Press Releases of Jigsaw Academy

Data scientist redefined

Fast forward to the turn of the decade, which saw a change in how analysts were perceived and what was expected of them. There seemed to be a mismatch between how analysts worked and how they needed to work..... Read More

Jigsaw Academy and University of Chicago launches Data Science and Machine Learning Program

The program is open to young professionals working across domains or functions and features specific electives addressing the analytical needs across different industry sectors. It integrates business strategy,.... Read More

Jigsaw Academy, University of Chicago join hands

The course will equip students with the superior training required to solve real-life business problems through big data analysis, as well as technical skills on machine-learning platforms. The content and curr.... Read More

Bengaluru-based educational start-up Jigsaw ties up with UChicago

“With Jigsaw Academy’s industry expertise, we have launched a comprehensive program that equips the tech workers of tomorrow with the necessary skills to remain competitive and relevant in a dynamic industry en.... Read More

Training programme launched to meet demand for data, analytics skills

Rob Schnieders, senior associate dean, Academic Affairs, Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies, University of Chicago, noted that there has been a huge upsurge in the quantum of data bein.... Read More

Big Data, Machine Learning and Internet of Things

Data is everywhere. In the age of the Internet, even more so. Every action, every click, every online interaction creates data points. Now, clubbing these data points and analysing them reveal some exciting and.... Read More

Data Analytics: Prospective student focus for career prospects

Data Analytics involves aiding better decision-making by inspecting, cleansing, transforming, and modeling data. Data analytics techniques are used across all industries to enable people to make better decision.... Read More

Helping to develop analytical skills…

Jigsaw Academy, The Online School of Analytics in association with CityMandi, India's first wholesale online B2B e-commerce venture came together earlier this month to an Analytics contest for its students. P.... Read More

2017: A year for prolific growth in IT

This year could be the worst in a decade for the Indian IT sector. None of the IT giants are growing as expected, and predictions from the start of the year are looking completely out of sync with reality. In a.... Read More

In 2017, learn the skills to listen to data!

Data analytics has the biggest shortage of talent even though a lot of professionals are setting foot into this interesting domain. Have you ever wondered what skill sets make a professional who can read from .... Read More

Jigsaw Academy targets to touch Rs 50 crore turnover

Gaurav Vohra, CEO and co-founder, Jigsaw Academy said, “We are offering 45 courses. Some of our popular courses amongst the students community include analytics for beginners, big data for beginners, SAS & R co.... Read More

Women in data analytics, please stand up!

Sarita Digumarti, COO and Co-Founder, Jigsaw Academy, The Online School of Analytics was one of the two women ranked in the Analytics India magazine Rankings, 2016..... Read More

How to improve your analytics talent

Data Analytics is one of the most sought-after skill sets today, with students and professionals alike aspiring to be enabled with the necessary skills to derive data-driven business insights in their careers..... Read More

Jigsaw Academy, MISB Bocconi offer executive programme in biz analytics

Jigsaw Academy and MISB Bocconi recently inaugurated the third batch of Executive Program in Business Analytics (EPBA), a 10-month programme for working professionals. The big data analytics programme will be c.... Read More

4 Ways To Get Back To Work After A Career Break

Returning to work after a maternity break has never been an easy one for women in corporate jobs. Sarita Digumarti lists easy ways that can help women get back into the workforce..... Read More

Top 10 Analytics Training Institutes in India – Ranking 2016

After 2 long months of in-depth and rigorous study, Analytics India Magazine is out with its annual ranking for ‘Top 10 Analytics Courses in India’. This being the fourth in the row, AIM has always been positiv.... Read More

Bursting analytics myths

Analytics is currently one of the hottest career options. It’s the blue eyed boy of the job market; new, hot, and with a lot of potential. A report by Harvard Business Review calls analytics as ‘Sexiest Job of .... Read More

Top Places to Study Big Data Analytics Online

Whether you want to master data analytics, or starting your career, Jigsaw Academy offers an online course that covers everything that is expected of Big Data expert. Jigsaw Academy is renowned worldwide for it.... Read More

These Diwali ‘gifts’ will cheer up employees in real terms

Gaurav Vohra, CEO of Jigsaw Academy shares, “Upskilling is critical to staying competitive in today’s job market. The industry leaders we talk to always stress on the importance of not just a trained workforce,.... Read More

Is IoT the next frontier for data scientists?

IoT data transfers are almost always voluminous. The data thus generated must be analyzed if any valuable insights are to be drawn from it. In order to be successfully utilized, such large quantities of data re.... Read More

What does it take to be a successful Data Scientist in the 21st century?

