Data Analytics
Pratap Shankar Gharge | Executive President & CIO | Bajaj ElectricalsWhat is Data Analytics?
A Career in Data Analytics is very interesting. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to find information about What Data Analytics actually is. Most pages on the internet just talk about How to get into Data Analytics. Just like you would normally not trust a non Doctor with names of medicines, you should also not trust opinions about Data Analytics from non professionals.
Executive President & CIO Pratap Shankar Gharge has worked in Data Analytics for 34 years & 2 months. Here is how Executive President & CIO Pratap Shankar Gharge detailed Data Analytics:
Data analytics or analysis is a process of inspecting, cleansing, transforming, and modeling data with the goal of discovering useful information, informing conclusions, and supporting decision-making
How Executive President & CIO Pratap Shankar Gharge got into Data Analytics?
After completing my graduation from Shivaji University, Diploma in Computer Management from Mumbai University and an MBA (Operations Research) from IGNOU, I started my career with Simplex Textile Mills as a Programmer (1984-85) and post that I was associated with Bajaj Electricals for 33 Years and retired as an Executive President & Chief Information Officer.
Executive President & CIO Pratap Shankar Gharge's Talk on Data Analytics |
|
Starts with what is: | |
1) | Data Analytics |
Next, it covers Education. It was a welcome change to see the Talk touch upon Education as theoretical knowledge needed to excel at Data Analytics, and not merely as Qualifications needed to enter Data Analytics. Here is a list of Education items required for Data Analytics: | |
2) | Statistics |
3) | Programming Languages |
4) | Domain knowledge |
Then, the Talk focuses on the most important component that is Skills. Sills and success in Data Analytics go hand in hand. One needs to get a hold of essential skills. Here is a list of Skills required for Data Analytics: | |
5) | Analytical Skills |
6) | Keen Learning |
7) | Communication |
8) | Decision Making |
It is important to get an understanding of the Positives of Data Analytics. This Talk defines Positives in terms of following items for Data Analytics: | |
9) | Dynamic Job |
10) | Specialized Job |
11) | Monetary Benefits |
After a discussion on Positives, Challenges complete the caricature of Data Analytics: | |
12) | Demanding Job |
13) | Fast Changing Technology |
In the final section of the Talk, Pratap Shankar Gharge talks about How a day goes in a Career in: | |
14) | Data Analytics |
Install the LifePage App to:
- (for Free) Watch Executive President & CIO Pratap Shankar Gharge’s full Data Analytics Career Talk
- (for ? 100 or ? $ 1.4) Do a Self Assessment on Data Analytics to calculate your Dream Index, which is defined as:
According to Pratap Shankar Gharge your chances of success in Data Analytics is __%
- Access your personalized Dream Index Report which will have all your Dream Indices sorted in descending order.


How to get into
Data Analytics?
If you are want to get into Data Analytics, start by investing in a Career Plan.
The 14 hour process, guided by a LifePage Career Advisor, will help you introspect and check whether your interest in Data Analytics is merely an infatuation or is it truly something you wish to do for the rest of your life.
Next, your Career Advisor will help you document how you can get into Data Analytics, what education and skills you need to succeed in Data Analytics, and what positives and challenges you will face in Data Analytics.
Finally, you will get a Career Plan stating which Courses, Certifications, Trainings and other Items you need to do in the next 7 years to become world’s best in Data Analytics.
LifePage Career Plan
14 hour personalized guidance program


Your LifePage Career Advisor facilitates your guided introspection so that you systematically explore various Career options to arrive at a well thought out Career choice.
Next: your Advisor helps you figure out how you will get into your chosen Career and how will you develop the skills needed for success in your Chosen Career.
LifePage Plan will not stop at saying "to become an Architect study Architecture". It will guide you on which Certifications, Trainings and Other items you need to do along with your Architecture education to become the world's best Architect.
Links for this Talk
Executive President & CIO Pratap Shankar Gharge's LifePage:

[LifePage]
https://www.lifepage.in/page/pratapshankargharge
LifePage Career Talk on Data Analytics

[Career]
https://www.lifepage.in/careers/data-analytics

[Full Talk]
https://lifepage.app.link/20181118-0001

[Trailer]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPWnY9BKoFU
(Data Analytics, Pratap Shankar Gharge, Bajaj Electricals, Executive President, Chief Information Officer, Data Scientist, Analyst, Data Management, Analysis, Search Analyst, Data Management, Data Governanace)