IMI Kolkata Organizes National Workshop on “AI and Analytics for the Boardroom: An Introduction for Digital Transformation” in partnership with NFCG

The notable panelists Professor Tirthankar Nag, Professor (Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship), IMI Kolkata; Dr. Sachin Modgil, Assistant Professor (Operations Management), IMI Kolkata; Dr. Boudhayan Ganguly, Associate Professor (Management Information Systems and Analytics), IMI Kolkata, Dr. Chanchal Chatterjee, Professor (Finance), IMI Kolkata, Soni Agrawal, Associate Professor (Organizational Behaviour & Human Resources) and guest speaker Mr. Anuj Batta, Founder and CEO, Quanolytics talking about transformation in AI and Analytics.

With the growing relevance and attention on data science and AI, businesses are becoming increasingly reliant on Analytics for the successful application of AI and there is little doubt that artificial intelligence will continue to integrate itself into our lives at a rapid pace. Rather, the future appears to be a society that lives and thrives only on artificial intelligence. Understanding the importance of AI and Analytics these days and how it is going to change the world, IMI Kolkata organised an extensive National Workshop on “AI and Analytics for the Boardroom: An Introduction for Digital Transformation” in partnership with NFCG and Amrit Mahotsav.

Eminent guest speaker Mr. Anuj Batta, Founder and CEO, Quanolytics, highlighting some key facts about digital transformation and introducing the participants to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

The workshop began with eminent guest speaker Mr. Anuj Batta, Founder and CEO, Quanolytics, who highlighted key facts about digital transformation and introduced the participants to Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. He also shed light on various topics like pitfalls to avoid for digital transformation through AI issues in the boardroom, business opportunities in AI and Analytics, skillsets for the students and career opportunities and lastly the future of AI. The event further continued with Mr. Hemen Dishri, Vice President- Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence, JPMorgan Chase & Co. who engaged the participants in lively discussions on various facets of AI and Analytics. He shed light on applications of AI in various sectors like Marketing, Healthcare, Finance and Banking along with demystifying AI as Learning, Reasoning, Problem Solving, Perception and Language understanding, responsible AI, methods of natural language processing, speech processing, neural network, AI adaptation by business functions and how organisations mitigate risks of AI. The workshop lastly witnessed an edifying panel discussion on Implementation of AI and Analytics for visible transformation in different areas of an organization and how board members do and top management view, plan, structure and execute AI for digital transformation. Notable panelists Professor Tirthankar Nag, Professor (Strategy, Innovation and Entrepreneurship), IMI Kolkata; Dr. Sachin Modgil, Assistant Professor (Operations Management), IMI Kolkata; Dr. Boudhayan Ganguly, Associate Professor (Management Information Systems and Analytics), IMI Kolkata and Dr. Chanchal Chatterjee, Professor (Finance), IMI Kolkata joined in and it was concluded by Dr. Sachin Modgil with a vote of thanks post an exclusive Q&A round.

Guest speaker Mr. Hemendra Dishri, Vice President- Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence, JPMorgan Chase & Co. engaging the participants in lively discussions on various facets of AI and Analytics.

Participants thoroughly enjoyed the workshop as it stood to be one of the valuable experiences for them leaving them inspired to learn more and dig deep into the world of AI and Analytics.

Participants delving deep into the presentation, presented by Mr. Hemendra Dishri, Vice President- Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence, JPMorgan Chase & Co.