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EDITOR’S NOTE
Data Science
AN EMERGING CONCEPT
FOR STUDY WITH
A HUGE SCOPE
Amultidisciplinary field that utilizes
s c i e n t i fi c i n f e r e n c e s a n d
mathematical algorithms to extract
comprehensive statements and insights from a
large number of structured or unstructured
information is known as Data Science. The said
a l g o r i t h m s a re i m p l e m e nte d t h ro u g h
computer programs which are usually
operated on powerful hardware since it
requires a tremendous amount of processing.
Data Science is a mixture of machine learning,
statistical mathematics, computer science,
domain knowledge, data analysis, and
visualization. The essence of Data Science is
‘data’ itself. It is obvious that from improper
data, no amount of algorithmic computation
can draw meaningful insights. It consists of
different types of data, for instance, text data,
image data, time dependent data, and video
data, etc.
If we talk about the origin of this concept it is
still unclear as of when and where it was

originally developed. In 2001, William S
Cleveland came up with the term ‘Data
Science’. The publications of the ‘CODATA
Data Science Journal’ by the International
Council for Science: Committee on Data for
Science and Technology and the ‘Journal of
Data Science’ by Columbia University,
respectively kick-started the journey of Data
Science in between April 2002 and January
2003.
This was the time when the ‘dot com’ space was
in its growth spectrum, due to which a
widespread adoption of the internet took
place, inevitably creating huge volume of
information or data as we say it simply. The
advancement in technology gave data science
a potential for growth and in full swing, it led to
the faster and cheaper computation of data in
no time. Collectively, this whole phenomenon
was responsible for the launch of the concept,
‘Data Science’ in the world.
Today, looking at how the world runs on
internet and data one can conclude that
without data collection or analysis, everything
will fall apart. There is data everywhere starting
from, running an institution, a business,
educational institutions to even government
offices, there will be a lot of data that has to be
to be analyzed and sorted. With the influence
of internet increasing at a breakneck speed, the
quantity of incoming data has increased in
folds that it has now become a necessity to
have a team of people to handle the data.
various universities and colleges are offering
Data Science majors and minors. Recognizing
the same and our quest to find institutions
offering majors in Data Science compelled us
to derive this edition titled, The 10 Best Data
Science Training Institutes in India 2020.
Featured on the cover of the issue is
Innomatics. The institute has developed
courses for enthusiasts who aim to pursue a
promising career in Data Science. We have also
hand-picked few other institute including
DataTrained, Inventateq, Social Parichar,
and Praxis Business School for offering high
quality education.
We would also like to list down few other
institutes for their extraordinary service in data
educations sector; iDeators Software,
International School of Engineering,
Escalera Technologies, Expertzlab, Indras
Academy. While flipping the pages make it a
note to read articles penned by data science
experts and other educators. The articles give
an insight into the future of Data Science.
Hope this edition of ours enlightens you with
this emerging field of study.
Happy Reading! T R
Crescent CU
Considering how there is an increase demand
for people working in data science fields,

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Right Information
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The Ever Growing
Big Data

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Steering the Youth towards
Lucrative Career Opportunities
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at Every Step of Learning Process
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Enabling Innovative
Learning Opportunities
for Data Science

Data today, holds a great deal of
importance more than ever. It
is powerful, enormous and
disrupting the businesses in every way.
Nowadays, human decision making is
becoming increasingly inadequate to
deal with a never-ending expansion of
the data. Therefore, companies are
delving deeper into their data to
increase efficiency, attain a greater
competitive advantage and boost their
bottom lines. To get these important
insights, organizations are using Data
Science, which helps in combining the
disruption into categories and
communicating their potential.
To get the crucial data and channelize
its importance, Data Scientists have
fostered new methodologies that
maintain the balance with the data that
is evolved, disrupted and being used in
all the sectors. Data Scientists hold the
key to unveiling better solutions to
traditional problems. But many
companies across the industries are
struggling to find skilled data scientists
who can meet their diverse
requirements. Furthermore, many
existing Data scientists in the
industries still struggle to build
complex algorithms, organize and
synthesize massive data to predict,
analyze and drive strategies. For
aspiring professionals who dream to
break into the data science industry, are
still unaware of the exact path to take
the leap.
