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Presently, there are only 10,000 - 15,000 analytics and data experts in India and there will be a shortage of 2 Lacs data scientists in India over the next few years. Big Data Analytics is one of the hottest skills
Data Science is an amalgamation of proper business understanding, mathematics, statistics, programming and communication skills. Thus one is expected to display certain skills in the role of a data scientist. Few of the necessary skills would be:
Math (e. g. linear algebra, calculus and probability)
Statistics (e. g. hypothesis testing and summary statistics)
Machine learning tools and techniques (e. g. k-the nearest neighbors, random forests, ensemble methods, etc. )
Software engineering skills (e. g. distributed computing, algorithms and data structures)
Data mining
Data cleaning and munging
Data visualization (e. g. ggplot and d3. Js) and reporting techniques
Unstructured data techniques
R and/or SAS languages
SQL databases and database querying languages
Python (most common), C/C+ Java, Perl
If you think you have the necessary skills or interest to develop these skills, Data Science would be a very good career option because of the following reasons:
Soaring Demand for Analytics Professionals
Huge job opportunities and meeting the skill gap
Salary aspects
Big Data Analytics has become a top priority in lot of organizations
Adoption of Big Data Analytics is growing
Analytics has become a key factor in decision making
Numerous choices in job titles and types of Analytics.