Big data for institutional planning, decision support and academic excellence

The impact of big data although being very insubstantial in its inception however has gradually originated to make significant contributions to variety of spheres of life. Development of smart cities, big data in e-business, big data in health care sector, big data in environmental sciences and implementation of Big Data in other areas has indisputably revealed to critics what can be achieved by Big Data. Big Data undeniably is a paradigm shift in the perception of ways of understanding and studying the world. Big data can be utilized to analyze fine grained data for public and private use. Big data utilization in education sector is relatively less but it has started growing gradually. As a matter of fact as Big Data can be effectively utilized to improve education delivery, it can equally be utilized to provide decision support to higher management to attain excellence in the field of education. This research paper is a mere effort to explore various possibilities of Big Data utilization in educational establishments and their implications.