Ashish Shah

Experience

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  Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Kharagpur

  Feb 2018 - Aug 2018

  Associate member
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  Tosh Innovations Pvt. Ltd.

  Jun 2019 - Jul 2019

  Data Science Intern

  Objective - Development of a retrieval based ChatBot for e-commerce purpose that can interact with the customer• Created a 3-layer neural network model and applied stochastic gradient descent with Nesterov accelerated gradient for better results• Preprocessed the dataset of 1500 lines using NLTK library and Bag of words model which was passed as input for the model pipeline• Designed a chatbox and deployed the model on the GUI for providing an interactive and efficient customer interface using Tkinter library Show less

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  Patel hall of residence, IIT Kharagpur

  Jul 2019 - Aug 2020

  General Secretary Students’ Welfare

  • Managed multiple hall affairs as a member of the administrative council of Patel Hall which ensures the well being of its 400+ boarders• Organized the Assimilation Programme and Induction Programme with other member and realized a 22% YoY increase in participation• Managed a budget of INR 35,000 for Interaction Room and successfully executed 3 events with the active participation of 300+ students

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  Bennett University

  Apr 2020 - May 2020

  Machine Learning Intern

  Objective - Equip the drone with object detection feature to monitor social distancing and for military purposes• Deployed a Light Weight Object Detection model on Unmanned Aerial Vehicle System to analyze real-time sensor data from the camera feed• Trained a custom YOLOv3 and tinyYOLOv3 model on the modified frames and Pascal VOC dataset obtained from Visual GUI software• Enclosed and labelled the objects to be detected in frames of surveillance footage of drone by bounding boxes using Yolo Mark GUI• Achieved 85% mean Average Precision by correctly detecting 4 categories of objects in drone's live camera feed at up to 70 metres height Show less

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  Infrasoft Technologies Ltd

  Jun 2020 - Jul 2020

  Data Science Intern

  Objective - Performing Exploratory Data Analysis on the dataset to develop Anti-Fraud System for the banking sector• Performed Exploratory Data Analysis on 15 datasets which successfully increased the accuracy of the model by 3%• Developed a Exploratory Data Analysis module for speeding up the EDA process which gave results up to 95% accuracy compared to manual process• Equipped the module with chisquare test, kruskal wallis test, zscore calculation to select the relevant features for the model Show less

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  Coneio Exim Private Limited

  Jul 2020 - Aug 2020

  Product Development Intern

  ◦ Supply Chain Network on Blockchain: Designed and developed the end to end model of the Supply Chain Network on IBM Blockchain Platform using Hyperledger Fabric.◦ Smart Contracts: Ensured smooth functioning between 5+ organisations along with writing and managing of smart contracts for 15+ intermediate events.◦ Automation using NER: Automated the process of identifying 400+ SCOMET products using Named Entity Recognition along with a team of 3 co-interns.

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  Ecom Express Private Limited

  Jan 2021 - Mar 2021

  Product Analyst

  ◦ Forecasting with MERF: Achieved an increase of 5% in the package delivery conversion rate by forecasting the KPI’s using Mixed Effects Random Forest (MERF) model.◦ Blockchain Implementation: Proposed a proof of concept for redesigning and enhancing package tracking process by using Hyperledger’s Blockchain solution.◦ Solution for Last Mile Delivery: Recommended improvements in the last mile delivery system by reducing the fraudulent cases of stolen package by 15%

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  Cereus Technologies

  Jul 2021 - Jan 2023

  Full-stack Developer

  ◦ Trade Finance feature: Enabled the clients in effectively managing the trade finance process by delivering a feature which comprised of designing 50+ web pages, back-end development using ASP.net core, SQL and rigorous testing.◦ Agile cycle management: Planned, tracked and managed deliverables of 40+ short term sprints and 15+ long term deployments along with taking ownership of the releases made to the client.◦ Client Association: Articulated the business rationale implementation to the clients by driving a cross functional team of 3 members in conducting regular sync-ups to track ongoing progress.◦ UX Enhancement: Upgraded the user experience by optimizing the back-end processes and modifying 70+ web pages. Show less

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  Nomura

  Jan 2023 - now

  • Associate

    Apr 2024 - now

  • Analyst

    Jan 2023 - May 2024