Paarth Thadani

Experience

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  Indian Institute of Technology, Indore

  Apr 2019 - May 2022

  • Student Placement Manager

    May 2021 - May 2022

  • Student Placement Coordinator

    Apr 2019 - May 2021
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  Inspiring Minds - An Initiative for Change

  May 2019 - Aug 2019

  Project Associate- Content Development

  Created 10+ data-driven pitches for customer acquisition & contributed 30+ articles. Researched and identified relevant topics from broad domains from start-ups & entrepreneurship to productivity for the community of young students & teachers. Blogs are now published on Enlytmnt, which is India’s first personalized career guidance platform (product by Inspiring Minds).

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  Ciphense Inc.

  May 2020 - Jun 2020

  Summer Research Intern

  Developed end-to-end MVP of AI-backed human emotion recognition system. It helps organizations assess Employee Satisfaction & Emotional Health efficiently. System determines the emotion via 3 independent assessments - facial expression, voice modulation and conversation’s sentiment.Designed the MVP with Dr. Ashish Kundu (US Computing Society’s Distinguished Member & CTO).

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  Indian Institute of Management, Indore

  Mar 2021 - Jul 2021

  Research Associate

  Delivered three diverse-projects under the mentorship of Dr. Omkar D. Palsule–Desai (Faculty, Indian Institute of Management Indore):• Collaborated with National Health Mission (Government of Madhya Pradesh) on the critical analysis of the COVID-19 management strategy of the government. Submitted a comprehensive 90-page report to the organization reflecting on the wins, short-comings and improvement-plan for the then forecasted third-wave. • Developed a forecasting-model for assessing the trajectory of a financial instruments using feasible computation infrastructure, accessible to even retail-investors. Published the research in the Journal of Data Science in Finance and Economics, American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (https://doi.org/10.3934/DSFE.2021011).• Collaborated with Vrutti [ not-for-profit organization driven to empower small producers graduate out of poverty and uncertainty and become more profitable ] for examining the role of intermediaries in agricultural supply-chain and viable strategic-actions for empowering the small producers with more market independence. Show less

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  Ola

  Jan 2022 - Mar 2022

  Data Scientist Intern

  Revamped the pricing model for Ola's used-cars business, operational in 100 cities across India via 300 offline customer centres, to maximize the explainability of prices to the customers by pivoting from AI to regression model. It increased the customer trust & satisfaction by 25%; Collaborated with Business & Product team to publish comprehensive competitive analysis reports & launch the buyback feature.Received an offer to return as Data Scientist after graduation

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  Siemens

  Sept 2022 - Nov 2022

  Intern - Technical [Advanced Analytics Team]

  • Developed AI-driven defect detection system of 5+ parts for a US-based global automobile manufacturer.• Prototyped an internal tool for finance team to preempt the delay in payment of clients based on previous transactions.

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  Rakuten Mobile, Inc.

  Dec 2022 - now

  Part of the Internal Consulting Team to advice C-Suite on potential business growth opportunities (internal/external) & review business performances.Professional Certifications: Essentials of Marketing & Strategy, GLOBIS (Pre-MBA); DOMO Professional Certification (BI Tool) Spearheaded design and development of cloud-native telecommunications solutions ensuring high reliability and resiliency.Professional Certification: Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) by Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)

  • Strategist, Strategy & Product Office

    May 2024 - now

  • Software Engineer, Customer Success

    Dec 2022 - May 2024
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  GLOBIS University - Graduate School of Management

  Apr 2025 - Jun 2025

  Pre-MBA Course: Essentials of Marketing and Strategy

  Honed my analytical and critical thinking capabilities and learned to approach marketing and strategic challenges from a senior-management viewpoint. This experience deepened my understanding of key marketing principles and strategic decision-making processes through case-studies from 6+ industries, equipping me with practical frameworks to tackle complex problems effectively.