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Pune, India – September 15, 2022 – Infocepts, a global leader in end-to-end data analytics solutions organized a data engineering hackathon in collaboration with MachineHack, an online platform for machine learning and data science competitions.

Over recent years, eCommerce has acted as a disruptive force for the retail industry and changed shoppers’ buying behavior. From personalizing shopping experiences to making informed decisions, retailers are turning to data for answers. Through this hackathon, Infocepts sought solutions from participants to address the most pressing problems online retailers face.

Running from August 27 to September 09, 2022, this hackathon was targeted towards data engineering and data science professionals across the globe to tackle important problems on a deep dataset that captures the online behavior of eCommerce shoppers. The participants used their data engineering skills to parse through millions of retail eCommerce data points and make sense of shoppers’ purchasing habits.

The hackathon saw 500+ participants competing with zeal and they presented a variety of solutions to win the top prize, an all-expenses paid trip to Retreat, Infocepts’ annual workcation in Agra.

McLean, Virginia—Jul 08, 2022— CDO Magazine has featured our Senior Director, Ben Dooley in the Leading Data Consultants for North America List 2022. The award recognizes the instrumental role consultants like Ben play in enabling organizations to become data-driven.

“It is an honour to be recognized as a Leading Data Consultant in North America by CDO Magazine. Solving business challenges with advanced data solutions is my passion! “, said Ben Dooley on this recognition.

CDO magazine is a global publication with focus on data and analytics content desired by C-suite executives. The magazine connects CDOs throughout the globe and has created a platform where the best ideas, innovations, companies, and leaders are celebrated.

McLean, Virginia—June 28, 2022— Infocepts’ Aparna Prabhudesai has been named the 2022 ‘Diversity Leader of the Year’ as part of the ‘Women in IT Summit & Awards series – Asia Edition’ organized by DiversityQ in association with Information Age. With this award, Aparna who heads OD & Leadership Development at Infocepts, joins the advocates and role models who are working towards a more inclusive tech sector. The award panel recognized her as a tech leader who goes above and beyond with her work, expanding far beyond just gender diversity.

“Diversity & inclusion is not just about women in the workplace, it is also about taking cognizance of two other major contributing groups that have very minimal representation, the LGBTQ community and persons with disability” commented Aparna after she was announced as a winner. She also took the opportunity to thank Infocepts for giving her complete autonomy to drive various diversity and inclusion initiatives in the company.

The complete list of all award winners can be viewed here.

Nagpur, India—April 17, 2022— The year 2022 marks the first year of the annual Infocepts Foundation scholarship program that includes a grant of INR 50,000 for each recipient and a 360-degree career guidance program. The guidance program includes regular mentoring sessions, internship opportunities, projects, and assignments. The goal of the scholarship program is to achieve a seamless campus to corporate transition and advance career opportunities for the recipients.

The Infocepts Foundation received more than 500 applications. After a rigorous evaluation process, 24 engineering students specializing in Computer Science, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Data Science & Data Analytics were selected for the scholarship program. The selected students are enrolled in some of the best engineering colleges such as Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Yeshwantrao Chavan College of Engineering (YCCE), Ramdeobaba College of Engineering, G H Raisoni College of Engineering and many more.

The scholarship ceremony was organized at Infocepts’ MIHAN, Nagpur campus and presided by Shashank Garg, Co-Founder & Director and Smrita Dubey, Chief People Officer. The event was also attended by top representatives from the educational institutes, Infocepts leaders, members of the press, and the recipients’ parents.

During his address, Shashank Garg shared his experience on what career opportunities data and analytics offers. He appreciated the students for their achievement. Smrita Dubey shared more insights about Infocepts’ social initiatives. Dr Micah Aiyub, Head Social Initiatives, Infocepts, shared that the scholarship program goes beyond covering fees to secure a promising future with a special focus on all-round development.

The recipients’ parents expressed their heartfelt gratitude to Infocepts. Some of them explicitly mentioned the difference Infocepts Foundation’s scholarship program had made to their lives considering the hardships they were facing since the Covid-19 pandemic.

The event concluded with felicitations for college dignitaries and Hi-Tea.

Nagpur, India—April 17, 2022— Infocepts, a global leader of end-to-end data & analytics solutions has been named the ‘Best Exporter of the Region” in the 4th edition of VIA & SOLAR Vidarbha Udyog Gaurav Awards 2021. The awards program honored entrepreneurs and industrialists for their efforts and untiring work in bringing development and providing employment in the region.

The Best Exporter of the Region award was presented to Infocepts in recognition of our socio-economic contributions to Vidarbha, our market position, innovativeness, delivery of end-to-end data & analytics solutions to leading global organizations and our CSR focus.