About 15 years ago data science professionals were statisticians and mathematicians who were involved in data analysis but today people from different domains are coming into analytics because of its vast appli.... Read More

India’s Most Exciting Analytics Summit – Cypher 2016 Concludes on a High Note

Cypher 2016 is a result of dedicated efforts from the Analytics India Magazine’s team to bring together the analytics industry stakeholders. The event gave us an opportunity to showcase Jigsaw Academy as a bran.... Read More

Skilling professionals in analytics and big data

The volume of data generated is growing exponentially and data processing requirements are getting more and more complex and a data scientist profile requires a mix of skills that are hard to find in the curren.... Read More

Niche academies give students a leg-up in post-mooc universe

Nowhere is this more apparent than in the field of Big Data and Data Science, which the Harvard Business Review dubbed the “sexiest job of the 21st century”. There are more Big Data and Data Science jobs than t.... Read More

Jigsaw Academy launches analytics for engineers

JigsawAcademy, an online school of analytics, is launching analytics for engineers, a course designed by engineers. this course aims to equip these engineers with the data analysis skill sets that have become a.... Read More

The Working Universities

The demand for data scientists is incredibly high, but it will explode in the near future. A McKinsey report projects a need for 1.5 million additional analysts in the US alone, giving us an idea of the demand .... Read More

Analytics with Excel: Number crunching with this simple application

Once you master the basics, there are some extremely interesting analytics applications of Excel:.... Read More

Medals by numbers: Which nations have improved the most at the Olympics, and where does India rank?

Let us use the Rio Olympics of 2016 as an opportunity to look back at the most improved nations of the last 10 Olympics. You can decide if the analysis has any correlation to the existing global socio-eco-polit.... Read More

Here Are The Benefits of Data-Driven Decision Making

The best ideas are the ones that come from your gut, but when you start making more tactical decisions within your business then data always helps..... Read More

Jigsaw Academy Caters the Growing Need of Courses in Analytics

Jigsaw Academy has been awarded for its excellence in education by Brands Academy Award 2013 for ‘Best Upcoming Academy for Analytics Courses in Bangalore’. The online school has trained over 40,000 students ac.... Read More

Analytics with Excel

Jigsaw Academy, the Online School of Analytics is launching the Analytics with Excel course which is open to anyone—from small business owners to students, teachers and aspiring data analysts—who wants to learn.... Read More

Want to Embark on a Career in Analytics?

Analytics as a skill is being highly sought after and companies are looking to colleges and universities for filling in their requirements. New comers in analytics have a much higher salary than new comers in a.... Read More

Want your posts to go viral? Here’s some expert opinion on how to make that happen

53 per cent of all social media managers are reluctant to actively utilise analytics to measure the success of their social media strategy. It is an important part of the job, and even if only for half an hour .... Read More

Interview with co-founder Jigsaw Academy – Sarita Digumarti

At Jigsaw, we passionately believe that the future of analytics is poised to soar and that we will play a crucial role in identifying and nurturing talent in analytics worldwide. We also firmly believe that onl.... Read More

Big Data tools

Jigsaw Academy, The Online School of Analytics launches professsional certification courses in Big Data tools, designed for programming and IT professionals who want to learn and excel in Big Data technologies.... Read More

Online course on Social Media

Jigsaw Academy, the online school of Analytics launches the Social Media Marketing and Analytics Course for anyone who wants to be a social media genius..... Read More

Data analysts rule the IT roost, rake in the moolah

The rapidly growing big-data analytics sector will be a $16-billion industry in India by 2025, says IT trade body Nasscom. As per a recent survey on big-data analytics – Analytic Vidya and Jigsaw Academy Educat.... Read More

Jigsaw Academy Traces India to Become a Hotbed for Analytics

It now has a blinding potential to become a hotbed for analytics. According to ‘The Analytics India Company Study 2016’, India now plays an important role in promoting the study of analytics and data science ar.... Read More

Sharp spurt in demand for data analytics courses

Details of a survey conducted by Jigsaw Academy reveal that non-IT professionals account for 52% of those pursuing analytics courses, bucking the trend of the IT sector constituting the majority. The survey als.... Read More

Top analytics tools in 2016

Data analysis is not cut and dried, providing results in absolute terms. Rather, many tools, techniques and processes can help dissect data, structuring it into actionable insights. As we look toward the future.... Read More

Online classes all Indian professionals must take!

Career options like big data scientist, data architects and data developer, are on the rise and this seems to be the right time to develop your analytical skills..... Read More

Why Everyone wants to be a social media analyst

In order to navigate and manipulate social media, professionals have to be able to analyse and assess the impact that their communication and marketing efforts are having. This is where data analytics comes int.... Read More

Do IT your way

According to The Harvard Business Review, data science is the sexiest job of the 21st century. "We expect big data guys to be earning upwards of crores of rupees in the coming years," says Gaurav Vohra, CEO & c.... Read More

Shooting to Score: Reaching business goals with social media analytics

When it comes to figuring out just how effective their use of social media has been, whether it’s had a measurable impact on the company’s bottom line—what’s also referred to as ‘social media ROI (return on inv.... Read More

Evolution of the Data Scientist Through the Decade: What’s Changed

I have been a part of the analytics industry for over 15 years now. I started building analytics teams back in 2005. Back then, building a new team meant hiring a bunch of statisticians, economists and mathemat.... Read More

Mumbai pays highest to Analytics and Big Data Professionals: Report

According to the Analytics & Big Data Salary Report 2016 by Jigsaw Academy & Analytics Vidhya, Mumbai pays the highest for Big DataandData Analyticsjobs among all Indian cities. In absolute numbers, the figure .... Read More

Digital marketing certifications go hot

Gaurav Vohra, founder of Jigsaw Academy, that has seen 2,000 students take its web analytics course (started two years ago) and social media marketing & analytics course (introduced this month), says greater so.... Read More

Big Data is helping local governments govern better

Big Data is being used to enable government agencies to respond to ground realities in a targeted, timely and efficient manner. ‘Smart cities’ are an example of this; their implementation being one of the India.... Read More

Social Media Marketing course

Jigsaw Academy, The Online School of Analytics, has launched a Social Media Marketing and Analytics course. The duration of the course is 8 hours and is for anyone who is looking to get acquainted with the diff.... Read More

How big data courses are filling skill gap

"We get upwards of 300-400 students every month for our big data courses alone. This excludes the people who we train on big data via our corporate and college training modules,” says Sarita Digumarti, COO and .... Read More

Social Media course

Jigsaw Academy, The Online School of Analytics, launches the Social Media Marketing and Analytics Course for anyone who wants to be part of the social media marketing wave. The course is designed and taught by .... Read More

Top 5 Software Suites That Need Employee Reskilling

Given such seismic shifts in the production and circulation of information in the digital realm, it is no surprise that reskilling is now part-and-parcel of a career in data science. Unlike upskilling, which in.... Read More

EdTech startup Claned secures $1.4M to expand to India

In December, Jigsaw Academy raised $3 million in a series A round of funding. The platform offers courses in data analytics and big data for students and professionals..... Read More

India’s 21st century women fight off prejudice and emerge successful entrepreneurs

That said the list is only growing, Shradha Sharma, of YourStory, Srivdhya Baskar, of Amagi Media Labs, Anu Acharya of Mapmygenome, and Sarita Digumarti of Jigsaw Academy are some names that are inspiring sever.... Read More

VCs turned us down though we were making money’

Jigsaw has now trained about 40,000 people for a certificate course that runs for six months. The company, counts Accenture, Genpact Wipro, Flipkart and Swiss Re among its corporate clients. Jigsaw Academy rece.... Read More

Reskilling will redefine Indian IT firms’ biz model

Recruitments for niche technologies have particularly gone up. The demand of talent for niche technologies is forcing us to create a robust ‘build plus bring’ strategy for managing this capability. Even though .... Read More

The Analytics landscape

While both professionals and students think that analytics is about assembling data using software tools, it is so much more than that. It is cleaning data and structuring it so as to derive impactful insights..... Read More

Kolkata emerges the highest payer for big data analysts

"Kolkata seems to be a clear winner for analysts, earnings-wise, with an average salary package of Rs.10.51 Lakh when their salaries are adjusted to the cost of living according to the Analytics and Big Data Sa.... Read More

Analytics, Big Data to see robust hiring, high salaries

Unlike large companies, which pay around Rs. 9.6 lakh, Indian startups are willing to pay over Rs 10.8 lakh per annum to attract the best talent in the analytics industry, according to the Analytics and Big Dat.... Read More

TOI Exclusive: 23k jobs for big data analytics in Bengaluru: Report

According to the analytics school, data analytics are being paid a whopping Rs12.19 Lkahs per annum in Mumbai, followed by Bengaluru—Rs10.48 lakhs and Delhi—NCR—Rs10.4 lakhs. But the start-up city has the highe.... Read More

Utilise Online Courses to your full advantage

Online learning is truly the future, with a projected 50 per cent of university classes in the US having a large e-learning based component by 2019.So, how do you make the best utilisation of the self-paced onl.... Read More

Who are the creators of Big Data jobs?