Keeping the above in mind and the
vital role Data Scientists play in
today’s world, Innomatics delved with
the businesses across all industries and
developed courses for enthusiasts who
aim to pursue a promising career in
Data Science. The institute provides a
multitude of courses and training for
job seekers, tech-geeks, existing Data
Scientists who aspire to transform their
career and excel by delivering tangible
results to various stakeholders across
an organization or business.
Adapting the Contemporary
Approach
Innomatics has come a long way since
its humble beginning in 2018. Back
then, the institute intended to
‘Transform the Career and Lives’ of
individuals in the AI space and thus,
created a balance between learning and
implementing the real-time cases in
businesses.

VISION AND MISSION
Mission
Innomatics is established on a mission to help
businesses find the best prospects who can
set a benchmark in improving the
organizations’ growth with their real-time
approaches.
The institute’s mission involves: 1) Developing
a state-of-the-art benchmark in data science,
2) Transforming all fields, professions and
sectors through the application of data
science.
Vision
Innomatics’s vision is to expand greatly into
new horizons by creating the PAN India
presence and implement data science
research, more industry collaborations,
educational programming, and the availability
of cutting-edge tools and technologies.

With its customer-focused training
programs that accelerate tech
capabilities, Innomatics empowers
individuals to be industry-ready and
help firms to reap benefits of data
science technologies. The institute
firmly believes and follows the
practical approach rather than the
theoretical one which prepares every
student for industry challenges.
To Make students skillful, Innomatics
works on a practical approach derived
from the business case studies and
challenges. Its 40+ trainers hailing
from leading organizations such as
Apple and Microsoft, have
successfully trained over 50 batches
with 1000 people who can identify and
solve complex data analytics problems.
Preparing Holistically
Innomatics believes that supportive
environmental conditions encourage
strong relationships and community
among students and staff. These
include relationships that foster
attachment and emotional connection
with a sense of belonging and purpose.
The institute conducts several
hackathons, workshops, meetups to
prepare students to be industry-ready
and keep them engaged with the
current trends in the Edtech world.
Innomatics provides students access to
various engagement platforms where
they can learn real-time problems and
communicate with the industry experts.
Furthermore, it has also been awarded
as the biggest training institutes
because of the ambiance, innovative
training methodologies and expert
trainers.
Opening Doors to Opportunities
Innomatics has been featured in Times
of India and awarded with The Times
Education Icon Award for the best Data
Science and Digital Marketing
Category. Also, the institute has been
awarded by Times Group as Best Data
Science and Digital Marketing Insitute,
at the Education Icon 2019-2020. Such
prestigious awards and its quality of
education helped the institute to
become an authorized training partner
for IBM. The institute has successfully
collaborated with top-notch companies
and possesses a dedicated placement
vertical. With this placement cell,
trainees can take advantage to enter the
business world and solve the
complexities.
1) We have been awarded by Times
Group as Best DataScience and Digital
Marketing Institute. Education Icon
2019-2020.
2) We are partnered with IBM and now
we are authorised training partner for
IBM.
Nearly 30+ students with well-paid
salaries have been placed in the fortune
companies as of 2020. The institute
continues to help over 1000 companies
to recruit the best candidates, who can
upskill the business requirements and
elevate business growth.
Until now, the institute has solved 20+
business cases and helped 40+ industry
experts, to leverage the business by
resolving the complexities in AI, Data
and Facial Recognition.
Views on the Industry
According to Innomatics, Data Science

WORDS OF TRUST
creates a great impact in every sector -
be it in the commercial areas - it helps
in understanding the customer
behaviors, securing the data, etc. In
hospitality, Data Science helps to
detect and analyze the diseases in prior,
digital marketing to target the right
audience, speech recognition, fraud
and risk detection. Hence, Innomatics
believes that Data Science will rule
the world with its incredible eruption
in the coming years.
Hence, the institute desires to explain
and communicate the value of data
science which it brings to the
organization for a better decision
making; demonstrate how
methodologies can be applied within
and across virtually in any sector to
understand and optimize opportunities.
It also envisions innovation and better
tools to improve how organizations
gather information, curate, interpret
and utilize data.
Investing in the Future
Innomatics claims it doesn’t wish to
develop its own business but
consistently strives to be a bigger part
of business transformation. Its motto is
to train every student with the right
skillset and help companies to recruit
the right candidates.
In the next two years, Innomatics aims
to create the PAN India presence and
pave the way to create more Data
Scientists. Apart from the training, it
intends to bridge and maintain the
balance between the businesses and
jobs through its consulting services.
