Ruchira Ravirala Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, Us

Assist radiologists and medical studentsin Dr. Bagci's lab with their research projects. Includes assistance in tasks such as reading CT scans, locating tumors, writing abstracts and descriptive statistics.

Chicago, Illinois, Us

New York, Ny, Us

• Analyzed a non-profit organization’s volunteer data of around 60,000 rows using Alteryx, Power BI and Python’s Seaborn library to derive key insights to increase their volunteer retention• Built a scoring mechanism using random forest regression model in Python to identify important elements to consider while building an EV station and locate states for optimal placement of EV charging stations• Learned the importance of model risk management in credit-risk model lifecycle by auditing 10+ financial service client data models• Lead client meetings and working sessions for gaining a deeper understanding of a client’s econometric model to be able to provide robust solutions for model monitoring and a comprehensive Model Risk Management (MRM) Framework

Champaign, Il, Us

Champaign, Il, Us

Champaign, Il, Us

Champaign, Il, Us

Champaign, Il, Us

• Tasked to assist students with course-related questions by holding office hours and answering regularly on the Q&A Forum designed for the class.• Assigned a Final Statistics Project that requires the use of R and Excel to be presented at the end of the semester.• Proctored exams, helped TAs in organizing students in the exam hall and ensured smooth functioning of exam processes

Champaign, Il, Us

• Organized academic events like internship panels, course info nights and planned ways to increase student turnout to the events by devising creative plans of marketing• Interacted with prospective student parents giving them insight into Econ as a major and its various opportunities• Mentored by Alumni of the Economics Department on job opportunities to search for and courses to take.

Champaign, Il, Us

• Assisted the professor in answering questions in class and on the Q&A forum• Guided students with course work and held office hours to help students in person• Explained concepts such as Solow Model, Business cycles, growth models, Credit markets and Lucas Paradox

Champaign, Il, Us

New York, Ny, Us

• Review approximately 20 resumes per week and suggest the best resources to create a resume• Critique cover letters and LinkedIn profiles and help students get closer to their desired internships and jobs • Conduct an average of 2 career development workshops per week and answer students’ career concerns

Urbana, Illinois, Us

• Work on creating efficient algorithms in Python for gathering film data from various databases• Create data visualizations to study trends in various fields of Indian Cinema

Bloomington, Illinois, Us

Champaign, Il, Us

• Led a team of 8 consultants on a project that was based on an InsureTech client who wanted to make a market entry to the US• Planned the course of action for the project to span out for 3 months and worked with the team to give helpful insights, recommendations and solutions to the client

Champaign, Il, Us

Champaign, Il, Us

• Performed profit analysis using MS Excel data visualizations for the client to identify the cause of their declining revenues• Conducted detailed market research to identify potential customers to target to increase sales• Recommended various partnerships with student-run organizations and talked to the organizations about the client’s store and their requests of tie-ups• Staffed on a Project that’s heavily reliant on Python for Data Analysis for conducting market research and eventually building a dynamic web widget for the client(real estate industry)

San Jose, Ca, Us

• Identified important anomalies that the client overlooked using data organizing techniques in Pandas library in Python • Created Data Visualizations using Seaborn and Matplotlib library in Python• Applied Machine Learning Algorithms to datasets with number of entries in the range of 1,000,000-2,000,000 and achieved 80-90% accurate predictions

Chicago, Il, Us

• Learned basics of Apache Spark using Pyspark • Tasked to complete training certificates in IBM tools, data bricks

• Planned icebreakers for meetings to keep it running smoothly and encourage team spirit• Initiated conversations and facilitated discussions• Fuelled brainstorming of ideas and encouraged all the team members to think out of the box

• Provided prompt, amiable and diligent service at all times• Gained experience working in a professional kitchen setting

Tacoma, Wa, Us

• Drafted letters to the editor of various newspapers on key political bills like Education for Girl Children in Vulnerable Settings Act and increased international budget• Organized fundraising event called Mehendi and raised $250 for the organization through lobbying, branding campaigns and social media marketing

Pre-Med Post Baccularate, Biology/Biological Sciences, General

Bachelor'S Of Science, Econometrics And Quantitative Economics| Minor In Statistics And Informatics