This Year 2015 - 16, Sunandan Divatia School of Science organized Sankhyiki on 20th and 21st November, 2015. A two-day workshop "Sankhyiki” on ‘Campus to Corporate: Career in Statistics and Analytics’. During this workshop, a series of lectures had been organized, along with panel discussion and Campus to Corporate training program for students of Statistics.
Total 207 participants participated in this workshop. (113 – College students, 31 – Industry, Academics and Alumni, 63 – SDSOS students)
113 enthusiastic students of Statistics from various colleges of Mumbai participated in this two day workshop. These students represent some of the most forward looking, progressive colleges in Mumbai such as Bhavans’ College, R J College, Ruparel College, Ramnarain Ruia College, B. N. Bandodkar College of Science, Khalsa College, K. J. Somaiya College, Sathaye College, Govt College Aurangabad, Abasaheb Garware College Pune, Pune University among others.
The program was inaugurated by the Chief Guest Mr. Jairam Sridharan, Chief Financial Officer, Axis Bank Ltd. "Statistics & Data Science – The New Differentiator”.
Other speakers during this workshop include Dr. A. P. Gore, Vice President (Statistical Services), Cytel Statistical Software and Services Pvt. Ltd. "Clinical Trials for Health and Beauty”, Mr. Sudeepta Chaudhuri, Vice President - Business Intelligence & Advanced Analytics, Idea Cellular Ltd. "Scope Of Analytics To Make Every Phone Ring”, Ms. Moumita Sarker, Director – Client Delivery, Cartesian Consulting "Analytics in Cartesian Consulting”, Mr. Nirlap Vora, SAS Practise Head - Analytics Platform (SAS and Ultramax) "Analytics in Action”, Mr. Raj Jhaveri, Manager – Education, SAS and Ultramax "Role of Education in SAS and Ultramax”, Ms. Shubhosree Dasgupta, Vice President, Business Intelligence Unit, Axis Bank Ltd. "Applications of Statistics and Analytics in the Banking Sector”.
Panel Discussion was moderated by Prof. Sunil S. Shirvaiker, Associate Professor - Statistics, Sunandan Divatia School of Science. The Panel Members were distinguished members of different sectors - Ms. Geeta Zankar, Vice President – Data Assembly and Science, Karvy Insights, Mr. Jitendra Tawde, Asst. General Manager Operations International Business Division, Godfrey Phillips India Ltd., Ms. Madhumita Ghosh, Practice Leader - Advanced Analytics, IBM India Pvt. Ltd. The scope of Analytics and the future scope of Statistics was discussed.
Mr. Leslie Rebello, Director, L. R. Associates Pvt. Ltd. conducted the Campus to Corporate Training Session during this workshop.
Sankhyiki 2015 was co-sponsored by SAS, Ultramax and Cartesian Consulting
