Software Scientist
CSE · Data Mining · Ch 1.4.3

Classification and regression: jobs, industries and a business idea

Teaching a computer to predict: a category (spam or not, loan approve or not) or a number (next month's sales).

1

In job ads, it's called

machine learningpredictive modellingcredit scoringdemand forecasting

Roles that use it: Machine Learning Engineer, Data Scientist, Credit Risk Analyst, Demand Planner.

See live openings right now:

2

Industries that need it

Banking and NBFCsInsuranceAgriculture (crop yield)HealthcareManufacturingWeather

Tools used at work: Python (scikit-learn), Jupyter, SQL, XGBoost.

3

Your mother tongue is a skill

AI companies pay native speakers to label, clean and check data in Telugu, Tamil, Hindi and other Indian languages. That is the same data cleaning and classification you study in this subject, done in your mother tongue. Remote, part-time contract work is common.

4

Build a business from it

Demand forecasting for local distributors so they stop over-stocking or running out.

Prove it this weekend

Build a model that predicts crop yield or house prices from a public dataset, and explain in plain words why it predicts what it does.

Put it on your own website (make one free with our website tool) and share the link in your applications.

We never promise jobs or income. Pay depends on skills, city and company, so check live listings. Never pay anyone to apply for a job.

Live · Mon 16 Nov 2026 · 8 PM IST

₹99 Startup Masterclass: your syllabus is a startup

Open the doors hiding in your subjects, live: jobs, mother-tongue work and a business. Then build it with AI. Full refund within 30 days.

See the Masterclass

All Data Mining topics · All subjects