The story of how a five-membered team used empirical data to do good for a village tucked away in a rural corner of Northern India — NOTE: All terminology and theory that has been the backbone of our team’s studies on this project are attributed to the preparatory workshop conducted by the Live in Labs Team at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham, India. In the summer of 2018, I had an opportunity to be a part of a…

I have been working as an Analytics Engineer for the past 17 months at a fast-paced consultancy. We deliver complex, end-to-end solutions to some of the biggest clients across telecommunications & retail. That’s the part I love. The part I don’t love so much is how hard it often is…

Saving animal lives with data — In my last article, there was a theory-driven discussion on animal shelter analytics. The article focused on the need for analytics at shelters, the challenges and possible solutions to these challenges. One of the main challenges of analyzing data at the shelter was the reduced quality of data collected. …

An Introduction to Animal Shelter Analytics — It is currently estimated that there are about 5,000 independently-run animal shelters in the world. I personally feel there might be more. The efficiency of operations at these shelters depend largely on their ability to satisfy their main objective, usually to optimize select metrics. …

8 Actionable Tips to Turn Heads With Your Work — The most important part of building one’s career in a field is to be known by one’s work. When it comes to data analytics, having impressive projects to showcase your knowledge and expertise trumps all other methods, including certifications and courses. So, how does one build an impressive project? Even…

Organizing a 20-day campaign revolved around learning and teaching Data Science — Being a beginner in data science does pose obvious challenges such as being overwhelmed by the sheer expanse of topics to cover, the ever-persistent impostor syndrome, spurious knowledge and confusion induced by online articles. A good way to tackle these challenges could be to start learning together as a community…

Traditional literacy won’t help children navigate the age of social media — When Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1990, he had also laid out the foundations for modern age social media. Some of you might like to call it the “Age of Information”, for obvious reasons. But, I see this as the “Age of Misinformation”. The concept of propagation…

In order to improve as a student of the data world, realise that everybody around you is an able mentor — You have finished working on your first data science project. It’s simple, but works. You are amazed by how much you have learnt while working on it. Now, you wish to share your work to the rest of the world. So, you begin writing a blog. …

Promoting mental health — more than a social obligation — It is ironic how we realize the preciousness of life only when it ceases to exist. Likewise, we fail to identify with the concept of mental health until somebody takes their own life. A suicide is a horrible event, and I can be sure of this having seen one at…