participate.

Students can take their examination at any of our 32 designated examination centres in India at
the following locations:
● South Zone: Bangalore - North, Bangalore - Central, Bangalore - South, Bangalore - East, Chennai -
North , Chennai - Central , Chennai - South, Hyderabad, Secunderabad, Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam,
Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram and Coimbatore.
● North Zone: Delhi, Gurugram, Noida, Jaipur, Chandigarh, Lucknow and Pilani.
● West Zone: Mumbai, Navi-Mumbai, Pune, Pune - Pimpri Chinchwad, Goa, Ahmedabad, Indore and
Nagpur.
● East Zone: Kolkata, Guwahati and Jamshedpur.
In addition to these locations, the Institution also has a designated examination
centre in Dubai.

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 How to Apply

Click here to Create your login at

the Application Center Once logged in,
Apply now
by entering your follow four essential
unique Email id and steps:
create a password of
your choice.

Step 1 2 3 4
Fill and submit
Step
Download a PDF
Step
Pay the application
Step
Print the downloaded
your application copy of the fee of INR 1,500 using Application Form and
form for your application form. Net banking/Debit note your Application
chosen program. Card/Credit Card. Form Number.

In the printout of the downloaded Application Form, you will notice on page no. 3 a section called the
Employer Consent Form. Complete the Employer Consent Form. This form needs to be signed and
stamped by your organisation’s HR or any other authorised signatory of the company.
Important: In view of work-from-home policies mandated by many organisations, a few candidates may
not be able to get the physical forms signed by their HR/other authorised organisational representative.
Such candidates may instead request an email approval to be sent to their official email ID by the HR
using the format available through this link.

On page 4, complete the Mentor Consent Form, Due to remote work policies, some candidates
which needs to be signed by your Mentor. may struggle to get physical mentor signatures.
They can request email approval using a
provided format.

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 Who is a mentor:
● Candidates applying to Work Integrated Learning Programmes must choose a Mentor,
who will monitor the academic progress of the candidate, and act as an advisor &
coach for successful completion of the programme.
● Candidates should ideally choose the immediate supervisor or another senior person
from the same organisation. In case a suitable mentor is not available in the same
organisation, a candidate could approach a senior person in another organisation who
has the required qualifications. Wherever the proposed Mentor is not from the same
employing organization as that of the candidate, a supporting document giving
justification for the same should be provided by the candidate’s employer.
● Candidates applying to B.Tech. programmes should choose a Mentor who is an
employed professional with B.E./ B.S./ B.Tech./ M.Sc./ A.M.I.E./ Integrated First
Degree of BITS or equivalent. Candidates applying to M.Tech., M.Sc., MBA, M.Phil
programme should choose a Mentor who is an employed professional with:
● B.E./ M.Sc./ M.B.A./ M.C.A./ M.B.B.S. etc. and with a minimum of five years of relevant
work experience.
OR
● M.E./ M.S./ M.Tech./ M.Phil./ M.D./ Higher Degree of BITS or equivalent.

In the final step (Step 4),

Photocopies of these
Page 5 of the downloaded upload your printed Application
documents should be made,
Application Form includes Form, Mentor Consent Form,
and applicants need to
a Checklist of Employer Consent Form, and
self-attest academic mark
Enclosures/Attachments. mandatory documents
sheets and certificates.
one by one.

Selected candidates will

Accepted file formats for The Admissions Cell will
receive email notifications
uploads include .DOC, review your application for
within two weeks of submitting
.DOCX, .PDF, .ZIP, and completeness, accuracy,
their application with all
.JPEG. and eligibility.
required documents.

You can also check your

selection status by logging
in to the Online Application
Centre.

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 Students Speak

I chose BITS Pilani WILP for its tailored curriculum, offering a

seamless integration of technology areas and a flexible elective
system from the very first semester, which has proven to be
fantastic.

Sidharth Gurunath
Cloud Practice Head, Bristlecone
Participant of M.Tech. Software Engineering

My WILP experience has been fantastic. The program's

continuous evaluation, interaction with diverse peers, and
supportive professors make it feel like a return to college culture.
Overall, it's been a great journey.

Mrinmoy Ganguly
User Experience Consultant, Cognizant
Participant of M.Tech. Software Engineering

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 UGC Approval
BITS Pilani is an Institution of Eminence under UGC (Institution of Eminence
Deemed to be Universities) Regulations, 2017. The Work Integrated Learning
Programmes (WILP) of BITS Pilani constitutes a unique set of educational
offerings for working professionals. WILP are an extension of programmes
offered at the BITSPilani Campuses and are comparable to our regular
programmes both in terms of unit/credit requirements as well as academic
rigour. In addition, it capitalises and further builds on practical experience of
students through high degree of integration, which results not only in
upgradation of knowledge, but also in up skilling, and productivity increase.
The programme may lead to award of degree, diploma, and certificate in
science, technology/engineering, management, and humanities and social
sciences.
On the recommendation of the Empowered Expert Committee, UGC in its
548th Meeting held on 09.09.20 has approved the continued offering of BITS
Pilani’s Work Integrated Learning programmes.

The material in this brochure is provided for educational and informational purposes only. All the
images that have been used belong to their respective owners and have been picked up from the
public domain.

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