Rajat User
@rajatuser3
Data science leader driving AI, MLOps and analytics to deliver business impact.
What I'm looking for
I am a strategic, innovation-driven data science professional with 7+ years of experience applying advanced analytics, AI, and cloud technologies across pharma, consulting, and technology domains.
I convert complex business challenges into scalable analytical solutions through predictive modeling, automation, and data-driven strategy design, and I have led cross-functional teams and client engagements to drive product adoption and operational efficiency.
Notable achievements include delivering a production-grade physician-targeting model, reducing prediction time from 72 hours to 30 minutes, building a recommendation engine using deep learning with novel data architecture, and increasing departmental efficiency by 20% through an internal automation tool.
I am passionate about leveraging emerging technologies such as GenAI and MLOps, and I focus on stakeholder collaboration, measurable value delivery, and continuous improvement in analytics products and processes.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Data Science Manager
Turing
Jul 2024 - Sep 2025 (1 year 2 months)
Led product and stakeholder initiatives to fine-tune LLMs and built a web tool that automated dataset preparation and prompt workflows, improving departmental efficiency by 20% across 200+ employees.
Reframed physician-targeting into production-grade predictive models, reduced prediction and scoring time from 72 hours to 30 minutes, and delivered models adopted across therapeutic areas to improve targeting and sales effectiveness.
Data Science Intern
Larsen & Toubro
May 2020 - Jul 2020 (2 months)
Built a real-time two-wheeler helmet violation detection system using YOLO, achieving class-wise mAP of 0.80 and 0.61 and reducing per-image processing time by 60%.
Pre-Masters Data Science Intern
Wishfin
Feb 2019 - May 2019 (3 months)
Developed credit risk and lead-scoring models that improved default prediction accuracy by 20% and increased sales conversion rates by 30%, enabling more precise credit decisions.
Data Science Associate
Oyo Rooms
Jul 2017 - Jan 2019 (1 year 6 months)
Developed object-detection and lead-tagging systems to automate hotel quality verification and lead allocation, reducing lead distribution turnaround from 7 days to 2 days and improving fraud detection.
Maintenance & Operations Officer
Indian Oil Corporation Limited
Jul 2013 - Jan 2015 (1 year 6 months)
Transitioned maintenance strategy to data-driven predictive maintenance and developed ML models to predict Remaining Useful Life and Mean Time Between Failures, improving operational reliability and uptime.
Education
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Indian Institute of Management Calcutta
Post Graduate Diploma, Business Analytics
2019 - 2021
Activities and societies: Led mentorship program for PGDBA entrants; awarded perfect grade for PG dissertation.
Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics program focused on advanced analytics, ML, and data-driven decision making, completed with a dissertation jointly reviewed by IIM-C, ISI, and IIT-KGP.
Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering
2009 - 2013
Activities and societies: Conceptualised and executed a large student-led Science and Technology Festival; completed high-performing bachelor's dissertation (perfect score).
Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering with strong academic performance and a dissertation on catalytic combustion research published at the Asia Pacific Conference.
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