Adelaide University Internship Experience - Shrushti Rajendra Ladage
Welcome Shrushti!
Shrushti has joined our Data Analytics Team for her Adelaide University SET Internship for Data Science for Trimester 2, 2025, 27 May 2025 - 1 August 2025.
She is completing a 140 hours internship onsite with SAcommunity at the Connecting Up Office, Infoxchange 14 hours a week for 10 weeks over 2 days around her university classes.
Total Hours: 34 Joined: 27-May-2025
Personal Biography
Shrushti is in her final year of her Masters of Data Science at the University of Adelaide. She holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Applications from Amity University, India. Here she gained experience as an AWS Cloud Intern at F13 Technologies. She also works as a casual in the hospitality industry, a contributor to the On-Dit magazine and as a YouX Volunteer at Uni around her studies.
At Connecting Up, Infoxchange she has joined the Data Analytics Team. Through this internship, she aims to expand her skill set by learning tools such as Google Analytics and Power BI, enhancing her soft skills, and building meaningful industry connections.
Looking ahead, Shrushti aims to pursue a career as a Risk Analyst in the Technology and Cloud industry. She is particularly keen to apply her analytical and cloud skills to help protect data because she enjoys anticipating potential problems and figuring out how to prevent them.
Data Catalyst Network | Dicussion of Social Scope Project
I attended a Data Catalyst Network meeting where Benjamin Halil-Pizzirani was the key note speaker. He discussed the need for the Social Scope project. During the meeting, a prototype of the Social Scope platform was presented, and its features designed to simplify data use and enable secure, collaborative, and user-centred reporting were explained. He emphasised that the project was initiated in response to the data challenges faced by not-for-profit (NFP) organisations in 2024. A major issue highlighted was the lack of effective systems for evidence-based decision-making: only one in three NFPs have processes to manage informed security-related risks, while 77% reported that their systems do not. Furthermore, only one in four organisations believe their data quality adequately supports reporting needs. These insights reinforced the importance of a practical and ethical data tool like Social Scope to support impact measurement across the social services sector.
Digital Training & DevelopmentVolunteers and interns have access to the Connecting Up Digital Learning Platform, which offers live and recorded webinars, workshops, and webcons led by subject-matter experts on various technology topics relevant to the not-for-profit sector. Shrusthi selected, attended, summarized, and evaluated relevant training sessions to explore how they could enhance her internship experience:
