Pratheesh Prakash
Senior Data Scientist
Delhi, India
Summary
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Top SchoolPratheesh Prakash is a Senior Data Scientist with 10 years of experience building credit risk models and production-grade Python services, currently driving data science at cognext.ai from Delhi. He blends strong ML expertise (sklearn, XGBoost, PySpark) with backend engineering—designing scalable APIs and data pipelines using FastAPI/Flask, Pandas/Polars, and SQLAlchemy-backed Postgres/MongoDB stacks. Comfortable across testing frameworks and clean-code principles, he focuses on maintainable, auditable solutions for high-stakes financial use cases. His background spans academia and applied research—from an MS in Internal Combustion Engines at IIT Madras to roles in imaging research and journalism tech—giving him a rare mix of analytical rigor and product-minded delivery. He also contributes to Mozilla’s widely used Common Voice project by localizing the Malayalam locale, reflecting an interest in open-source and language inclusivity beyond core finance projects.
10 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Indian Institute of Technology MadrasBachelor of Technology (BTech), Mechanical Engineering, Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Mechanical Engineering at University of Kerala
Malayalam, Hindi, Tamil, English, English
Github Skills (8)
localization10
translation10
crowdsourcing8
open-data7
net6
freedom6
internet6
voice5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
common-voice/common-voice
Nov 2021 - Nov 2021
Common Voice is part of Mozilla's initiative to help teach machines how real people speak.
Role in this project:
Localization / Internationalization Specialist
Localization / Internationalization SpecialistContributions:11 commits in 1 day
Contributions summary:Pratheesh's contributions primarily focus on the localization of the Common Voice project into the Malayalam (ml) language. The commits involve updating and translating various language files, including messages.ftl and cross-locale.ftl. The code changes reflect modifications to text strings and UI elements to support the Malayalam language within the Common Voice platform. The user is involved in adapting the project to the specific needs of the Malayalam-speaking community.
internet-freedommachinesinitiativeopen-datavoice
python3-dev/Sputnik-V2
Apr 2019 - Sep 2020
Sputnik V2 fetches content updates from multiple RSS feeds and publish them on Twitter and Telegram. Sputnik V2 is written completely in Python3.
Contributions:19 commits, 22 pushes, 6 branches in 1 year 6 months
publishtelegram-botrsspythonfeeds
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