In recent years, there is a phenomenal increase in amount of data generated as a result increased use of technology. This has provided an opportunity to generate business intelligence out of this huge data. Data analytics is one such technique that is used to analyze this data and extract useful information required for that particular domain. The use of technology is not limited to business domains, but also extended to non-business domains like education, health care etc. This paper presents an overview of usage of data analytics in the areas like education, defense, healthcare and food domain. The competition among education institutes leads to need for informed decision based on timely, consistent data. These requirements may be met by having suitable technology in place. The data warehouse and analytics may serve the purpose. In a similar way, health care service also needs updated information about the epidemics and statistics related to various types of information. Another field that can be benefitted by adapting new technologies is defense.