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Piyush Kumar of MakeMyTrip explains Big Data Operations

Piyush Kumar of MakeMyTrip explains Big Data Operations

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Mohit Soni

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17th Jan, 2018

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Piyush Kumar of MakeMyTrip explains Big Data Operations

Piyush Kumar is the Head of Data Platform Engineering at MakeMyTrip. He heads the Data team (Data platform, Data Science, and Business Intelligence functions) at MakeMyTrip to support various Lines of Business such as Flights, Hotels, Holidays, and Ground. Along with defining Big Data strategy, he looks after designing and building a scalable and distributed machine learning platform for Big Data systems with real-time streaming and batch processing for Clickstream, Mobile, Transactional, CRM (Customer relationship management) & user feedback or reviews data.

In an exclusive interview, Piyush provides valuable insights to UpGrad about how MakeMyTrip has leveraged Big Data, in line with current trends, to upgrade and enhance its product offerings.
In this first video, Piyush talks about how MakeMyTrip uses Big Data to solve critical business problems in the area of customer segmentation, personalisation, building data pipelines, etc. He also explains the architecture of the Big Data system at MakeMyTrip.

In the second video, Piyush shares insights on career planning for Big Data enthusiasts highlighting different career paths available in Big Data and the necessary skill sets required.

So, Piyush spoke about how MakeMyTrip uses Big Data in their operations. He provided valuable insights to UpGrad about how MakeMyTrip is leveraging Big Data, in line with current trends, to upgrade and enhance its product offerings. He shared insights on career planning for big data enthusiasts highlighting the necessary skill sets required.

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Mohit Soni

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Mohit Soni is working as the Program Manager for the BITS Pilani Big Data Engineering Program. He has been working with the Big Data Industry and BITS Pilani for the creation of this program. He is also an alumnus of IIT Delhi.

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