Very few programs like IITM BS Degree teach the basics of AI & ML | @IITMadrasBSDegreeProgramme
Summary
TLDRArush Agarwal, an IDM BS degree student at IIT Madras, shares his journey in the program and his victory in the Tech AI hackathon. He discusses the structured curriculum, which covers niche technologies and emphasizes the importance of understanding the math behind ML models. Arush also advises students to balance academics with extracurricular activities and to explore untapped areas in data science.
Takeaways
- ๐ Arush Agarwal is a student of IIT Madras' IDM BS degree and a national winner of the Tech AI hackathon.
- ๐จโ๐ป Arush is also pursuing a BTech in Computer Science Engineering and interning as a Business Intelligence intern at Aspire.
- ๐พ His hackathon project focused on developing an AI model to increase revenue for farmers in Northern India, specifically for Paty farmers.
- ๐ Arush utilized his learnings from IIT Madras to create a solution that could convert agricultural waste into carbon credits.
- ๐ The IDM BS program provides a structured curriculum in niche technologies, including geospatial analysis and LLMs.
- ๐ The program's flexibility allows Arush to manage it alongside his offline degree.
- ๐ Arush suggests maintaining an active LinkedIn profile to discover opportunities and participating in competitions for learning experiences.
- ๐ก He emphasizes the importance of understanding the math behind ML models for real-life applications.
- ๐จโ๐ซ Arush advises students to take advantage of IIT Madras' TA support and engage with teachers for guidance and opportunities.
- ๐ His future plans include a career in data science, leveraging the resources from his degree to transition from data analytics.
- ๐ He encourages students to participate in extracurricular activities and explore areas in data science that are yet to be fully explored.
Q & A
What is Arush Agarwal's current educational status?
-Arush Agarwal is a diploma student at IIT Madras pursuing an IDM BS degree and is also doing a BTech in Computer Science Engineering offline.
Where is Arush Agarwal interning and what is his role?
-Arush is interning at Aspire as a Business Intelligence Intern, where he is involved in data analytics.
What was the problem statement of the Tech AI Hackathon that Arush participated in?
-The problem statement was to provide solutions to increase the revenue for farmers in Northern India and Northeastern India.
How did Arush approach the problem statement of the hackathon?
-Arush specifically focused on potato farmers in Northern India and developed an AI model to help them increase their revenue.
What unique solution did Arush propose to address the issue of stubble burning by farmers?
-Arush proposed converting the stubble into carbon credits, which could help farmers and align with the emerging carbon economy in India.
How has the IIT Madras program benefited Arush in his learning journey?
-The IIT Madras program provided Arush with a structured curriculum in niche technologies and forced him to study regularly through monthly quizzes.
How does Arush manage his time between the IIT Madras online degree and his offline BTech degree?
-Arush finds the IIT Madras degree flexible, allowing him to finish his offline college around 3:45 PM and then watch videos and submit assignments for the online degree.
How did Arush come to know about the Tech AI Hackathon?
-Arush found out about the hackathon through a connection on LinkedIn who posted about the opportunity.
What advice does Arush have for others looking to participate in similar competitions?
-Arush suggests maintaining a well-updated LinkedIn profile and using platforms like Unstop to find opportunities to participate in competitions.
What is Arush's approach to learning in the IIT Madras program?
-Arush emphasizes the importance of understanding the math behind ML models and applying theory in real-life situations, suggesting that students should engage with TA support and participate in events and competitions.
What are Arush's future plans after completing his diploma?
-Arush plans to pursue a career in data science, utilizing the resources from his degree to transition from data analytics to data engineering and eventually data science.
What is Arush's advice for students currently in the IIT Madras BS degree program?
-Arush advises students to not only focus on academics and grades but also to engage in extracurricular activities and explore areas within data science that haven't been touched yet.
Outlines
๐ Winning the Tech AI Hackathon
Arush Agarwal, a student of the IDM BS degree program at IIT Madras, shares his experience as a national winner of the Tech AI Hackathon. He discusses his project, which aimed to increase revenue for farmers in Northern India, particularly focusing on the issues faced by Patty farmers. Arush developed an AI model to address these challenges and also proposed a solution to convert stubble into carbon credits to combat pollution. He emphasizes the importance of applying what he learned during his degree program in a practical and solution-oriented manner.
