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12/5/2018 From India to US Elections, Data Expert Gaurav Pradhan's Predictions Never Go Wrong<br />
While for us it is just a conversation that takes place over a cup of steaming tea, for Gaurav<br />
Pradhan it is a passion that drives him.<br />
A top ten global social CIO, cyber security, Information Technology expert, data scientist,<br />
strategist, advisor, Pradhan is a brand in himself. He rose to fame in 2013 and since then has<br />
acquired thousands of followers. Such is his popularity that even India's Prime Minister<br />
Narendra Modi is following him.<br />
What makes this man interesting are his political predictions that are always on point. While<br />
media and experts are busy making wild estimates, he accurately tells you in whose favour the<br />
wave is moving.<br />
From predicting the 2014 election that changed the phase of India to who will be the next<br />
President of United States to predicting on whose lap the Punjab and Uttar Pradesh elections<br />
will fall, his analysis has been on point.<br />
He ain’t a psephologist, surely not a numerologist but someone who predicts things based on<br />
data and mood of the people.<br />
With 2019 election just around the corner, the country surely wants to know that who will take<br />
charge of the Indian democracy this time.<br />
Entrepreneur India caught up with data scientist Gaurav Pradhan at the World AI Show,<br />
Mumbai organised by Trescon to know about his observation for the most talked elections.<br />
We started with understanding his analytic techniques, 2014 Indian election, and breakdown<br />
of the US polls to how nationalism is the new wave and who will win the 2019 election. Here’s<br />
everything about the current political scenario that might give you a new perspective.<br />
Predicting Elections Through Mood Analytics<br />
Who would have thought a person’s mood could actually help you in curating relevant data?<br />
For Pradhan, our mood is his reference point and that’s how he gets his predictions right.<br />
“There is something called ‘Mood Analytics’ and I pick up my data points from there. It is based<br />
on what people are talking across social media on all the platforms. This gives me a typical idea<br />
of the mood that people are going through. Then there is intelligence information, and then<br />
geopolitics. What Saudi wants, what Pakistan wants. So if Pakistan wants Hilary and Saudi<br />
wants Hilary that means the nation is moving towards Trump. That is the geopolitical<br />
relationship,” explains Pradhan.<br />
2014 Elections: Rise of Narendra Modi<br />
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