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Sunday, Aug 25, 2013, 8:46 IST | Agency: DNA  They find truth,
intrigue and drama in what is dry-as-dust information to us,
says Shraddha Uchil, who met a few of these cyberspace
alchemists.  If you ever saw Prashant Bhattacharji at a bus
stop, you probably wouldn't give him a second glance. Dressed in
a plain shirt and a pair of trousers, he looks like any other IT
professional you see on your way to work every day.  As soon as
Bhattacharji gets to work, he turns on his PC and starts
scanning sheets after sheets of data. But he is not an
accountant. He is part of the emerging breed of what the world
calls data scientists, a job title that came into existence only
five years ago.  He plays with all these numbers, tries to
decryp them to find a pattern only a very skilled mind could
spot, and turns them into highly valuable information for MNCs,
start-ups and even Fortune 500 companie