๐ Balancing IDM BS with Offline Degree
Arush talks about his experience managing the IDM BS degree alongside his offline BTech in Computer Science Engineering. He highlights the flexibility of the IDM BS program, which allows him to complete his college work in the evening and then focus on the online degree. Arush appreciates the structured curriculum provided by IIT Madras, which covers niche technologies not readily available online. He also discusses the importance of maintaining a LinkedIn profile to discover opportunities and shares his approach to participating in competitions, emphasizing the value of learning from the experience, regardless of the outcome.
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Keywords
๐กIDM BS degree
๐กAI Hackathon
๐กData Analytics
๐กPaddy Farmers
๐กGeospatial Analysis
๐กCarbon Credits
๐กStructured Curriculum
๐กMachine Learning (ML)
๐กUnstop
๐กExtracurricular Activities
Highlights
Arush Agarwal, a student of IDM BS degree, is a national winner of the Tech AI hackathon.
Arush is also pursuing a BTech in Computer Science Engineering offline.
He is interning at Aspire as a Business Intelligence Intern, focusing on data analytics.
Arush developed an AI model to increase revenue for farmers in Northern India.
The Tech AI hackathon was hosted by People Tech Group, an MNC based in the USA.
The problem statement was to provide solutions to increase farmers' revenue in Northern India.
Arush chose to focus on the specific issue of paty farmers in Northern India.
IIT Madras provides a structured curriculum in niche technologies.
IIT Madras offers content not widely available on the internet, such as geospatial analysis and LLMs.
The IDM BS degree is flexible, allowing students to watch videos and submit assignments at their convenience.
Arush suggests maintaining a well-updated LinkedIn profile to discover opportunities.
He discovered the hackathon opportunity through a connection on LinkedIn.
Arush's approach to the hackathon involved extensive research on the pain points of paty farmers.
He proposed converting stubble into carbon credits to address pollution caused by burning stubble.
IIT Madras starts from the basics in their ML and AI programs, teaching computational thinking and math behind ML.
Arush emphasizes the importance of understanding the math behind ML models for real-life applications.
He advises students to participate in activities and competitions to learn from others, even if they don't win.
Arush plans to pursue a career in data science, utilizing the resources of the IDM BS degree.
He suggests that students should not focus solely on academics and grades but also engage in extracurricular activities.
Arush recommends attending tutorial and revision sessions provided by TAs for better understanding and grades.
He is part of Kazara house, which allows him to meet and network with people in Delhi NCR.
Transcripts
hello everyone today we have with us
arush agraval who is a student of IDM BS
degree and he recently was a national
winner of terch AI hackathon today we'll
have a conversation with him and get to
know his journey of I MBS degree give a
brief introduction about yourself hi
everyone I am arush Agarwal I am a
diploma student here at I IIT MBS degree
program I'm also doing a btech in
computer science engineering offline I'm
currently interning at aspire as a
business intelligence intern so doing a
lot of data analytic stuff from what
I've learned at I Madras uh I recently
participated in a terch AI hackathon
which bavi shared with you guys so I'll
give you a brief about the hackathon so
uh that haathon was hosted by the people
Tech Group which is a MNC based in
United States of America so one the
problem statement that they gave us was
that uh we had to give solutions to
increase the revenue for farmers in
Northern India and Northeastern India
okay so I took specifically paty farmers
in Northern India for it and developed
an AI model to help them increase their
revenue that is amazing to hear arush
that you are actually implementing what
you learning and you know trying to make
it more Hands-On and solution based how
has the Journey of itm BS been so far so
good so basically a lot of content is
already available on the internet you
can just go around have do as many many
courses as you want for free and do many
YouTube videos but they don't really
help a lot until unless you are truly
regular with it and truly devoted to it
right what what the IIT madas program
held me in was that it give me a
structured curriculum in very Niche
Technologies so a lot of technologies
that I learn over here are actually not
totally available on the internet so for
example I'm learning geospatial analysis
I'm learning llms so not a lot of
content is available as of yet even if
there is it's just some sponsored videos
from XYZ companies yeah in that sense
IIT madas has helped me a lot also they
given me a structure to study so we have
our quizzes every month so you are
actually forced to study stuff yeah so
that definitely helps how is the
experience for you of managing it MBS
with your offline degree yeah so it
madas degree is very flexible so there's
no specific timelines that you have to
watch a class at this particular time
itself I finish up with my college at
around 3: 4 in the evening and then I
come back home watch the videos submit
the assignments every week and ready for
the quiz so it's totally flexible on how
you want to learn you can skip some
parts if you want but totally against it
you should learn it totally yeah how did
you first of all come to know about the
opportunity and when you came to know
about that how was your approach towards
going through the process or the Journey
of it what I suggest to everyone is that
maintain your LinkedIn profile very well
so what happens is that one of my
connections actually posted this
