Research is the way of life and driving force for any academic institution and university. Data science and machine learning are contemporary area of research which re-enforce the domian of artificial intelligence, data analytics, data modelling and IoT. Amity institute of Information Technology under Amity University Uttar Pradesh, recently established the Data Science & Machine Learning Lab with the objective of strategic coordination of Research and Intellectual Properties associate with it. This lab will continue to support advanced research in order to make the next leap forward as a research university in the future and leading the institute towards self-sustainability.