Data Scientist | Power Trading, FMCG, Sport Analytics

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Kolkata

Kolkata

Gurugram

Chennai




PGDBA, Business Analytics
Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta

PGDBA, Business Analytics
Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
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Senior Analytics Consultant Currently applying Python, ML, and transformer models to marketing and supply chain challenges in the FMCG space. Previously optimized energy sales at ReNew and drove data-backed outreach strategy at I-PAC. Passionate about sports analytics (football/cricket) and leveraging data for business impact, environmental sustainability, and social good.
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Senior Analytics Consultant at Quantzig, Mar 2026 - Jun 2026 · 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Improved CRF as part of a sales decomposition model, reducing MAPE from 11% to 8% through advanced feature engineering and model optimization.
Assistant Manager at RP Sanjiv Goenka Group, Jul 2024 - Feb 2026 · 1 yr 8 mos, Kolkata, • Led development of Marketing Mix Model to forecast bill volumes and optimize marketing spend, delivering Rs. 7 Cr revenue increase and improved campaign ROI. • Designed personalized Recommendation System with collaborative filtering, improving customer retention. • Improved SKU-level sales forecasts for products at a store-level contributing to 45% of gross revenue, resulting in Rs. 2 Cr annual savings per store.
Research Assistant at Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM Calcutta), May 2024 - Jul 2024 · 3 mos, Kolkata, • Developed scalable ML workflows via XGBoost and Git automation to boost price prediction models by 2%, integrated with cloud storage. • Back-tested momentum trading strategies across multiple time horizons, evaluating risk-adjusted returns and Sharpe ratios.
Data Scientist at ReNew, Nov 2022 - May 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos, Gurugram, • Improved electricity price prediction accuracy by 2% using XGBoost regression with GridSearchCV. • Delivered Rs. 5 Cr incremental revenue through algorithmic trading strategies on the Indian Energy Exchange. • Detected fault-points in transmission lines from thermal images of transmission lines, thus helping reduce down-time by 25%.
Associate at I-PAC (Indian Political Action Committee), Dec 2020 - Jun 2021 · 7 mos, Chennai, • Contributed to the analytics team for an outreach campaign by designing impactful dashboards. • Organized and managed political rallies for state assembly elections, enhancing community engagement. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to streamline campaign strategies and outreach efforts.
PGDBA, Business Analytics, Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta
PGDBA, Business Analytics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
github: https://github.com/ashdrogb