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Charlottesville, Va, Us

Seattle, Washington, United States

- Developed a robust decision tree-based model that accurately resolves the challenging dual alpha problem inpairSEQ®, an Adaptive T cell receptor assay that pairs the alpha and beta chains of T cell receptors (TCRs).- Conducted in-depth studies on the sequence and physical properties of CDR3 antigen-binding sequences in dualalpha T cell receptors to identify key features that can distinguish responsive receptors from non-responsive ones- Employed Rosetta to predict dual alpha T cell receptor structures and determine corresponding free energies

Mumbai Area, India

• Implemented logistic regression and Neural Network Analysis on a 4000 feature data set using Apache Spark• Automated the generation of customized Market Sizing & Insights using Pig on a 220 million data set in under 2 hours from earlier record of ~20 hours• Reduced the SOLR name-match time by 95% by parallelizing the script on 8 nodes on a Hadoop environment• Developed Key Performance Indicators to monitor behaviour of DTC customer against bureau records

Mumbai Area, India

• Member of a panel of 19 students responsible for the ideation and timely publication of the Insight newsletters that are read by over 9000 students and 650 staff members and website that has a readership of more than 3.7 lakh a year• Drafted content for the Insight Facebook page which boasts of having over 75000 likes and a daily reach of 17.5k users• Ideated and launched the first ever PG newsletter designed to cater specifically to the needs of Postgraduate Freshmen• Worked in coordination with IITB Broadcasting Channel to create an efficient news-generating mechanism, resulting in greater frequency of reportage of student issues and institute events on the IITBBC YouTube channel

Mumbai Area, India

- Conducted over 80 literary events at the Institute level and launched an online quizzing group with 4000+ members- Actively maintained a Word Games blog in the summer and winter which received over 8000 hits in three months- Conducted weekly Quiz Club meets and Scrabble sessions to improve the literary arts culture at IIT Bombay- Delegated the institute literary arts contingent for various inter-collegiate festivals, including Malhar and Umang

Mumbai Area, India

Taskbob is a startup that aims at organizing instant home utility services through an easy-to-use mobile app.• Planned out marketing activities and promotions, including online campaigns and on-ground activations• Proposed collaborative partnerships with popular restaurants and hangouts to improve revenue and reach• Streamlined processes for lead conversions during activations and getting dissatisfied customers back on board• Explored a new target group comprising of senior citizens and carried out directed marketing strategies• Proposed bloggers to include Taskbob within their blog • Analysed potential investors for the startup and funding timelines for other startups either of the same sector or around the same starting time

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Computational Biology

Dual Degree(B.Tech + M.Tech), Mechanical Engineering

Exchange Student, Mechanical Engineering, 9.75/10

Centrale Paris (Now known as CentraleSupélec after its merger with Supélec) is an internationally-reputed Higher Education and Research.

High School, 95.4/100