About me
Bridging Code and Culture: My Journey from French Diplomacy to Data Innovation
I started out translating languages at the French Embassy and championing international partnerships, until I rediscovered another language that lit a spark: code. Watching lines of Python shape the world around me felt as revolutionary as bridging different cultures. That moment changed everything.
Highlights of My Path
ML Innovations at Kloud9: Engineered and validated 50+ features for a ghost inventory prediction model, hitting 92% accuracy and cutting stock discrepancies by 10%. Analyzed ~10 massive datasets (millions of rows) using PySpark and Pandas, boosting model stability by 15% and reducing processing time from 3 hours to 20 minutes per batch. Mentored 5+ interns on ML best practices, leading to 3 full-time conversions and a stronger data-driven culture.
Innovative Automation: Taught myself PowerShell + Power Automate under tight deadlines to build a CLI tool that automated the creation of thousands of business-critical employee records.
Data-Driven Accuracy: Shifted manual database validations to a Python/Pandas pipeline, processing huge employee/project datasets with lightning speed and near-zero errors.
Agile Educator: Transferred my teaching expertise into tech; trained interns, mentored cross-functional teams, and helped redesign 50+ lesson plans for a network of 12 schools.
French Diplomat Meets Techie: Guided 100+ students in choosing the right educational paths, then dived into Software Engineering to solve real-world problems with data-driven solutions.
Current Fascinations
- Multilingual NLP (My greatest desire is to bridge code and culture by breaking down language barriers.)
- Machine Learning & AI (I’m obsessed with turning raw data into actionable insights!)
- Big Data Pipelines (Ask me about PySpark or how I’m training a computer to “think.”)
- Collaboration (Bringing people together is my superpower, whether it’s forging partnerships at educational fairs or building synergy across dev teams.)
Projects
The Sound of Suffrage - Modeling Gender and Power in Parliamentary Speech
Mandira Sawkar, Omar Khursheed, Dr. Ashique KhudaBukhsh
Beyond Hallucinations: A Multi-Agent Approach To Fact-Checked AI Knowledge
Mandira Sawkar
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Detecting Deception: Intelligent Systems for Fighting Misinformation
Mandira Sawkar, Leona Joseph, Vivek Senthil
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LLM-as-a-SupremeCourt-Judge
Mandira Sawkar
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AI Alignment in Criminal Justice - Fair Jury Selection and Deliberation
Mandira Sawkar, Leona Joseph, Shrid Pant
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Interpretable Parking Ticket Location Classifier
Mandira Sawkar
[Code]
Product Shipping Status Classifier
Mandira Sawkar
[Code]
Cancer Detection as a Microservice
Mandira Sawkar
[Code]
getPaid
Mandira Sawkar
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