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What Makes A Movie Successful?
What Makes a Movie Successful? A Data-Driven Analysis of 3226 Films from the TMDB Dataset by Anakin Banerjee Movie Success Predictor App: Use this tool to predict the success of a movie: https://anakinbanerjee-moviesuccess.streamlit.app/ Introduction What separates a blockbuster from a flop? Is it the budget, the genre, the timing, or simply how audiences feel about it? To answer this, I analysed over 3,000 films from the TMDB 5000 Movies dataset, examining financial performa

Anakin Banerjee
Aug 17 min read
Analyst Report: Airbnb Inc.- Financial Model Evaluation
Airbnb, Inc. is a global online travel marketplace that connects hosts who provide accommodation with guests looking for short-term stays, experiences, and travel-related services. The company operates a platform-based business model where it earns revenue primarily through service fees charged on bookings made through its platform. Unlike traditional hotel companies, Airbnb does not own most of the properties listed on its platform; instead, it provides technology, payments,

Devangee Kedia
Jul 272 min read


Behind the Screens: A Data Driven Analysis of How Generative AI Shapes Student Performance, Anxiety and Skill Retention
Technology is one of the most important factors in how students learn and develop today. It changes how we study, how fast we complete assignments, and whether we are actually thinking critically and understanding concepts or just looking for shortcuts. High schools and colleges are filled with thousands of students spread across different majors with completely different workloads, technical requirements, and testing styles, and they don't all experience technology the same

Ritvik Sharma
Jul 255 min read
ITC Limited: Diversification Done Right – Financial Modeling
ITC Limited is one of India's leading diversified conglomerates with a strong presence in the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) sector. The company operates across multiple business segments, including cigarettes, packaged foods, personal care products, education and stationery, hotels, paperboards, packaging, and agri-business. Some of its most well-known brands include Aashirvaad, Sunfeast, Yippee, Bingo, Classmate, Fiama, and Savlon. ITC generates revenue primarily by manu

Tanvi Pandey
Jul 242 min read
Tata Steel Limited Financial Model
Tata Steel Limited is one of the world's largest steel manufacturers. It produces a wide range of steel products used in construction, automobiles, railways, engineering, infrastructure, and consumer goods. The company makes money by mining raw materials like iron ore and coal, producing steel, and selling finished steel products to businesses across India and international markets. It also earns revenue from value-added steel products and related services. Its biggest costs

Yashika Dhariwal
Jul 232 min read
TCS: Is This a Good Business? A Financial Analyst's View
Tata Consultancy Services is an Indian IT services firm that earns revenue from technology and consulting labour services. Clients (banks, retailers, manufacturers and other large companies around the world) pay TCS for the construction, maintenance and modernization of their software systems, move them to the cloud, and have them run back-office IT operations for them under long-term contracts. Revenue is "billed hours plus fixed-fee project value" scaled up to hundreds of t

Harini Reddy
Jul 232 min read
Apple Inc. (AAPL) Financial Modeling
Apple is a big name in technology known for things people use every day like the iPhone Mac, iPad, Apple Watch and AirPods.. Apple is not just about hardware anymore. They have services like the App Store, iCloud Apple Music and Apple TV+ that are becoming a part of the company. Even though people still buy a lot of Apple devices these services are bringing in more money. This mix of selling devices and services gives Apple a financial situation compared to other companies. W

Navyamallika Agarwal
Jul 202 min read
Tata Motors Financial Modeling
One of the top automakers in India, Tata Motors Ltd. is a member of the Tata Group. Through Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), the firm produces premium vehicles, buses, trucks, passenger cars, and electric vehicles. Sales of automobiles, replacement parts, and post-purchase services are its primary sources of income. In India, Tata Motors has emerged as a market leader, particularly in the electric vehicle sector. The company has expanded in both Indian and foreign markets thanks to i

Diya.G
Jul 202 min read
IndiGo: A Closer Look at India's Largest Airline
InterGlobe Aviation, known to most people as IndiGo, is India's largest airline. In the very simplest terms, the company is in the business of flying passengers from one place to another. It makes money primarily by selling flight tickets, and it earns extra revenue through add-ons such as in-flight meals, baggage fees, and preferred seat selection. Running an airline, however, is an extraordinarily expensive undertaking. IndiGo's single biggest cost is Aviation Turbine Fuel,

S Harshadan
Jul 202 min read
Analyst Report: Titan Company Limited (NSE: TITAN)
Analyst Report: Titan Company Limited (NSE: TITAN) Titan is basically India's biggest name when it comes to jewellery and watches, and most people know them through Tanishq, their gold and diamond jewellery brand that has stores all over the country. They also own CaratLane, Mia, and Zoya on the jewellery side, plus Titan, Fastrack, and Helios for watches, and a smaller eyewear business too. The way they actually make money isn't complicated: they buy gold, diamonds, and watc

