Resume of a Data Scientist and Machine Learning Enthusiast currently pursuing Masters in Data Science Degree from George Washington University

1. Chirag Lakhanpal
chirag.lakhanpal.cl@gmail.com| (703)-213-6439| Arlington, VA| LinkedIn| GitHub| chiraglakhanpal
EDUCATION
George Washington University Washington, D.C.
Masters in Data Science Aug’22 - May’24 (Anticipated)
• GPA: 4.0/4.0
• Global Leaders Fellowship ($16,000 Award for academic excellence)
• Coursework: Introduction to Data Mining, Exploratory Data Analysis, Data Modeling, Data Warehousing, Machine Learning
Gujarat Technological University, Gujarat, India
Bachelors in Electronics and Communication Engineering Aug’14 - Aug ’18
• CGPA: 8.97/10.0
• Coursework: Calculus, Computer Programing, System Signals and Design, Big Data Analytics, Python
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Programming Languages: Python (NumPy, Pandas), R, SQL, HQL
Tools: Excel, Tableau, AWS, Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS), Sqoop, Oracle Database, Version Control (GIT), R Markdown
Core Competencies: Data Wrangling, Linear models (Lasso, Ridge, Logistic), Hypothesis Testing, Tree-Based Ensemble Models (Mixed
Effects Random Forest, Decision Trees), Clustering (KNN, K means), Data Visualization, Data Mining, OLAP and OTAP
Certifications: AWS Cloud (S3, EC2, Elastic BeanStalk), Python, SQL, Programming in R, Big Data Bootcamp (Pursuing), RHCSA
PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
George Washington University Washington, D.C
Student Research Specialist III (RA) Sep’22 - Present
• Analyzed and visualized 23,000 data points of institutional ranking data using R and Excel to extract significant correlations
resulting in adding 4 new indicators.
• Implemented end-to-end machine learning model for predicting student attrition (DFWI rate) using ANN MLP, Logistic and
Decision trees, which resulted in a 43% decrease in the dropout rate.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Maharashtra, India
Big Data Engineer – Digital Solutions Mar’20 - July’22
• Created Data Lake by extracting data from RDBMS and CSV into HDFS, which furnished 13% of departments’ 37 GB data needs.
• Extrapolated 7 new KPI indicators such as Sim Exchange (SIMEX), Forced call routing (FCR), Final Activation (FA), and sim
provisioning by analyzing 6M data points of telecom data resulting in improved governance.
Systems Engineer Mar’19 - Mar’20
• Improved SLA TAT under categories - network failure resolution, activity planning, and application issues by 6% by spearheading
business meetings with external teams like EAI, CRM/SCRM, NPG, AMDOCS, and CPOS within 10 mins.
• Furnished clients’ data requirements by writing complex SQL queries and using Python’s Pandas library.
Deepcompute Software Karnataka, India
Associate Software Engineer Aug’18 - Mar’19
• Assisted with developing and deploying 2 APIs to extract data by passing search parameters to Elasticsearch.
• Visualized Key system metrics such as CPU and disk space utilization, and HTTP traffic by implementing Metric Beat with Kibana.
PROJECTS
Demystifying Components of Riding Hailing: A prediction of the gratuity offered to taxi drivers based on identifying the influencing
elements. In search for the best-fitting model, investigated 4 regression and 2 regularization Techniques.
• Tools - R, Rmd, Hypothesis Testing, Linear Regression Models, Regularization Techniques, Decision Trees
LEADERSHIP ACTIVITIES, ACHIEVEMENTS & HONORS
• One of the top 80 employees out of 2000 to be selected for TCS Digital.
• Won “Kudos Award” for finishing in the top 1% of the TCS Initial Learning Program (ILP).
• Awarded more than 5 “On the Spot” awards for exceptional work & 2 “Learning Achievement” awards for beyond BU learnings.
• Mentored 4 recruits on team processes like sim provisioning and churning from network elements through API