Hi Aspirant,

BSc in Mathematical Science is  a great step for your journey as Data Scientist.It will also be a great step to learn Data Structures and do competitive programming. Now keeping it short let me tell what is needed to be a Data Scientist:

Data Scientist = Mathematics + Statistics + Programming language + Machine Learning and AI + Analytical Skills.

And for jobs in the current scenario, a lot of software engineers and mathematicians have self-taught themselves to fit into the role of data scientist. Many companies including big firms and startups are coming up with the openings of data science, and this seems to be the right time to dive into the field.

For more information on Data scientist, you can refer the link below

https://www.careers360.com/careers/data-scientist

Hope this helps.

Good luck!!!