EDUCATION

Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health

New York, NY, USA

Master of Science, Biostatistics/Statistical Genetics Track Expected 05/2020
Relevant Courses: Topics in Statistical Learning and Data Mining, Analysis of Longitudinal Data, Statistical Machine Learning, Statistical Inference, Introduction to Applied Statistics, Advanced Statistical Methods, Statistical Genetics Modeling

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IIT Guwahati)

Assam, India

Bachelor of Technology, Biotechnology Graduation 06/2018
Thesis: Analysis of transcriptomics data of a natural Daphnia magna population under varying predation pressure.
Relevant Courses: Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Genetic Engineering, Immunology, Bioinformatics, Human Disease Biology

SKILLS

Tools:

R (ggplot2, dplyr, tidyverse, shiny), SQL*, MS Excel ⃰, MS Word, MS PowerPoint

OS:

Windows, MacOS

Languages:

Bilingual in English/Hindi.

EXPERIENCE

Columbia University, School of Nursing

New York, New York 03/2019 - Present

Program Assistant

  • Collaborate with a two person team in managing the school’s global initiative, sending out nearly 100 students to 17 different international sites.

  • Transformed the whole application process and document processing by migrating from paper-based forms to electronic forms (DocuSign).

  • Carry out information tracking on MS Excel, report making on MS PowerPoint for the school’s leadership and survey design on Qualtrics.

Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health

New York, New York 03/2019 - Present

Teaching Assistant, Department of Biostatistics

  • Collaborated with a six-person team in managing weekly office hours, assignments, quizzes and exams for the graduate-level Probability course, P8104 with 120 registered students.

Katholieke Universiteit (KU)

Leuven, Belgium 05/2017 - 07/2017 and 12/2017 - 01/2018

Visiting Scholar, Department of Biology


Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology, Evolution and Conservation

  • Analyzed high throughput transcriptomics (RNA-seq) data of a natural Daphnia magna population with around 30000 genes to understand the variation in gene expression level with varying predation pressure.

  • Performed Concordance Analysis, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) for sample quality control.

  • Produced visualizations using ggplot2 in R to understand the variation in gene expression over time using reaction norms.

LEADERSHIP

Student Mentor- Student’s Welfare Board, IIT-Guwahati 09/2016 - 04/2017

  • Mentored freshman students through various facets of the first academic year.

  • Won the best student mentor award.

Chief Organiser- TechExpo, Techniche, IIT-Guwahati <span style="float:right; font-weight: normal;>10/2015 - 09/2016

  • Organised the largest student science expo of North-East of India.

  • Handled a budget of nearly INR 15,00,000 (~21,000 USD).

  • Organised the itinerary of judges from all across the world such as Dr. Thomas Barclay (NASA).

Head- Industrial Conclave, Exhibitions and Literary Module, Techniche, IIT-Guwahati 10/2015 - 09/2016

  • Lead a team of highly motivated students in organizing three high profile events.

  • Managed the timeline, itinerary, budgeting and communication with all other parties.

  • The exhibitions at IIT-Guwahati saw a footfall of nearly 30,000 people.

Member- National Service Scheme
07/2015 - 04/2016

Member- Montage, The Photography Club of IIT-Guwahati
07/2014 - 05/2018

*: Basic proficiency