Adelaide University Internship Experience - Tanvi Srivastava
Welcome Tanvi!
Tanvi Srivastava joined our SAcommunity Data Analytics Team for her University of Adelaide SET (Sciences, Engineering and Technology) Internship for her final year Bachelor of Computer Science 2024: 22 March 2024 - 7 June 2024.
She is completing a 140 hour internship onsite with SAcommunity at the Connecting Up Office, Infoxchange for 2 days (15 hours) a week for ~12 weeks around her classes.
Total Hours 72 Joined 22 March 2024 Last Check-in 26 April 2024
Personal Biography
Tanvi is a final year Bachelor of Computer Science student at the University of Adelaide and is enthusiastic about the fields of data science and cybersecurity. She balances her academic commitments with part-time work in retail at Woolworths and tutoring Year 11 and 12 high school students in Chemistry and English. Her affection for literature, has led her to host a monthly book club where she explores a range of different authors with the other club members.
Tanvi is interning at Connecting Up to further develop her technical skills in Google Analytics and Power BI. She aims to showcase some of the skills and knowledge she has gained throughout university, particularly Python, while in the SAcommunity program to apply her learning to contribute to the community sector. In addition, she aims to cultivate
further professional connections and networks within the wider Infoxchange group as well as with other partner organisations in order to build a network for the future.
In the future, Tanvi aims to work in the cyber security field within the government sector. She is particularly interested in areas such as threat intelligence and cyber defence as these areas of cybersecurity focus on being proactive rather than reactive and involve the constant use problem-solving and innovation.
Community Services in Councils Project
Tanvi has selected Southern Mallee District Council for her Power BI council reports, a databse of approximately 60 community services operating in the area for the financial years 2020-2021, 2021-2022, and 2022-2023. Her reports followed previous data provided by Stathis Avramis, and her completed reports can be found here.
The process of creating community service information data presentations involves several steps. Data trends are summarized by utilizing information from Google Analytics and SAcommunity. Subsequently, Power BI and Canva reports are generated, which may reveal data anomalies and the need for corrections. The database is then updated with improved information, and the reports are recreated. The final data reports are published on the website and introduced by Tanvi to council stakeholders for their information and feedback.
Additionally, Tanvi created a dashboard summarizing the community service information for the Southern Mallee District Council over the preceding four years (shown above). This comprehensive dashboard allows for comparison and analysis of the data over the previous four years.
Telephone Techniques
Telephone techniques training is undertaken by all interns and volunteers as having skilled telephone techniques and telephone etiquette is important for all SAcommunity Team members. Telephone techniques assist Data Analytics Team members in understanding more about the directory and data collection methods, data cleaning and updating their individual dataset information, and presenting data reports to council stakeholders. Interns are provided with the SAcommunity telephone script as a guide that aids interns in demonstrating professionalism, ensuring appropriate conduct on the phone, and creating positive impressions. Several telephone techniques training sessions are held throughout an intern's time at Connecting Up to facilitate practice and further develop their skills.
Image: Telephone Techniques Training Intern Sylvia Cao with Tanvi Srivastava
Image: Rasika Nawarathne, Tanvi Srivastava and Power BI challenges
Image: Tanvi Srivastava checking with services to correct and update anomalous data
IX Lunch & Learn Session
Lunch and Learn: World Autism Month - 5 April 2024
Key Speaker Jim Mullan - CEO of Amaze
An informative talk that detailed the company Amaze, the aim of World Autism Month, and inclusivity in the workplace. Amaze is known for building autism understanding in the community, influencing policy change for Autistic people and their families / supporters, and providing independent, credible information and resources to individuals, families, professionals, government, and the wider community.
Participants learned about the challenges faced by autistic individuals in terms of employment difficulties and societal misconceptions. Jim Mullan discussed the evolution of societal understanding of autism, moving away from outdated stereotypes to recognizing the unique abilities and needs of autistic people.
Jim provided insights into the initiatives aimed at improving inclusivity and support for the autistic community. This includes the development of programs that assist autistic individuals with faster and more affordable access to diagnosis and support services. Furthermore, the session highlighted the importance of creating employment opportunities for autistic individuals and the benefits of workplace diversity and inclusion.
Image: IX Lunch & Learn: World Autism Month with Key Speaker: Jim Mullan, CEO at Amaze