Big Data is a big deal. Interestingly, although the demand for data professionals has grown, there has not been a correspondingly meteoric surge in supply. This widening gap between demand and supply can be att.... Read More

It’s back to school for co’s bench strength

Sarita Digumarti, who has been running Jigsaw Academy for five years said, "Tech companies have started looking beyond just IT skills. Data analytics is currently one of the most valuable streams. This is the r.... Read More

IT firms upskill staff in new technology age

There is a big difference between talent and skill. India has good talent and if you have people with right aptitude, they can be taught different skills,” said Sarita Digumarti, co-founder of Jigsaw Academy,wh.... Read More

Understanding the trends and customer behaviour in e-com segment – Start Up City Magazine

Information and data are key to any ecommerce player. It is with this data that they can analyse what their consumer base needs; determine which marketing tactics work best; locate the most profitable channels .... Read More

Hiring the right talent using analytics – CXO Today

HR analytics allows companies to analyze the skills of existing high performers and build a template for future hires. Employing statistical techniques, analytics software can optimize companies’ job posting ta.... Read More

Why there is a dearth of qualified data scientists

Online courses in data science that target specific industries and verticals, and that equip learners with a highly customised but varied skill set would seem to be the most pragmatic solution to the deficit in.... Read More

First batch of MISB Bocconi graduates – TNIE EDEX

MISB Bocconi, Mumbai hosted the graduation of the first batch of students of The Executive Program in Business Analytics (EPBA) offered in association with Jigsaw Academy.... Read More

MaGE funds for Online School of Analytics

Manipal Global Education Services has funded The Online School of Analytics, Jigsaw Academy, to the tune of 20 crore primarily to expand its offerings and to penetrate new markets..... Read More

MISB Bocconi hosts EPBA Graduation Event

This programme was offered in association with Jigsaw Academy, a data analytics training company. The 10-month programme, which was held at MISB Bocconi campus at Hiranandani Knowledge Park, Powai, saw 22 stude.... Read More

Big Data for beginners

Jigsaw Academy has launched ‘Big Data for Beginners’ course, specially created for engineering graduates and freshers who want to build careers in big data, analytics professionals and data scientists..... Read More

Online Data Analytics training school raises 20 crore

Jigsaw claims it has trained over 40,000 students from over 30 countries with digital content in analytics and big data, and offers courses across industries and functions, like retail, ecommerce, finance, HR, .... Read More

Pai invests in Jigsaw Academy

Online Data Analytics Platform Jigsaw Academy has raised 20 crore from Manipal Global Education Services and its chairman TV Mohan Das Pai, who invested in his personal capacity. The company plans to use the fu.... Read More

Analytics training Jigsaw Academy gets $3M from MaGE – VC Circle online

Jigsaw Academy Education Pvt Ltd, which runs an e-learning portal for data analytics courses, has received Rs 20 crore ($3 million) in Series A funding from Manipal Global Education Services (MaGE)..... Read More

Analytics training platform Jigsaw Academy raises 20 cr in funding – Yourstory Onlinec

Talking about the sector, T.V. Mohandas Pai, who is joining Jigsaw Academy’s Advisory Board, said, “Trained professionals who understand the right approach to applying analytics will drive new value proposition.... Read More

Big data, big bucks

Says Vohra Jigsaw Academy, ‘Our courses are meant for IT professionals who have little or no knowledge of big data. We teach them how to deal with big data, and our focus is on how to generate insights on big d.... Read More

Analytics Skill-Sets, A Must For Digital Leaders

At Jigsaw, a lot of effort goes into process and data collection, and the team constantly uses the data for generating new ideas for courses, improving course delivery, excelling at customer satisfaction, and f.... Read More

Jigsaw Academy: Transforming Edutech industry

Jigsaw’s vision of offering an industry-relevant curriculum has led to innovative partnerships with leading academic institutions such as SDA Bocconi in Milan, Italy, Great Lakes Institute of Management in Chen.... Read More

10 Online Big Data Courses

Jigsaw Academy is an online school based out of India, specialising in Analytics. They offer courses for beginner, intermediate and advanced levels, ranging from a broad overview of analytics for total newcomer.... Read More

New tech trainers soar on demand from IT cos like TCS, Infosys and Wipro

Jigsaw's alumni now work at top IT firms like Infosys and Genpact as well as core analytics providers such as Fractal Analytics. The demand is huge. India alone will require at least one lakh cloud computing pr.... Read More

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