Apart from the existing courses, the
institute aims to leave traces in other
technologies such as Fintech, Cloud
and Quantum Computing and aspires
to put India at the top of the world in
the analytics sector in the years to
come.
Innomatics Alumni has spread across India in
fortune companies. Here is what they have to say:
Innomatics Research Lab is one of the best data
science training institute in Hyderabad. I joined here as
soon as I completed my bachelor’s to attain a great job.
This team suggested me to go with a data science
course; for the first two days, I heard the demo and just
got impressed by their teaching and, with no second
thought, choose this course. I’m almost about to
complete my course, and no doubt, they are Turning
me into a very well qualified data scientist.
- Vinay Keerthi
One of the best learning institutes in Hyderabad, I say!
In every aspect, the Innomatics research labs Institute
has proved to be the best for me. The topics and
projects covered in Machine Learning were real-time,
and it helped me understand the basics along with
high-level stuff, equally well. Thank you, Innomatics, for
turning me into a Young data scientist!
- P V Meenakshy
I joined Innomatics as a student and an Intern at the end
of December 2018. It has been a conscious experience
to date. I got to work on some interesting projects and
case studies as a Data Science Intern. The mentors at
the Institute are talented, experienced, yet friendly.
They are always ready to help. It has been a great
experience, and I am sure I will benefit a lot from it in my
career.”
- Sai Chaitanya

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In the present era of rapidly-changing IT industry, it is
important for students and educators to keep pace with the
going-ons. Also, understanding where they stand amid
competition, and the skills they need, are crucial to ascend the
corporate ladder.
Whereas, in regards to educators, identifying new knowledge
and skills to sustain in the IT industry and its applications in
the real world requires research. It helps the educators to give
the students a more realistic picture of what the industry needs
and the newer developments out there. Moreover, it lets them
guide the students on how to be effective in newer roles that
are necessary to these developments.
Nevertheless, educational institutions are finding it difficult in
equipping the students with necessary knowledge and skills,
for different reasons. The online Edtech platforms and
institutions are not properly equipped, either by way of faculty
or proper infrastructure.
Thus, every year, a majority of the workforce released into the
job market is mediocre and under-skilled. These
underachievers thus face trouble finding the right jobs.
DataTrained, an Edutech company appears to have identified
the need to equip the students with necessary skills to traverse
the constantly changing industry landscape. The organization,
for students and professionals, has navigated its path by
emphasizing on enhancing skills and building a good profile.
Inclusive Coverage
Headquartered in Bangalore, DataTrained offers a host of
industry-sponsored programs in Management, IT, Banking,
HR, Finance, and Artificial Intelligence. The programs are
integrated with latest software, real-world scenarios, and case
studies, keeping pace with the latest industry requirements.
From offering study material, practice tests, and exciting tieups
with Universities and Industry Partners, DataTrained helps
youngsters to advance themselves in contemporary
technologies. It has partnered with the leading universities like
Cornell University, Purdue University, DY Patil University,
and Open University.
On the modalities of the courses offered at the company, the
students can either opt for certificate programs or diplomas.
The programs are tailored to meet industry standards, besides
being offered for short periods.
Following are the programs offered in collaboration with IIM
Jobs and multinational companies like IBM:
• Two years MBA Program
• Ten months PG program in Data Science, Machine Learning
and Neural Networks
th
• Three years Full Stack Development Program for 12 pass
students
th
• Three years Management Program for 12 pass students
• Nine months Cloud Computing Program
DataTrained is a leading Analytics company, also specialized
in providing Big Data solutions and Artificial Intelligence
aided decision making for retail customers.
It has designed such an academic model that imparts
international approach into the students’ minds. It helps the
students convert themselves into corporate professionals ready
to take on the ever-demanding corporate jobs.
Going beyond the traditional focus on data concepts,
DataTrained takes a wider approach in introducing students to
the real world of data. This includes an immersive
development of logical reasoning and an inquiry-based
approach tailored towards building data aptitude.
An Eminent Mastermind
Rashid Khan, the Founder & CEO of DataTrained, has a
decade of experience in the IT and training field. He believes,
skill enhancement is the only way forward whereby India can
develop a pool of talented professionals ready to face the
inevitable technology revolution.
