Kenya Association of Manufacturers (KAM), with its visionary leadership is initiating this process to transform the Manufacturing sector of Kenya, in association with CL Educate Ltd, that has been doing pioneering work in Africa with the Data Science AI Retreats (DSAIRe), having already conducted three such retreats in East Africa with over 45 CXO teams participating thus far. CL Educate envisions KAM and its member entities becoming the Engine of economic growth of not just Kenya, but entire Africa with Data Science and AI getting integrated with the organization growth strategies.
Over the last decade, technologies have been dramatically transforming industries. Technology cycles are shrinking faster now. Data Science and AI technologies are reducing the cycles to a few months, if not weeks.
“Asian Paints: India's biggest data science company that sells paints”, claims an HBR Case, about Asian Paints, studying how the company has become the leader across 60 countries, with data science at the heart. Today, over 60% of the Indian companies deploy data science to impact their top-line and bottom-line.
Data Science needs to be integral to every strategic move in any organization to catapult itself to the next orbit of growth, in the immediate future. The size and age of the organizations do not matter. The larger ones need to become nimble, and the younger or smaller, need to start on day one. No organization can be left behind in the fast-changing landscape. It will decide the leadership role of an entity in any industry that we look at. Yours will be no different.
The Data Science AI Retreat (DSAIRe) is an exclusive 2-day workshop aimed at C-suite executives, looking to better understand the role that Data Science and AI can play in business. The aim is for the cohort to understand how Data Science, AI & ML technologies are affecting every industry and gain practical knowledge on how to deploy these technologies to grow your business.
The 2-day learning retreat will focus on a hands-on approach towards solving business problems using Data Science and Machine Learning, in a relaxed setting aimed at personal connection and growth. The course has been designed to ensure participants can benefit without a background in programming.
Over the last 11 DSAIRes in Dubai/Singapore/India the investment has been
$2500pax + Taxes
For the inaugural KAM DSAIRe, we have got the best offer.
(Participation Fees: quoted below are exclusive of applicable taxes)
1. Regular Individual participation Fees is: $1000pax + Tax
Team Offers:
2. For startups, and smaller organizations: 2+1 offer:
Enroll 2 get 50% off for 3rd (a discount of 16% approx.) + Tax.
So, Net will be $2500 + Tax, for a team of 3
3. For larger organizations: 4+1 offer:
Enroll 4 get 1 free (a discount of 20%) + Tax.
So, net will be $4000 + Tax, for a team of 5
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The Data Science AI Retreat:
KAM Kenya Edition
manufacturingacademy@kam.co.ke OR
Suzy Nzuki: suzy.nzuki@kam.co.ke OR
Gilbert Rutto: gilbert.rutto@kam.co.ke
Mobile No: +254 (0) 722201368, 734646005
Tele. No: +254 (020) 2324817
Marti Mannariah Gurunath Chair Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras
Prof. Raghunathan Rengaswamy, a fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering, is the Marti Mannariah Gurunath institute chair professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras and a core member of the Robert Bosch Center for Data Science and AI (RBC-DSAI), IITM. He is also currently the Dean Global Engagement, and he has played a crucial role in shaping IIT Madras' first offshore campus in Zanzibar, and has helped formulate the Data Science and AI undergraduate program. Prior to this, he was a Professor, Chemical Engineering and co-director of the Process Control and Optimization Consortium (PCOC) at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX USA, Associate and full Professor at Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, and Assistant Professor at IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India.
Prof. Rengaswamy’s major research interests are in the areas of Data Science / Machine Learning / AI and applications of these ideas in the areas of Process Systems Engineering, Energy systems, Droplet Microfluidics and Systems Biology. His prolific work encompasses systems engineering, energy, and data science, evident in 150+ papers, 6 patents, and an h-index of 45. Prof. Rengaswamy has also co-authored a book titled “Data Science for Engineers” along with Dr. Resmi Suresh, IIT Guwahati. His work in AI has received best paper awards in international journals and conferences. He is also the recipient of several teaching awards and the INAE Young Engineer award.
Together with Prof. Shankar Narasimhan, he has offered a course titled Data Science for Engineers. This course along with another course titled ‘Python for Data Science’ have had a combined enrolment of more than 250,000 students over several offerings. Raghu’ s graduate students are in faculty positions in several IITs and in the USA. Raghu consults in the areas of DS/AI for several companies in India and abroad and is in the advisory committee of CII AI center of excellence and is a co-founder of three start-ups incubated at IIT Madras.
Co-Founder and CEO of Zindi
Celina is the Co-Founder and CEO of Zindi, Zindi is the leading platform for data practitioners in Africa. Celina has a passion for unleashing the power of data for social good. Celina has a proven track record of thought leadership in the intersect between data and development and has played central roles in the launches of global platforms including the Alliance for Financial Inclusion (www.afi-global.org), insight2impact (www.i2ifacility.org), and now Zindi (www.zindi.africa). Celina's work has expansively bridged across the private and public sectors and across various development areas including financial inclusion, micro and small enterprise development, market system development, gender, climate change, and public health. She has lived and worked in countries throughout Asia, Latin America, and Sub-Saharan Africa.
Zindi is the leading professional network of data scientists in Africa and emerging markets. Our community of 48,000 practitioners come to Zindi to build their networks, skills, and careers. Companies like Microsoft, Google, and Absa come to Zindi for top crowd-sourced solutions, talent, and marketing. We are on a mission to make AI accessible to everyone!
Education: Columbia University
Bachelor of Science (BS), Applied Mathematics with a minor in Computer Science.
Masters in International Relations (MIA), Advanced Policy, Economic Analysis, with a concentration in quantitative Analysis.
Heads technology and innovation, CL Educate
Sujit Bhattacharyya heads technology and innovation in CL Educate and oversees the Digital business and the data science practice. Over 20 years he has headed the development of ERP, CRM and LMS systems which run all CL Educate businesses. Teams under Sujit enabled online education by adopting a range of delivery technologies embracing web and mobile. The data science practice is aimed at building cutting edge business solutions by providing prescriptive analytics to drive business efficiency and growth and deepening effective educational delivery with the power of analytics. He also works in Voice technology and develops Alexa skills
Sujit is a passionate trainer in both technology and human behaviour. He has led many faculty development workshops in Machine Learning, Voice tech and Digital marketing technologies. He also works closely with schools and colleges and conducts workshops for students and teachers in a range of topics from Personal Leadership, Growth Labs, Understanding Human Behaviour, Outbound team building, Teacher Effectiveness, Empathic Communication and Parenting Strategies Sujit has worked in India and the US for over a decade in the cutting-technologies before he joined CL Educate as one of the Co-Founders in 2000.
His personal interests are Music, Acoustic Guitar, Tennis, Bridge and Yoga.
Education:
BTech in Electronics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.
IIT Madras 
Zindi
CL Africa
