Panel Discussion on Analytics

The panelist during the discussion on business analytics chaired by Prof. Muneesh Kumar (centre)

The Department of Finance hosted a panel discussion on the emerging trend of Financial Analytics and Business Analytics. The speakers with their vast knowledge and experience in the industry briefed the students about the need of analytics in the business and financial world and how analytics has fuelled growth in varied sectors.

The speakers for the discussion included:
Mr. Atrideb Basu -Senior Director, Predictive Analytics Group, Cognilytics Inc.
Mrs. Sumana De Majumdar- Analysis Director, Dunnhumby
Mrs. Nidhi Pratapneni- Director, Dell Inc.
Mr. Abhishek Bansal- Associate Director, Customer Analytics, Absolutdata
Dr. Manish Gupta- Vice President- Analytics, Info Edge (India) Ltd
Mr. Krishna Agarwal- Director , Affine Analytics
Mr. Kapil Jawa- Vice President, Financial Services Analytics, Genpact

It follows the basic principle of narrowing down market and quantifying results to guide decision making. Analytics is not only being adopted by the major players with huge financial resources but smaller businesses have begun to understand its value and are increasingly adopting it. However the speakers pointed out the need for the right approach to avoid any mishaps as this can often be the case.

The students took great interest and poured in with questions about technicalities in programming, the nature of the analytics industry and its role in the path of a finance professional.

All in all, analytics has been in the limelight for all the right reasons and its journey ahead only seems to be getting better.