Mr. Rashid Khan has been instrumental for adding internship
to the data science programs. His extensive experience across
multiple industries and a deep analysis in the technology and
education sector made him realize the loopholes and identify
the responsibilities to do more. He regularly interacts with the
industry veterans who help him to design and deploy latest
programs.
Ever since setting up DataTrained, he has developed an
inclination towards technology and its use to drive businesses
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and firms by inculcating knowledge into students who are
going to drive the industry sector.
Live Experiences
DataTrained is the only institute that has added ‘Internship’ as
a core part of its curriculum.
It interacts with the analytics industry experts to build a
curriculum that is focused more on practical knowledge and
experiences.
Throughout all the programs it caters, it provides students with
internship opportunities in a variety of fields, which in turn
could keep them in good stead when they start to work. During
internships, the students work on various projects or products
related to Data Science and AI. A particularly intriguing
internship thus makes their CV stand out from the crowd.
The Flagship Program
DataTrained offers a Ten months PG Program in Data Science,
Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence. Students enrolled
for the program undergo four months of live training and six
months of online internship with partnered companies.
Most recently, the DataTrained 10 months PG program in Data
Science, Machine Learning and Neural Networks topped the
ranking of ‘Top 10 Data science/institutes in India’. This
ranking was published by Analytics Jobs.
The program, in collaboration with IBM, introduces students to
an integrated blended learning, making them experts in
Artificial Intelligence and Data Science. It leverages
comprehensive coverage of all aspects of Data Science such as
descriptive, predictive, prescriptive with both Statistical and
ML algorithms.
The IBM Watson Cloud Lab
As a part of previously mentioned 10 months course, students
get exclusive access to IBM cognitive classes. These classes
include self-learning content on Machine learning, Deep
Learning, and Building Chatbots using Watson assistant.
Once the AI and Deep learning modules are completed,
learners get access to its Cloud Lab which can be then
accessed for six months. Students thereafter, can work on
hands-on projects on AI, like building Chatbots, NLP systems,
Speech to text bots etc.
Upon completion of this Master’s Program, candidates get
certified from IBM and DataTrained. The accomplished
candidates are recognized with:
• USD 1200 worth of IBM cloud credits
• A 24/7 access to IBM cloud platforms featuring IBM Watson
Rashid Khan
Founder & CEO at Data Trained
and other software
• Industry-recognized Master’s Certificate from DataTrained
Education in collaboration with IBM
A Glance at Career Opportunities and Exposures
In the recent past, DataTrained underwent placement season
activities. A total of 134 recruiters had participated to hire 350
students including 25 first time recruiters. The average salary
offered to the students of management programs was 4.5 Lacs
per annum, whereas the highest salary offered, was 21 lacs per
annum. Moreover, students who opted for Data Science
programs saw the maximum surge in salary offers. More than
52% of the students were placed with a package of over 10 lacs
per annum.
Due to its consecutive recruitment drives and partnerships with
national and multi-national companies, students at DataTrained
st
get placed in least time. They start working at the end of the 1
year of the management program itself.
The Way Forward
DataTrained already possesses two campuses in Noida. In the
days to come, it is all set to inaugurate five more campuses in
the major Indian metro cities, along with expansion plans in
UK and US markets.
In the forthcoming months, DataTrained is planning to launch
a program called ‘Entrepreneurship Essentials’, which will
continue for one month. The one month Classroom based
entrepreneurship program aims to kick-start businesses.
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The Ever Growing
Big Data
s data, generated by services like web browser
Ahistories, social media activities or even fitness
apps, continues to grow, the demand for data
management and analysis is also increasing
proportionately.
Big data has become more popular with the advent and
increasing use of mobile technologies which is creating
indefinite user data.
Customer Acquisition and Retention
Customer is the most important asset any business
depends on and no business can claim success without
having established a strong customer base. Hence,
understanding customer and their behavior is critical for
both online and offline business success.
The advent of big data is allowing businesses to analyze
customer patterns and trends. To meet market demands
and competition, businesses are providing personalized
experiences to customers. They leverage every bit of
information about the customers and shoppers. This data
is helping businesses to strategize their next moves from
innovative offerings to everything it says that is going to
serve the customers best.
Driving Innovation and Product Development
Organizations are streamlining as much data as would be
technically possible before designing new product lines
and re-designing the existing products.
