More than 150 students from across Mumbai came together to attend a two-day statistics workshop, Sankhyiki, in January. The theme was “Data Science and Python Training.” In its eighth year, the annual event surpassed all benchmarks.
Sankhyiki featured speakers such as C.G. Venkatesh, CoP lead – data science at Larsen and Toubro Infotech; Madhumita Ghosh, big data analyst at IBM India Private Limited; Leslie Rebello, director of L.R. Associates Private Limited; and Harshil Gandhi, associate technical consultant working with SAS Institute India.
The chief guest was Vyom Upadhyay, head of analytics and business intelligence at ICICI Bank. He focused on the emerging field of big data, emphasizing that statistics should be used to promote business growth. When asked to pick between proprietary and open source software, he picked open source, reasoning that many minds working together on any idea is better than a few.
Several students were honored with the following awards:
Best Summer Internship Award
Rajitha Nair and Hiteshree Lad (first prize), Priyanka Joglekar, and Cheryl D’Souza
Business Analytics and Data Mining Championship
Shreya Kekre and Shrea Piplani
ISPS Master’s of Science Student Project Competition
Meghna Dineshan, Rutika Vagal, and Karishma Iyer (second place)
Taking into consideration the significance of machine learning in the global arena, the second day was dedicated to Python training. Harshil Gandhi, an associate technical consultant working with SAS Institute India, led the five-hour session, which was attended by 60 students.
Sankhyiki 2018 ended by meeting its goal: unveiling the real power of statistics.
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