‘Life is a gift and I don’t intend on wasting it. You learn to take life as it comes at you…to make each day count’ – Titanic
This statement precisely underlines my outlook towards life. Having grown up in a family devoting utmost importance to education and discipline, a focused perseverance towards achieving goals and ‘earning’ the right to deserve what you covet were qualities that got instilled in me since childhood. This helped me excel throughout my career, both academically and professionally. Be it implementing ambitious projects, learning intricate technologies or delivering client presentations; my proclivity to take up challenges and the “Impossible is just an option” attitude makes me a go-getter. My overarching goal in life is to apply my technical aptitude to solve real-world problems for the betterment of society.
In this era of unprecedented revolution in technology, any estimation of its potential to alleviate the problems prevalent in the community would be an understatement. With grave challenges that loom largely in today’s world, Information Systems hold the key to serve as a panacea. From natural resources management to environmental regulation and medical innovations to economic alleviation, information systems have the ability to transcend political, geographical & temporal barriers, and craft revolutionizing solutions. Techniques like statistics, data mining and machine learning enable predictive analytics which allow estimation of outcomes before