Group Captain Lalit Kumar: Mastering the Skies and Data
For most, a “second innings” suggests a relaxed, slow-paced chapter – perhaps gardening or reading by the ocean. But Group Captain Lalit Kumar (Retired) defies this norm. After a distinguished 25-year career in the Indian Air Force (IAF), a life built on discipline, duty, and valor, he embarked on a new challenge: Data Science. True…
Satyam Shukla’s Data Science Journey Empowered by IITM
Remarkable journeys often begin with uncertainty, sparked by curiosity or the courage to break away from the norm. For Satyam Shukla, this meant taking a bold step: he left his traditional engineering college to fully commit to the IITM BS Degree in Data Science and Applications. Satyam was on a straightforward path, joining VIT’s Engineering…
From IT Floors to IIT Madras: Vikas Jaiswal’s Professional Evolution
When Vikas Jaiswal chose to enroll in the IITM BS Degree in Data Science and Applications, he wasn’t a typical fresh-faced student. Instead, he was already a seasoned IT professional, holding a Tech Lead position in Pune with over 18 years of industry experience. You might wonder why someone so deeply ingrained in the tech…
The Best of Both Worlds: Aarushi Singh Ahlawat’s BS Degree and Beyond
Aarushi Singh Ahlawat is among the many students in the BS degree program who are also pursuing a traditional, in-person degree. So why would a B.Tech student in Electronics and Computer Engineering from Bengaluru enroll in the IITM BS Degree in Data Science and Applications? “For me, it wasn’t just about blindly training models or…
Building Connections: Soham Kulkarni’s Virtual College Experience
It wasn’t the buzz or the brand of the IITM BS Degree Program that drew Soham Sachin Kulkarni, from Nashik, to enroll – it was Mathematics. While many students shy away from mathematical rigor, Soham embraced it wholeheartedly. Soham always wanted to dive into programming, whether through Computer Science or Data Science. But the BS…
Switching gears: How Sarfaraz Khan found his footing in Data Science
With industries shaken worldwide and uncertainties looming, mechanical engineering graduate Sarfaraz, from Mumbai, found himself at a crossroads when the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the globe in 2020. He joined Tata Consultancy Service (TCS) as a system engineer – a move that marked the beginning of a new chapter in his life, and he didn’t…
From Barracks to Bytes: Abhay Bathula’s Journey from Military to Machine Learning
Once clad in “army fatigues,” Abhay Bathula now wears a different kind of uniform: data. After 2 decades in Singapore, his academic path has been anything but conventional. Post Grade 11, he opted out of the traditional school system to pursue a diploma in Financial Informatics, specializing in Finance and AI – a decision that…
Harmony and Algorithms: Athithya’s Journey in Music and Machine Learning
A passionate singer, chess enthusiast, teacher, and tech explorer, Athitya Arunakirinathan is anything but ordinary. This multi-talented individual, hailing from Sri Lanka, is currently juggling two academic degrees, including a Software Engineering program in her home country, while also pursuing the IITM BS Degree in Data Science and Applications. On top of that, she’s enrolled…
Saima’s IITM Journey: A Digital Degree, A Defined Future
When the world came to a standstill during the COVID-19 pandemic, Saima Shroff, then a 12th grader living in Muscat, Oman, seized the opportunity to embark on a bold new chapter. Fresh out of school, she recalled that her school’s shift to online learning during the pandemic was a temporary workaround. Yet, amidst a world…
Charting New Horizons with a BS Degree and Renewed Vision
Growing up, Tejas had simple dreams – one of them was to become a teacher of Mathematics. With this deep-rooted love for the subject and the childhood dream of becoming a teacher, his academic aspirations were aimed towards a BSc-B.Ed path. But as life often does, it steered him in a direction that he had…
