Praxis Business School is a premier institution focused on building Digital Leaders of the future. The institution celebrated a decade of Data Science @Praxis to commemorate the country’s first-ever Post-Graduate Program in the field, launched by the institution back in 2011.

To mark this occasion, Praxis resolved to bridge the Gender Gap in Technology with the unveiling of the Women in Tech (WiT) Scholarship. The scholarship was unveiled in the presence of Deepa Malik, India’s first woman Paralympics medallist, Padmashri, and Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna recipient.

The WiT scholarship will be offered across all the programs at Praxis – PGDM, Data Science, and Data Engineering – to all women who qualify for the program and meet the eligibility criteria.

Dr. Prithwis Mukerjee, Director at Praxis Business School, delivered the keynote and enthralled the audience with his deep insights into the virtual world of technology. His lecture titled “Data Science in the Metaverse” triggered imaginations of a perfectly functioning data-driven parallel universe existing at the cross-section of the physical and virtual worlds, which we could all be transported into in the near future.

Among other initiatives in women empowerment, Mr. Singh also revealed Praxis’ partnership with the NGO Change Initiatives, to promote Digital Literacy among their girl students from the school level, and with Katalyst, an award-winning NGO.

A one-time grant to Ms. Malik’s Wheeling Happiness Foundation was also announced to promote women with special abilities to carve out a career in Tech.

Speaking at the event, Deepa Malik said “People thought that after I was stuck to the wheelchair, I could not go to any place or travel. But I have proved them wrong with my determination and hard work. Being stuck in a wheelchair does not mean that you stop dreaming or fulfilling your goals. If I can achieve this much, others can too. I also believe that we should not only stand up for our rights but also fulfill our duties too”.

The Praxis Post Graduate Program in Data Science is a full-time course of nine months and the fee for the course is 6 lakhs. On average, students after completing the course have received a salary of more than 10 lakh per annum. The highest salary received to date is 22.5 lakh per annum.

Praxis admits students to their flagship PGDM course in Kolkata in July and to their Data Science Program in January and July at their campuses in Kolkata and Bangalore.

Priyanka Dutta