B.Sc. in Computer Science 

at Bhaskar Waman Thakur College of Science, Yashvant Keshav Patil College of Commerce, Vidya Dayanand Patil College of Arts, Thane

Both are popular job roles, as per the World Economic Forum report. The key differences between the two are as follows:

• The Data Analyst collects relevant data from various sources to filter and analyze it. The data scientist gathers sizable amounts of structured and unstructured data while performing data mining.
• Education: To become a data analyst, you can apply with a Bachelor's degree in math, Statistics or a related field. Data scientists typically pursue a master's Diploma or degree in data Science.
• Salary: The salary of a data scientist is usually higher than that of a data analyst. According to global estimates, a data scientist can earn around $100,000 per year, whereas a data analyst can earn around $70,000.

Based on your skills and relevant experience in the industry, as an MSc IT postgraduate, you can become a Machine Learning Architect, IoT Solutions Architect, Cloud Engineer, Data Scientist, or Big Data Engineer. These are some of the top-paying job profiles nowadays in the IT sector, offering an average salary package of INR 15 LPA in India.

The flagship courses offered at Bhaskar Waman Thakur College of Science, Yashvant Keshav Patil College of Commerce, Vidya Dayanand Patil College of Arts are M.Sc, Certificate, M.A, M.Com, B.A, B.Com, B.Sc. The Institute has experienced faculty offering the best education to students. On the basis of Shiksha verified reviews, Bhaskar Waman Thakur College of Science, Yashvant Keshav Patil College of Commerce, Vidya Dayanand Patil College of Arts has a rating of 3.62 by students. The college's Campus Life, Placements, Faculty, and Infrastructure have been rated as 3.56, 3.27, 3.81 and 3.66 respectively.

Career paths in the IT industry can be broadly classified into the two main fields of hardware and software.

Under hardware, you have manufacturing, maintenance, research and development, and management.

Under software, you have manufacturing, development, programming, software testing, and maintenance and support. Among related areas are computer operations, database administration, sales/marketing, and data-centre management.

 Jobs directly related to your degree include:

Actuarial analyst, Application analyst, Business analyst, Data analyst, Database administrator, Information systems manager, IT consultant, IT technical support officer, Multimedia programmer, Network engineer, Systems analyst, Systems developer, UX analyst.

Also, many IT professionals working in Indian companies get a chance to work at customers work sites abroad, and this gives them exposure to international working conditions and work culture.

The table below shows the top Computer Science colleges in India along with their average placement package and its prominent recruiters:

College Names	Average Placement Package	Top Recruiters
BHU Placements	INR 8 LPA - INR 9 LPA	IBM, Infosys, Wipro, KPMG, Amazon, etc.
JMI Placements	INR 6 LPA – INR 9 LPA	KPMG, DLF, Accenture, ABP News, Vedanta, etc.
Delhi University Placements	INR 6 LPA – INR 16 LPA	HCL, Genpact, EY, Deloitte, Accenture, etc.
Calcutta University Placements	INR 9 LPA	TCS, Wipro, Accenture, Cognizant, Genpact, Capgemini, etc.

Disclaimer: The above statistics are based on the latest available data.

Hi, here are some recommended Computer Science books you can read:

• Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies by Nick Bostrom.
• The Pragmatic Programmer by Dave Thomas.
• Algorithms to Live By: The Computer Science of Human Decisions by Thomas L. Griffiths.
• Clean Code by Robert Cecil Martin.
• Introduction to Algorithms by Ronald Rivest.

Students can also choose from a range of Computer Science elective subjects during their course program. Here are some of the Computer Science elective subjects:

Computer Science elective subjects
Digital Image Processing	Image Processing Lab
Data Mining & its Applications	Data Mining Lab
Embedded Systems	Embedded Systems Lab
Multimedia and its Applications	Multimedia and its Applications Lab
Operation Research (O.R.)	Operation Research (O.R.) Lab. using C/ Python