CAREER TRANSITIONS

Data Science, Machine Learning And Big Data

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 upGrad Summary
Introduction

Data Science has been a growing career option which is bound

to thrive exponentially in the coming years. Here we curate
20,000+
Enrolled Learners

stories of upGrad learners who took our Data Science program

and successfully transitioned into job roles, aligned with their

400%
professional aspirations.

At upGrad, our objective is to help individuals climb their future

career ladder and transition smoothly into promising job profiles.
This handbook has career transition stories that will make you Highest Salary Hike

realize your own potential and help you take a step towards your
long term professional goal.

₹72lpa
Highest Salary

Program Benefits
57%
Average Salary Hike

Personalised Best of academia

300+
industry guidance and industry

Recruitment Partners

Dedicated student
mentors
Cutting-edge curriculum.
Multiple
specialisations available
700+
INDUSTRY EXPERTS, MEntors
to help learners succeed
Career
Services

Career fairs and hackathons

• Recruitment Drive to connect you with the best talent admirers in the industry
• Get access to a wide range of opportunities and find the perfect job
• Participate in group projects and challenges with exciting rewards
• Apply your learnings to real industry problems

Job boards
• Qualified opportunities from top organisations
• 100+ open roles across domains across cities
• 50+ new companies hiring every quarter
• Increase your chance of getting interviewed by 3x

Networking sessions
• Network, collaborate and learn together with your batchmates
• Get access to an alum base of over 10,000 from over 500 companies

Career coaching
Working with you to identify best suited career opportunities
• Help you define your value proposition
• Lay out a Career Path and help you adhere to your timelines and goals
• Help you with interview preparations, finding jobs in the market, salary negotiations
and other prep as required

Industry mentorship
• Get personalised career advice through 1-1 sessions with industry experts
• Personalised live feedback on assignments, case-studies and solutions of all academic
and career queries
• Receive unparalleled guidance from industry mentors, teaching assistants and graders
• Get interview ready via profile building- resume reviews, employability tests and mock
interviews

Just In Time interviews

• Access to Just In Time Interviews - An interview before your actual interview
• Get your interview scheduled within 3 days and get instant feedback
 Our Alumni
Work At

PROGRAM SUMMARY

12,600+
Enrolled Learners
₹72lpa
Highest Salary
400%
Highest Salary Hike
58%
Average Salary Hike

upGrad has a network of over 100 companies who look to recruit graduates from our
programs. Some of these well-known companies include:
 From
Our Alumni
“My experience with upGrad has been wonderful. A lot of what I have learnt is
being applied in my new role and I am grateful to upGrad for making me capable
of receiving a 350% salary hike. The case studies taught at upGrad are very
relevant and to the point, making it easier to understand”

Nitin Shukla
Machine Learning, January 2019

Senior Solutions Senior Machine

From To
Developer, ITeS Firm Learning Engineer

“upGrad programs teach industry-relevant skills and my experience with upGrad has
been great, which resulted in my income increasing by 210%. My student mentor was
very supportive and I would recommend the program to my friends. The entire team
at upGrad is highly responsive and the content is proving to be very useful in the real
world.”

Bhagyashree Nolkha
Data Science, September 2018

Business Analyst,
From
ITeS Firm To Program Manager

“Special thanks to the upGrad Content & Delivery teams for giving me valuable
insights for the Case Study. This program helped me get a great salary as well. The
student mentors are very helpful and take the trouble to help you even at odd hours,
which is commendable.”

Aaqib Mustaq Khan

Data Science, March 2018

Fresher Associate
From To
Data Engineer

"The Program helped me in getting this role. They were impressed with the Program
curriculum. I will be working on detecting customer frauds and building chatbots.
Whatever I have learned through the program will definitely help me ahead as well."

