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Saesha P.

Building Bridges Between AI Innovation and Social Responsibility

New Delhi

5+ years of work experience

CivicDataLab
Aug 202511 mosPresent

New Delhi, Delhi, India

• Building ParakhAI, a participatory AI auditing platform enabling auditors to evaluate AI models for bias, hallucination and privacy issues. • Creating the automated auditing system, incorporating LLM-based evaluation pipelines. • Overseeing product delivery and workflow design, ensuring a cohesive bridge between technical implementation and participatory, human-centred design principles.
Partners in Change New Delhi
Jun 20232 yrs 3 mosAug 2025

- Led a research team to collect, organise, and analyse data on non-financial disclosures and policies of India's top companies. - Developed data visualisations and dynamic dashboards to enhance decision-making processes. - Produced detailed research reports, project documentation, and funding proposals, presenting data-driven conclusions and actionable recommendations. - Utilised participatory methods to facilitate workshops, training sessions, and focus group discussions. - Conducted webinars, panel discussions, roundtables, and workshops for donors, NGOs, stakeholders, companies, and other stakeholders. - Trained and managed research teams, interns, and consultants, fostering talent within the organization.
Partners in Change New Delhi
Nov 20227 mosMay 2023

- Designed and developed survey instruments tailored to the unique requirements of each research project, emphasizing sampling methods, question types, framing, and sequencing. - Maintained comprehensive and well‑organized project documentation. - Spearheaded innovative initiatives, focusing on the automation and optimization of critical workflows, data management, and analysis.
Belongg
Sep 20245 mosJan 2025

New Delhi, Delhi, India

- Integrated Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and quantitative SQL data pipelines, enabling users to query structured datasets via natural language prompts. - Led the creation of a comprehensive knowledge repository on LGBTQIA+ populations, addressing critical development areas such as health, mental health, agriculture, urban development, and financial inclusion. - Collected, analysed, and disseminated queer data from diverse domains, identifying and extracting relevant insights from both aggregated and disaggregated datasets sourced from government surveys, academic institutions, research centers, and civil society organisations. - Utilised Python, SQL, and other data tools to clean and structure data, ensuring accurate metadata integration by leveraging LLM (Large Language Model) APIs, streamlining the process of standardisation and analysis. - Promoted awareness and collaboration across the development ecosystem by organising workshops, roundtables, and events, fostering dialogue and knowledge exchange based on the repository's findings. - Advocated for the importance of queer data in development, writing and publishing op-eds to highlight the role of inclusive data in shaping development policies and interventions.
TeXByte Solutions
Jun 20211 yr 2 mosJul 2022

Remote

- Proofread and typeset research & scientific author papers in TEX format suitable for journal submissions fitting its standards and conventions; including Math/non‑Math and English/non‑English texts. - Trained and managed interns and trainees. - Managed partnerships with stakeholders, partners, and clients. - Implemented changes in workflow and training programs to make the production process efficient.-

Education

Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat

Integrated M.Sc, Physics

Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat

20145 yrs2019

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Headline

Building Bridges Between AI Innovation and Social Responsibility

About

I am a data and AI professional working at the intersection of technology, governance, and social impact. At CivicDataLab, I lead ParakhAI, developing evaluation frameworks for AI systems in multilingual and high-risk domains. Before this, I spent three years at Partners in Change and affiliated organisations on data-driven initiatives across corporate accountability, impact evaluation, and community welfare. My work focused on building Global South efforts on just transition using business and investment data. I hold a master's degree in Physics and bring 5+ years of experience spanning data science, participatory research, and scientific editing. My key interests lie in labour rights, responsible AI, and inclusive technology.

Location

New Delhi

Work experience

AI Engineer at CivicDataLab, Aug 2025 - Present · 11 mos, New Delhi, Delhi, India, • Building ParakhAI, a participatory AI auditing platform enabling auditors to evaluate AI models for bias, hallucination and privacy issues. • Creating the automated auditing system, incorporating LLM-based evaluation pipelines. • Overseeing product delivery and workflow design, ensuring a cohesive bridge between technical implementation and participatory, human-centred design principles.

Program Assistant at Partners in Change New Delhi, Jun 2023 - Aug 2025 · 2 yrs 3 mos, - Led a research team to collect, organise, and analyse data on non-financial disclosures and policies of India's top companies. - Developed data visualisations and dynamic dashboards to enhance decision-making processes. - Produced detailed research reports, project documentation, and funding proposals, presenting data-driven conclusions and actionable recommendations. - Utilised participatory methods to facilitate workshops, training sessions, and focus group discussions. - Conducted webinars, panel discussions, roundtables, and workshops for donors, NGOs, stakeholders, companies, and other stakeholders. - Trained and managed research teams, interns, and consultants, fostering talent within the organization.

Development Associate at Partners in Change New Delhi, Nov 2022 - May 2023 · 7 mos, - Designed and developed survey instruments tailored to the unique requirements of each research project, emphasizing sampling methods, question types, framing, and sequencing. - Maintained comprehensive and well‑organized project documentation. - Spearheaded innovative initiatives, focusing on the automation and optimization of critical workflows, data management, and analysis.

Queer Data Fellow at Belongg, Sep 2024 - Jan 2025 · 5 mos, New Delhi, Delhi, India, - Integrated Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) and quantitative SQL data pipelines, enabling users to query structured datasets via natural language prompts. - Led the creation of a comprehensive knowledge repository on LGBTQIA+ populations, addressing critical development areas such as health, mental health, agriculture, urban development, and financial inclusion. - Collected, analysed, and disseminated queer data from diverse domains, identifying and extracting relevant insights from both aggregated and disaggregated datasets sourced from government surveys, academic institutions, research centers, and civil society organisations. - Utilised Python, SQL, and other data tools to clean and structure data, ensuring accurate metadata integration by leveraging LLM (Large Language Model) APIs, streamlining the process of standardisation and analysis. - Promoted awareness and collaboration across the development ecosystem by organising workshops, roundtables, and events, fostering dialogue and knowledge exchange based on the repository's findings. - Advocated for the importance of queer data in development, writing and publishing op-eds to highlight the role of inclusive data in shaping development policies and interventions.

Production Editor at TeXByte Solutions, Jun 2021 - Jul 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos, Remote, - Proofread and typeset research & scientific author papers in TEX format suitable for journal submissions fitting its standards and conventions; including Math/non‑Math and English/non‑English texts. - Trained and managed interns and trainees. - Managed partnerships with stakeholders, partners, and clients. - Implemented changes in workflow and training programs to make the production process efficient.-

Education

Integrated M.Sc, Physics, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat