One Week online Short Term Course Inaugurated at GNA University : ‘This course will be very beneficial for budding engineers as this is one of the most emerging areas in the market and companies need students with Data Analytics skill set’ S. Gurdeep Singh Sihra, Pro-Chancellor
One Week online Short Term Course Inaugurated at GNA University
GNA University, Phagwara today inaugurated a one-week online short-term course (STC) on “Data Analytics using R” which will be from May 24, 2021, to May 28, 2021. The researchers, students, and other participants from industries all over the globe are participating in this online course.
The renowned expert from CSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh, Dr. Urvashi Nag will be the resource person in this STC and she will give a practical demonstration of various data analytics tools throughout the week. During Inauguration, she said, Data Analytics has become an integral part of almost all areas of Engineering, management, social sciences, humanities, and research. The advancement in computing technology has further raised the importance of data analytics and placed great demand on its applications to complex decision-making problems.
Data analytics technologies and techniques provide a means to analyze data sets and take away new information which can help organizations to make informed business decisions, she added.
This STC will address issues in data analytics like the selection of appropriate analytical tools, the right software, interpretation of outputs and techniques to tackle data analysis problems using the powerful open-source language R. The participants will able to understand how data is created, stored, accessed, and how the organization works with data and creates the environment in which analytics can flourish.
Gurdip Singh Sihra, Pro-Chancellor, GNA University said that this course will be very beneficial for budding engineers as this is one of the most emerging areas in the market and companies need students with Data Analytics skill set.
He congratulated the organizing team for organizing such a mega event in this difficult time. On this Occasion, Dr. V.K Rattan Vice Chancellor, GNA University said that GNA University always take a lead to train students and the community on recent advanced technologies.
Dr. R.K. Mahajan, Registrar, GNA University said, data analytics is a multidisciplinary field focused on finding actionable insights from large sets of raw and structured data. Dr. Monika Hanspal, Dean, Academics, and Dr. Vikrant Sharma, Dean, Engineering were also present on the occasion.
