I feel pleased to introduce our new Educator Ambassador for 2024, Sumitra Pundlik from Marathwada Mitra MandalCollege of Engineering, in the western Indian city of Pune. Sumitra has been an Educator since the last 15 years and is currently working as an Assistant Professor at Marathwada Mitra MandalCollege of Engineering.
Sumitra teachesvarious subjectsrelated to Data Analytics such as DBMS, Advanced DBMS, Machine Learning, Big Data Analytics. She has also taught R and Python Programming including different Business Intelligence and Data Analytics technologies including Qlik Sense.
Sumitra has been a member of the Qlik Academic Program since the last three years and has also successfully earned the Qlik Sense Business Analyst Qualification. After earning this qualification, she supported the learning journey of more than 400 studentsof different academicinstituteslike NMIMS,Hyderabad, VJIT Hyderabad,MIT ADT University and encouraged them to pursue Qlik Sense Business AnalystQualifications.
According to her, “The Qlik Academic Program provides a great opportunityfor students to access many online resources and different qualificationsand certifications including Data Literacy, Qlik Sense BusinessAnalystand Qlik Sense Data Architect. The interactive material of the academic program helps students to excel in the field of data analytics”.
Further she adds, “I have been spreading awareness about the Qlik AcademicProgram and its benefitsto other engineering collegesby conducting expert sessions via social media platforms”
Sumitra says, “Moving ahead, we are keen for internship and job opportunities for our students who have a good understanding of Qlik Sense and have earned the academic program qualifications.”
In Sumitra’s words, “Data literacy is my interest and I want to educate every data science enthusiast about the importance of data literacy.”
She feels it’s her mission to create more awareness about data analytics and encourage use of Qlik Sense.Data is the new fuel, and it is driving the current industry, she further adds.
When Sumitra is not teaching, she likes spendingtime with her son, Viraj. She is focusing on upskilling herself in recent trends, also taking care of her health and following a workout routine.
We are looking forward to working closely with Sumitra during her tenure as an ambassador and creating more links with Universities in Pune and rest of India.
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The Qlik Academic Program is proud to announce our 2024 class of Educator Ambassadors. Academic Program Ambassadors are educators who champion the Qlik Academic Program at their universities and beyond, with a passion for preparing students for the data driven workplace.
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The past couple of weeks have been packed full of guest lectures and hands on sessions for students eager to learn about Qlik Sense and the Academic Program!
Last month, I had the opportunity to visit Hyderabad and meet some of the Academic Program Partner Universities there. Hyderabad, as a city in particular has been quite engaged towards the academic program. Its also where the first Centre of Excellence in Analytics of the Academic Program was set up in VJIT.
This time around plan was to visit VJIT, Anurag University, NMIMS Hyderabad and BVRIT.
After I landed at the airport, I headed straight to VJIT and like I said, this is a special relationship on account of the fact that the first CoE was set up and also we've had hundreds of students registering into the academic program and getting qualified as Qlik Sense Business Analysts and Data Architects from here. I met with the educators who are active in teaching students data analytics and related subjects and thereafter, addressed over 100 students in an auditorium
Thereafter, I proceeded towards the campus of NMIMS which is one of top private universities in India with multiple campuses across the country, including Hyderabad. A very special reason to visit NMIMS was Dr. Siddhartha Ghosh with whom the association began when he was with VJIT and instrumental in setting up the CoE and is now the Director of the NMIMS campus. After meeting him, it was nice to address a student crowd of around 100 who are pursuing their MBA studies. Various initiatives were discussed and the immediate one was to conduct a small hands on session on Qlik Sense for the students which is being organised on October 2nd. .
On the next day, I visited Anurag University and the Educators along with members of the Data Analytics Club. The University had organised a session with students to encourage their participation into the academic program. The Data Analytics Club which comprises of student members is a wonderful initiative to support the exchange of ideas in analytics and foster this subject among students. It was nice to address a large gathering of students and talk about various developments in analytics and also about the free resources of the academic program.
Next was a visit to BVRIT which is an all girls Engineering Institution. With BVRIT, we' ve had a special engagement due to the fact that a couple of years back, few students were recruited from the campus by a Qlik Partner, Diagonal. These students had completed the Qlik Sense Business Analyst Qualification and basis that, they were hired by Diagonal. During this visit, I interacted with the Director and other Educators and addressed a group of students. Most of them were learning data analytics as a specialised subject in their course.
Overall, an engaging and fruitful visit to Hyderabad! Look forward to embarking on the various initiatives discussed.
To know more about the Qlik Academic Program, visit qlik.com/academicprogram
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