Ninety per cent of the world data is generated over the last years, says a report. And to make sense of these data deluge we have advanced technologies such as big data and analytics which is touted to be the next big thing according to several reports. Business leaders from across industries and domains are gearing up to tackle this impending data deluge to an extent that this could turn out to the next frontier for innovation and competitive advantage.
Industries like banking, ecommerce and healthcare have already made significant strides by unlocking values of data and making real-time decisions thereby improving the next generation of products and gaining on new customers.
While certain businesses such as the ones cited above are up to gain greater benefits, more and more industry verticals including real estate or insurance are seriously considering to join the bandwagon by capitalizing on dataanalytics to be able to move to the next level of their business transformation.
Now, for organisations to transform with their big data strategies, it's imperative to have talents with must-have technical analytics skills such as SAS, R and technical computers science skills such as Python and Hadoop, along with visualisation capabilities.
Ironically, despite being applauded as the sexiest job of the 21st century, the demand for qualified data scientists today far exceeds the availability of professionals to meet the swelling needs of organisations to utilize real-time insights for decision making.
In India alone, experts foresee a dearth of over two lakh data scientists in 2016 while theUnited States alone could face a shortage of over one lakh people with analytical skills.
Here, we tried making an effort to feature the top data scientists and analytics wizards from India who have made significant contributions to organisation globally and in India, have academic accomplishments, and made efforts to better the greater society.
Disclaimer: The list is based on available public data. We tried to pick the best of India-born data scientists based on data from multiple sources, like LinkedIn.
Industries like banking, ecommerce and healthcare have already made significant strides by unlocking values of data and making real-time decisions thereby improving the next generation of products and gaining on new customers.
While certain businesses such as the ones cited above are up to gain greater benefits, more and more industry verticals including real estate or insurance are seriously considering to join the bandwagon by capitalizing on data
Now, for organisations to transform with their big data strategies, it's imperative to have talents with must-have technical analytics skills such as SAS, R and technical computers science skills such as Python and Hadoop, along with visualisation capabilities.
Ironically, despite being applauded as the sexiest job of the 21st century, the demand for qualified data scientists today far exceeds the availability of professionals to meet the swelling needs of organisations to utilize real-time insights for decision making.
In India alone, experts foresee a dearth of over two lakh data scientists in 2016 while the
Here, we tried making an effort to feature the top data scientists and analytics wizards from India who have made significant contributions to organisation globally and in India, have academic accomplishments, and made efforts to better the greater society.
Disclaimer: The list is based on available public data. We tried to pick the best of India-born data scientists based on data from multiple sources, like LinkedIn.
Charu Aggarwal
DJ Patil
Vasant Dhar
Pulak Ghosh
Deepak Agarwal
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