Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar

Centre for Data Analytics and Research (CDAR)

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Need

Present times are characterized by unprecedented complexities and deluge of information which needs to be harnessed for benefit of one and all. The emergence of new disciplines, advent of information technology, increased sensitivities and vulnerabilities, strong connectivity to international developments, stricter legal mandates from domestic and international regulators have resulted in nose dive changes in the way businesses are done and research is conducted. With added emphasis on precision, zero tolerance for deviations and continuous analysis of the huge quantum of data for strategic and everyday decisions, need of the hour is to sift noise from information to arrive at meaningful and sustainable solutions. Data analytics can prove a panacea for all menaces of modern world which offer huge opportunities veiled in intense challenges. Data analytics can help build a sustainable advantage for the society at large by providing scientific basis to decisions and choices in the times of fleeting changes.

Purpose

Centre for Data Analytics and Research (CDAR) intends to provide necessary support to the researchers and academicians of the university and outside by strengthening the analytical aspects of research to arrive at meaningful and robust conclusions. The data inputs employed by industry, medical professional, bankers, insurers and other elements of society will be subjected to scientific and empirical rigor to provide them desired assistance to thrive in the competitive world. Doctors, bankers, insurers, business people, researchers, all dabble with scientific problems, backed with perplexing data and numbers, calling for quantitative and qualitative analysis to arrive at workable solutions. The center aims to serve them and offer an abode for all analytical solutions which when meaningfully interpreted can enable us to compete at the global level.

Activities: Phase I

To provide constructive inputs to researchers submitting/intending to submitresearch proposals to funding Agencies
To provide analytical inputs to research scholars pursuing Ph.D. in various disciplines
To provide consultation and expertise to faculty and researchers to help publish manuscripts in reputed journals
To organise workshops/training programs to instil and polish analytical skills ofpotential researchers

Phase II

To offer diploma/certificate courses in Data Analytics
To offer ID subject to students of various departments with limited seats

Phase III

To offer Post Graduate course in M.Sc. in Data Analytics
To offer consultancy services to various business establishments like banks, insurance companies, corporate sector etc.
To carry out surveys on behalf of various government and private agencies
To act as partners in various national and international projects