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Work Experience
The World Bank
Sep – Dec 2025 · Washington, D.C.
Data Analyst / Researcher — Women, Business and the Law Team
  • Built a RoBERTa-based multilingual sentiment analysis system analyzing contributor feedback across three languages — streamlined cognitive interviews and compressed a months-long process to two weeks.
  • Integrated Gemini, OpenAI, and Hugging Face APIs to accelerate legal document review, automate text classification, and generate structured summaries at scale across the World Bank law library.
  • Pioneered a hierarchical dataset for economies globally using pattern- and rule-based imputation for missing data points, with automated quality checks and Tableau dashboards.
  • Developed an automated legal text analysis workflow on Azure (Blob Storage, Azure ML) to identify gaps and inconsistencies across the World Bank law library, saving significant manual review time.
  • Built interactive ML prototypes and Tableau dashboards enabling predictive insights and reducing data processing time substantially.
  • Cleaned, standardized, and validated legal basis documentation for Bank Wide Review files, improving traceability and compliance with World Bank data governance standards.
George Washington University, School of Nursing
Sep 2024 – Aug 2025 · Ashburn, VA
Technical Support Assistant
  • Analyzed IT asset inventory using advanced Excel (PivotTables, VLOOKUP, conditional formatting) to identify security vulnerabilities and forecast device replacement risks.
  • Contributed to high on-time issue resolution and significant reduction in average walk-in support wait time through efficient technical troubleshooting.
ICEBRKRAI, A Virtly Company
Jan – Aug 2024 · Geneva, Switzerland
AI / ML Engineer
  • Deployed a multimodal user behavior system using YOLO, BLIP, and PaddleOCR via FastAPI — converting gallery images into LLM-generated user personas for personalized recommendations.
  • Integrated OpenAI API and open-source LLMs (LLaMA 2, Phi-2) for personalized email/SMS generation with tone analysis and automated reply suggestions; deployed on AWS Lambda and S3.
  • Fine-tuned GLiNER for named entity recognition (F1: 85%) and BART for automated task prioritization integrated with Google Calendar for real-time scheduling.
  • Built a GIS-based restaurant recommendation engine using Word2Vec and FAISS embeddings on user-preferred ingredients.
  • Led an Agile team delivering statistical models and executive dashboards, cutting reporting cycle from two weeks to three days through interactive Tableau visualizations.
Daraz Nepal (Alibaba Group)
Jun – Dec 2023 · Kathmandu, Nepal
Data Analyst
  • Developed a Random Forest fraud detection system with high recall — identified and prevented significant financial losses on the platform.
  • Built Auto ARIMA call volume forecasting, reducing prediction error and enabling accurate capacity planning.
  • Conducted RFM/CLV customer segmentation contributing to retention improvements across the platform.
  • Built ETL pipelines on Alibaba Cloud consolidating call, order, and customer data; automated workflows saving over 100 person-hours across departments.
  • Applied Hadoop for large-scale e-commerce data processing; performed SQL ad-hoc analyses for the Marketplace team. Standardized brand names to improve search visibility and CTR.
Nepal Health Economics Association
Apr 2022 – Apr 2023 · Kathmandu, Nepal
Data Engineer / Analyst
  • Scraped 15,000+ rural hospital records via Python and REST APIs; built ETL pipeline identifying critical supply chain bottlenecks that changed health policy for rural communities.
  • Built a logistic regression readmission risk model with interactive Power BI dashboards for regional health administrators.
  • Implemented advanced data cleaning pipelines handling missing and inconsistent entries, improving dataset reliability for downstream analytics.
Awards & Recognition
Winner — UNDP-Diyo AI Hackathon 2023
First place for Niti, a production legal chatbot built on BERT + LangChain RAG supporting active legal research
SEAS Dean's Award
George Washington University — Academic Excellence, MS Data Analytics
Hult Prize Central South Asia Program of the Year
Regional recognition for exceptional organization and social impact at IOE, Nepal
Best Presenter Award — Daraz Regional Team 2023
Daraz Nepal (Alibaba Group)
Undergraduate Merit Scholarship
Selected from 15,000+ applicants — fully funded merit-based scholarship including on-campus residence, Tribhuvan University
Winner — Inter-School Basketball Competition 2019
Among 17 competing teams
Volunteering & Leadership
SEAS Student Engagement Ambassador
May 2025 – Present · Washington, D.C.
GWU School of Engineering & Applied Science · Part-time
  • Provide logistical, administrative, and student support for SEAS graduate admissions and student services — assisting with application processing and event coordination.
  • Manage prospective student engagement through Unibuddy and Salesforce CRM, maintaining pipelines and ensuring timely follow-up with applicants across the admissions funnel.
  • Serve as a first point of contact for prospective students — conducting advising conversations, answering program inquiries, and representing the school at recruitment events.
  • Support graduate enrollment strategy by tracking engagement metrics and coordinating communications across the admissions team.
Adobe Student Ambassador
Aug 2025 – Present · Washington, D.C.
George Washington University
  • Guided students in using Adobe Express for academic, creative, and personal projects.
  • Planned and delivered workshops teaching practical applications of Adobe tools.
  • Partnered with faculty, staff, and student organizations to increase on-campus adoption.
  • Engaged with the global Adobe Student Ambassador network to exchange best practices.
George Hacks — Graduate Ambassador
Oct 2024 – Mar 2025 · Washington, D.C.
George Washington University

