Describe a specific problem you solved for an employer or team (can be from internship, school

projects, extracurricular activities, etc). How did you approach the problem? What role did you and
others play? What was the outcome?

In my last job I was a part of a new team that looked at data monitoring and reporting. Although Indian
Political Action Committee (I-PAC) is India’s biggest political consulting company, it is highly
unorganized. This was a great change for me as I was coming from a highly structured setup where all the
processes were in place to a workplace where no fixed protocols were followed, and any decision could be
changed overnight. Convincing them to resort to Excel and R for efficient reporting was difficult but after a
series of meetings with the management they finally agreed to give it a shot.

The client provided us with sheets of raw data having scattered information. The first problem at hand was
to structure the same to organize a mass campaign based on the data. Secondly, I had to find a way to
report and analyse the data that was going to be extracted by the field team working on primary research
at the grassroots. I binned (compartmentalised), sorted, used functions like VLookup and pivot tables to
sort the raw data provided into meaningful tables. The next challenge was to prepare a reporting
framework that represented the field team’s findings for each day. I determined the requirement from my
manager and prepared a dashboard that represented clear and concise information. I also took help of the
technology team to streamline the data received. I assumed the responsibility of a self-starter trying to
revolutionize data presentation at I-PAC.

Consequently, not only was my boss happy, but I also laid down a way of data analysis and visualization
which is being used till date. I also made sure to train my fellow colleagues on the way of creating such
dashboards so that the whole process is not stalled because of my absence.