Summary
Pragya Mishra is a Senior Data Scientist in Chicago with eight years of experience turning data into actionable public policy insights and operational solutions. At Illinois Policy she leads policy experiments end-to-end, mentors analysts, and builds repeatable data science workflows that inform stakeholders and funding opportunities. Her background includes productionizing analytics for financial operations at Systech and creating unified AWS data repositories for marketing, demonstrating strength in stakeholder collaboration and cloud-enabled delivery. With an academic foundation in mathematics and computer science from Illinois Tech and earlier engineering experience at Cummins, she blends rigorous quantitative methods with practical process analytics. Pragya’s work uniquely spans experimental design for policy impact and hands-on production deployments, making her adept at both measuring outcomes and scaling data-driven programs.
8 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics and Telecommunication engineering, Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Electronics and Telecommunication engineering at MKSSS Cummins College of Engineering for Women
Master's degree, Mathematics and Computer Science, 3.6, Master's degree, Mathematics and Computer Science, 3.6 at Illinois Institute of Technology