Author: AnandWrites

I am a Management and IT consultant, with an interest in Financial Services (banking, markets), Risk Management, Analytics and Transformation. This blog is to pen thoughts on finance and markets, political-economy, technology, and books that I like. A disclaimer: The views in this blog do NOT represent the views of any person or organization. Views are apolitical. Any use of names of persons or places could be to aid the narrative/context and are potentially fictional. Anand Venkataraman, certified FRM (GARP), PMP (PMI), and Lean Master.
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Getting into the Olympics Big League — a Machine Learning perspective using KMeans Clustering

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The Paris Olympics of July-August 2024 is still fresh in everyone’s memory, and it is a good time for introspection. In this article, leveraging Machine Learning (ML) tools, let us try to answer the question of what it will take for an aspiring nation to get into the Olympics Big League. Note: This is a further deep-dive to identify core clusters and drivers over and above my earlier post here. Methodology: The relevant data was obtained from established sources in the public domain, mainly, World Bank Open Data and the Paris Olympics from Olympics.com, and cleansed where required, supported by … Continue reading Getting into the Olympics Big League — a Machine Learning perspective using KMeans Clustering

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Macro-economic indicators and Olympic medals – a point-of-view using ML libraries in Python

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Introduction The Paris Olympic Games were held between July and August 2024. It is a good time now in October 2024 to reflect on the performance of various countries. The question that keeps coming to the mind, keeping aside individual … Continue reading Macro-economic indicators and Olympic medals – a point-of-view using ML libraries in Python

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Policy Maker ji(s)…Please Keep IT, LTCG, STCG, STT but Give Us STTS in Return (Sheegra Taxpayer Tatkaal Services) for India Taxpayers – a novel Scheme ‘X’ for premium access for Taxpayers

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Our Budget 2024 had several Schemes A, B, C – one more Scheme ‘X’ is proposed here which can do a world of good for honest taxpayers ! The STTS (Sheegra Taxpayer Tatkaal Services) Proposal – a Scheme ‘X’ for … Continue reading Policy Maker ji(s)…Please Keep IT, LTCG, STCG, STT but Give Us STTS in Return (Sheegra Taxpayer Tatkaal Services) for India Taxpayers – a novel Scheme ‘X’ for premium access for Taxpayers