Shambhavi Adhikari

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Shambhavi Adhikari

Data Scientist & ML Engineer focused on engineering high-fidelity pipelines, optimizing retrieval, and fine-tuning domain-specific models. Moving past the hype to treat AI as a data problem, I build scalable NLP and RAG systems designed to deliver in production, backed by practical engineering experience at global institutions.

Recent Work Data Analyst / Researcher at The World Bank
Education MS Data Analytics, George Washington University
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The World Bank
Sep – Dec 2025 · Washington, D.C.
Data Analyst / Researcher — Women, Business and the Law Team

Built multilingual NLP systems (RoBERTa) and automated legal text workflows on Azure. Integrated Gemini, OpenAI, and Hugging Face APIs to accelerate document analysis. Developed ML prototypes and Tableau dashboards supporting global policy research.

RoBERTaAzure MLOpenAI APIGemini APIHugging FaceTableau
ICEBRKRAI, A Virtly Company
Jan – Aug 2024 · Geneva, Switzerland
AI / ML Engineer

Deployed multimodal AI systems (YOLO, BLIP, PaddleOCR) via FastAPI. Fine-tuned LLaMA 2, Phi-2, and BART for personalized content generation and task automation on AWS.

LLaMA 2OpenAI APIYOLOFastAPIAWS
Daraz Nepal (Alibaba Group)
Jun – Dec 2023 · Kathmandu, Nepal
Data Analyst

Built fraud detection, demand forecasting, and customer segmentation models. Automated ETL pipelines on Alibaba Cloud and built dashboards for strategy and marketplace teams.

Random ForestARIMAPySparkPower BI
Nepal Health Economics Association
Apr 2022 – Apr 2023 · Kathmandu, Nepal
Data Engineer / Analyst

Scraped 15K+ rural hospital records and built ETL pipelines to surface supply chain bottlenecks. Developed readmission risk models and health dashboards for policy decisions.

PythonETLLogistic RegressionPower BI
Technical skills
ML & AI
PyTorchTensorFlowHugging FaceLangChainScikit-learnBERT · BioBERT · RoBERTaLLaMA 2 · Phi-2YOLO · OpenCVRAG · Agentic AIReinforcement Learning
Data Science & Engineering
PythonSQLRPySparkHadoopPandas · NumPyPostgreSQL · MongoDBNeo4j · CassandraTableau · Power BIMatplotlib · Plotly
Product & Business Analytics
A/B TestingExperimentationStatistical InferenceRFM · CLV SegmentationFunnel AnalysisCohort AnalysisKPI DashboardsForecastingExcel · Power Query
Cloud & MLOps
AWS SageMakerDockerKubernetesMLflowAirflowAWS Lambda · S3 · EC2Azure MLCI/CD · DVCFastAPI · FlaskGit · Linux · JIRA
Education
MS · Data Analytics
George Washington University
Washington, D.C. · Dean's Award · Expected May 2026
Aug 2023 – May 2026
Machine Learning, NLP, Deep Learning, Computer Vision, Big Data Analytics, Cloud Computing (AWS), Database Management Systems
Adobe Student Ambassador · SEAS Engagement Ambassador · IMF & World Bank Annual Meeting Volunteer
Featured in GW Today — Revolutionary Tales · George Hacks · Johns Hopkins Hackathon
BE · Electronics, Communication & Information Engineering
Tribhuvan University, Pulchowk Campus
Nepal · Top 3% · 4% acceptance rate · March 2023
Nov 2018 – Mar 2023
Data Structures & Algorithms, AI, Embedded Systems, Signal Processing, Computer Networks, Database Systems, Operating Systems, Big Data Technology
Fully merit-funded scholarship including on-campus residence · Nepal Engineering Council Certified Engineer
Organized Locus — Nepal's largest tech fest · HultPrize at IOE (CSA Program of the Year) · Girls in Tech AI Mentor
Featured in GW Today
Revolutionary Tales: International Student Embarks on Her Greatest Trek Yet
George Washington University's official publication
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