May 2013 – Jul 2013 · 2 mos · Mumbai

• The Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas (CTARA) in the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay was established in 1985 to respond to the marginalized and disadvantaged sections of society and neglected regions in the country. We consulted the governments of 3 villages on pipeline water schemes. In particular we:
• Analyzed the emergence of private players by interviewing users and administrators of rural water schemes
• Proposed a shared public-private-infrastructure to reduce entry barriers, improve water supply coverage and achieved a projected 33% reduction in water price
• Initiated 2 projects in CTARA to study private investment and public-private partnership in various water schemes across different villages

May 2012 – Jul 2012 · 2 mos · cambridge, massachusetts

• Consulted a major US automobile company on understanding customer insights from their sales data
• Developed and validated models to infer consumers' choice behavior from their sales points
• Inferred consumers‘ preferences over various attributes of the cars with an accuracy of ~75%
• Estimated the customer conversion rate and the optimal assortment of the cars to maximize revenue

May 2011 – Jul 2011 · 2 mos · Mumbai

• Developed algorithms and data structures to convert algorithms into electrical circuit