This award is yet another milestone that is bringing us closer to our vision of being recognized as a global leader in D&A solutions and seen as an aspirational career destination for current and future associates.

Here are some more of our recent recognitions:

Analytics India Magazine (AIM), India’s leading technology magazine that covers analytics, data science and big data related developments has listed Infocepts in its list of Top 50 Companies in India for Data Scientists to Work For in 2022. Having won the Great Place to Work® recognition in December 2021, this is Infocepts’ second recognition in the workplace category.

Infocepts received this distinction from among hundreds of employers surveyed and ranked by AIM based on how well suited a company’s policies are for their employees across five parameters – Learning & Support, Productivity & Engagement, Benefits & Well-being, Rewarding Excellence and Diversity & Inclusion.

The report also recognizes Infocepts as among top 15 employers in Rewarding Excellence – attracting the right data science talent and motivating them to stay at the firm and continue working with a drive. Some key highlights of Infocepts data science competency include:

  • Dedicated data science competency with focus on predictive modeling, cluster analysis, NLP, network analysis, recommendation engines, computer vision use cases
  • Twice a year data science bootcamps to upskill/cross-skill associates in AI/ML
  • 80 hours of mandatory best-in-industry skills training on latest tools and advanced analytics & data science concepts
  • Strong partnerships with AWS, Alteryx, Dataiku and other industry leading tools for our key learning and development initiatives
  • A dedicated ‘Associate Development Program’ designed for Career Development and mentorship for all associates
  • A ‘Smart Learning Path Framework’ to help all associates assess their current skills and evaluate skill requirements to go to the next level of their career track

AIM’s Top 50 Companies in India for Data Scientists to Work For index helps organisations understand where they stand in creating a favourable work environment for their data science professionals. The study details a company’s incentives and people programs such as training and development, benefits and well-being, productivity, diversity to help data scientists looking for new opportunities find an ideal match.

The desire to deliver an exceptional customer experience (CX) is stronger than ever among organizations across the globe. The successes achieved by leading customer-focussed businesses with their CX initiatives vindicate the need for others to follow suit. In a bid to overcome challenges faced by customers and identify the most desirable intervention for better CX, companies have begun aggregating data from their Voice of the Customer (VoC) programs and mining their dark data to build unified Customer Data Platforms (CDP).

As the long way to the top continues to be dictated not necessarily by legacy or size but by CX, Shashank Garg, our Co-Founder and CEO provides first-hand wisdom from our learnings in this Forbes article. Read on to know more about the 5 strategies you can use to plan your CX initiatives for 2022 and beyond.

  1. Invest In Understanding Your Customer Data
  2. Mine Dark Data to Anticipate Customer Needs
  3. Unify Customer Data
  4. Build Recommendation Engines to Personalize Experiences
  5. Enhance User Experience with Mixed Reality

Talk to us to know more about how Infocepts can help you implement these recommendations.

Digital transformation is widely seen as an initiative all organizations should indulge in to stay relevant. Business managers are operating from a position of FOMO in the wake of the successes experienced by dominant players while adopting digital technologies to overcome pandemic challenges. As they find themselves caught up in a gold rush to onboard promising technologies, managers are prone to skipping crucial steps required for undertaking successful projects.

Ben Dooley, our Senior Director, provides some interesting insights on the subject in his article for Harvard Data Science Review. Ben has noted them from his interactions with top executives of leading enterprises. He has listed key considerations for managers to map their organization’s digital transformation strategy. Follow this link to be better informed.

Discussion Topic: Rapid Digitalization in the ITES Sector

On Friday, the 3rd of March 2022, Our Global CIO, Rajendra Jodhpurkar was invited to be a panelist on Cloud Roundtable Conversations hosted by CNBCTV18 and Microsoft Azure.

The roundtable conversation occurred around the ability of organizations to use technology to:

  • Make operations agile for hybrid work environments
  • Build robust backups in case of unprecedented disruptions
  • Implement recovery strategies to avoid business interruptions
  • Secure networks and applications from unauthorized access

Adding to the discussion around security breaches, Rajendra observed that “The weakest link is people, if you are not careful in terms of which email you are clicking, is it a phishing email and if you are not aware about it then no matter what kind of technology you have, it’s not going to help you. So, we are spending a lot of time in building that awareness.”

Play the video to indulge in this interesting conversation.

 

The damage to reputation and business from information systems security breaches is difficult to reverse and hurt an organization’s future growth prospects. Despite the well-known adverse consequences of cybercrimes, why do organizations struggle to prevent them? Should we revisit the “people, process, and technology” triad used by organizations to fortify their information systems? Our Chief Information Officer, Rajendra Jodhpurkar’s take on this critical subject has been covered in The Hitvada. Head over to this link for some interesting insights.