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Tech Careers and Skill Development Expert - Answered on Oct 21, 2024

Dr Dipankar Dutta is an associate professor in the computer science and engineering department at the University Institute of Technology, the University of Burdwan, West Bengal.
He has 27 years of experience and his interests include AI, data science, machine learning, pattern recognition, deep learning and evolutionary computation.
Aside from his responsibilities at the college, he also delivers lectures and conducts webinars.
Dr Dipankar has published 25 papers in international journals, written book chapters, attended conferences, served as a board observer for WBJEE (West Bengal Joint Entrance Examination) exams and as a counsellor for engineering college admissions in West Bengal. He helps students choose the right college and stream for undergraduate, masters and PhD programmes.
A senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (SMIEEE), he holds a bachelor's degree in engineering from the Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College and a an MTech degree in computer technology from Jadavpur University.
He completed his PhD in engineering from IIEST, Shibpur (formerly BE College).... more
Asked by Anonymous - Oct 20, 2024Hindi
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Sir, I have 22 years of experience in software development in top MNCs like TCS, coforge limited and others. I am currently working as a software architect in a MNC. I am not finding work interesting and want to explore AI field. I want to learn AI from basics till advanced as I think I will be be able to create some products using that knowledge. Do you find this feasible and practical. Do you think I can learn AI upto expert level. Can you suggest me some serious AI and GenAI related courses having solid course content. I am not looking for a shallow quick course. I see too many options online and unable to judge which might be good.

Ans: This is a common but important problem for creative people like you. You are working in service industry and want to work in product development using AI. For that you have to make your basic strong. You have to study basic mathematics like probability and statistics, linear algebra, discrete mathematics etc. Then you should study subject like AI, Soft Computing, Pattern Recognition, Data Mining, NLP, Deep learning etc. In NPTEL you will get a lot of free courses. Detailed discussion can be done one to one.
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I have 75 lakhs in sb account I am not investing in stock or mutual fund this fund I kept for my daughter education for next four year Please advice how I can invest this fund risk free to have good return in 3 to 4 year
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Even savings accounts are not absolutely safe because they do have default risk. (Particularly co-operative and private banks).

If it is savings account with a Govt owned bank then the default risk may be nil but the bigger risk in this case is your money is losing its purchasing power since it may be drawing 3.5-3% interest while inflation is rising annually by around 6%.

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Since they have simultaneous buy & sell positions in the equity market, the risk is low.

2. Gilt type mutual funds:

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