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San Francisco Bay Area

Market designer and data analyst. Worked closely with the multiple school districts, NGOs, and the US Army.- Worked with organizations to redesign allocation algorithms. - Helped implement research frontier algorithms to the Avela stack. Utilized a CI/CD framework with test driven development.- Analyzed the behavior of market participants. Analysis focused on revealed preference, detection of strategic behavior, and counterfactual welfare calculation. Analysis was done in R and Stata.- Synthesize Avela insights into client facing powerpoints.

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Researched market design under Prof Parag Pathak. Used modern econometric methods and randomness with markets to evaluate different allocation schemes. Also used econometric methods to compare the efficacy of different allocation systems. Projects included- Redesigning allocation algorithms relating to labor market assignment.- Evaluating the effects of Boston Pre-K on long term outcomes.- Using propensity scores to turn Linear Programs into a natural experiment.

Greater Boston Area

Analyzed particle collision data from the CERN particle collider. Researched the properties of gluon saturation.

Greater Boston Area

Research assistant under Prof Esther Duflo. Analyzed the Graduation program in West Bengal, India. Evaluated the the Graduation program's effect on immigration patterns and general well-being (health, wealth, happiness).

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Economics

Winner of NSF GRFP. Researches market design, industrial organization, and organizational economics. Currently taking graduate Industrial.

Engineering

Top graduate (Commandant’s Award). Learned the basics of project management and operations planning. Successfully completed Sapper.

Mathematics And Economics

Activities and Societies: MIT Track and Field, Theta Chi Fraternity.Studied economics and mathematics. Passion for econometrics, market.