Patna
Women’s College organized Prarambh : A Lecture Series for Student Career Development.

On 05th January 2023, The Mother Veronica Excellence & Innovation Centre MVEIC, Patna
Women’s College organized Prarambh : A Lecture Series for Student Career Development.
The session was conducted in two slots. Topic for the first slot was “Data Analytics as a
Career Option”. The Resource Person for the first slot were Dr. Tanushree Biswas, Assistant
Professor, Quantitative Methods, Xavier’s Business School, St. Xavier’s University, Kolkata
and Dr. Tuhin Utsab Paul, Associate Professor and Head, Department of Computer Science,
St. Xavier’s University, Kolkata.
The programme started with the welcome address by Professor Alok John, Director, Mother
Veronica Excellence & Innovation Centre MVEIC and Dean, National, International
Collaboration and Consultancy Services.

Dr. Tanushree Biswas, Assistant Professor, Quantitative Methods, Xavier’s Business School,
St. Xavier’s University, Kolkata, started the session by explaining the topic “Data Analytics
as a Career Option” She explained that Data analytics is a fast-paced, challenging career
centred on problem-solving and thinking outside of the box. As a data analyst, one must work
with several different teams who require good skills and knowledge to provide everyone with
insights into how they can improve their processes.

Thereafter, Dr. Tuhin Utsab Paul,
Associate Professor and Head, Department of Computer Science, St. Xavier’s University,Kolkata talked about the Data science which is an interdisciplinary academic field that uses statistics, scientific computing, scientific methods, processes, algorithms, and systems to
extract or extrapolate knowledge and insights from noisy, structured, and unstructured data.
The Resource Person for the second session was Dr. Sitangshu Khatua, Associate Professor,
Finance, Xavier’s Business School, Xavier’s University, Kolkata. The topic for the session
was Know Thyself : An Interdisciplinary Approach to Knowing Oneself and Thinking Out of
Box” He started the session by explaining the meaning of Interdisciplinary learning which
empowers the students to explore different perspectives and views. The whole session was
interactive as the students took active participation in the various mind-stretching brain
games. The whole lecture series was moderated by Nishtha Vatsa, Vice-Premier, Student
Council, 2022-23.