About

Palash Raj is an experienced Data Scientist and Machine Learning Engineer with over 7 years of experience in developing complex and large-scale intelligent products. He has applied concepts from machine learning, deep learning, natural language processing, computer vision, reinforcement learning, and mathematical optimization to implement solutions to problems in the domain of recommendation systems, search and ranking algorithms, named entity recognition, dynamic pricing, object detection, optimal power dispatch, and mechanism design. Palash is experienced in data pipelines, architecture, productionizing micro-services, APIs, and MLOps in general. He is hands-on with multiple programming languages, including Python, SQL, and GAMS. Currently, he is working as a Senior Data Scientist at tiket.com, where he has worked on multiple AI projects. He has received the Best Performer Award and Best Project Award in Data Science team at tiket.com for the year 2022. Previously, Palash has worked as a Senior Data Scientist at kargo, where he led the data science initiative across all functions. He was promoted to Senior Data Scientist position in a year. He has also worked as a Data Science Engineer at oyo, where he developed dynamic pricing algorithm, search and ranking algorithm, sales forecasting tools, and clustering models to make the pricing and app ranking processes scientific. Palash holds a Bachelor of Technology in Instrumentation Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and a Master of Science in Quantitative Economics from the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI), New Delhi. He is proficient in various technologies, including Data Scientist, Research Scientist, Python, ML, Senior Software Engineer, SQL, Recommendation system, Reinforcement Learning, Object detection, Deep Learning, NLP, Computer Vision, AI, Object Detection, Search, Microservices, AWS, Data Engineering, test, Docker, MySQL, GCP, and Web. With 6.86 years of relevant experience, Palash is a highly-skilled and experienced Data Scientist and Machine Learning Engineer.