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Prithviraj Gawande

IITB’19 | SWE at Mando - AI for Application Support Teams

Bengaluru

9+ years of work experience

Mando
Mar 20251 yr 6 mosPresent

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

8Quad
Nov 20231 yr 5 mosMar 2025

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Building on ONDC
PayPal
Jun 20212 yrs 6 mosNov 2023

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Transaction Loss Forecasting - Machine Learning Monthly credit card transaction loss amount prediction for Tier-2 customer segment - Risk strategy planning and reserve estimation • Built dataset in BigQuery and leveraged Dataproc’s Spark-BigQuery connector to process it for training and inference • Designed a 2-tiered model: a MLlib Random Forest classifier followed by Aggregate Regression on the predicted probabilities • Improved loss forecast accuracy by 4% over the existing methodology; Utilized MLflow for model saving and run logging Global Transaction Loss Tracking Dashboard Revamp • Standardized data definitions; Simplified & optimized PySpark and Hive pipelines to improve maintainability & performance • Created automated email alerting and data verification system for proactive monitoring and ensuring high data quality • Reduced pipeline failure rate by 83%, data refresh time by 80% (from 5 hours approx.) and data inaccuracy rate by 96%
OYO
Jul 20192 yrsJun 2021

Gurugram, Haryana, India

Techfest, IIT Bombay
Apr 20171 yrMar 2018

Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Part of the 23 member core team that conceptualized and executed Techfest 2017-18 Received a letter of appreciation from P.M. Narendra Modi | Budget worth: INR 74M+ | Footfall: 175,000+ LEADERSHIP • Led a 2-tier team of 110+ student volunteers for the planning and execution of 150+ events • Revamped the night segment of Techfest ; Budget : 13M+ ; Crowd 24000+ ; 140% y-o-y • Mediated Sponsorship amount worth 2.1M+ (highest ever), optimized budget by 16% INITIATIVES • Structured first ever International Robowars in India; 250+ teams; 9 countries; 1M prize • Introduced Sophia, World’s first humanoid citizen for an interactive keynote in India • Formulated first Innovation Challenge with ISRO & SOF for 400,000+ students in 42,000+ schools SOCIAL ENDEAVOURS • Canvassed a network for 108,000+ sanitary pads distribution; Endorsed By Ms. Taapsee Pannu • Executed largest diabetes screening campaign in India ; 40,000+ screening ; 57,000+ pledges
Techfest, IIT Bombay
Mar 20161 yr 1 moMar 2017

Mumbai Metropolitan Region

GitHub
@8quadpublic

Prithviraj’s AI Stack

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Education

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Bachelor of Technology, Chemical Engineering

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

20154 yrs2019

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Headline

IITB’19 | SWE at Mando - AI for Application Support Teams

About

Build>Learn>Repeat

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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Work experience

Software Engineer at Mando, Mar 2025 - Present · 1 yr 6 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Co-Founder at 8Quad, Nov 2023 - Mar 2025 · 1 yr 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Building on ONDC

Data Analyst 2 at PayPal, Jun 2021 - Nov 2023 · 2 yrs 6 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Transaction Loss Forecasting - Machine Learning Monthly credit card transaction loss amount prediction for Tier-2 customer segment - Risk strategy planning and reserve estimation • Built dataset in BigQuery and leveraged Dataproc’s Spark-BigQuery connector to process it for training and inference • Designed a 2-tiered model: a MLlib Random Forest classifier followed by Aggregate Regression on the predicted probabilities • Improved loss forecast accuracy by 4% over the existing methodology; Utilized MLflow for model saving and run logging Global Transaction Loss Tracking Dashboard Revamp • Standardized data definitions; Simplified & optimized PySpark and Hive pipelines to improve maintainability & performance • Created automated email alerting and data verification system for proactive monitoring and ensuring high data quality • Reduced pipeline failure rate by 83%, data refresh time by 80% (from 5 hours approx.) and data inaccuracy rate by 96%

Social Media Data Analyst, Performance Marketer, Referral Marketer at OYO, Jul 2019 - Jun 2021 · 2 yrs, Gurugram, Haryana, India

Manager at Techfest, IIT Bombay, Apr 2017 - Mar 2018 · 1 yr, Mumbai Metropolitan Region, Part of the 23 member core team that conceptualized and executed Techfest 2017-18 Received a letter of appreciation from P.M. Narendra Modi | Budget worth: INR 74M+ | Footfall: 175,000+ LEADERSHIP • Led a 2-tier team of 110+ student volunteers for the planning and execution of 150+ events • Revamped the night segment of Techfest ; Budget : 13M+ ; Crowd 24000+ ; 140% y-o-y • Mediated Sponsorship amount worth 2.1M+ (highest ever), optimized budget by 16% INITIATIVES • Structured first ever International Robowars in India; 250+ teams; 9 countries; 1M prize • Introduced Sophia, World’s first humanoid citizen for an interactive keynote in India • Formulated first Innovation Challenge with ISRO & SOF for 400,000+ students in 42,000+ schools SOCIAL ENDEAVOURS • Canvassed a network for 108,000+ sanitary pads distribution; Endorsed By Ms. Taapsee Pannu • Executed largest diabetes screening campaign in India ; 40,000+ screening ; 57,000+ pledges

Coordinator at Techfest, IIT Bombay, Mar 2016 - Mar 2017 · 1 yr 1 mo, Mumbai Metropolitan Region

Education

Bachelor of Technology, Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Public links

github: https://github.com/8quadpublic