It has offered a range of benefits to businesses and
organizations including, efficiency, improved turnaround
time, fault tolerance, and availability. These are some
aspects that have significantly lowered the cost of
processing.
Given below are some important features of big data
tools that have potentially simplified the process:
Connectors: There are many systems and applications in
the world. Big data integration tool has many pre-built
connectors which minimize the operational time of the
team.
Open-source: The open-source architectures typically
provide more flexibility while helping to avoid vendor
lock-in.
Portability: Since companies are moving to hybrid cloud
models, big data integration enables to run the operations
anywhere: on-premises, hybrid and in the cloud.
Cloud Compatibility: The big data integration tool offers
single-cloud, multi-cloud, and hybrid-cloud
environment. It enables to run in containers and use
server-less computing to minimize the cost of big data
processing.
The Businesses Embracing Big Data
Life Sciences: Clinical research is expensive and a slow
procedure. Advanced analytics, artificial intelligence
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(AI) and the Internet of Medical Things (IoMT) have
unlocked the potential improving speed and efficiency at
every stage of clinical research. It can now deliver more
intelligent and automated solutions.
Banking: Financial institutions process large amount of
unstructured data to make sound financial decisions. Big
data analytics has allowed them to access the
information they need when they need it, by eliminating
overlapping, redundant tools and systems.
Manufacturing: Manufacturers wrestle with difficult
problems - from complex supply chains, motion
applications, labor constraints to equipment breakdowns.
Big data analytics to the manufacturing industry has
allowed competitive organizations to discover new cost
saving opportunities and revenue opportunities.
Healthcare: In the health care industry patient records,
health plans, insurance information and other types of
information are difficult to manage. Application of the
new technology can analyze large amounts of
information, both structured and unstructured. The
healthcare providers can now efficiently provide lifesaving
diagnosis and treatment options in least amount
of time.
Government: Certain government agencies face
challenges- tighten the budget without compromising
quality or productivity. This is particularly troublesome
with law enforcement agencies, which are struggling to
keep crime rates down with relatively scarce resources.
But, integration of big data analytics and streamlining
operations using technology has given a more holistic
view of criminal activities.
Retail: Customer service has evolved in the past several
years, as savvier shoppers expect retailers to understand
exactly what and when they need it. Big data is helping
retailers to meet these customer demands. Armed with
endless amount of data from customer loyalty programs,
buying habits and other sources, retailers now have an
in-depth understanding of their customers. They can also
predict trends, recommend new products and boost
profitability.
A Key to Competitiveness and Opportunities
Big data has evolved as a knowledge repository
increasing opportunities and competition as well. Also,
demand is one of the influencing factors that plays an
important role in benefit and growth of an organization.
Since the evolution of Big Data, the IT industry has
unveiled numerous job opportunities for the IT
professionals. As the demand for processed and analyzed
data is increasing, the demand for different kinds of big
data professionals is also rising.
Besides big data Analytics, there are many other career
options such as data scientist, big data manager, data
engineer, and machine learning researchers available in
this sector.
What’s next for big data?
With the explosion of cloud technologies, the need to
wrangle an ever-growing sea of data has become a
ground-floor consideration for designing digital
architecture. In a world where transactions, inventory,
and even IT infrastructure exist in a purely virtual state, a
good big data approach creates a holistic overview by
ingesting data sources which will impact the
organization.
The big data trends point towards a continual reduction
in on-site physical infrastructure and an increasing
reliance on virtual technologies. This evolution will
bring an increasing dependence upon tools and partners
that can handle a world where machines are being
replaced by bits and bytes that emulate them.
Big data isn’t just an important part of the future, it may
be the future itself. The way that the business,
organizations, and the IT professionals who support them
approach their missions will continue to be shaped by
evolution in how data will move, stored and understood. T R
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Takeaway
Rahul Puri
Head of Academics
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Education
Breeds
the Right
Information
It is everywhere in this day and age. Whether we
like it or not, social media and the digital age
means that we are bombarded by more information
and news than any generation in history. At times the
overload is so much that it is hard to focus on what is
important much less try to figure out what indeed is the
actual truth with so many conflicting stories circulating
on a variety of platforms, all suggesting they have it
‘right’ and more importantly - ‘first’.