ANKR Chandra Sekhar

Machine Learning, March 2018

Senior
From On a Break To Vice President
Consumer Finance
 Career
Transitions

Abhishek Singh Ankita Das Ekta Abrol Jai Krishna

MIS Executive Associate - Associate System Administrator Fresher
Sector: F&B Data Research & Analysis Sector: IT Sector: NA
Sector: BFSI
Senior Data Analyst Sr. Associate-Business Insights
(Oct'19) Subject Matter Expert (June'18) (Dec'19) Business Analyst (Nov'19)

Batch: March 2018 Batch: March 2018 Batch: Sept 2018 Batch: Sept 2018

Shadab Hussain Damodar Bandi Shubhadip B Deepshikha

Data Scientist Global Supply Chain Analyst Technical Project Manager Senior Associate
Sector: IT Sector: Software Sector: Tech Solutions Sector: Tech

Sr. Technical Project

Analyst (July'19) Sr. Business Analyst (Aug'19) Manager (Oct'19) Data Analyst (Nov'19)

Batch: Sept 2018 Batch: Dec 2018 Batch: June 2018 Batch: March 2019

Rohit W Hariharan S Vignesh Ramakrishnan Dhruv Goswami

Quality Assurance Tester AVP Engineer 1 Professional Product developer
Sector: BFSI Sector: BFSI Sector: IT Sector: IT

Python Automation Engineer Senior Applcation Analyst

(July'19) Project Manager (Aug'19) ML Engineer (Oct'19) (Oct'19)

Batch: Jan 2019 Batch: March 2018 Batch: Mar 2018 Batch: Sept 2018
 Sri Harsha Ravi Ayush Modi Ashish Y Aditya Patwal
Principal Data Associate Consultant Asst. Manager Senior Associate Technology
Structure Engineer Sector: IT Sector: Sector: IT
Sector: IT Manufacturing/Production
Senior Software Engineer
Senior Data Scientist (Nov'19) Marketing Analyst (July'19) Business Analyst (Sept'19) (July'19)
Batch: C6 - March vv2018

Batch: Sept 2018 Batch: March 2018 Batch: Sept 2018 Batch: March 2019

Ganesh Varanasi Sagnik Banerjee Gokul Talele Vamshidhar G

Analyst Senior Analyst Asociate Manager - Analytics Senior Engineer
Sector: BFSI Sector: IT Sector: Pharma/Healthcare Sector: Automobiles

Sr. Unit Manager-Risk Analytics Assistant Manager - Analyst

Data Scientist (July'19) Data Scientist (Aug'19) (July'19) Science Group (Nov'19)

Batch: March 2018 Batch: March 2018 Batch: March 2018 Batch: March 2019

Ansuman Das Anshul Srivastava Mohit Mamgain Aakash Dusane

Risk Analyst Business Analyst Internship Software Engineer
Sector: IT Sector: BFSI Sector: IT Sector: Software

Specialist Data Analyst (Aug'19) Associate Consultant (Aug'19) Data Analyst (Aug'19) Data Scientist (Aug'19)

Batch: March 2019 Batch: Sept 2018 Batch: March 2018 Batch: Dec 2018
 Tejas Wagh Sujit Nalawade Abhishek Singhal Subhanshu Rathi
Fresher Software Engineer Data Analyst Service Manager
Sector: IT Sector: Energy Sector: Telecommunication

Data Analyst (April'19) Data Analyst Decision Scientist (Dec'18)

Sr. Data Analyst (Aug'19)

Batch: March 2018 Batch: Sept 2018 Batch: Sept 2018 Batch: March 2018

Sudha Choudhary Nishant Chalasany Anshul Kumar Sylvester Pinto

Fresher Project Manager Analyst Senior Software Engineer.
Sector: NA Sector: Agro Sector: BFSI Sector: IT

Internship - AI Engineer Analytics Operations Lead

(July'19) (July'19) Data Science Intern (Aug'19) Data associate (June'19)

Batch: June 2018 Batch: March 2019 Batch: March 2019 Batch: Dec 2018

Anu Khuranna Vaibhav Deshpande Santosh T Nidhinraj

Sr Associate Data Engineer Project Lead IT Analyst
Sector: IT Sector: Automobile Sector: Engg. Services Sector: IT

Associate Manager (Aug'19) Big Data Developer (Aug'19) Solution Architect (Aug'19) Tech Lead (July'19)

Batch: March 2019 Batch: Sept 2018 Batch: March 2018 Batch: Sept 2018
And many more...
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upGrad's programs in
Data Science,
Machine Learning
and Big Data.

Company Information:
upGrad Education Private Limited,
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Dr. Annie Besant Road,
Worli, Mumbai - 400018

Email: datascience@upgrad.com
Contact: 1800-210-2020