Jun 2022 – Sep 2022 · 3 mos · Delhi, India · On-site

• ➤ Achieved a 25% increase in user retention by streamlining the allocation of gig workers to on-ground operations team leaders using a dynamic linkage of H3 and S2 spatial grids.
• ➤ Enabled generation of cross-vertical user analytics for 7500 users by deploying a data model to synchronize ETL pipelines across Elasticsearch, MongoDB, and Firebase databases.
• ➤ Implemented algorithms for computation and visualization of KPIs for cohort survival analysis.

Sep 2020 – May 2022 · 1 yr 8 mos

• ➤ IndiaPulse@ISB: Spearheaded a team of 5 researchers & developers to create 14 spatial analytics solutions for supporting the Government of India’s COVID-19 pandemic response.
• ◆ Marquee Presentations for Government of India agencies:
• ➤ “Analytics for Industry Relocation and Waste Management.”
• Director, Pharma City, TSIIC, Telangana; June 2021
• ➤ “High-Frequency Indicators for Economic Recovery post-COVID-19.”
• CEO, TN Guidance, Tamil Nadu; Apr. 2021
• Minister of Industries, Commerce, and IT, Andhra Pradesh; Sept. 2020
• ➤ "Aspirational District Assessment and SDG Monitoring Tool.”
• Chief Secretary, Himachal Pradesh; June 2020
• ➤ “Urban Water Demand and Agricultural Crop Substitutions.”
• Expert Panel for National Water Policy 2023; Feb. 2020
• ➤ Initiative on Forest Economy: Designed and deployed Fi - a suite of 6 mobile apps currently used by 50,000 indigenous forest inhabitants to identify species & monitor harvest supply-chain.

Dec 2018 – Sep 2020 · 1 yr 9 mos

• ➤ India Data Portal: Implemented automated ETL workflows in AWS and developed 10 High-Frequency Indicators for the Agriculture, Health, Industry & Trade sectors.
• ➤ Established partnerships with 7 government agencies through policy engagements & outreach - focus on projects related to digital identity, community forest rights and sustainable land use.
• ➤ Co-Authored a technical report on the potential and impact of introduction of Nutri-cereals in public distribution systems for improving the health & nutritional outcomes for marginalized populations.
• ➤ Mentored 12 summer interns over 3 years in data scraping, visualization, and analysis.

May 2018 – Nov 2018 · 6 mos · Greater Philadelphia Area

• ➤ Assisted with research on real estate and urban governance in India.
• ➤ Authored a 200-page report on spatial outcomes of urban governance on the morphology of cities.

Jan 2018 – Apr 2018 · 3 mos · San Francisco Bay Area

• ➤ Google Developer Challenge Scholarship Recipient for 2018.
• ➤ Completed coursework and project under Phase 1 of the scholarship.

Sep 2017 – Aug 2018 · 11 mos

• ➤ Designed an Interactive Database Viewer for past, present, and future scholars:
• ➤ Created a web-based application and resource interface for prospective applicants.
• ➤ Offered on-campus research resources to prospective grant applicants for the 2018-2019 cycle.
• ➤ Streamlined application procedure for the grant awards offered by the Institute.
• ➤ Assessed the impact of the Institute over a 25-year period, helping secure future endowments.
• ◆ https://aap.cornell.edu/sites/default/files/upload/Steindatabase2.html

May 2017 – Aug 2017 · 3 mos

• ➤ Conducted archival research with daily newspapers to evaluate the historical change in perception towards immigration and the increase in accessibility due to infrastructure.
• ➤ Site-specific research for the borough of Brooklyn from 1870-1900 for the book The Rise and Fall of Protestant Brooklyn: An American Story.

Jan 2017 – Aug 2017 · 7 mos

• ◆ Research and Administrative Assistant for Department Chair.
• ➤ Developed an interactive historical database of projects undertaken by students from 1971-2015 and created visualizations and statistical summaries to evaluate the physical, economic and social impact of the projects at the city level. The database covers a geographic extent of over thirty counties across the states of New York and Pennsylvania.
• ➤ Worked as a Programmer with the Department Art and Media team to develop a new blog that integrates social media feeds and centralizes federated posts across student organizations.

