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Intro

I'm a data and product enthusiast, who is currently at UC Berkeley's School of Information, learning how to make human centric products using AI and ML, while driving vision and roadmap for Sisuโ€™s next iteration of web app. Also, a..

Contact Info

๐Ÿ’Œ [email protected]

๐Ÿ“San Francisco Bay Area

LinkedIn | Twitter | Medium

Journey So Far.. ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿปโ€โ™€๏ธ

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๐Ÿ“šย Chapter 1: LSR to IDInsight

I graduated with a degree in Economics from Lady Shri Ram College for Women (the countryโ€™s top institution) to start my career as a research associate at policy consulting firm, IDinsight. However, I spent most time learning programming languages like Stata, and R, and doing data visualizations in Tableau. I realized I was more interested in data and tech then the core policy work.

๐Ÿ“Š Chapter 2: SocialCops / Atlan

So, I joined a data intelligence startup, SocialCops. I wore many hats at SocialCops/Atlan: People Ops, Sales, Project Management, but spent a meaty time leading Enterprise Data Platform doing customer discovery, discussing product features, iterating on the user experience, and building a platform that our users will love. Hereโ€™s a client project for context:

DISHA Dashboard | Monitoring 42 National Flagship Schemes | SocialCops

๐Ÿง‘๐Ÿปโ€๐ŸŽจ Chapter 3: Restat to Parallel

I bootstrapped to build my own product at Restat, but failed to take it beyond beta customers. However, realized how much I love building products, so I joined Parallel to do product strategy across multiple domains. At Parallel, for clients ranging from B2B to B2c: I understood user reqs, created journey maps, wrote user stories, did feature prioritization, & user testing, while growing Parallel 5x in a year.

Open Sourcing TallyAssistโ€Šโ€”โ€Ša mobile business app for MSMEs

Why Design Sprints Work | Parallel - Blog

๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐ŸŽ“ Chapter 4: UC Berkeley + Sisu Data

Finally, I came to Berkeley, following my passion to build great products and learning all about AI, ML. I took courses in Data Engineering, Data Science, and am currently, researching on how LLMโ€™s can be used to run natural language queries on data sources.

At Sisu Data, I managed three product areas: started in App Usability, shipped 70+ app improvements, and then prioritized features and set the vision for Explore & Report functionality, Currently, I am defining the new experience for our web app and how to get Data Analysts to love what Sisu does the best, Key Driver Analysis. Hereโ€™s a reflection on the very first month:

My First Month as a Product Manager Intern | Sisu Data

Tools of my trade ๐Ÿ’ช

These are some of the frameworks and systems that I have championed in recent years.

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<aside> ๐Ÿƒ๐Ÿฝ Design Sprints

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<aside> ๐Ÿงญ Prototyping & User Tests

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<aside> ๐Ÿ“† Lean / Agile Product Management

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<aside> ๐Ÿ”ข Data Analysis & Visualization

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<aside> ๐Ÿ“‡ User Stories & EPICs

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Key Projects ๐Ÿ‘ฉโ€๐Ÿญ

To view project details, click on the card below.

Press & Talks ๐ŸŽค

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Women in Data Science (Poster, 2023)

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ADPList Panel on Managing Cross-functional Teams

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Articles โœ๏ธ

Product Strategy & Management

Can you quality control โ€œbrainstorm meetingsโ€?

Comparing digital retail experience through a behavioral economics lens

10 Tips to Make Apps More Human by Designing for Privacy | Parallel - Blog

Why Design Sprints Work | Parallel - Blog

Why Do High-Impact Organisations Struggle to Create Amazing High-Impact Products? | Parallel - Blog

Tech

Open Sourcing TallyAssistโ€Š-โ€Ša mobile business app for MSMEs

Can user testing help you reduce product cycles?

What Are Account Aggregators, and How Will They Change the Fintech Ecosystem? | Parallel - Blog

8 Common Myths About Account Aggregators | Parallel - Blog

Data

India Unclear How Many Villages It Has, And Why That Matters

Maintaining data in Google Sheets: Best Practices | Restat Blog

The Small Data Revolution needed for Small Businesses

Life Learning

Are you doing the "right thing"? Lessons and dilemmas of an early employee | SocialCops

7 Common Beliefs About Working With The Indian Government That Are Absolutely Untrue

The Great Indian Middle Class Businessman

My First Week as a Resident Entrepreneur at SocialCops | SocialCops

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