Pragna B Rao - Resume

1. Pragna Balaji Rao
Bengaluru, Karnataka
balajiraopragna@gmail.com
Contact Number: +(91) 8105390404
Work Experience
Business Analytics and Business Intelligence Intern
The Sparks Foundation - Remote
September 2020 to Present
• The Sparks Foundation (TSF) is a non-profit organization registered in India and Singapore.
Currently, I'm involved in the ongoing Graduate Rotational Internship program conducted by the
company. I'm interning as a Business Analyst.
• I'm responsible for -
1. Writing codes to collect & analyze data from internal as well as external sources.
2. Fine-tune machine learning models using Python, R, and Scikit Learn.
3. Create Linkages between various data within business intelligence software to enable predictive
modeling and trend analysis on a given dataset.
4. Use BI Tools such as Tableau, Power BI to analyze data, find important patterns, and
design visualization dashboards on the given dataset.
Global Ambassador
WomenTech Network - Across the globe
June 2020 to Present
Representing WomenTech Network based out of Mountain View, California as Global Ambassador. On a
mission to unite 100 000 women in tech to discuss things that matter. As a member of the WomenTech
Network, I get to learn about diversity & inclusion, advance my leadership ingenuity, and expand my
network.
Summer Research Intern
Indian Institute of Management - Ahmedabad, Gujarat
June 2020 to August 2020
• Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad is considered as the top management institute in India.
• I worked under Professor Dr.Rajesh Chandwani who is a faculty at IIMA and helped him with
his research towards the crowdfunding organizations - Milaap and Keto.
• I was given the task of collecting details (personal, education, and social media) of 4000+
campaigners of these and perform Data Analysis of the same.
• I took the responsibility of leading a team of four people to carry out this task.
• We were able to achieve good results and the preliminary data collected were of the highest
accuracy which was handed over to the professor's further research work.
Junior Data Analyst Intern
TECHNOCOLABS SOFTWARE PRIVATE LIMITED - Remote

2. June 2020 to August 2020
• Based out of Indore, India - TECHNOCOLABS SOFTWARE PRIVATE LIMITED is a startup
providing services in Information and Technology.
• The company hired me for the role of Data Analyst and I got an exposure to work with a team
of upcoming Tech individuals in the software industry.
• I worked on various internal and external datasets & performed Data Wrangling & Exploratory Data
Analysis.
• Built predictive models for the company’s projects using various Machine Learning algorithms.
• In the terminating week of the internship, I completed the final project which was
basically teamwork.
• Final Project - COVID 19 Analysis concerning the Economic Exposure Index of the World. My team
worked on improvising the accuracy score of the predictive model and we performed clear-cut EDA for
the same.
• The comprehensive report and the project developed can be viewed with the links attached.
• The company utilized our project for its further purposes and other related work.
Data Science Trainee and Intern
Verzeo EdTech Private Limited - Bengaluru, Karnataka
June 2020 to August 2020
• Verzeo is a pioneer in the Ed-Tech industry and one among the fastest growing professional training
platform in India.
• During this training and internship program, I got trained on the core concepts of Python,
Statistics, and got hands-on experience on various topics related to Data Science and Business
Analytics.
• Concerning Data Science, I mainly worked on various datasets provided by the company for
practice, performed Data Wrangling, Data Visualization, and built predictive models using ML
Algorithms where I tried improvising the accuracy score.
• Concerning Business Analytics, I collaborated on multiple cross-functional projects, built dashboards,
analyzed internal processes, and identified new business models and benefits from enabling new
capabilities.
Business Development Intern
MyCaptain - Bengaluru, Karnataka
April 2020 to May 2020
• During this internship, I worked with The Climber-MyCaptain which is an NSRCEL & IIMB
incubated EdTech Startup that helps students discover and pursue their passions.
• Got hands-on experience in Business Development, Product Strategy, Marketing, and Sales
and represented MyCaptain on behalf of The Climber as a Youth Representative.
• Guided and motivated students across Bangalore, India to take online courses with MyCaptain and
received an appreciation for performing well regarding the same.
Engineering Intern ( Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning)
Tequed Labs - Bengaluru, Karnataka
January 2020 to February 2020
• Attended two weeks workshop on Industrial Skill Development in domains - Artificial Intelligence
and Machine Learning.

3. • Got trained in Machine Learning and Predictive Modeling, Data Visualisation, Natural Language
Processing, and OpenCV.
• The workshop was followed with 4 weeks of Internship conducted by Tequed Labs a research and
product development startup recognized by the government of India.
• Built two projects.
1. Fake News Detection using Scikit- Learn’s Passive Aggressive Classifier.
2. Twitter Sentiment Analysis using Natural Language Processing Toolkit and supervised Machine
Learning Algorithms ( SVM, KNN & Naive Bayes)
• Improved the accuracy score.
• Won the best project award and excellence in Industrial Skill Technical Project Competition.
Education
Bachelor's in Information Science and Engineering
Visveswaraya Technological University - Bengaluru, Karnataka
August 2017 to Present
Higher Secondary(12th Pass) in Physics,Chemistry,Maths, Computer Science
Sri Kumarans Children's Home Composite Pre-University College - Bengaluru, Karnataka
2015 to 2017
Secondary(10th Pass)
Carmel School - Bengaluru, Karnataka
2003 to 2015
Skills / IT Skills
• Microsoft Office
• Python
• Data Analysis
• Machine Learning
• Business Analysis
• Business Development
• Project Management
• Product Management
• Public Speaking
• Leadership
• Team Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Technology Management

4. Online Profile
https://github.com/Pragna-22
https://www.linkedin.com/in/pragnabrao22/
NGO, Non-Profit / Student Organizations
Women in Product
September 2020 to Present
Women in Technology
August 2020 to Present
Projects / Papers Presented
Differentiation between Bellman-Ford and Dijkstra's Algorithm inRouting
Protocols
http://www.ijitee.org/wp-content/uploads/papers/v9i4/D1882029420.pdf
February 2020