EDUCATION
Takshashila Institution, Bangalore (2022-2023)
Post Graduate Program in Public Policy
Projects:
- AI induced Information Asymmetry in Markets
- Sectoral Analysis of Indian Aviation Sector
- Market Structures in Indian Smartphone Supply Chain
Coursework:
Data Narratives & Policy Making, Quantitative Analysis, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics
DIT University, Dehradun (2013-2017)
B.Tech, Electronics and Communication Engineering
Projects:
- Soil Fertility testing Kit and Dashboard
- Smart Lighting System
- Northern Railway Network
Coursework:
Digital System Design, Probability Theory and Random Variables, Digital Image Processing
EXPERIENCE
ZYCUS INFOTECH, Bangalore (Jun 2021-Present)
Positions Held
- Apr 2022 - Present: Manager - Product Development (AI/ML)
- Jun 2021 - Apr 2022: Tech Lead
Experience Summary
- Overseeing Al products in a new venture, elevated to Product Manager within 9 months, youngest in firm's history.
- Built a new team, and setup up code management processes from scratch which were replicated by other teams
- Collaborated with Learning & Development team to design training material for newcomers to the team.
- Previously, led an 8-member team on Contract Lifecycle Management Solution involving 60 cognitive webservices.
- Collaborated with multiple client facing and backend teams to resolve pain points, streamlining issue resolution.
COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SERVICES, Pune (Nov2017-Jun2021)
Positions Held
- Jul 2019 - Jun 2021: Associate
- Nov 2018 - Jul 2019: Programmar Analyst
- Nov 2017 - Nov 2018: Programmar Analyst Trainee (Orbit Shifter)
Experience Summary
- Part of Orbit Shifters - Top 5% hires. Selected to be part of Cognizant's R&D center as a fresher, youngest in team.
- Designed process mining solution using heuristic miner, improving accuracy by over 60%.
- Developed Deep Learning based solution to eliminate need for external solutions, leading to an overall savings of $3500 per month.
- Led Cognizant’s delegation in conversations with Process Mining researchers from Fraunhofer FIT, Germany.
PROJECTS
Contract Interpretation AI Engine
- Developed a chatbot based Auto-ML solution in a 24hr Hackathon, that reduces dev from 3 days to a few hours.
- Transformed OCR service to vendor agnostic code, processing time reduced by 80%.
- Drove code modernization, adapted codebase to modular architecture improving reliability and bug management.
- Monthly cloud infra spending reduced by about 30% with new processing pipelines.
Natural Language Processing Project
- Expanded an IT Ticket Management system supporting only English to 16 languages without additional data, reducing cost and time incurred by using a translation system as middleman.
- Developed a Recommender system for enhancing help section in a product increasing engagement by 1.5 times.
- Developed a solution for ML Explainability, allowing end users to understand classifier decisions.
Process Mining Project
- Took initiative to implement Heuristic Miner Algorithm for generating process models from logs.
- Presented a demo to CTO, was subsequently integrated as the primary data processing logic for the project.
- Designed pipelines for extraction & processing of semi-structured process logs, driving adoption of Python.
DataScrapper MoneyTracker
- Python3 based project that monitors email alerts sent by the Banks, scraps and populates data for account balance from them.
- Data is then used to generate personal finance insights.
- The project is divided into two parts - DataScrapper and MoneyTracker.
Northern Railways Network
INDUSTRY CERTIFICATIONS
- Azure Data Scientist Associate (Microsoft, 2021)
- TensorFlow Developer Certificate (Google, 2020)
- UiPath Developer Foundation Diploma (UiPath, 2018)
SKILLS
- Deep Learning
- Natural Language Processing
- Prompt Engineering
- Process Mining
- MLOps
- Python
- Object Detection
- Computer Vision
- Project Management
- Robotic Process Automation
COURSES
- ePolicy for Young Leaders - Centre for Civil Society
- Machine Learning - Andrew Ng (Stanford University) - Certificate
- Deep Learning Specialisation - Andrew Ng (DeepLearning.ai)
- Neural Networks and Deep Learning - Certificate
- Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization - Certificate
- Structuring Machine Learning Projects - Certificate
- Convolutional Neural Networks - Certificate
- Sequence Models - Certificate
- Mathematics for Machine Learning - Imperial College London
- Linear Algebra - Certificate
- Multivariate Calculus - Certificate
- Principal Component Analysis - Certificate
- Introduction to Information Security - IIT Madras - Certificate
- Digital Switching - I - IIT Kanpur - Certificate
- Digital Circuits and Systems - IIT Madras - Certificate
- Probability and Random Variables/Processes for Wireless Communication - IIT Kanpur - Certificate
- Estimation for Wireless Communications MIMO (or) OFDM Cellular and Sensor Networks - IIT Kanpur - Certificate
- Principles of Modern CDMA/ MIMO/ OFDM Wireless Communications - IIT Kanpur - Certificate
- Introduction to MongoDB - MongoDB University - Certificate
- Process Mining: Data Science in Action - Eindhoven University of Technology - Certificate
- Python for Everybody Specialization - University of Michigan
- Getting Started With Python - Certificate
- Python Data Structures - Certificate
- Using Python to Access Web Data - Certificate
- Using Databases with Python - Certificate
- Applied Data Science with Python Specialization - University of Michigan
- Introduction to Data Science in Python - Certificate
- Applied Plotting, Charting & Data Representation in Python
- Applied Machine Learning in Python
- Lean Six Sigma Green Belt - KMPG India
VOLUNTEERING
- Coordinator/Audit Head - Clickrrati Literatti (2014-2017)
- Content Writer/Editor - IEEE DIT Chapter (2015-2017)
- Mentor - Mentor Together (2019-2020)
Published Writings
- Non Fiction
- Policy Essay on Data Ownership for Technopolitik, Tech Policy Newsletter by Takshashila Institution
- Fiction
- Short Story - The Mirror for Storymirror
- Short Story - Old Woman and the Leaves for Storymirror
INTERESTS
- Maintain a blog and two newsletters about public policy and general topics.
- Personal Blog - Deepanker Kaul on Medium
- Personal Newsletter - Deepanker's "Thought Bubble"
- Policy Newsletter - Reluctant Conservative
- Enjoy reading and listening to podcasts.