The UNFOLDING LANDSCAPE A/\4 Insightful TECH TALK DR. K V DAKSHINAMURTHY ONE OF INDIA'S TOP 10 ANALYTICS ACADEMICIAN(hel Aw Learn DATA SCIENCE from the e+ * ANALYTICS Leaders The world’s prestigious list of '18 big data certifications that will pay off’ published by Cl0.com on 20th April 2017 includes COLUMBIA ee wht! UNIVERSITY Cerlification of Professional Achievement in Data Science INS@FE Hyderabad Bengaluru Certificate in Engineering Excellence Big Data Analytics and Optimization Stanford Mining Massive Data Sets University Graduate Certificate For the complete list, visit: www.cio.com/article!2457266/certifications! 1 6-big-data-certifications-that-will-pay-off.html INSOFE offers PGP Data Science Big Data nalts certification program (formerly CPEE] through its campuses in Hyderabad and Bengaluru The duration of this classroom based, weekends only program is 6 months. For information, please visit: www insofe.edu.in Follow us on www. facehook.comlinsofegloballandscape of DATA SCIENCE -—_ . Iris on era of Artificial Intelligence, Drones, and Digital revolution. Data Science is one of the fastest growing indush and is toking over the world by not only adding value to businesses but also influencing the way we live. Itis a combination of discovery and innovation at its best. All the industries are moving towards data-driven decisions for competitive advantage, profitability, and customer retention. The Unfolding | ‘Many businesses from every secior ore swifly adapling fo Date Science and the success of data-driven businesses is & radiant magnet for many others. This resulted in a growing demand for highly skilled Dota Scientists and standing-out from tracitionel tech positions, Data Science jobs have started to see a severe up-surge. Data Scientists are the new-age visionaries, forecasting future trends bosed on data expertise, adding to it their business acumen, erudition, and cognition. Are Data Scientists the new masters of the universe? Business leaders & decision makers face several challenges every doy and ore widely reliant on analytics and data science. In 2017, businesses are expected to go beyond this and become more data-centric. Organizations that make data-driven decisions rather then intuition based ones, are more likely to see success in long run and this net only adds a lot of value but also helps in customer retention. Data scientists effectively use analytics and other skills 4o cnalyse trends and to create these valuable insights, thus majorly impacting the way organizations work. Transition to data-driven decisions is critical fo steer organisations in the most effective direction impacting all focets of business, tho would otherwise be doing business with trepidation of its consequences. Facts & Figures: ‘The rise of data science has resulted in business visibility and a huge upsurge leading fo numerous unperalleled opportunities. Harvard business review calling it “the sexiest job of the 21st century" has added to the movement. Data-driven companies like Microsoft, Google, Amozon, LinkedIn, Twitter and large consulting firms like Deloitte, Accenture, IBM, and others have also majorly been hit by the wave. The biggest of players, as well as the newbies and start-ups were looking to build dedicated date science teams, It surely proved to be the job with the highest demand in the years 2015 &2016. Coming years are expected to see no sign of slowing down either. While 2018 is expected fo see a rise of 490,000 more jobs, we might only have half the number of skilled professionals available to fill these positions. All the major industries have been banking on big data for profit generation and customer retention. While IT giants like Infosys invested USD 4 million in data science to ochieve greater business value, TCS attributed much of its 9.9 year-on-year growth to customer adoption of the cloud, big date and analyics. Some other major investments include, Tech Mahindra with about $10 Million to aequire 75% stoke in an analytics start-up and Persistent Systems, a1 software and Big data & Analytics solutions company with $100K in a Big Data loT start-up. On the other hand, analytics start-ups are certainly going big on Big Data as evidenced by the funds raised by them, Funds raised by Analytics Start-ups (one Ci Pe ey Million US $ 0 2 06904080] DODO «120