Data Centre & Analytics Lab

The Data Centre & Analytics Lab (DCAL) is a centre of excellence in analytics set up by the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, in 2012. IIMB is one of the first institutions in the country to venture into analytics training in 2010. Housed at IIMB campus, DCAL is a dedicated research and training lab to support interdisciplinary empirical research using data on Indian and other emerging markets.

DCAL is a three-point platform: a data warehouse, a developer of analytical solutions, and an analytics training hub. We are one of the pioneers to focus research on advanced data science, business analytics, and intelligence.

What do we do

We collect, process, and model data to bring out innovative solutions to be consumed by researchers and practitioners. Our corporate collaborators benefit from the ground-breaking solutions we provide to business problems. Researchers get access to an extensive and comprehensive collection of local and global data. Our short-term and long-term training programmes on analytics equip employees with the ability to analyse and act on the data in real time.

DCAL aims to simplify decision-making in this era of growing volumes and varieties of data. Organizations today are data-rich but information-poor. Our analytical solutions, coupled with statistical models, will act like a lever to propel growth and bring a change in the way organizational activities are executed. DCAL helps aggregate data and enhances the ability of organizations to gain insights from all this data.

Our Mission

To support interdisciplinary empirical research using data on primarily Indian and other emerging markets.

To become the Centre of Excellence by generating and sharing knowledge in the fields of Analytics and Big Data.

Our Vision

We want to be India's most comprehensive data source. To inspire everyone to use analytics in all aspects of management.

Our Objectives

The primary objective of DCAL is to become a Centre of Excellence in analytics and a source primarily for India-centric data.

Specific objectives include the following:

Create a data-hub, a warehouse of India-centric data to support academic research.
Collect, maintain, and update data related to industry, governance and public systems from India and other emerging markets.
Carry out data-cleansing and formatting that can be easily used for analysis.
Create a web-based data service system that supports empirical research.
Provide opportunities for creating teaching material such as case studies based on Indian data.
Be a repository of India-related data created by government and regulatory agencies.
Provide software tools for a wide variety of analytics applications.