We can blame all this on technology but the real culprits
here are us. Using a wonderful and historic technology
like the internet for such shameless purposes of selfpropagating
messages to fulfil sometimes unscrupulous
and many times greed based interests is extremely low
but it is the reality of the world we live in so better that
we learn how to distinguish the real from the fake and
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Rahul Puri is the Head of
Academics of India’s finest film,
communication and creative
education institute, Whistling
Woods International & Managing
Director of India’s leading
entertainment company, Mukta
Arts Ltd. A business graduate from
Kings College London, he started
his career as an investment banker
at UBS Warburg. Rahul Puri moved
to Mumbai in 2002 and worked in
the sector of Corporate Finance &
Strategy before he joined Mukta
Arts Ltd. to produce and distribute
Indian films. Rahul contributes to all
aspects of the company now
including production, distribution,
financing, marketing, and exhibition.
He was keenly involved in the setup
of Whistling Woods International
and now is setting up and building
out a chain of Cinemas under the
brand name of Mukta A2 Cinemas.
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the lies and falsehoods from actual facts. ‘Fake news’ is
a way of life today with people ditching serious, well
researched journalism and information that takes time to
collate and verify with WhatsApp forwards that are
instant and usually sensationalist and almost always,
utter nonsense.
So for the younger generation, which has not grown up
relying on newspapers and Television coverage (which
by the way is also quickly becoming corrupted by this
‘breaking news’ environment in a bid to stay relevant),
their news sources are what they read on their smart
phones through their social media platforms of choice or
through their messaging apps that send and receive
unverified information faster than the speed of thought.
How then can education be positioned to help this
generation distinguish the false narratives from the real
truths? How do educators help young people read the
information they are presented and ensure that they can
spot the biases, slants and untruths strategically
presented within to shift perceptions and alter our
understanding of incidents and happenings to suit a few
people with vested interests?
Critical reasoning is something that must become
compulsory in all schools so that students growing up
can logically and rationally reason out things and
thereby develop a sense of quickly understanding
whether something that has been said, is likely true or
not. This is a vital skill which is lacking in a majority of
school curriculums which try to further the cause of
memory-based knowledge of ‘facts’, which are destined
to fade over time rather than giving young people the
skill to quickly reason out a problem given to them and
use simple techniques to judge the best course of action.
Standard school curriculum should quickly move away
from asking objective questions which rely on recall and
head their assessments to subjective questions which
call for opinion based on logical reasoning and choices
which can then be reviewed and questioned by teachers.
This gives young people the basic platform to approach
the barrage of information which is flowing at them and
rationalize what looks right and wrong quickly through
simple logical questioning.
Students must also be compelled to learn about the
media. This seems strange because there are a number of
courses like drama and film that are in some curriculum
and syllabus around the world but again, these are craft
based teachings and not really teachings that focus on
criticism of the media platform itself. It’s fine to learn to
critique a piece of content, but what about critiquing the
platform that distributes that particular content. A solid
understanding of the media and the way it works, both
as a platform as well as a business will give young
people a solid education into what to be vary of and how
to question the things that the media is circulating in the
name of ‘fact’. This is extremely vital today with the
expansion of digital media into our homes and personal
spaces.
What sources of information are credible? How to look
for inconsistencies within text? How to spot bias in
words, language, mannerisms, images, etc.? All these
can be taught to young people in a means that gets them
to question. The key here, which many of you have
probably noticed, is for that teaching itself not to be
biased or prejudiced in the first place or else students
will see things only from the perspective lens of their
faculty. However, once taught, these are skills that
students can use to apply to their own judgements as
well. And I have seen many a student over-turn their
own opinion, which they believed well informed, after
researching into a multitude of sources and removing
their prism of bias that they viewed an incident through.
It is critical therefore to first start this exercise by
students themselves understanding that they can only
open themselves up to searching for real information in
this information overloaded age, once they are clear
about what their own biases are. Everyone has them.
You reading this, me writing it. We are all a function of
our experiences and the things we have seen, read and
heard around us. All rational and critical thinking begins
when we question these in a way to remove the blinkers
of myopia that constrains us. Then perhaps we can begin
to see what is correct information and this is something
only education and the removal of ignorance can do.
Thus it is vital for schools and colleges to begin to build
into their learning pedagogy an ability for students to
shape their own individuality not just in creativity but
first in the lens that they view the world around them in.
This then makes all education and learning unique and
valuable to every single student listening.
