Technology
Data Scientist
Turn messy data into the decisions a business actually makes.
Typical pay band₹10–30 LPA
₹0₹50L+
₹10–30L
Pay band
JEE Main or CUET
Gating exam
4 years
To first job
92/100
Demand score
Eligibility
Science streamCommerce stream
Minimum 70% in Class 12 (general category).
Great if you enjoy
Coding & techNumbers & moneyScience & problem solving
Your roadmap
- 1
Years 1–2
statistics, probability, programming fundamentals.
- 2
Years 3–4
applied ML projects, a strong portfolio (Kaggle, internships) matters more here than almost any other tech role.
First job · ₹10+ LPA
Cutoff trend
Growing demand across both engineering and statistics/economics routes — CUET-based BSc (Data Science) programs have seen cutoffs climb sharply in the last few admission cycles.
A day in the life
“Cleaning data nobody wanted to clean, building a model, and then spending just as long explaining the result to people who don’t read code.”