DataFest in Pictures

Day 1: Friday, 4th April 2025

Day 1, 5:00 - 6:00 pm: Meet & Greet

Day 1, 5:00 pm: Teams come prepared with their laptops

Day 1, 5:00 - 6:00 pm: Team members meeting each other & their mentors

Day 1, 6:00 - 7:30 pm - Opening remarks & Keynote speech

Day 1, 6:00 - 6:15 pm: Opening remarks from Prof. Jiping Wang, Department Chair

Day 1, 6:15 - 7:00 pm: Keynote address from Sanchit Tiwari, Principal at QuantumBlack (AI by McKinsey)

Day 1, 7:00 - 7:20 pm: Teams introduce themselves

Day 1, 7:20 - 7:30 pm: Mentors introduce themselves

Day 1, 7:30 - 8:30 pm: Problem statement

Day 1, 7:30 - 8:15 pm: Prof. Arvind Krishna (faculty) introduces the problem statement

Day 1, 8:15 - 8:30 pm: Prof. Arend Kuyper (faculty) provides some tips & tricks

Day 1, 8:30 pm: Competition begins!

Day 1, 8:30 - 8:45 pm: Student organisers explain the logistics & rules

Day 1, 8:45 pm: Teams begin working on the competition

Day 2: Saturday, 5th April 2025

Day 2, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm: Networking with Capital One

Day 2, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm: Capital One information & resume review session

Day 2, 1:00 - 2:00 pm: Networking over lunch

Day 2, 2:00 - 9:30 pm: Workday

Day 2, 2:00 - 9:30 pm: Teams working with their mentors

Day 2, 2:00 - 9:30 pm: Team working in their own preferred space

Day 3: Sunday, 5th April 2025

Day 3, 9:30 - 11:30 am: Wrapping up presentations

Day 3, 9:30 - 11:30 am: Faculty advising students on their presentation

Day 3, 9:30 - 11:30 am: Mentors walking around and providing feedback

Day 3, 11:30 - 11:45 am: Presentation submisson

Day 3, 11:30 - 11:45 am: Team making last-minute updates to their presentation before submission

Day 3, 11:45 am: Team celebrating their hard work & learnings after submission

Day 3, 1:00 - 4:30 pm: Presentations

Day 3, 1:00 - 4:30 pm: Teams presenting their analysis

Day 3, 1:00 - 4:30 pm: Teams answering judges’ questions post their presentation

Day 3, 5:00 - 6:30 pm: Panel discussion

Day 3, 5:00 - 6:00 pm: Panel discussion on Careers in Data Science

Day 3, 6:00 - 6:30 pm: Panelists answering student questions

Day 3, 6:30 - 7:30 pm: Felicitation & Awards

Day 3, 6:30–7:15 pm: The Department Chair felicitates the panelists, mentors, judges, and organizers. At this moment, Lila Wells, Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company and panelist, is being felicitated.

Day 3, 7:15 - 7:30 pm: DataFest winners!