Banasthali Alumni Alma mater Connect - Dr Anu Brookins CISCO USA Talks on Data Analytics

It is an undeniable fact that Alumni Affairs divisions of most institutions reach out to their alums with the sole goal of donations forgetting the fact that the time value of alumni is much more than the time value of money they donate.

Human capital is just as beneficial to the sustained vitality of a university and can be just as important, if not more, than purely financial support. Alumni can offer to mentor current students, volunteer to speak at events, share experiences, arrange internship opportunities, placement help, engage with Alma mater on social media, fill out alumni surveys, continue rapport with clubs at Alma mater, counsel prospective students.

Since the days of print newsletters and magazines are over, Universities should have an open mind to reach out their alums through social media which is undeniably the most popular way to reach out to people across various latitudes and longitudes and also be willing to work out technology based lecture delivery using Zoom video communications etc.

While the ivy league institutions Oxford, Cambridge, Stanford, Harvard, Columbia, UCLA, Purdue, MIT Insead, LSE, etc are well known for their high degree of alumni Alma mater connectivity, some of the high profile examples of alumni connectivity with Alma mater in India include Birla Institute of Technology and Science - BITS Pilani, ISB, Hyderabad, IIT Bombay, IIT Madras, IIM Ahmedabad and last but not the least Banasthali which happens to be the World’s largest fully residential women’s University.

Leader, Digital Process Continuous Improvement Center of Excellence at Cisco USA, Dr Anu Brookins who did her schooling from Banasthali is also an adjunct professor for her alma mater. On 19 Aug 2018, despite her busy schedule, she gave her time to give a talk on Data Analytics for the Computer Science students of Banasthali. The lecture theatre was packed with over 250 students. Her talk covered introduction to data analytics, different types of analytics, maturity levels of companies in analytics, and different career options within data analytics - from data collection and wrangling to customers’ behavioral analytics, social media analytics. When she explained how data analytics has matured from older statistical analytical techniques to more modern Data Science and Neural Network analysis, there was a thunderous round of applause. The lecture ended with a lively question answer session. Prof Sarla Pareek and Prof Manisha Jailia coordinated and anchored the lecture proceedings.

It is worth mentioning that Dr Anu Brookins in December 2017 had contributed USD 5001 for installing a scholarship in the name of her mother Smt Sudha Narayanan who was a founding pillar of the Home Science Department of Banasthali and another in her own name Anupama Narayanan. As per the scheme of this scholarship, the topper of BSc Home Science every year would get Rs 10,000/- and the topper from Banasthali School who had taken up Mathematics would get Rs 5000/-.

When it comes to alumni Alma mater connect, Banasthali is always a notch ahead of others.

For more details about Banasthali see http://www.banasthali.org/

About Banasthali: Established in 1935, the Institution which is also the largest fully residential women’s university in the world has played a big role in revolutionizing women’s education and empowerment in India for the last eight decades. Banasthali has scripted numerous success stories in a wide range of fields, and stands tall among the citadels of learning in India today. . Proud to be Banasthali alumni who call themselves as Banasthalites can be found in all latitudes, longitudes and altitudes in all walks of life across the globe. Banasthali has the pride of being chosen as a Faculty Development Centre under the MHRD Govt of India Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT) as well as for hosting Atal Incubation Centre (AIC) by NITI Aayog. Banasthali also has Quacquarelli Symonds QS Four Star Ranking and Diamond Status.

Banasthali Vidyapith
Banasthali Rajasthan – 304022
Phone 91 1438 228456 / 228341
Email: info@banasthali.ac.in
Website: http://www.banasthali.org
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