Name and Title of the Programme   :    Webinar on “Data Science & its Applications”

Date   :   20^th August, 2022

Organized by     :    Jointly by:-

                                  1. IEEE Delhi Section and 
                                  2. Bharati Vidyapeeth’s Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi

In collaboration with       :  1. Computer Society (CS) Chapter of IEEE Delhi Section
                                          2.      Consultants Networks ffinity (CNA) Group of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            3.      Inter Society Relations (ISR) Standing Committee of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            4.      Industry Relations (IR) Ad-Hoc Committee of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            5.      Life Members Affinity (LMA) Group of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            6.      IEEE Technology Engineering and Management (TEM) Chapter of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            7.      IEEE System, Man and Cybernetics (SMC) Chapter of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            8.      IEEE Computational Intelligence Society (CIS) Chapter of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            9.      IEEE Communication Society Chapter of IEEE Delhi Section
                                            10.  The Institution of Electronics and Telecommunications (IETE), Delhi Centre
                                            11.  The Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), Delhi Section
                                            12.  Computer Society of India (CSI), Mumbai
                                            13.  The Institution of Information Technology Professionals, New Delhi
                                            14.  The Institution of Media Professionals, New Delhi
                                            15. AICTE’s IIPC of BVICAM, New Delhi
Report:

The Webinar, being organized as part of celebrations of 75th Anniversary of glorious independence of India, was held in the benign presence of senior dignitaries from all collaborating societies and chapters. The webinar was aimed to give a comprehensive view of “Data Science & its Applications" that can be applied to enhance the intelligence and the capabilities of an application. Prof. M. N. Hoda, Director, BVICAM and Vice Chairperson, IEEE Delhi Section, welcomed the dignitaries and the participants. He emphasized and motivated the participants to keep learning continuously regardless of disruptions, all around us. He introduced the topic and also focused on the fact that in the backdrop of Industrial Revolution 4.0, technologies like AI / ML and Data Science are becoming increasingly pervasive in our day to day life..
Ms. Sumita Narang, Sr. Software Development Manager, Amazon India was the lead speaker of the webinar. She, in detail, discussed the Fundamentals of Data Science; Data Science vs BI; Data Science vs Statistics; Roles and responsibilities of a Data Scientist, Data Science Challenges, Types of data analytics - Descriptive, Diagnostic, Predictive, Prescriptive and their Real
World applications for different types of analytics specially in the areas like consumer, healthcare, manufacturing, telecom, etc..

The session concluded with Question & Answer session where participants willingly asked their queries. Prof. M. N. Hoda gave his heartfelt appreciation to Ms. Sumita Narang for her valuable session. He also thanked all the participants and panellist for giving their precious time in attending this webinar and making all the webinars hosted by BVICAM, a huge success. Dr. Ritika Wason, Associate Professor, BVICAM, New Delhi and Ms. Ayushi Chopra, Assistant Professor, BVICAM, were the conveners of the webinar and has coordinated the entire webinar. The other faculty members of BVICAM; Mr. Uttam Singh Bist was working at the backend to make it successful and present it, in seamless manner, to the participants. The webinar attracted huge participation from across the world and Bharati Vidyapeeth's Institute of Computer Applications and Management (BVICAM), New Delhi, proved itself, once again, as a perfect host.