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India, one of the biggest startup hubs on the planet is
seen as one of the desirous places when it comes to
investing. In today’s startup buzz, data science has
become an essential skill, due to the crucial nature of data
and information. It attracts many professionals from all
industries because of their interest and handsome salaries.
However, many students and professionals struggle to
harness the subjects’ necessary attributes.
Hence, organizations across India are taking initiatives to
fill the massive employment gap in the Data Science sector.
They are devising ways to equip the youth of the country
with the required skills. Among them, SocialPrachar is a
prominent name when it comes to delivering quality
education and training in terms of Data Science. It is India’s
full-service Digital Agency and Professional Courses
Training Partner.
The Enthusiastic Duo
SocialPrachar started its journey back in 2014 from a small
2BHK house in Kukatpally, Hyderabad with a team of three
people. The members included the tech and marketing
enthusiasts, Divya Channa & Mahesh Babu Channa. The
couple started SocialPrachar with a mission of providing
quality education to students who are looking for joboriented
courses.
To ensure their goal is achieved, both of them invested all
of their savings for office infrastructure and built a small
team for operations. The goal was to use top-notch talent,
state-of-the-art technology, and infrastructure to deliver a
pleasant and premium experience of learning to its students.
Uplifting Students’ Confidence and Spirit
With great investments in its infrastructure, SocialPrachar
has created a productive learning ambiance for all its
learners. It has an AI Lab for students to work on real-world
projects with mentor’s guidance. It uses high-end GPU
systems which helps students to work on Heavy Projects.
The institute’s advanced industry-ready curriculum helps
students to master the job-ready concepts. SocialPrachar
conducts one-on-one personal sessions with expert trainers
& mentors for its students to ensure they master the
concepts. It has an assessment type portal, DIGITAL
LEARNING PORTAL which helps students to check their
knowledge with short and simple questionnaires.
By regularly conducting Hackathons, the institute rewards
its students for their efforts and helps students to
re-discover their inner strength and abilities.
For its remarkable work, SocialPrachar received ‘Academy
of the Year 2019’ at 7th Asian Education Summit 2019,
Mumbai.
Creating Opportunities
SocialPrachar believes that its success depends on its
students’ success. To achieve the same, it has a dedicated
HR team for all job support. The institute has trained over
5000+ students in the last five years with 100% job
placements after successful completion of the course. It has
served over 100+ clients on Digital Marketing and Artificial
Intelligence as a Service (AIaaS).
It has corporate tie-ups with around 1000+ companies that
offer internship opportunities for all its students.
The institute has formed alumni of 3000+ people for a daily
dose of job updates. They also refer to SocialPrachar’s
students for opportunities in their respective organizations.
Making Learning Affordable
The high demand for quality coaching for Data Science and
Artificial Intelligence means that fees are always high.
Students have to pay a huge sum between 45,000 to 1 lakh
to enroll into these coaching classes which makes things
unpredictable for them and their guardians.
Herein, SocialPrachar comes and makes learning
affordable. Its fees depend on its costs in thoroughly
screening, onboarding and training Expert trainers, and
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providing the students with a pleasant learning experience.
Its course prices deliver the maximum value to its students.
The institute states that it did not want to get into
competitive pricing and at the same time, not want to
double or triple the prices with no rationale.
Views on Data Science Sector
According to SocialPrachar, Data Science disruption is
taking place in diverse industries like Edutech, Fintech,
Healthcare, and Transportation where it is growing at a
minimum of 2X year-to-year.
The institute believes that companies in consumer lending
are redefining how to assess creditworthiness using
Machine Learning algorithms. Healthcare startups are using
data science to move ever-closer to personalized medicine.
They are using artificial intelligence to examine images like
X-rays and MRIs to diagnose problems quickly and
accurately.
In transportation, traffic management agencies are able to
use real-time traffic and weather data to predict traffic flows
and manage emergency
response. As the utilization of
data science in these industries
matures, SocialPrachar believes
other industries will also emerges with
new applications for data science.
A Dream for the Nation
SocialPrachar claims to be a pioneer in providing
Data Science & Artificial Intelligence courses with a
perfect in-house team of experts and mentors from IITs &
IIMs. It has been constantly rated 5 by all of its 5000+
students and clients.
SocialPrachar wants to continue its mission of delivering
the same quality of education to reach its mission of
training 10,000+ job-worthy candidates by 2025, ensuring
India progresses and achieves the zeniths of success.
for more details : https://socialprachar.com/
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