The transition from staring at a 13-inch screen at home to a lush, green campus of a renowned institute, filled with students, monkeys, and deer doesn’t just happen. Unless, you’re one of those people who jump at every opportunity, collecting a plethora of experiences that can sometimes be more valuable than a certificate, depending on…
When Aniket Kalra was pursuing the IIT Madras BS Degree in Data Science and Applications, there were nights when he would look up from his laptop and it would be 3 AM, and he had to be at the office in a few hours. He’d been a working professional at a defence organisation for years…
Retirement or a slower pace of life is often the goal after a demanding career, but for Kavita Lele, it was never part of the plan. When she left her role as an Associate Project Manager at Accenture to be a mother, it was supposed to be a brief pause. Two years turned into eight,…
Three days before the interview for this article, Diya Nathwani was in a room where a million-dollar deal was being signed. It was a coincidence, she says, almost laughing it off – the same way she laughs off most of the remarkable things that have happened to her. At 23, Diya is a creative consultant,…
In January 2021, with a quiet determination to rebuild his academic journey, Anupam Kumar Jha enrolled in the IIT Madras BS Degree in Data Science and Application, marking the beginning of a transformative chapter in his life. He initially enrolled in the program as a learning opportunity, but it soon became a transformative four-year journey,…
Archit Handa’s first brush with AI came from a robotic arm. Growing up in Gurgaon, he was fascinated by machines and the logic behind that made them move. A Class 11 Yashawa internship introduced him to the teach pendent – controlling a robotic arm in just a few inputs. “I just had to give two,…
At 19, when most students are just starting college and figuring out life for themselves, Sadiya Maheen Siddiqui is already in the Degree level of the IITM BS Degree in Data Science and Applications. She scored 99.29 percentile in JEE Mains and qualified for Advanced, but the whirlwind began right after – counselling, options, and…
Shagun Dwivedi’s academic journey does not follow a straight line, and that is exactly what makes it special. While she was deeply interested in computer science, she knew early on that a conventional engineering degree was not the path she wanted to take. At the same time, she was equally drawn to history and the…
Zeyuan Song, based in Oklahoma, discovered the IIT Madras BS program while searching for remote computer science degrees. What truly convinced him was IIT Madras’s proven reputation and track record of producing industry leaders, developers, and CEOs across India and the US. “I knew the university was at the top, and I thought the program…
At 48, Kaushik V had everything a domain consultant could want: two decades in FinTech, a CA qualification, and the respect of industry peers. But more often than not he found himself sitting in meetings, watching technical teams build products he couldn’t fully understand. He was an expert in business, but struggled in technology. “I…