Chanakya S.

Co-Founder

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India4 yrs 9 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Founded Thycure Pharma for affordable medicines.
Launched UP&RUN hydration brand for athletes.
Expert in data analytics and business strategy.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Healthcare and Wellness Entrepreneur with strong data analytics expertise.

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Python (Programming Language)R (Programming Language)Product DevelopmentMarketing ManagementBusiness IntelligenceTableauSQLMicrosoft OfficeAdobe AnalyticsExtract, Transform, Load (ETL)Data AnalyticsPredictive AnalyticsWeb Analytics

About

Chanakya Shah Founder | Data-Driven Strategist | Healthcare & Wellness Entrepreneur Crossing continents (India, Spain, Nigeria, Canada) and industries (startups, MNCs, family businesses), he brings a global mindset and local execution muscle. With roots in data analytics and a solid foundation in business, he thrives at the intersection of insight and action. 🎯 Founded Thycure Pharma in 2022 to deliver affordable, high-quality medicines that make a real impact on patients and their families. ⚡ Launched UP&RUN in 2024, a clean, high-performance hydration brand built for athletes, everyday movers, and anyone who sweats smart. Formulations are science-backed, salt-balanced, and tailored for India’s climate and lifestyle. 📊 Data analyst turned founder; blending statistical rigor with real-world hustle. 🧠 Academics: B.Com in Accounting & Finance (University of Mumbai) + M.Sc. in Marketing Management (ESADE Business School, Barcelona) + a Diploma in Data Science that didn't help much.

Experience

4 yrs 9 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 8 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 4 mos

Current Experience

Up&run

Founder

Oct 2024 – Present · 1 yr 7 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Thycure pharma pvt. ltd.

Founder & Director

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 4 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Inferyx

Principal Consultant

Jan 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 4 mos · New York, New York, United States · Remote

Techvantage consulting inc.

Principal Consultant

Oct 2022 – Aug 2023 · 10 mos · Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Remote

Career break

Full-time parenting

Jan 2022 – Oct 2022 · 9 mos · Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Index exchange

Exchange Analyst, Product & Engineering Analytics

Feb 2020 – Dec 2021 · 1 yr 10 mos · Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Supported IX's product roadmap by monitoring & analyzing all product and engineering releases introduced to the platform. Designed product dashboards to quantify and monitor major initiatives and releases. Actively worked in an agile environment partnering with business stakeholders and product managers across different PDUs to deliver analytical data reporting solutions serving to gain insights into various parts of the business.

Cibc

Data Analyst, Digital Analytics & Integration

Sep 2018 – Dec 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos · Toronto, Canada

Automated design and delivery of Adobe Analytic reports using APIs to reduce overall data extraction time into seconds. Resulting in dashboards being updated dynamically as opposed to the weekly emails being sent previously. Built data-driven approaches to map user journeys and optimizing it across all digital channels. Leveraged all existing vendor APIs (Jira, Roadmunk & etc.) to automate data extraction and ingestion using Python & R.

Gridedge technologies pvt. ltd.

2 roles

Associate Data Scientist

Jan 2017 – Jun 2018 · 1 yr 5 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Partnered with Data Engineers to improve the efficiency of the platform and integrity of data by 80% used for all analysis. Enhanced data collection procedures relevant for building analytical platform.

Trainee Data Scientist

Jul 2016 – Dec 2016 · 5 mos · Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Nysa industries pvt. ltd.

Product Data Analyst

Apr 2013 – Mar 2016 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Mumbai, India

Managed entire product life-cycle while improving processing time by 2 weeks within the first 6 months. Executed strategies to drive growth, leveraging months of research and on-site visits to African countries that directly led to an increase in the turnover by $1M.