Mausumi Meher joined Standard Chartered as a Data Scientist
From MSc MathematicsDurgesh's cohort + 1:1 mentorship
“What stayed with me most is that he never handed me answers.”
The record
- Company
- Standard Chartered
- Role
- Data Scientist
- Background
- MSc Mathematics
- Came through
- a cohort taught by Durgesh + 1:1 mentorship with Durgesh
- Published
- 6 October 2026, with Mausumi's consent
How Mausumi made the switch
Mausumi finished an MSc in Mathematics with no industry experience and now works as a Data Scientist at Standard Chartered.
By Mausumi's own account it was not one jump but several roles over a few years, each adding a skill, with Durgesh as mentor through every move. The Medium post tells that path step by step.
What Mausumi took from the mentorship was a method rather than answers: say in one sentence what the problem is before touching a tool, break it into parts that can each be tested, get the simplest version working end to end, check the work on messy data before anyone else does, and be able to explain why each choice was made.
In Mausumi's own words
Mausumi wrote the whole story on Medium on 6 October 2026. The lines below are copied from that post word for word.
- “Adding one skill at a time, alongside work, adds up.”
- “Quant work rewards precision, and an automated pipeline is only useful if it’s right on every run.”
- “I first came to Durgesh as an intern, and he was still guiding me when I moved to Standard Chartered.”
Published on
Mausumi Meheron MediumFrom MSc Mathematics to Data Scientist at Standard Chartered: four roles and what each one taught meAn internship, two and a half years in quant analytics, a GenAI internship on the side, and a mentor who stayed through it all.6 October 20263 min readRead on Medium
What this result is, and what it is not
It is one person's result, published with Mausumi's consent and linked to a LinkedIn profile and to a first-person account that anyone can read. It is not a placement guarantee. Durgesh taught and mentored; Mausumi sat the interviews and earned the offer.
If you want to follow the same path
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- Every success story All named placements, each with a LinkedIn profile you can open.
Questions people ask about this placement
Can a mathematics graduate become a data scientist?
Yes. Mausumi Meher finished an MSc in Mathematics with no industry experience and now works as a Data Scientist at Standard Chartered. Mausumi came through a cohort taught by Durgesh + 1:1 mentorship with Durgesh. It is one person's result, not a guarantee.
Did PrepNPlaced guarantee this placement?
No. PrepNPlaced does not guarantee placements. The cohort teaches, the mentorship guides, and the candidate clears the interviews.
Where can I read Mausumi's own account?
On Medium: "From MSc Mathematics to Data Scientist at Standard Chartered: four roles and what each one taught me", published by Mausumi Meher on 6 October 2026 at https://medium.com/@mausumimeher45/from-msc-mathematics-to-data-scientist-at-standard-chartered-four-roles-and-what-each-one-taught-2163c0a8fb89. The quotes on this page are copied from that post word for word.