Blog article: Guest Post: Web Analytics for City of Toronto’s Open Data Portal
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Jinesh Dutt and Rishabh Kaushick are recent graduate Master students at Northeastern University Toronto. Under the supervision of Dr. Omar Badreldin, they tinkered around with our portal for a couple months and drew out some cool conclusions. Read more about them and check out their findings.
Jinesh Dutt:
Jinesh Dutt is a recent graduate with a Master’s in Information Systems from Northeastern University, Toronto. He is passionate about using technology to solve real-world problems—whether it’s building full-stack applications, analyzing complex data, or turning raw insights into meaningful visual stories.
During his time at Northeastern, Jinesh worked as a Teaching Assistant for over three semesters, mentoring more than 170 students and supporting their understanding of key technical concepts. He also served as Vice President of the university’s Coding Society Club, where he led hands-on coding workshops, collaborated with peers, and played a key role in building a vibrant tech community on campus.
His interests span full-stack development, data visualization, and database design. He especially enjoys working on projects that merge creativity with impact—such as building dashboards in Power BI or developing web tools that make information more accessible.
Outside of technology, Jinesh enjoys reading novels, playing basketball, and exploring personal coding projects in his spare time. He brings a strong sense of curiosity and continuous learning to everything he does, and is excited to keep exploring where innovation, community, and creativity meet.
Rishabh Kaushick:
Rishabh Kaushick recently graduated with a Master’s degree in Information Systems from Northeastern University (NU), Toronto. With over four years of experience as a Technical Consultant at Hitachi Vantara, he has worked on enterprise integrations, analytics dashboards, and business intelligence solutions.
During his graduate studies, Rishabh served as a Teaching and Research Assistant, while also leading several student tech communities as the Founding Lead of Google Developer Group (GDG) on Campus and President of the NU Coding Society. His contributions to academic leadership and community-building earned him multiple university honors, including the Laurel and Scroll 100 Society of Distinction, the College of Engineering’s Information Systems Award, and recognition for Outstanding Student Teaching, Service & Leadership.
Outside of work, Rishabh enjoys playing guitar, tinkering with AI technologies, and participating in hackathons where he explores creative solutions to real-world problems.