opportunity that uh their company is
hosting XYZ hackathon and people should
participate in it so I got to know about
this hackathon specifically from
LinkedIn okay uh another thing that
another platform that people can use is
unstop I saw that this competition was
also listed on unstop where we had to
register for it so it has a lot of
opportunities and people regardless of
their colleges or degrees can
participate in various of
competitions uh regarding my Approach
for it uh
so uh my first step was to analyze the
problem statement well and so it was on
increasing revenue for farmers in
Northern India specifically Patty
Farmers so I did a lot of research
around what are their pain points what
is happening what are the after effects
of this paty farming so in New Delhi
specifically where I'm situated there's
a problem wherein the farmers burn the
stubble which causes a lot of pollution
so in my Approach I also added a
solution for that stubble yeah where in
that stubble could be converted into
carbon credits so carbon economy is
coming up very soon in India so that
would help them a lot so that way I
approach the situation that is really
great to hear arush for the itm BS
degree how has the journey been till
first of all whatever ml Ai and data
science programs I have seen online uh
maybe there might might be boot camps
there might be courses they are do not
teach everything from the beginning so
what I madas has provided us that they
start from the very Basics they teach
you computational thinking they teach
you the math and stats behind ml uh I'm
I think I have been in the degree for
more than an year and I still haven't
started coding ml models yet I'm just
learning the math behind it okay so I
think that's a very important part in
learning ml because anybody can code ml
models since a lot of new Frameworks are
coming up and Frameworks are getting
easier day by day right understand the
math behind it and the intuition Behind
These models is more necessary to apply
them in real life right don't just learn
theory try to apply that theory wherever
you can uh IIT Madras has a good ta
support so talk to the T they might be
more knowledgeable and they may help you
in getting events like this they will
also help you in making ml models as
such and participating in competitions
another think if you're doing an offline
degree definitely go to your teachers
they actually help a lot and this
competition was probably more successful
because I had support from my teachers
in offline degree in IAT Madras case you
can definitely talk to the TS they'll
surely provide you the equal level of
support that I got from my offline
degree right uh furthermore what I can
say just just participate in whatever
activity you can because even if you
don't win you'll get to learn from
others presentations other models so
that definitely helps of course of
course it's very true like either you
win or you learn uh you are at the
diploma level so uh what are your plans
ahead okay my plans ahead is to just get
into data science as a career okay uh
right now uh my job profile is in data
analytics so a big leap ahead uh there's
data engineering to cross there's data
science to get into so we'll be
definitely utilizing the resources of
this degree to get into that area for
the past one year two years I've been
seeing that it's only for Masters and
PhD this year specifically I saw that
even Sony and Bosch for that matter have
opened up their openings for bachelor's
students as well yes so going ahead
opportunities are definitely going to
increase and as the AI is coming up you
are the ones who will be building the
AIS as data scientist so that definitely
helps absolutely very very true it is of
course a very booming field and in the
coming time it will definitely be on the
rise so of course it is worth uh you
know learning uh data science Ai and uh
such related skills of course for the
students who are currently in the BS
degree do you have any suggestions on
how to go through the courses okay so
very honestly I have not been a very
great student of IIT madas okay so since
I'm too involved in other things so my
grades have not been too great but one
thing I could suggest is that definitely
go through the tutorial sessions that
the TS provide yeah and the revision
sessions those definitely help you get
good marks in the quizzes and the end
term examinations okay and submit
assignments on time those are the things
that get to the marks at itms we have a
lot of societies we have clubs we have
our offline Fest that is paradx so were
you a part of any of these uh I'm part
of the kazara house where uh I get to
meet a lot of people in and around Delhi
NCR so they Club people around you into
groups so have I have had good
conversations with the people there the
heads of the house so all good there
haven't had a chance to visit Paradox
yet okay but definitely we visiting next
year when I get my diploma be any
suggestion that you would like to give
to the uh students watching this
video okay so my only suggestion is that
just don't go towards academics and
grades yeah get into a lot of other
things so I've been a part of a lot of
extracurricular activities which has
helped me gain the confidence to
probably talk to you as well today of
course so this all does not come only
from academics you have to talk to a lot
of people participate in activities yeah
so if you just go towards Road learning
you're going to end up nowhere of course
so definitely try a lot of things
explore maybe explore Parts in data
science as well which haven't been
touched yet yeah so that's my only
suggestion so thank you so much arush
and we wish you more success in the
future and a very H Learning Journey
thanks a lot barabi thanks a lot for the
opportunity very grateful to talk to my
peers
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