Sonal Bakiwala

Sonal Bakiwala

Data Analyst

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    APAC Satellite Remote Sensing Lead at Corteva Agriscience

  • Education

    • St. Anselm's Pink City School,Jaipur

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    • University of Pune

      2009 - 2011
      Master's degree Bioinformatics
  • Experience

    • DuPont

      Jul 2011 - May 2019
      Data Analyst
    • Corteva Agriscience

      Jun 2019 - now
      APAC Satellite Remote Sensing Lead

      Currently working as a remote sensing data scientist and leading data science digital Ag efforts for Corteva Agriscience, India--Developing, digital disease portfolio for the Corteva Asia Pacific region--Developed Forecasting method Fall armyworm to help famers mitigate FAW damages in advance using multi sensor data for maize crops in Indiahttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/356287801_Forecasting_Fall_armyworm_using_multi-sensor_data_for_maize_farmers_in_India--Developing crop classification layer for entire India using deep learning techniques, using microwave sensored satellited data--Developing corn yeild estimation pipeline for entire India--Supporting brown plant hopper risk forecasts for Asia Pacific region in rice--Involved in rice practices classification like DSR and TPR using SAR satellite data sets in collaboration with IRRI, India--Training field scientists for data collection using geo-spatial tools.--Working with business leaders to understand and enable the digital Ag business for Asia Pacific region.--Established the field data collection protocols and managed the field campaigns in India --Forecasting powdery mildew for grapes farmers and potato late blight for potato using weather data augmented with SAR satellite data and ground data collected through field scientists--Collaborating with external companies and start-ups to attract talent and state-of the-art capabilities related to remote sensing and software developments to Corteva family.--Present a talk in IPPC 2019 on "Spatio-temporal Prediction on FAW in India" https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Safaa-Kumari/publication/348732467_CGIAR_Germplasm_Health_A_Global_Network_for_Germplasm_Phytosanitary_Safety_and_Prevention_of_Transboudnary_Spread_of_Seed-borne_Pests/links/600d7e6a92851c13fe336b6b/CGIAR-Germplasm-Health-A-Global-Network-for-Germplasm-Phytosanitary-Safety-and-Prevention-of-Transboudnary-Spread-of-Seed-borne-Pests.pdf Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Digital Learning

      Indian School of Business
      Mar 2022