Oct 2023 – Dec 2023 · 2 mos · Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

May 2020 – Sep 2023 · 3 yrs 4 mos · Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland

• At Iprova, we build knowledge discovery software based on state-of-the-art ML and NLP, and use it to compliment the skills of human researchers/inventors to help them create intellectual property in the physical sciences domain.
• My work involves ideation and development of several NLP features across different tasks like question answering, information retrieval, topic modeling and text generation using LLMs. I also contribute towards building our ML backend, solving challenges associated with putting ML models in production.
• Technologies: Langchain, Pytorch, Huggingface, Streamlit, MLflow, Kubernetes/Docker, Azure, Vue

Feb 2019 – May 2020 · 1 yr 3 mos · Zurich, Switzerland

• At Legartis, we are building software that automatically analyzes legal contracts of different types and in varying languages, and extracts data critical to organizations. We are a young company that has won several awards, including being voted Switzerland's top AI startup in 2019 by KPMG as well as the renowned >>venture>> award by ETH Zurich.
• I work on text classification, named entity recognition and document parsing. I also wear multiple hats at times: contributing to building our data pipeline, or building features into our app, for example.
• Technologies: Primarily Python, its ML libraries and SQL. Some work on our Django backend and Angular frontend as well.

Apr 2018 – Sep 2018 · 5 mos · Zurich, Switzerland

• At Disney Research, I did my Masters Thesis on researching and improving algorithms for music source separation (separating a piece of music into its component instruments) using deep learning. A paper based on my findings was accepted at the IEEE European Signal Processing Conference (EuSIPCO) 2019. arXiv preprint linked below.

Oct 2015 – Jun 2016 · 8 mos · Greater Delhi Area

• I worked on projects in sanitation for BMGF in India. In particular, I played a key role in setting up an important grantee tasked with sanitation-related mass behaviour change campaign (BCC). I devised their multi-year strategy, managed multiple external stakeholders, and oversaw the first few months of the campaign execution as a project manager.

Nov 2014 – Oct 2015 · 11 mos · Greater Delhi Area

• Courses in Yoga, Indian Classical Music, Scuba Diving, Underwater Archaeology and Hiking

Jun 2013 – Nov 2014 · 1 yr 5 mos · Greater Delhi Area

• As a Consultant, I worked on topics spanning Due Diligence, Distribution Strategy, Operations (Cost Reduction and Sourcing) and Market Research Planning across India and in Vietnam. I also led a small team of associates in this phase. I was rated throughout as a high-performing consultant. Specific projects conducted were as follows:
• 1) Due Diligence to assess future revenue potential of an Indian Pharmaceutical contract manufacturer that was an acquisition target for our client, a top PE firm
• 2) Improving distribution network and hence market share for the Vietnam business for a leading global Electronics company
• 3) Cost Reduction through Design-to-Value and Sourcing improvement, for a leading Real Estate company
• 4) Planning a Market Research to establish consumer preferences in housing, for a leading Real Estate company

Jun 2011 – May 2013 · 1 yr 11 mos · Greater Delhi Area

• As an Associate, I worked on projects in Growth Strategy, Business Planning and Business Development, across India and in the UK. Specific projects conducted were as follows:
• 1) Growth Strategy for expansion into Medtech white-spaces in India, for a leading global Medtech company
• 2) Growth Strategy and Business Planning for India business of a leading global Medtech company
• 3) 2020 Growth Strategy for a top Indian Furniture manufacturer
• 4) Increasing share-of-wallet in a UK-based key account for the Healthcare IT division of a top Indian IT Services company

Apr 2010 – May 2010 · 1 mo · Greater Delhi Area

• I was extended a Pre-Placement Offer (PPO) by A.T. Kearney for my performance in the internship. I worked on a Marketing project to improve customer experience for the end-customers of a Gas Distribution company.

Jun 2007 – May 2009 · 1 yr 11 mos · Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area

• I worked in the Sales & Marketing Analytics domain for Pharmaceutical companies. My clients included the global Top-10 pharma companies.