• Prakash Seshadri Nathan
  IIMB, PGP, 1993. CEO and Executive Director, Kathari Water Management

Hello Sathvik, If there is one part of math in general which has many (business) applications that would be statistics. I also note that you also would like to pursue a career in finance, which in part deals with numbers and different ways of interpreting them. So, in my view, both relate to creating stories out of numbers and I am glad that you are inherently interested in these areas. Your unasked question could be, does this all make sense to build a profile and a career in finance? That is difficult to answer. At your age, it is ok not to have 100% clarity with respect to every decision that you make. But one thing I can say is that a deep understanding of numbers through statistics and finance would open up many doors for you including application areas such as data science. So go ahead and plunge right in.

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• Pankaj Rai
  IIMA, PGP, 1993. Group Chief Data and Analytics Officer

At any stage in life what is good and what is bad is difficult to answer as I think what is good for you is that which you enjoy, become good at and that pays :) so it’s a series of experiments that everyone needs to do to continue to discover what works for them. If intuitively you seem to like this line of thinking then go ahead as I don’t see any downside of that choice (which is relatively easier to assess) but hard to say this is the best for you. Happy to chat and discuss in more detail if you like WhatsApp me at 9880217069.