Arjun Saxena
Jul 192 min read


Behind the Grades
Krish Ghai had 101 rows of data in front of him, and every row was a person. Not a statistic. A student who had filled out a survey about depression, anxiety, and panic attacks, alongside details like their CGPA, their major and their year of study. Most research papers on student mental health arrive from universities with research budgets and ethics boards. This one came from a student who decided to open Google Colab and find out what the numbers in his own campus communit

Team Futurowise
Jul 194 min read
Analyst Report: Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL)
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited is India's largest defence aerospace manufacturer, a state-owned (government-promoted) company that designs, builds, and maintains military aircraft, helicopters, and their engines for the Indian Air Force, Army, and Navy. It earns revenue in two main ways: manufacturing new platforms (like the Tejas fighter, LCH helicopter, and Su-30MKI aircraft under licence) and repair, overhaul, and maintenance (ROH) of aircraft already in service. Because it

Aarav Kajaria
Jul 182 min read
Tesla: The Automobile Company
It designs, manufactures, and sells battery electric vehicles, stationary battery energy storage devices (from home to grid scale), solar panels and solar shingles, and related products and services. Its main source of income is selling and creating models like the Model Y, Cybertruck, and Model 3. It supplements this core business through clean energy storage and generation, high-margin software subscriptions, vehicle servicing, and a global charging network. Its main costs

Prisha Saraf
Jul 182 min read


Which states have the highest dropout rates and does gender play a role?
Introduction Education plays a crucial role in improving people’s quality of life and creating better opportunities for the future. Despite this, many students across India leave school before completing their education, a challenge commonly referred to as school dropout. High dropout rates affect literacy, employment, and economic development, making them an important indicator of educational progress. Understanding where these dropouts occur and whether boys or girls are mo

Ishaan Pal Chowdhury, Abhinav Ullagaddi
Jul 165 min read


Behind the Grades: A Data-Driven Look at Student Mental Health
INTRODUCTION Across college campuses many things differ but few remain the same. The average college student’s struggle to juggle exams, assignments, part-time jobs, societal expectations and the list keeps going on forever. One very important aspect of our lives gets left behind in this struggle, mental health. This paper uses real surveyed data from 101 university students in an attempt to explore the rates of mental health issues and how they relate to factors such as CGPA

Krish Ghai
Jul 164 min read


Kenya's Journey Towards a Digital Economy
Introduction: Over the past 2 decades, Kenya has come out as one of Africa’s leading digital economies, supported by rapid technological development. A major milestone in this transformation was the launch of M-pesa in 2007, a mobile money service that allows users to send, receive and manage money through their mobile phones even without a traditional bank account. By increasing access to financial services, M-pesa was able to play an important role in improving financial in

Zaara Hajiyani and Roshni Patel
Jul 154 min read


Which academic, lifestyle, and financial factors are most strongly associated with depression among university students?
Depression is becoming an increasingly important issue among university students, affecting both academic performance and overall well-being. This project seeks to examine the relationship between academic, lifestyle and financial factors and depression in a dataset of student mental health from a sample of students. Data includes information on academic stress, sleep duration, financial stress, satisfaction with studies undertaken, work pressure, diet, and family history of

Smyan Karunakaran
Jul 154 min read


Does Bypass Ratio Reliably Predict Thrust-to-Weight Ratio or Does Weight Class Override It?
Does Bypass Ratio Reliably Predict Thrust-to-Weight Ratio or Does Weight Class Override It? A Look at Bypass Ratio and Thrust-to-Weight Ratio Across Four Generations of Commercial Turbofan Engines By: Viraj Chakrabarti 1. Background and Research Question Every turbofan engine on modern airliners has some air that passes through the engine core, and some that flows around the engine core (bypassed air). The ratio of air that flows around the core to the air that is bypassed is

Viraj Chakrabarti
Jul 153 min read


To What Extent Did Indian States with Lower Literacy Rates in 2001 Experience Greater Improvements in Literacy by 2011?
Literacy is a crucial indicator of social and economic development. Greater literacy rates can lead to improvements in employment opportunities, better health, a higher standard of living and increased participation of the community. There have been substantial differences between literacy levels and educational access across different states and union territories. According to census data, the national literacy rate increased from 64.8% in 2001 to 73% in 2011, showing the im

Parshva Lakdawala
Jul 153 min read


Accidents across India and their causes.
In India every year 4.8 lakh road accidents take place but where are most of these accidents actually occurring and what are the causes for these accidents. This report will investigate the number of accidents occurring in each state including their severity and the direct and indirect factors causing these accidents. The research question for this report is “Which states have the highest road accidents and what are the factors linked to them.” For this report I have used 2 d

Bilva Trivedi
Jul 145 min read
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