Sagar Garg, Research | Machine Learning | Analytics | Management | Start-ups

About

I am a masters graduate in Computational Sciences from TU Munich, Germany and a Bachelor’s graduate in Chemical Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India. I have worked across Analytics, Research and Machine Learning domains with 3 top Indian startups, and 3 top research institutes in India and Germany. I have professional, academic and research experiences in different stages of data science - ranging from querying, exploration, analytics, machine learning & statistical modelling, visualization and finally driving business decisions. I also understand the business context of the problem, having worked in fast-paced Startup environments where I've also contributed to Operations, Product and Tech teams.

Experience

Paytm Mall (e-commerce)

Apr 2018 – Sep 2018

Noida, India

Business Analyst

Offline Business and Category Growth- Electronics Data Cleansing: Standardized unstructured data: 100,000+ texts, images, links, improving product display page. Built data quality culture from first entry point till top management. (teaching juniors, building Analyst group)   Project Lead: End-to-end management of 2 projects- Catalog improvement, Supply-chain optimization. Worked  with teams from legal, finances, product, tech and business to ensure high-quality outputs under strict deadlines.  

Indian Institute of Sciences

Sep 2017 – Mar 2018

Bengaluru, India

Project Assistant

Guide: Prof. J. Srinivasan, Chairman- Divecha Centre for Climate Change Work: Satellite Data Processing to estimate carbon stocks in forests

OlaCabs (ridesharing)

Jul 2016 – Aug 2017

Gurugram, India

Associate Program Manager

Growth and Profit: Built & managed end-to-end analytics: Demand, Supply, Finance. (Usually 1 analyst/category. I managed 3). Performed best among Pan-India teams. Ranks: Bikes-1, Rentals-1, Outstations-2 Part of core decision team, played crucial part in improve city’s bottom-line ENTR profitability from -40% to -1%. Data Automation: Automated all daily data requirements using Scheduled Python and R scripts, saving 15 man hours per week for 7 analysts. Beta-tested company’s new open-source Analytics web platform. Product Improvements: Implemented automated customer geo-based push notifications, improved cab discoverability radius algorithm, extended City Serviceable Limits. Ideas adopted by Pan-India teams

Education

Technical University of Munich, Germany

Oct 2018 – Mar 2021

Masters, Computational Science and Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Jul 2012 – Mar 2016

B.Tech, Chemical Engineering

Sagar Garg

Research | Machine Learning | Analytics | Management | Start-ups

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