Supported the George Hacks hackathon by coordinating communications and disseminating information to participants throughout the event cycle.

IMF & World Bank Annual Meeting — Volunteer
2024 · Washington, D.C.
International Monetary Fund

Supported logistics and operations for one of the largest international economic and development conferences globally.

GW Today — Revolutionary Tales Feature
Nov 2024 · Washington, D.C.
George Washington University

Featured in GW Today's "Revolutionary Tales" series sharing personal journey and experiences as an international student at GWU.

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Girls in Tech — AI Mentor
2023 – 2024 · Nepal
Mentorship Program

Mentored women entering artificial intelligence, providing guidance on career paths, technical skills, and project development.

Hult Prize at IOE — Organizer
Nov 2022 – Feb 2023 · Nepal
Institute of Engineering — Central South Asia Program of the Year
  • Led organization of on-campus program involving 300+ participants and 12 mentors.
  • Managed social media campaigns and coordinated media outreach for event visibility.
  • Screened candidates, conducted interviews, and judged initial proposal rounds.
  • Conducted orientation sessions across 12 engineering colleges guiding ambassadors and participants.
Locus — Nepal's Largest Tech Fest
May 2022 – Jan 2023 · Nepal
Institute of Engineering
  • Guided 30 student projects for a national exhibition; organized sessions for 600+ engineering students.
  • Hosted industry talk shows and organized a drone competition.
  • Conducted digital literacy and internet safety programs for 500+ students in a remote Nepali village.
Children in Tech
2022 · Nepal
Rural Education Initiative

Helped rural children get familiar with technology and labs, introducing computing concepts and hands-on learning to underserved communities.

Education
George Washington University
Aug 2023 – May 2026
MS Data Analytics · Dean's Award · School of Engineering & Applied Science · Washington, D.C.
  • Coursework: Python Programming (NLP), Data Analytics, Machine Learning, Big Data Analytics, Computer Vision, Deep Learning & Neural Networks, Cloud Computing (AWS), Database Management Systems, Design & Analysis of Algorithms
  • Adobe Student Ambassador · SEAS Engagement Ambassador · IMF & World Bank Annual Meeting Volunteer
  • Featured in GW Today — Revolutionary Tales · George Hacks · Johns Hopkins Hackathon
Tribhuvan University, Pulchowk Campus
Nov 2018 – Mar 2023
BE Electronics, Communication & Information Engineering · Top 3% · 4% acceptance rate · Nepal
  • Coursework: Data Structures & Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence, Database Management, Computer Networks, Operating Systems, Embedded Systems, Signal Processing, Object-Oriented Software Engineering, 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
Certifications
AWS Academy Graduate — Generative AI Foundations
Amazon Web Services · Credly verified
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AWS Academy Graduate — Cloud Foundations
Amazon Web Services · Credly verified
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Exploratory Data Analysis with Seaborn
Coursera
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IBM Data Science Professional Certificate
Coursera
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Basic Image Classification with TensorFlow
Coursera
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Nepal Engineering Council — Certified Engineer
Nepal Engineering Council
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