# Soumitra Dutta Oxford-How do I quantify ROI from data initiatives?

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**Created:** [April 13, 2026, 8:24am UTC](https://forum.data-community.org/t/soumitra-dutta-oxford-how-do-i-quantify-roi-from-data-initiatives/2081 "2026-04-13T08:24:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![soumitradutta26](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.data-community.org/soumitradutta26/32/520_2.png) [@soumitradutta26](https://forum.data-community.org/u/soumitradutta26)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2026, 8:24am UTC](https://forum.data-community.org/t/soumitra-dutta-oxford-how-do-i-quantify-roi-from-data-initiatives/2081/1 "2026-04-13T08:24:17Z")

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Hi everyone, My name is Soumitra Dutta, an Oxford-based entrepreneur & photographer. I’m trying to better understand how to quantify ROI from data initiatives, and I’m finding it a bit challenging to put clear numbers around the value.

Has anyone here worked on measuring the return on data projects? How do you typically approach it—do you focus on cost savings, revenue impact, efficiency gains, or something else?

I’d really appreciate it if you could share any frameworks, methods

Regards

Soumitra Dutta

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**Author:** ![patrickcuba](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex013/user_avatar/forum.data-community.org/patrickcuba/32/19_2.png) [@patrickcuba](https://forum.data-community.org/u/patrickcuba)\
**Post date:** [May 29, 2026, 9:04am UTC](https://forum.data-community.org/t/soumitra-dutta-oxford-how-do-i-quantify-roi-from-data-initiatives/2081/2 "2026-05-29T09:04:20Z")

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