Aug 2016 – Dec 2016 · 4 mos

• ◆ Course: Seminar on Issues in African Development (CRP 4770/6770)
• ➤ Led weekly discussions with graduate students and members of the final panel presentation.
• ➤ Evaluated weekly critical responses of a class of 15 students as part of the required coursework.
• ◆ The course examined a broad range of critical concerns in contemporary Africa including food production, human resource development, migration, urbanization, environmental resource management, economic growth, and policy guidance. The theme of the course for Fall 2017 was Sustainable Development Goals.

Sep 2015 – Aug 2016 · 11 mos

• ➤ Conducted research and developed pictograms and infographics for understanding risks of Shale Gas extraction across the United States.
• ➤ Developed spatial analysis model for determining the extent of the impact of shale gas drilling across the United States along the value supply chain.
• ➤ Drafted a successful grant renewal application to Health and Environment Funder's Network.

Sep 2015 – Aug 2016 · 11 mos

• ➤ Assisted with digitization and paperwork at the Office of the Judicial Administrator, Cornell University.

Aug 2015 – Dec 2015 · 4 mos

• ◆ Explorations in Nuclear Research
• ➤ Discovered documents discussing methodological ideas proposed by Albert Einstein in the field of Low Energy Nuclear Reactions (LENR) in correspondence with Physicist Ernst Sternglass.
• ➤ Acknowledged for archival research assistance contributing to the publication of a trilogy exploring the emergence of a new field of science drawing upon the work of Nobel Prize winner Physicist Hans Bethe.

Apr 2017 – May 2017 · 1 mo · Orlando, Florida, United States · On-site

• ➤ Analyzed large multifamily housing developments in downtown Orlando for two clients interested in purchasing properties with a minimum of 150 apartment units.
• ➤ Drafted a market analysis report for the city of Orlando published in the in-house market analysis report for Multifamily Housing in Q2 2017.

Aug 2016 – Dec 2016 · 4 mos · Hyde Park, New York, United States · Hybrid

• ◆ Member of Consulting team as part of Graduate Land Use Workshop at Cornell University.
• ➤ Worked with a team of seven graduate students to create and implement a technical framework for delineating land parcels for the preservation of scenic resources in the Hudson Valley, focusing on the town of Hyde Park, NY.
• ➤ Developed an analytical framework to delineate the scenic parcels in a region based on topographic elevations, visibility to travelers, and ownership of land and adjacencies.

Jun 2016 – Aug 2016 · 2 mos · Detroit, Michigan

• ➤ Member of the Knight Cities Challenge award winning People First Project Detroit 2016.
• ➤ Lead a team of five for the creation of a Place Plan for the neighborhood of Corktown in Detroit.
• ➤ Created a geospatial database for market values of residential and commercial properties in Corktown.
• ➤ Developed a data pipeline to aggregate planning and real estate data from Zillow and Trulia.
• ➤ Drafted resource inventories, operational plans and helped in logistics for Open Streets Detroit.

Jan 2016 – May 2016 · 4 mos · Watkins Glen, New York, United States · Hybrid

• ➤ Collaborated with architects, engineers, and planners to develop strategies, design proposals and pro-forma for redevelopment of a decommissioned water treatment plant.
• ➤ Completed due diligence for the development using Envision Tomorrow; a predictive analytics tool used to generate development of metrics such as ROI and Leveraged IRR for modular development.

Jan 2013 – Jan 2014 · 1 yr · Pune, Maharashtra, India

• ➤ Forecasted demographic and development trends at the District level for the town of Aurangabad, focusing on infrastructure requirements and capacity building; report incorporated in the District Development and Tourism Plan for 2025.
• ➤ Drafted the first policy report for the creation of Wayside Amenities on State Highways in the State of Maharashtra; policy report adopted as a Government Resolution by the State of Maharashtra, India as of January 2015.