What do you do when nobody tells you where to begin? For Taniya Chouhan, the answer was simple: begin anyway. She didn’t grow up with a roadmap to competitive exams or college admissions. COVID had disrupted the years when most students discovered those pathways, and coaching options in her hometown were limited.After Class 12, she…
At 18, Mrityunjay Chakraborty had already considered becoming a scientist, a civil servant, a professor and, briefly, something close to Tony Stark. None of those plans lasted long. He discovered JEE, changed schools, considered IISc Bangalore, abandoned JEE and eventually joined the IIT Madras BS Degree in Data Science and Applications after receiving an email…
Even those who have a proclivity for science can fall short of crossing the boundary of entrance examinations. Kshitij Maheshwari was one such student, falling back to taking admission in a BTech in Electrical Engineering at Zakir Hussain College of Engineering. However, by the end of his first year, he knew pursuing a career in…
For many students, Computer Science is an abstract exercise – a world of clean code, perfect datasets, and controlled lab environments. But for Anuraag Shukla, the true value of Data Science lies in its ability to untangle the messy, unpredictable realities of the real world. Anuraag’s journey into the IIT Madras BS Degree in Data Science…
The interplay between concepts and domains has been a historic originator for ideas that change how we observe the world around us, and Veekshitha Thamanna was one such person who could perceive that overlap. Coming from a background of Commerce, having completed her B. Com and pursuing a Chartered Accountancy, she would soon come across…
For those who possess an enduring curiosity, education is never a destination but a lifelong journey. Maddala Venkata Shannkara Lakshmi Narayana embodies this spirit of continuous learning.Having completed his BTech in Electrical Engineering in 1984, MTech in Computer Science and Engineering in 1986, and a second MTech in Industrial Engineering in 1989 from IIT Delhi,…
If you asked Sachin Sinha to draw the roadmap to his career, he’d probably refuse. Not because he can’t, but because every time he thought he had figured it out, life quietly redrew the map. Engineering didn’t work out. Geology wasn’t exactly Plan A. Data Science arrived unexpectedly. His first software job involved Java, even…
Recently, Dr. Shrey Gupta sat down with his brother-in-law – an engineer preparing for an artificial intelligence job interview – and offered to help him revise. Five minutes in, the engineer stopped him. “I feel like I’m the doctor,” he laughed. “I don’t understand what you’re saying at all.” For Dr. Gupta, a pediatrician and…
For Yasaswi Kapila, the IIT Madras BS Degree in Data Science and Applications wasn’t just an academic credential; it was a career catalyst. What began as a search for a structured programming path during his engineering studies transformed him into a professional Data Scientist. Yasaswi joined the program’s first batch in 2020 while simultaneously pursuing…
Covid brought with it a new, unseen, world, transitioning people from one thing to another. Anupratee Bharadwaj, a BSc holder in Aviation was no exception for her domain had gradually decelerated to a standstill. As someone who loved learning, she kept looking for opportunities to grasp at. Eventually, her family would be the ones to…