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There is currently a huge demand for data scientists, which is a top-trending job with attractive salaries. But what are the skills and tools that employers are looking for. It's a few years since we asked  What is a Data Scientist and How Do I Become One?  The answer given back in 2015 is still valid as a starting point: Similar to a business/data analyst, data scientists combine knowledge of computer science and applications, modelling, statistics, analytics and math to uncover insights in data . But what does this mean in terms of the skillset a data scientist should acquire. The question  How to Become More Marketable as a Data Scientist  has been tackled by the research team at  CV Compiler , a company which provides guidance on creating a convincing resume to developers and others in the software industry. For an analysis of the   s kills required by data scientists the CV Compiler team looked at 300 Data Science vacancies from StackOve...

Pune: Only two Indian companies —Tata Consultancy Services and Infosys — figure in a list of the top ten applicants for employer green cards in the six months to March 2019, a review of US government data shows. US-based technology companies such as Amazon, Cognizant, Cisco, Facebook and Google have together filed more green card applications, or those seeking talented immigrants with permanent residency to work in their offices in the United States, according to the US Department of Labor data. The Department of Labor follows an October to September calendar year. Amazon has filed 1,500 applications, the largest among the ten companies. Cognizant Technology Services, a US-headquartered IT services firm that has a large employee base in India, is second with more than 1,300 employer green card applications, followed by Cisco. TCS, with 1,009 applications comes fourth on that list, while Infosys is in seventh position, according to the data. It is as yet unclear how many of these ap...

University Grants Commission (UGC) has permitted SDM, Ujire to start three professional courses Read more at:  http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/70553169.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst Existing varsities don’t qualify, yet-to-be-set-up ones do If KREA University, Azim Premji University, Ashoka University, apart from the Indian Institute for Human Settlements and the Indian Institute of Public Health—all promising private universities—not making it to the University Grants Commission (UGC) list of Institutes of Eminence recommended to the government seems odd, its justification for rejecting these seems outright batty. The UGC says that since none of these institutes—and a handful of public universities—feature in global and Indian quality rankings, they weren’t included. Read more at:  https://www.financialexpress.com/opinion/existing-varsities-dont-qualify-yet-to-be-set-up-ones-do/1668246/ 'Spin' Hig...

Universities and colleges should develop action plans to send mid-career teachers on sabbatical leave for pursuing research and writing, a panel set up by the University Grants Commission (UGC) has recommended. The four-member committee on “Promoting and improving quality of research in Indian universities and colleges” headed by professor P Balaram, former director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, recently submitted its report to the commission. “The UGC should encourage and support state universities and affiliated colleges to put in place a rigorous but generous program that would offer sabbatical leave to mid-career teachers for pursuing research and writing books and monographs which consolidated accumulated original research knowledge,” the panel said in its report. The report said mid-career national level sabbatical awards on a competitive basis for a year may be introduced enabling 50-100 faculty-members to pursue research which may also provide an opportunity...