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

Details and Contribution

  • The Sound of Suffrage - Modeling Gender and Power in Parliamentary Speech

    August 2025

    Mandira Sawkar, Omar Khursheed, Dr. Ashique KhudaBukhsh

  • Beyond Hallucinations: A Multi-Agent Approach To Fact-Checked AI Knowledge

    May 2025

    Mandira Sawkar

    [Code]

  • Detecting Deception: Intelligent Systems for Fighting Misinformation

    May 2025

    Mandira Sawkar, Leona Joseph, Vivek Senthil

    [Code]

  • LLM-as-a-SupremeCourt-Judge

    December 2024

    Mandira Sawkar

    [Code]

  • AI Alignment in Criminal Justice - Fair Jury Selection and Deliberation

    December 2024

    Mandira Sawkar, Leona Joseph, Shrid Pant

    [Code]

  • Interpretable Parking Ticket Location Classifier

    January 2023

    Mandira Sawkar

    [Code]

  • Product Shipping Status Classifier

    December 2022

    Mandira Sawkar

    [Code]

  • Cancer Detection as a Microservice

    December 2022

    Mandira Sawkar

    [Code]

  • getPaid

    November 2022

    Mandira Sawkar

    [Code]