Experience

Catalyst Management Services

• India
• Civic and Social Organizations
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Team Lead - Data Science (Evidence for change)

  • Apr 2021 - Present

  Key roles undertaken are as follows Setting up and leading the data science unit in CMS which includes visioning for the unit, building partnership with key stakeholders, and handling day to day operations Managing end to end research and evaluation projects as part of the Evidence for change portfolio, Providing support to other functions in the group with data cleaning, preliminary data analysis and in-depth data analysis using statistical and econometric models Recruit, train and manage Research AssociatesKey Projects -  Data analytics lead of a city wide wastewater surveillance initiative in Bengaluru, which is now being scaled up across the country.  Leading the evaluation projects of Agro-forestry and Comprehensive community development projects in Gujarat, Renewable energy projects in the north-east and similar programmes across different geographies.  Strategic evaluation in the domain of air quality for a global funder based in UK for their India portfolio,  Impact Assessment of Integrated Development initiatives implemented in Gujarat by a global foundation Research and evaluation lead of #Vaxnow which brings together the Government, Private Sector Organizations, Community leaders, NGOs and the Media to accelerate the vaccination of vulnerable people in Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Bihar. Evaluation of COVIDActionCollab - a nation wide collaborative with over 350 organizations Show less

• Research Associate

  • Dec 2020 - Apr 2021

   Responsible for descriptive and multivariate statistical analyses of data, using relevant econometric and statistical tools.  Designed and created special programs for tasks such as statistical analysis and data entry and cleaning. Verified the accuracy and validity of data entered in databases, corrected any errors. Prepared, manipulated, and managed extensive databases. Compiled, analyzed, and reported data to explain social and economic phenomena and forecast market trends, applying mathematical models and statistical techniques. Performed needs assessments or consult with clients to determine the types of research and information required. Worked on research proposals and grants on relevant methodologies and thematic areas adept to the growth of the E4C portfolio. Worked with the Principle Investigator, practitioners on research designs and frameworks, analytical frameworks. Helped improve the procedures, policies, and culture of E4C & CMS. Managing teams: Recruited, trained, and supervised both field-based and off-field data operations teams. Collaborated with teams in other disciplines. Show less

• Consultant

  • Nov 2020 - Dec 2020

   Fulltime consultant as part of the Evidence for change team Projects : i) Evaluation, Research and Analytics - COVID action collaborative, ii) Baseline studies on the poultry value chain across FPOs in Andhra Pradesh, iii) Impact evaluation projects in Gujarat



Caspian

• Canada
• Telecommunications
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Consultant - Data science - Portfolio Risk Management

  • Nov 2020 - Dec 2020

  Caspian invests in enterprises that address the problems of access and efficiency in business ecosystems that have a positive social or environmental impact. Data science consultant working on projects with the portfolio risk management team. Projects - Pricing tool, Early warning systems , Predictive models , Onboarding of DS resources , Drafting requirements for live projects.

• Senior Associate - Data Science - Portfolio risk management

  • May 2020 - Nov 2020

  Caspian invests in enterprises that address the problems of access and efficiency in business ecosystems that have a positive social or environmental impact. Lead the data science team where the role involves setting up data management processes, automating systems, risk modelling and communicating insights to senior management. Automated the provisioning model that includes calculating PD, LGD and EAD which would calculate the final expected credit loss amount, included scenario based factors to account for the COVID pandemic. Built a pricing model that would recommend interest for new loans, historical default data along with data obtained from the clients across the dimensions of Governance and Management, Business and Operations, Process and systems and Financial performance. Used a combination of quantitative and qualitative techniques for the same. Liaison with external data partners and consultant/s to get support on data or build risk models. Show less

• Portfolio Risk Management Intern

  • Jun 2019 - Jul 2019

   Developed a framework for monitoring external risk for the impact portfolio and identified independent data sources and proxies for external risk surveillance.  Improved the effectiveness of risk management reports by developing Excel macro-based tools to aggregate and analyze risk management data.  Analyzed the due diligence tool currently used in the company to see if it is a significant predictor of loan defaults using logistic regression, recommended data points that could be dropped from the tool based on the analysis. Show less



Aga Khan Rural Support Programme

• Research
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Village Fieldwork Segment

  • Oct 2018 - Nov 2018

   Village Development Study of Baykheda village part of the Jhiranya block in the district of Khargone focusing on broader themes of Agriculture, Livelihood, Governance, Health & Education, Climate Change, and Financial Inclusion.  Village Development Study of Baykheda village part of the Jhiranya block in the district of Khargone focusing on broader themes of Agriculture, Livelihood, Governance, Health & Education, Climate Change, and Financial Inclusion.



SELCO Foundation

• India
• Non-profit Organizations
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Senior Program Coordinator - Operations

  • Aug 2017 - May 2018

   Member of the Energy access vertical, responsibilities included annual planning and budgeting.  Coordinated between the energy access teams across 5 different regions – Karnataka and Tamilnadu, Orissa, The North East, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.  Ecosystem Development: Part of a multi-stakeholder assessment, project planning and implementation for energy access projects in the remote areas of North Karnataka (Bidar and Bijapur) and Tamil Nadu (Nilgiris and Sittlingi).  Member of the Energy access vertical, responsibilities included annual planning and budgeting.  Coordinated between the energy access teams across 5 different regions – Karnataka and Tamilnadu, Orissa, The North East, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.  Ecosystem Development: Part of a multi-stakeholder assessment, project planning and implementation for energy access projects in the remote areas of North Karnataka (Bidar and Bijapur) and Tamil Nadu (Nilgiris and Sittlingi).



Accenture

• Ireland
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Application Development Analyst

  • Dec 2013 - May 2017

  Key Responsibilities :  Senior Technical analyst in the offshore development team (Supply Chain) whose primary functions are technical and functional analysis of issues and rolling out new functionality.  Role involved initial requirement gathering, scenario replication, proposing design change, code change and unit testing.  Responsible for Deployment activities, Deployment coordination and Post Deployment Support.  Prepared end user process documents and Imparted various intra-team training sessions on various phases of project life-cycle. Key Achievements:  Developed and deployed an automated framework to facilitate set up of new garages (localised storage units) in the ERP system, on an ad-hoc basis as per client requirement - led to a reduction in the operational downtime of the new garages by 20%.  Integral part of the team that transformed critical supply chain business processes, to accommodate the acquisition of an American direct broadcast satellite service provider, thereby enabling the client to increase its customer base by 1.2mn in a short span of 13 months. Show less