About the guest:

After graduating from D. J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, Chirag went to the US to pursue his Masters in Computer Science from Stony Brook University.

After graduating he joined Aunalytics as a data scientist and now he is the Director of Data Science there. Chirag recently moved back to India to work in the education field.

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ichiragmandot/

Key Insights in this Episode:

• Becoming an effective leader  [10:00]
  
• Difference between Indian and US education environment [20:00]
  
• How to get started in data science?[39:00]
  
• How has the pandemic affected students[57:00]
  

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Timestamps:

[0:00] Why engineering?

[6:30 ] Robo wars

[8:00] Easy solution Story

[10:00] Effective leadership

[12:40] Why Masters and STONY Brooks

[16:00] Transition from Mumbai to US

[20:00] Difference between Indian and US education environment

[23:00] Living in a small US town

[24:00] Data Science + Aunalytics

[27:00] Working at Aunalytics

[31:00] Aunalytics

[34:00] How to apply insights from data and make a business decision

[36:00] What is a data scientist?

[39:00] How to get started in data science?

[42:00] Day-to-day

[46:00] Mayak Tutorials

[51:00] Advice for people just starting out

[56:00] Near future plans

[57:00] How has the pandemic affected students

[61:00] Next generation of students

[66:00] Top 3

[73:00] Rapid Fire

[82:00] NTO

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About What the HAT!?

We are three friends who met in our engineering college catching up with our old friends and acquaintances in this show.

Each guest has a different journey, different story, and different insights.  We are connecting and learning from people who have carved their journeys from creating funded startups in India to key roles in big companies. We are talking to people who went to Ivy League colleges and are academicians in India. We are working on gathering stories from these great minds.

This is the podcast for you if you are currently pursuing or have completed engineering. If you haven't studied engineering, this podcast is still for you, as we will dwell deep into various industries and sectors such as finance, technology, supply chain, manufacturing, chemical, education, and a lot more.

Each journey is inspiring. Each story gives you an opportunity to learn something new.

Extraordinary insights from not so ordinary people.

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