Kaushik Sarker

Head - Corporate Relations at Praxis Business School

Kaushik has over 15+ years of experience working in the education space and close to 2 years in
the advertising sector. He started his career in client servicing in Rediffusion Y&R and then
moved to Ogilvy.
At Praxis Business School, Kaushik is responsible for engaging with organizations in the hiring
space for PGDM, Data Science, Cyber Security and Data Engineering.
Before joining Praxis in 2015, Kaushik was the Group Head for International Marketing &
Strategy at Alliance University in Bangalore where he oversaw Alliance University’s
international strategy.
He was also part of the core team at CoCubes, India’s premier online assessment and hiring
platform. At CoCubes he was responsible for engaging with corporates with yearly hiring
requirements of 5,000+. His first stint with education was with IIPM and Planman Consulting
overseeing the development of international placements and strategy across the 17 Indian
centers and 4 international centers. In this capacity, Kaushik served as an AVP for international
strategy and for investments in upwards of 350+ crores. Kaushik holds a B.Com from Gauhati
University, B.A Economics from IGNOU, MBA from IMI-Belgium and a PG in Global Marketing
from Judge Business School – Cambridge University.

All Sessions by Kaushik Sarker

  • Day 1

    April 22, 2021

  • 11:30  - 12:10
    Campus placements are one of the important factors that students consider before choosing a college. Being employed right after graduating is definitely a priority to them, and students could do with all the assistance they get from the college. That is why colleges that offer a higher percentage of placements are preferred over others. But there is one important fact about campus placements that students tend to overlook. This session will help you understand how the college helps you land your first job in the field of Data Science. Hear from the current members of the PlaceComm and the Head of Corporate Relations at Praxis as they help you decode why placements start as early as 4:30 AM on day zero at Praxis. The discussion will cover the following: 1. The surge in demand for data science professionals in COVID times 2. Campus placement opportunities across academic backgrounds and industry experience – from fresh college graduates to people with 10 years or more of experience 3. The diversity of companies and profiles on offer in this exciting domain 4. The kind of skills and competencies enterprises look for 5. How does one start and accomplish the journey to the first real job in the data science domain Praxis Business School is one of the earliest institutes that recognized the boom and dynamism around data analysis in business, and has graduated and placed 23 batches of data scientists from its Kolkata and Bangalore campuses.
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